Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-03-18

And yet IL was hlfn rteasAhL pH4L.
clean shayen and III assorted - to feat
ures though tho blue cyes had merry
twinkle Ia them which made you forget
that they might have been larger with
considerable advantage. aud the white
teeth. disclosed every ralnute or two by
the ulcrrier smile. quite made you forget
also tia, tho mouth was good deal too
wide Tar IT, owner 10 fairly sustain the
name Of beautiful Jim.
Yet, Beautiful jim lie was; beautiful
jim 10 had hrca from the beginning Of
the army chapter. and beagilfut jim he
was lii.cis TO remain u2til lie cane 70 tie
end o! il. and. ugly as he WIS. tie maine
suited hia down 10 the very ground.
Every body liked LiEn--every body In
deed. Ia all my life never heard OF but
one human being who did not give in
sooner or later to the influence Of Beauti-
fui Jiui = attract !ous. and that-but. there.
have a story to tell about him, aud that
person VIII come In IN due time and
season
of course be was irish--Jim. that is
with all the happy 20 lucky. careless
hgmor which Is 30 often 10 be found
among the Irish people, all their love Of
fun and fund Of mother Wit and as o
story teller. why not another man in tho
recincnt was In the same street with
Beautiful jim; no. not one
Sure said he ono day. after FIVE
days leave spent in town. Il have some
cousins Ia London. real smart girls they
are t0o-wcnt TO sec IN on sunday and
found some other fellows there. one
was Brooke Of the One Hundred and First
D. q - the chap that had the good luck
to be- left at home On depot when the
One Hundred and First d Ga went to
the Zula business. the othcr-well, such
a bowling. haw haw. still collared bcggar.
that thought he must be at least half
dozen cavalry swells rolled into one.
But this chap whom | afterward found
belonged to the Pill brigade and was at
tached to the One Hundred and First dur
ing the Iull busincssl. evidently thinking
Brooke humdrum. quiet sort Of chap.
not up to much. don't you know. and half
dulIrr NJ that. and evidently not having
tho least idea that lie had anything to do
with the ono Hundred and Irst. began q
too delightful account of how The One
Hundred and First not ouly ran away on
the smallest proyocation, but even fired
on their officers more times than once.
Course this chap had m ego to my two
cousins. who arc pretty and smart. and
mover cast so much MS look ut either
Brooke or myself He yawued on. en-
larging as be went. Til some people
migha't have been very far ont Of It II
they'd thought it was all pack OF lies
togct her, uld Brooho got more nervous
and Gdgcty every minute. his zee getting
gunner and GUNNER. and his looks
darker and darker
AT last he couldn't stand any more Of
it. but got up and seized the poker and
began smashing the fire with it, while my
cousins were trying TO signal the doctor
chap to shut up But no. Oh he went
with u detailed account of how ono night
they had been alarmed by their own sen
tries. aud-anl then BROOKE couldn t
stand it any longer. but Just burst ont;
"'pon my word, you're quito right.
don't know what we could have been
about to do it,"
And what then. Jim?" one Of his hear.
ers asked
"N.by." returned Beautiful jim. my
little cousin %ell-who's deyilisA smart
little l-lll. no rlistakeplout it-fouud out
very conveniently that the sun in the
park had brcn rather too much for her
TINT noruil-. and that she felt nwfully
III. would mind opening the window and
rettipr Lor a FAM SO | opcned tho win.
dow a il. ,4tlrt and got hcr "A finn. md
thcn VIC l,c .sn 10 abuse me sad sail / was
surh a ,,l,u,r I alv-ays made her IN every
time came rclr her. and Td rot scont
on nv handkerchief said Know the
smell Of eeor. always made her feel faint.
ard VET voall rcrsist Ia usin,- i, said
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