New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-12-15

will be no fight this night-onless any wan av
You is wishful to assist. Tie man that does
| follows on
No man moved. The three passed out into
the moonlight, Learoyd fumbling with the buttons
OF ms coat The parade-ground WAS Gese enD,,i
| except for the scurrying jackals. MuiNahey
| mpetuous rush carried his companions far into
the, open ere Learoyd attempted TO turn round
ana continue the discussion. .,
| BE still now. Twas my fault for begInnln
| things in the middle av an end. Jock. sh0uu
! ha COMMUNIST wild an explanation; but JOCK aedr
on your sowl are We fit think you, for the nncsI
| fight that liver was-betther than hghtlh We'
Considher before ye answer 5000
More than ever puzzled, Learoyd turned , fouho
two three times, felt an arm, kicked tentatively;
and answered Ahm fit lie accuso toned
to fight blindy at the bidding of the superior
! mind.
They sat them down, the men looking on from
afar, and Mulvaney untangled himself IN mighty
| words
| the thrackless desert beyond the barricks An
| there l nit a pous Hindu dhriving bullock
| kyart. ] TUX ut for granted he wud De ueI
| lighted for to convoy me piece, an !unpeu
You long, lazy, black-harcd swine draTled
| Ortheris, who would have done the same thihS
under similar circumstances.
Twas the height policy. That naygur-
man dbruv miles an miles-as far as the new new
railway line they're Pudn or nO GEr pack ay s as
he now an again timoreouSly to get me aS., Out
av ut. Dhirt l ann sex an the dhryes!!
that you liver 9rted than w G %G spe an
! took no heed till he pulled up on the embank,,
mint av the line where the coolies were plIh
mud There was a matthcr aV two thouSihu
coolies that line-yOu remember that. Prlsintiy
a bell rang an they throops OF to Dig
payshed; Where's the white q, man ma sh,.5 n
seq he, engaged on a rifie?' A fhwat" SCI l.
Rifle sez he You take ticket. lie take money
You get notMn'.' 'Oho;' seq l, that's fwhat tne
superior an cultivated man calls a raliie, me
misbe2uided child av darkness an sin. Lead on
to that rattle though fyvhat the mischief It's dom
so far away from ut's home-whlch is the cnarIG,
bazar at Christmas, an the coonelS VIE grlhnIn,
! behind the tea-tabe-is more than l know VIA
that | whit TO the Shed an found twas payday
among the coolies. Their wages was on taoie
! forninst big fine, red buck man-slvun 1ut
/ high, four fut wide, an three tut thick, wa
fist on him like a corn-sack He was payln the
coolies fair an easy, but he wud ask each man IL
! he wud rattle that month"; an each man SEE, les
av course. Thin he wud deduct from their wages
accordin'. Whin all was paid, he filed an ouli
cigar-boX full gun-wads an scatthefed III
among the coolies They did not take much JOY
av that performance, an small wondher. man
close to me picks up black gun-wad an snTs
out: L have ut Good may Ut do YOU seq l.
The coolie whit forward TO this big, fine, red man,
who threw cloth off of the most sumpshuS, looled
enamelled an variously bedviled sedan-chalr
| iVVer saw
"Sedan-chair Put your cad in bag, That
| was a palanqun Don't yer know "a palanquin
when you see 1t ?" said OrlheriS with great scorn
:" | chuse to call ut sedan-chair, an chair ut
shall be, little man." continued the Iris hman
Twas most amazin chair-all lined wid pink
silk an fitted wild red silk curtains Here ut Is,
SCI the red man. Here ut is, SCI the coohe, an
he grinncd weakly ways Is ut any use to you !?
sez the red man. No. sez the coOle: I'd like TO
make presint av ut TO YOU / am graciously
pleased TO accept that same SEE the red man; an
at that all the coolies cried aloud in fwhat was
mint for cheerful notes, an whit back to their
diggin, LAWN me alone In the shed. Inc req
man me- an his face grew blue on his big,
fat neck. 'Fwhat dyou want here? sez he.
