The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-07-27
THE BIG DRUNK DRAF'.

-, yoe NM pack yosr ,sve1sc nr.
~ ievslv Mary Ann.
1or Ia marry ron yet on fourp'ny bit,
~ : tine-Gnpirsd ma-a-ani
--Burrack Room Ballad
Al awful thing has happened! My
1lnnd Priynte Mulvaney. who went home in
- esrepis, time expired. not very long
-. has come back to India a. . civilian.
Il ~ ~ Dinah Shades fault. She could
not staud the poky little lodgings, and she
mimed her servant Abdullah more than
vcfde could tell. The fact was that the
Huleaneys had been out here too long,
~ had lost touch Of England.
Nuivany knew contractoron one OF the
~ Oentral India lines. and wrote to him
~ corne sort Of work. The contractor said
thatH Mulvaney could pay the passage he
No1N give him command OF gang OF
cooks for old sake's sake. The pay
Us dehty-6ve rupees month, and Dinah
Gho1d said that If Terence did not accept
- Would make his life "basted purga-
lory.~ Therefore the Mulvaneys came out
. ssefvilians, !" which was . great and ter
1rbls fall; though Mulvaney tried to dis
eu1oe Is, BY saying that he was KERNEL on
- railway line, an consequential man."
He wrote me an invitation on q tool.
ln1ont form to visit him, and / came down
- The funny little CONSTRUCTION" bungalow
q ~ dde Of the line. Dinah 6hadd had
planted peas about and about, And nature
6n6 spread all manner Of green stuff
yuund ~ place. There was no change in
1Eulvnney except the change in raiment,
LIZ kvxk vz<t H.
helpod He was standing upon his trolly
hesanguing gangman and bis shoulders
WoEo q well drilled and bis big, thick chin
NJ = clean shayen - ever.
TN civilian new" said Mulvaney.
eCud ron tell that was liver martial
mani Don't answer, SORT, ~ you're
ct3ojuins hetune compliment an lie.
4hero'B no houldin' Dinah Shadd now she's
ri house ~ her own. Go inside and
0h1ink tsy ont ~ chiny In the drrrrawin'
room. and thin we'll dhrink like Christians
nndher the tree here. Scutt, ye naygur
folkl There's sahib come to call on me.
-. thatss moro than he'll iver do for you
onlem you runl Get out, an 60 on pilin'
up the earth. quick, til shutdown"
When W three were comfortably settled
under the big sisham in front Of the bunga-
low, IN the 6lst rush OF questions and
answers shout Pfivates 0htheris and Lea
1oyd and old times and places had died
SWAY, Nulvensy said, refiectively: "Glory
=, there's no p'rade tomorrow an no
tuuheaded corp'rli-bhoy TO give you
Ne Up. An yit ! don't know. IT'S
hard to b something ye niver were an
niyeF meant @ BE-, an 81 the ould day.
shut up along wild your papers. Eyahi
I'm CROWN rusty, and tbs the will av God
lhat : man mnsn't serve his quane for
8mo and all
Hs hslpsd himself to fresh peg, and
D1Ghed furiously.
''Let your beard grow, Mulvaney.n said
!, land thon you won't be troubled with
thoee nofions. You'll be real civilian"
DiuAh 6hadd had confided to me in the
3fawinE,room her desire to coax Mulvaney
civilian. said poor binsh. who "f hsts sS
her husbands hankering after his old life.
"D1nah Shadd. you're disgrace to an
honest clane-scraped msnp said Null
yaney, without replying to me. Grow a
beard on your Own chin. darlint. and lave
NY raxors alone. They're all that stand
hefune me and dis-ris-spect-ability. Av
didn't shave wud b torminted wild an
outrajis thurrst. for there's nothin, so
dhryin' to the throat As big billy-goat
bard Vaughn undher the chin. Ye wadn't
have me dhrink always. Dinah Shadd? By
the same token, you're kapin' me crooI
0hry now. Let me look ut that whisky"
The whisky was lent and returned. but
Oinah Shadd, who had been Just as eager
- hsr husband in asking after old friends.
rent me with:
II take shame for you, sorr. comm,
down here-thought the saints know YOUR
- weikim as the daylight when you do
come-an' unsettin' Terence's head wild
your nonsence about-about whats much
better forgotten. He bein' civilian now '
an you niver was aught else. Can Won not
let the army restf IT'S not good for Ter.
! took refuge by Mulvaney. for Dinah
&hadd has temper of her own.
Let be--let be-" said Mulvaney. ",Tis
only wanst In way / can talk about the
ouid days" Then to me: "Ye say Dhrum.
enuck, y wei, an his lady tuf niver
new now I liked the gray garron till I
Vas shut AZ him and Asia" "Dhrum.
shticks" was the nickname OF the colonel
commanding Mulvaney's old regiment.
.Whl You be seem HIM again? You will.
Thin tell him." Mnlvaney's eyes began to
twinkle. "tell him wild privit-
Mister Terence" interrupted Dinah
Nov the divil an all his angels an, tn.
armament Az hivin fiy away Wild the Mis-.
Yer, an the SIN Az maxim me swear be on
yosr confession, Dinah Shaddl Privit. /
tell ye. Wild Privit Mulvaney's best obesi.
snce, that but for me the last time-exnires
wud be stu pullin' hair on their way TO
He threw himself back in the chair
chuckled. and was silent.
"Mrs. Mulvaney.nI said, "please take nm
the whisky and don't let him have il until
he has told the story
Dinah Shadd dexterously whipped the
bottle away. saying at the same time. ."Tis
nothing 70 DC proud sv." and thus captured
"sTwas on Chuseday week. wac Ia.
haderin round wild the gangs on the hank
taught the hoppers how To kane
step an stop screechin'-when a head
gangman comes up to me, wild about two
Inches Nv shirt tail hanging round his nal
an disthressful light in his al. .Sahih
sea he. there's reg mint an half ay sol.
diers up at the junction, knockin' red Gin.
ders out Az ivrything sndivrybodyl They
tnriea 70 nang me IN my cloth. be see, AN
there viii be murder an ruin an, rape in
the place before nightfalll They saw they're
comm down here to wake us up. What
will we do wild our women folk 9D
Fetch my throily 7 sen /: nv hearts
nick IN my ribs for wink at ANYTHING wild
the Quane's uniform on ut Fetch NV
throlly, an six av the jildiest men. and
run me up IN shtyie."
He tux his best coat" said Dinah Shadd
feproachfuliy.
.aTwas to do honor 70 the wildly. lend
Ia done no less, Dinah Shadd. You and
your digresshins interfere wild the coorse
az the narrative. Have you liver consid-
hered fwhat wud look like wild me head
shaved as well as me chin1 You bear that
IN your mind. Dinah darlin'.
was throlled up six miles, all TO get a
sn9ulnt at that draf. knew twas spring