The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-08-28
MARiS ELOPENENT.

H'ttii 'ii tih = III a, tHtltlu ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
TIL prevented any banging, AMI n,t.sl him
1T an ~.'Ll sabre" IN u muni-Ht HE male
M. first tlNan,s, With preliminary HIM"
tn passing Il his lit palm over th,. upIar
tif, vhrfr th,' nlIIsta,Le ought u have been,
list with II slight Irish a,rent
Reg pardon, sir, hut think yer in thu sar-
vi,~7
light Yea arr, replied, ~ani If I'm not
mistaken y0a've t..n there, too
Tnn tha right hani went to the foreheal
In salute AMI tlre t,nly b.,ame riski
~sitnk.,', sirt I'm proud h say l have.
tHl rruutr to Know | haven't kst th,, ut
AZ vt, Forty ta" wears, eight months, live
..1gS, han AMI hoy, served the country in
tlr' itlL lhEmy's my nans-Srstant Ii
l.AS. TIL cavalry-onrt - Dragons - an
th'l,'' few otli,erS az oult men of the oukl
army that don't know Sergeant n.lany an
IL within to Nl.;,k gol worl for him"
Thin W. talked AMI talked, h. NEST
through tia hns ,tiy In thu spirit h'suttcn
at "nmrtlshlp, in the patronage thu obi
t'lnh ielt tor thu Young ~bklirr, h. pay.con
tbbipr~, II" Other circumstances would have
'tlh'i forth, aml, taking the cream II hi'
story, ia" sum total WAS this:
"Snu cuuti MT have served so long AMI
"calsd woan'ls," sahi, Ia le,l.l him On
n" la SURE, M, lmt haven't kept count
ly" ne head on me- shoulders, an IA full com
rtnllnt 1T htsS AMI arms, an anything short
~ the itS If them don't count. SUR, W.
TAX" them in the line II 'luty-the way they
runH.
4 4, ,,nl,lf t,t,ht l,.l
Is ,snr >tr1plll,sl pigSkin AMI wore lla,ta.
eeS'Ei mn hat, ,'irrrl.d "A can, shpl.pi nh'
bgs an nink~i at thu girls. But wa, caught
.arl' amt fast I'm IL Irish l,hspl, yr ar,
ttpaI.tt was brought over here nhik' "A lat
81 iny l;ut it, Irish am, AMI 81 i,hiin'
ani ny,elnuhin'> ,ilGll cr-lit IT, M; it,
uniiqal ~ hry,thh
til Wt gut nv cnrlunritlS strips, AMI
mntr itrk up With 'em lG" | was n maj
g.lr tai whtu the oull .--- ,lrtg,aIlIS wen
iuut"rd ut , ani tlrnr mt II, mate an
l,I,h LIS II, ,'Srr were kathrr, AMI m a
n~E va, II married nr,u ami u istther
rlI' 'n AT lulSr ! m,rr signed alWi,,
lp',t. ,irl,'t ll,,iplim', then hal 1t AT hnl,p'
ani whII' IN dntN, AMI it was thu ~lyln'
IT ~
~ uih II didn't esn ou.tr than irHa
n.>,lll H. retr,at nturcl year Slipped arultul
,rni WI, a sergeant ami the father oi "a
1aryhtr MARY W., ,ull,,l her, after TN.
.rthh, | h,",i a,ll bat uai u trulIlIn ,nl
H., ANT t..u say il is'tlly, ~ purttni
'.taiiii"tN,t ''tnp' un tHtth AMI th' man
t.i h'rl lr ,tuHri, wrr' that a>trnlh
y. Hat 'hpd IA bet mother Wrr n Nrll
ft.tllltIfI Ia L Lot, al nj
! Aur''s.r Il prompt disciplined ,"l,li,r, set
uti' Nus rnt The hi, IA hr,,sln' WAYS Wtr,.
'"ni 1i,ii tbs worst IT Ia,t'h To- M.