'Standin room an no more, sez |, OnlesS 1t may
be fwhat we niver had, an that's manners, ye
filitn' i'm IN has
Service throd upon. Out Of this sez he I'M
in charge av this section av construction I'm
in charge ,av mesilf,' sez l, am it's like will
stay awhile. Dye rattle much in these parts 7
Fwhats that to you" SEE he. Nothin, seq l,
but great dale TO you, for bcgad I'm thinEin
you get the full half av your revenue from that
sedan-chair. Is ut always rallied so" | SCI, an
wild that | wint to a coolie TO ask questions.
BhOys, that mans name is Dearsay, an he's been
Their nine months. Ivry coole on the section
takes ucket-or lie gives 'em the go-wanst
month on payday. Ivry coole that wins ut
| gives ut back to MIN, for its too big TO carry
| away, an he'd sack the that thried to sell ut.
| That DearSley has been maxim the rOwlin' wealth
| av RoShus by nelarlOus rallin'. Think aV the
burnin' shame TO the suHerin' cOOle-man that the
army in Iniia are bound TO protect an nourish in
their bosoms! Two thousand coolies deirauded
wanSt a month :"
Dom t'cooles Hast gotten T. cheer, man ~
! said LearOyd.
"Houd on. Havin' onearthed this amazin' an
stupenjus fraud committed by the man Dearsley,
| Il
| sejuce me into fight wild opprobious language.
That sedan-chair niyer belonged by right to any
foreman ay coolies. IT'S kings chair or IA
quane's There's gold on ut an silk an all man.
ner av trapcsemints. Bhoys, tbs not for to
| cOuntenance any sort av ong-dOin'--me bein'
the ould man--but--anyway he has had ut nine
months, an he dare not make thrOuDle ut WAS
| taken from him. Five miles away, or ut may be
! six
There was a long pause, and the jackals howled
nerIily. Learoyd barred one arm, and cOntem-
plated it in the moonl ght. Then he nodded partly
to himself and partly to his friends Ortheris
wregled with suppressed emotion
| | thought We wud see the reasonableness av
ut SAID Mulvaney made bould to say as
much TO the man before. He was for a direct
front attack-fut horse, an guns--an all for
| nothin', seen that had no transport TO convey
| the machine away. i will not argue wild YOU
], this day, but Subsequently Mister Dearslcy,
NE raillin' lool we talk ut out lengthways. It's
| twas the kyart man that toud me-'ye'vc been
Perpethrating that same for nine months. But
/ m Just man. seq l. an OyerloOkin' the pre-
sumpshln that yondhcr scttee wild the gilt top
was not come by hOnust'-at that he turned sky
green, so knew things was more thrue than tell
pound the felony for this months winnns'"
" All! Ho!" from Learoyd and Orthcris
" hat man DearSley's rushin on his fate" con-
unued Mulvaney soemnly waeging his head.
All He'll had no name bad enough for me that
ude Faith, he called me robber. Me- that
was savin' him from continuin' in his evil ways 4
"luouJ d rthnoIS trlnce-dn 10 man aV conscience
a remoIstrlnce may change the chune his life.
Ills not for me TO argue, sez l. 'fwhatevcr We are
Mister Dearsey, but by my hand I'll take away
the temptation for You that lies in that sedan
chair lou will have to fight me for ut sez he.
for well know you will never dare make report
TO any one Fight | Will seq |, bat not this
day, for I'm reuced for want aV nourishmint'
Ye're an ould bOuld hand SEE he. sim me up
an down; an jool av fight we will have
lat now an drink, an 20 your way Wild that
he gave me some hump an VIII sley-good whiskey
"A NJ fhaf 10 ;1o Il
goes hard on me now seq l. wpin' my mouth, to
coniscaie that piece av furniture, but justice is
luticc: we've not got ut YET sez he: there's |
the fight Between. There IS SCI |. AM a GOOD
Emht Ne CHILL have tLe ncI d. L.