The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1871-09-09
---------'-------- Z
THE SCOT ABROAD.

Heather1nuir Lodge in the spring of
1854; for any prospect OF active
service is always welcome to young
officers, and just at this present
time the proceedings respecting |
which Mr.. kingslake has recently
refreshed our memories had reached
such a pass, that we all expected to
be starting Eastward ho y before
MANY weeks were over Hence,
our gathering, on the evening of
which I speak, might almost be
considered in the light ola fare
well entertainment and it was
proportionately jovial and noisy.
Songs were sung, stories told,
healths drunk, and cheers given in
answers to them, till the glasses
ratified on the table, ard the very
roof seemed to tremble over our
/ heads.
Our host, Colonel Walter Par
ritchapt {who, though consiaerbly
past his eightieth year, made one OF
the merriest among us), was fine
specimen of what l will venture to
can, IN default of any better title,
the cosmopolitan Scotchman. Enter
ing upon active service when other
lads are still usually robb;ng orch
ards and WELD bol>ter-pistols, he
had been suecessively a subaltern
in the Turkish service, an officer
of sepoys iii India, farmer III Can
ada, ali inspector of army stores at
! Niem.a, a consul in SPAIN, and an
attache at st. Petersburg: and after
all his wanderil Is. was stall able to
eat llaggis or oatmeai-porridge with
as keel. a relish, da.ce Highland
reel with as nimhle a foot, aid cho-
rus "-Auld Lang >yne" with as
much spirit, as though lie had never
even quilted the bai.ks of tie lyde,
where he was ROW oi.ce re sEugly
f established.
One part;cular;ty ofthe Coloners
which we all kew well, was tlat
, his talk always came to its highest
perfection towards the close Of the
evelaisg. " Len lie had a specially
, good story, or an unusual telling
joke, it was sure to appear, ike a
kii.d of st:rrup cup, just before the
company separated; and, conse-
. quei.tly, we ali pr.el>ed up our cars,
after long sileice, lie at last open
ed his mouth ard spake.
let me give you a word of ad.
t vice. my boy" said he to Fnsigt
. Donovan corrupted by the mes
Into '.Downy Un"0 who was very
r enthusiastic about our new destiia
, tion |-,loii't expect too much from
: foreign parts, for they're very mlci
| like parts ti.at are not foreign afte
:. ALI"
@ Such an exor1.,,m, coming from
:, the lips ola veteran traveller ltk'
! tie Colonel, made us ali stare; bsi
: lie preceded without noticing on
$ aStoiishment
# ~ knew a man once, How, VIII
3 went abroad to find novelty, and
n Instead of that, found 50 much ,
% what lie Lad left at home, that
fairly broke his heart"
,e "a story, story shouted W
.e with ore voice, seen z by the twink
| ofthc old gentleman eye that some
n thing good was coming.
l. ''N ell, it is a Story" said Il
Colonel, laughing; ''and as it
le rather early to break up yet, | don
so mind if tell it to you. 1t was
the end of last century, more yea
us ago than like to calculate, that
IL found myself en- route for the Eas
/. just as you youngsters are no'
rc with about dozen more scapegr
ces from almost every country
he Europe"
d, ave were going out to join Il
Tn Turkish service, where hard knocl
es and high pay were to be got for Il
Id asking, and of course we talked
nothing but cutting aid slasllin
rs capturing standards ard winnil
OF endless glory, forgetting that v
nd might be picked off by marsh few
lis or cholera before we ever saw I'll
enenly at all. The most enth,lsia
tic ot' us all was an Englishmals,
jolly, eInpty-headed, good-natur,
a sort of fellow, who was gong o
I'LL as an Interpreter, having someho
, DIV picked up smattering of Turks
-. m though of Russian and the 9th
lg- languages of Eastern Europe
ell knew l.o more than | did. foul
ess out by chance, before | fell in wi
s,t nt him, that his ruling passions, was
Be, unquenchable hatred for everythi
i'm Scotch; and SO, just for the fun
sr.; the thing, Determined to pass N
ms ms self off to him as All Englishm.
I'VE I'VE Having been brought up in FL
the land, succeeded very we'll a
ter to tire others who were iii the see
!. it was as good as play to he
tba the fellow launching out agai
nd Scotland aud the Scotch, lie,
The dreaming that his attentive lister
me was himself one of the, hated rae
,aa Ai'm not going to intiict up
rou yon the history of our journey
Of the country, which at the time
h.. thought unendurahle misery thou
'od know better what srusighing
r. really means by this time. Sufl
h.' it to say that, after several WEI
lgh of had food, dirty quarters, da
"; crawling at q -snail's pace along
worst roads In thewofdd ,and mig
of being crawIed over by creepi