New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-06-22

| "Mrs. Mnlvaney.n l said, please take up The
| wbiskev and don't let him have 1t untli ne mas
told the story" ....,.
| Dinah Sbadd dexterously whipped the po''ie
| away saving at the same time: lis mourning W
be proud av," and thus captured ny the enemy
| Muvaney spake:
Twas on Chuesday week. WAS oci"''',"
| round wild the gangs on the 'bankmnt-iV We 'aus".
| the hoppcrs how to kape step an stop screechin
| -whin n head -gangman comes up 10 me- WI"
obopt two inches av shirt-tail hangin' round his
mock an n disthressful light in his oil 'Sahib,
scz he. there's rigmint an half av soiuiers
up at the junction. knockin' red cinders out av
ivrything an ivrybody They thried TO hang
me in my cloth sez he, AN there will be murder
an ruin an rape in the place before nighuah'
They say they're comm down here to wake us
| IN What will we do wild our women-tOlR
| Fetch my throlly!' sez I; my hearts SICK IN
nv ribs for wink at anything wild the Quahe
uni ,rm on ut Fetch my throlly an SIN av the
| jildiest men, ard run me mp in shtyc'
"Ue Ink his best coat" said Dnah Shadd re-
proachfully.
Twas to do honor to the wildly. cud ha
donc no loss Dnah Shadd You and your di-
grcsshins interfere wild the coorse av the narrative
Have Won iver considered fwhat wud look like
wild me head shaved as we'll as my chin! You
bear that in your mind Dnah darn'
81 was throllied up six miles, all TO get Il
shouint at that draf knew twas sprnS
draf goin home, for there's no rigminf here
| abouts. morc's the pity
Praise the Virgin" murmured Oman Shadd'
But Mulvaney did not hear
"Whin was about three-quarters av mile OIL
| the rest-camp, powtherin along III 10 purfs''
heard the noise av the men, an on my sowl, SORT,
| I cud catch the voice av Peg Barney peIiowih
like bison wild the belly-achc. You reminder
| Peg Barney that in ID Comp'ny-a red, hairy
| scraun, wild scar his aw ? Peg Barney. that
cleared ont the Blue Lights Jubilee meeting wild
the cook-room mop last year?
| Thin I knew il was n draf' nv the oud rig
! mint an I was consumed wild sorrow Tor the
| bhoy that was in charge We was hard srrapins
| nj any time Did | liver tell YOU how llorker
Kelly whit into clnll nakd as Phocbus Apollonius,
| wild the shirts av the corp'ril an file undher his
arrum9 An he was mold man But I'm d.
| cresshin' IT'S shame both TO the rlg minis and
the ARMY sendn down little orfcer bhoys wld
draf av strong men mad wild liquor an the chanst
av gcttin' shut av India. an niver punishment
| that's fit to he given right down an away from
| cantonmints TO the dock Tis this nonsince
Wbin I am servin my time, I'm undher the Arti-
cles av War, an can be whipped on the peg for
thin. But whin I've served my time. I'm Re-
serve man, an the Articles av War haven't any
| hould on me. An OFFICER can't do anyfhin' TO
timc-cxpired savin confirm him to barrlcks. us
n wise rig'lation bckaze q timcFxpircd does not
! havc any barrcks: bein on the move all the time.
It's Solomon av rg'lation, is that. "ud
like to be INTRODUCED to the who secreted Mt.
lis easier TO get colts from Klbh'reen horsefar
into Galway than TO take a bad draf over ten
!
for fear that the men wud he hurt by the little
orfccr bhoy. No matthcr The nearer my throlly
came to the rest-camp, the woder was the shine.
an the louder was the voice av Peg Barney. lis
GOOD am here, thinks 10 myself, for Peg alone
is crploymnt TO TWO or three. He bcln', as |
well knew as COPIED as a dhrover.
Faith, that rest-camp was a sight The tent
ropes was all skew-noscd. an the pegs looked as
drunk as the min-ffty av thim-thc scourlns,
an rnsin's. an Divils lawns av the Ould Rig
mini; tell YOU sorr. they were dhrunker than
any men you've ever seen in your mortal life.
How does a drar get drunk? How does a frog
get fat? They suck ut in through their shluns
There Peg Barney sittn the groun'
: in his shirt-wan shoe oil an wan shoe on-whack
| in u teut-pcg over the head wild his boot an
! singin' fit to wake the dead. Twas no clane
! song that he sung. though. Twas the Owls
! Mass.
What's that asked
Whln bad egg is shut av the army. he sings
| the DiyIls Mass Tor good radiance; an that
| names swearin' at ivrythlng from the Commander
| in-Chief down u the ROoin-COrprll, such as you
| uiyer in your DAYS heard. Some men can sWeaI
| 50 as TO make green turf crack. Have you lveT
| heard the Curse of an Orange Lodge? lie DlNiIs
is ten times worse. an Peg Barney was singln ut.
| whackin' the tentpeG on the head wild his boot
| for each man that he cursed a powerful big
! voice had Peg Barney. an hard swearer he was
|
me OF alone that cud tell Peg was dhrunk as
| cOOt.
| breath afther cursin' the Adi'tintGcn'ral: I've
put on my best coat to see YOU. Peg Barney. SCI |.
| Thin take Ut of again SCI Peg Barney,
| latherin' away wild the boot; take nj of an
! dance, We lousy civilian
Wild that he begins cursn onld Dhrumshtlcks,
bein so full he clean misremllnbers the Brigade
| Major an the Judge Advokit-Gen raj
Do you not know me- Peg? seq |. though me
blood was hot in me wld being called a civilian
An him decent married man" walled
Duah Shadd
4 do not. SCI Peg. but dhrunk or sober I'll
tear the hide off your back wild a shovel whin
| I've stopped sing.n'
" 'Say; you 50, Peg Barney? sez l. IT'S clear
as mud you've forgotten me. ~ assist your
autobiography Wild that ] stretched Peg
Barney. boot an all. an whit into the camp. An
Where's the OFFICER in charge av the detach-
mint 81 ser | to Scrub Grcene-thc nearest little
| worm that ever walked.
There's no OFF Ger. We ould cook, SCI Scrub;
| we're boomn Republic
Are you that? sez l.: thin I'm O'Connell
the Dictator. an by this YOU will larn 10 kapc a
| civil tongue in your rag-boN.'
Wild that | stretched Scrub Greene an an
| whit TO the orf'ccr's tent "Twas a new little
bhoy-not wan I'd liver seen before. He was
| sittin' in his tent puriendn not 10 ave ear av
the racket.
| II saluted-but for the life av me I mint 10
shake hands whn / went in. Twas the sword
| hangin' on the tent-poe changed my will.
| Can't help. son" SCI ]; It's strong
mans job they've given you an You'll be wantln'
| help by sundown.' lie was "A bhOy wild bowls,
| that child. an rale gintlcman
Sit down.. he
| Not before my orfccr,' ser an tould him
| fwbat my service
I've heard vOu.' scz he 'YOu TUX the