, 1879-05-14
AN ARMI.INCIDEN1'.
How IN OfI,cnr's SGrvnnt Acted aa the
"Grnntl lfoun1s."

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'nn'safS o'ssstS sei*a'se " 'ie'f '''''ess' A"'n
rclata an Incident WHICH OCCURRED III q garrison
town III which the writer was stationed fur eoi'se
time. An officer OF rnnk tn tho arttllcry VIVA
nn,rnd in rnrrtson uyicra "a t,,r o{,cor ~ III.
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uay. hs TIC "eFahu fout'us IL was MS aotS
to visit tho Earrlson rnards at night. Having
sat pretty late at IIesa uIlt bc!ng fond Of the
hottic his rnt ,ros yerv ,,t,st.at1v WHEN he rn.r
f,n,, to ,o,,,,, IN ,-t,.oou T., III. o,,,r,,rs -,
no'' Wv s"o'c W "oeesa ~ A,a i"al'e's ~
afess lor aHy' before ascss'hs bo th'e" h'tn-
self on his bed, sayllIg:
at o,cinrh.r
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nv =" s'ose Wv as's"n. a''ca'ptcu ~ 'ouse
hln' oas wiho,tt elect. l'e servant got thc
officer upon his feet shook him, applied wet c1Dths
to bis tcud, but oll to M purposc the gentleman
Ind hran ,,o,,,, ,n shnr, n,tw a,,cn If s,oa,, tr
r.,o,, ~ % "nr s ,a,," ,n., h" y" J'ssp " ~. ~
"eth' "l'u ~" '.a'a.o nas1 ta.e' "pa W nun,
anut being backcdb by the wine be had drank, held
him last. Tho servant was almost frautic,
KNOWN. we'll The cousco,tcnccs that vonJ en-.
s,,n n t,ia an, rot ,,,n,.o to ,,o ri ,,,,,,as
r',,'n ..e .a .o o '"
fell upon Ills masters uniform. sword. etc., NIL
reAdy luit out ior aifn 70 pitt osl: Inc muster
al!d servant wGTe about sfze; t!le clothing Of
the ono fitted the other to lcrtcetlon.
"Therc's no other nan," said tle servant to
himself; "tt's IN awful risk, but III attempt It,"
Aastily throwing oit Ills clottit,E iie donnea
llis masters rcstncntus,-t splendid uniform
Of the artillery, birkle.l On the sword, drew tl,.
heavy husi,y over bis Irows, mud casting m ad-
nirlnE look ut himself In the Elass.-tutwit1.
standing his a'lxtsty, locked The door upon his
master and wcHt out. The orderly wns waiting
IN tho barrack guard room, nlil turned cut With
the guard to present h!n,aclf.
"Go ahcatF' said tlle pseudo ollleor.
Is Whfrt tst1nrll ifF1t. Ar}u
title magazine guard.'
The orderly led tllc way. Guard after guard
was visited, alltl tie servant t,exnn Il, enjoy Tho
ntasqucradc. Il was sfn,othsnR unusual tor HIN
to be announced rs gr:!tnl rounds. uild to avs
guard prrsent arns to hitn.. r!lc,u was M sus-
places for the time bolng, although thc suhaltcrn
littlc I,ettlcd to have 1lis friendly salutaton,
nfter the guard had been turned III, responded
TOGO grlsy.
On returning to Tho 1uarlors the servant
lotlnd Ills master still sleeping, unnb1o 10 re.
Bfst tie tUnlptaton To adMrG himself oIce tioru
In the glass, Tic servant nnratlrd nu ami down
the room e,atilE suel0nE glnuces ut tho mirror
Willis 70 dung tho u!lcGr invoke. T1o was not
il littlo surprised to sec what appeared TO be
h!Msclf strlttinE up nia down the apartment.
llp soon discovered, however, that tho aprarl.
tiun wilt bis servant, ns,a, anxious to know what
n the unusual masquerade .yas for. Kept qniet.
and lcsurely drew of tlc snurred bouts. dtycst-
cd himself of oillcr articles OF uniform Ia their
order, nl.l then, heavl'lt, Sigh, saiu:
"!t's d-tl well overt
y should thlnk 1t !s," cried tho officer;
"what dye mean, rou rascal, BY putting your
self Into iny Uniform, ost'
"l didn't know yul, wero awake, slr; do you
know what time II ts}h
Thu officer had forgotten that lle was on duty,
hut 1t nUw ilaafel upOn him Mt once. jumping