"th1- mnN hlN" i",n AMI L. nnn whu
i'," ihir lrtl "ir4 Nll a. |, but th,r were
p'"r 4 myu h,,d daughter lstilrr since
'"I yi}rd .htriA tu men When she tirt
cam We a. 'itIr put ont b'ali,r she weren't
u h'',. ii hal 10 Thought Of that when |
i'.a1l tia i'Irtrn =, ii her baby heart Eat
J TIA. II her all u boy should know SIN
,"Jd slAIm, ril', ,lopt. skat.' afure she wn.
{, amt Nhi.tlr likn canary ltS many,
~" tllr / i,u4h when they'd tell nv tn,
ot.Ii ~,trn' a'",ut 'whi,tln yirl,, ami III
it.S~ th,, notion at MUSIC, thbigh mighty
lltth l,tnt, bat /" hard work, attlrr nearly
dintf M nlf' AMI all the garrison cray
nI''I tnr pf,cthin', | learned to make u far
tit, ~ uuath, with the iiir, nnl could give
"Nd;,r' Duudlo, "Glrryow,n" ami sch to
IT." Satisfaction IT me irnls ami nc~lf, anl
f"N,r, "in Int ia" regular mInbors ot the
band Wei he, Mary, could bate me hollow
nn that me- IN n" time, AMI proud to thu very
isislh 1T prni, was Of her
w hr'I W,lland happy, when "" weren't
ii,ltlnt TIL She were Vi years uuli You
a.. slr. l"u inlkiI' 1T wound, ST me- On
tins t,,Il, AMI III tell you how man can get
II worst wouni from a friend than ever the
ballet ~ ~ilrr uf IN enemy can give linn,
AMI how h. can wound himself wol>s nor ull
SHE was ~, ~ siI, ami we'll clu-
Gated Tor her plac' IN life. We were In
.orri on then, and To- tit her for takn' cnrc If
h,l-rIf Wr 1t her 90 into the town to learn
~, dr maxim nlrl never n girl had the
good iaic N dress like her
well thrr' were IA young lcftrnunt cann
tourr troop then II gay, handsome, brave
yuuug chap ~ ever You sp Barton Il"
nin' rtIU,'t,d him ~ an officer AMI ]
iu'ri hlm n. Il ,un
IT ,,rlr some ten months after lc come,
when una ni4ht went To my quarters at the
hlrrn l.. AMI Mary wasn't there to ut at the
tlbi, With Hr That night lcfurc ! went IN
! Tenant Barton rarlr tu III" with hi, bright
.gil. nunl t,rndiN way, hulni' out hi, lnnl
',tsI lN. 0pra,.tnt, say, h., 'l'muiI tonight
1,f uIwt.. -ifh says | i resigned two
Nr,k. aga, amt IL, papers has just come IN,
4N l1
"lh,t un~ tih4l M I'm nsty tempered
at Time, ami uI,rn went HON" the wife says,
.aN, ,h, 1,m., late, hut there's the illigant
'..w tnI ynu
IN 'd,,lI fly away with your stew, Mr..
Drltn, .,N, l. Where. my daughter
FAINT ON. nf M knows, eay, she, 1
aIa.. shes t,l, ntu Atn your stew, man,
an don h. ruI~n M, Tor won't take il of
1"n nor 10 man
I'm fond II ll-ll tow, >Ir, AMI no woman
gnkr. IT b tt,r nor Mrs. D,lhny, but with
thi, llli thai | t,,.r e' nut uut ! nr.rr cl
.ioy-l IL hit l-,-
Al. ht ",t- r,nr' and was worried
more nud iuui, Ihon tIc wife cam, uut
itlm III raIut alrr' MARY slept with a hlt
ut y nu'. ~ h'f Irui ionI 1t Dear
fih,f AM i.tlrr | hts" gone With III,
Barton. HAT bow. wit, all my heart
! "a, truck rohI, sir, | saw it all Afore
ruilii .at,.l, ~. breath there we're f1tst.lr,
i,iunin. III, The barracks stairs, AMI MARY
,.r,J III. all ii liz, and -itins AMI velvet
"'tih faliri, ,irtiEi th mother he
.iI,I. j ,diliht -. after all, without ~sin'
your Her mother WoaI hay" rushed to Lcr
!. J. bit -toTt"i bt"''u them
'1.nl,'r' II" daughter Of MINI ,ays !,
M. ~ iIHY Il at touch h"l Girl, lpl II |