Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-07-27
Not to Hts Taste
BROOKLYN EAGLE

"Y GU must have had jolly time camp
ing out,'' said a gentlemen, meeting a
member of the Twenty third the day
after the return of "Ours."
"Pretty fair" said the National Guards
man, tenderly brushing fly from his
sun-blistered nose.
"Oh, yes, we envied you immensely, old
boy" said the gentleman; "you enjoyed
regular picnic, have no doubt"
sIt was something of a picnic" said
the National Guardsman in a sad tone of
voice, and carefully extracting thistle
burr from his whiskers.
"You are looking hundred per cent.
better than when you started" said the
gentleman, enthusiastically.
cam I?' SAID the guardsman, indif-
ferently.
"Oh, yes; you are all tanned up. How
| should enjoy such trip said the gen.
tleman.
"Would your" asked the guardsman in
still more gloomy tone of voice.
$50 be sure,'' said the gentleman.
"Yo on must have been in regular gale
from the moment you struck the camp
ground. Such novelty, too, living in
tents" r.1Tsu
"It was rather novel;" said the guards
man, IN still more doleful voice.
eyes, it couldn't help being so," said
the gentleman. 81 suppose you gained a
lot of knowledge about guard mounting
and all that sort of thing?" -.
"We amt quite so fresh as when we
left" said the guardsman with bitter
smile.
81 suppose you lived high, too" said
the gentleman. "Lots of fresh eggs,
chickens, new potatoes; and all that sort
of thing"
ssThe living was high" said the
guardsman. "About as high as l ever
ran against"
Chow romantic it must have been,
gathered about the camp-fres at night.
and imagining an enemy within a mile or
so, eager for your blood. Now if you
wasn't so young it would have brought
back old war times to your mind, Pm
sure" said the gentleman. 81 suppose
you did picket duty all night, with no one
to keep you company but the silent
stars
eyes, L did a little picket duty" said
the guardsman. "The cow cost me just
$40"
"Cow-I don't understand you,9 said
the gentleman.
"WelI, the beast couldn't give the
countersign, SO fired,' said the noble
guardian of the state.
"You don't mean to say you killed
another PERSONS cow" said the gentle
man. "What a sad mistake
"You just GO to sleep in the woods and
have something come rushing at you
through the bushes in the darkness and
see what you'd do" said the guardsman.
"Perhaps you imagine it's run sitting up
three or four nights running and getting
your feet wet, and imagining party of
tramps is going to ponnce upon you at
any moment. Perhaps you think it's
jolly being frightened out of
sound sleep at O'Clock in
the morning by confOundcd
drum, after you have been playing poker
until 3. Youmay call 1t romantic eating
in tent that is apt to come rafting
down about your ears at any moment.
You may call it the best kind of sport
being drilled in the hot sun three or four
times day before a lot of country pump
kins. You may consider it fun to be
locked up in the guard house just because
you happened to have a good hand when
the roll-call sounded, and then lose big
stake into the bargain. Perhaps you do.
Perhaps you would like to joir our regi-
meat and go out with us next summer
No, not with us, for I'll be bound if they
they ever get me into such. snap again
Gates" and the gallant guardsman made
narrowing recollections in drink.