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colonel was instantly ordered to Question
Morgan; but be, at once lost all recollec.
ton of the subject. - IS :
"'." He hid no. brothers; heshtA II. ada
the regiment his father ind mother ma
relations. and there he hoped 10 live and
But he was still urged more strongly.
and at length, confessed that he had
brothers; even above the regimental stand.
ard, but that nothing on earth could stir
them from their spades. - - -.
g, After some time the king inq uired for
the five recruits. and was indignant when
be was told Of tho impossibility Of enlist
ing them. ,'','>l ','''0
Ssend the fellow, himself" he excl.im-
ed, land let him bring them back.";.,
The order was given; but Morgan was
broken-hearted "at the idea of 20 long an
absence from the regiment" He an
piled to the colonel to have the order re-
*voked; or at least given to some one else.
But this was out of.the question, for Erred
erick's word was always irrevocable; and
Morgan, with a disconsolate face, pre-
pared to set out on his mission But d
new difficulty struck him, "How was he
to make his brothers come unless he
showed them the recruiting 9 imnpo,nev2o
This objection was at last tobviAted bvth
advance Of sum equal to about three
hundred pounds sterling, as q first install
ment of the: purchase of his family.
Like a loyal grenadier the Irishmap was
now ready to attempt an y thing for his
colonel or his king, and Morgan be-
gan his journey.
But, as he was stepping out of the gates
of Potsdam, another difficulty occurred
and he returned to tell the colonel that,
of all people existing, the Irish were the
most apt to doubt a tlsveller's story, they
being in the habit of a good deal OF ex-
ercise in that style themselves; and that
when re should 60 back to his own
country, and tell them of the capital
treatment and sure promotion that SOL
dier met with in the guards, the proba-
bility was that they would laugh in his
face. As to the money, "There were
some who would not scruple to say that
he stole it, or tricked some one out of it.
But, undoubtedly, when they saw him
walking back only as q common soldier,
he was sure they would not believe q
syllable, let him say what he would
about rising in the service"
The objection was ineligible enough,
and the colonel represented it to Freder.
ick, who, doubly outrageous at the delay,
swore q enadier oath, ordered Morgan
to be made sous crlcier,, or upper sergeant,
and with sword and epaulette, sent him
instantly across the Rhine to convince
his five brothers of the rapidity of Prussian
promotion Morgan flew to his home in.
the County Carlow, delighted the tiresides
for many q mile round with his having
outwitted a king; and whole battalion
of grensdiers, laid out his recruiting
money on land; and became man of es-
tate at the expense Of the Prussian treas
ury.
One ceremony remains to be recorded.
Once a year, on. the anniversary of the
day on which he left Potsdam and its
giants behind, he climbed bill within a
short distance of his house, turned him.
self in the direction Of Prussia, and, with
the most contemptuous gesture which he
could contrivc, bade good by to his Majes-
ty. The ruse was long a great source OF
amusement, and it hero, like other heroes,
bore through life the name earned by his
ploit--Morgan Prussia.