St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-10-03
From the Kansas Magazine
Gentleman George.
"wAIT FOR THE END,

W All FOX lltE END
At the time to which my narrative
refers. my regiment WAS quartrrcd ut
Agra. Il p"pul"uS and important city i'll
the northwestern Province of Bengal.
\ service of some six Years i'll the
East. though it had hy no means recon
ciled lis to our fare. had. nevertheless.
taught u> III n" slight degree the art of
how to modify its misery. And so. on
this May evening. We had left the
sitting atmosphere of the mess room,
which even the Prnkal failed to make
endurable, and were lazily enjoying our
attcr-dinner cheroots. and some of us
our afterdinner nap, in the soft. still
evening air.
1t was Il glorious night. The clear,
hluc vault of heaven was studded with
inrumcrable stars. and full moon was
shedding down upon us its soft, SilVery
light. Conversation soon tagged. The
perfect quiet of the scene seemed to
put u spell upon us, and soon each OF
us felt the sound of his own voice Il
diScordant element in such supreme le-
pose. | soon succumhcd to the subtle
influence. and muSing on many things
sweet and that belonged to other day
and other scenes. | fell asleep.
When awoke. il WAS past midnight
The late owners Of the adjacent ann
chairs and biz tumblciS had rmpticd
both. and taken themselves off to THEN
respective hungaloc>. only one of then
number remained. pacing mo"dily to
and fro. impaticmtly putting his cigar
1t WAS Warner. our adiUramt. As
moved. he came over and took posses
sion of the vacant armchair next to
mine.
"Darvl." he began. Il have heeI
waiting some time for yOH tonight. f"l
! have something to say to Nou. In to-
nights orders You will see that one o
the recruits. Just arrived from England
is posted to NOur company. 1t Is %
him / wish to speak. The name ht
answers to is George Brown. His com
radc> call him Gentleman George. Hi:
appearance will not describe to You
for vuu will see him Yourself tO-mor
row hut will read you what Butler
who is. as yuu know. now commanding
the depot companies, says of him III :
letter to me:
IL am much interested. he writes
I'm one of the recruits. who should, 10y
the time You receive tlllS. nave reached
headquarters. He calls himself G eorg,
Brown. He is diligent steady soldier
as evidently conVeISant with the mnut
est military details as he is with the
dutics of n higher rank. He has un
douhtedlv been soldier before, anC
something more than that his whit,
hands assure me that he has seen fa
better davs. His whole bearing. hi
mode of life. his evident tastes, attes
the gentleman, and the gentleman in it
trueSt. noblest sense. lie declines firm
/ " and respectfully any recommenda
tion for promotion. He does his worl
| faithfully. exactly, ably, but so listless
/ " that his heart is most surely not il
| it. Something has prevented me from
questioning him on his past history
lie so evidently ignores it, that h
might resent as an impertinence what
should mean as kindness. migh
only reopen sore which l would WIS.,
to heal. He has left me strangely IN
terested in him, and l would feel tn
happier if knew him posted to com
pany whose captain would respect III
position, and save him, as far as p0ssi