The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-23

bullock aeoks at theseonpauy cook He'd
dh1Esy 1iszle scrub az black mRsteche
an be tWtsrea an turned iviry w1rrd be
used, as " he found zs seos=ees TO spit cut.
Eyahi Hs:vasa TRICKY man an q cur BY
natIT. Some are born 80. Re was wan.
knew hsesns over his bat In money Dor
To~ed from, NATIVES, bssids q lot az other
maths-a EAcA, "a regard for your pres
ince, SCR, I,H{n ahRthecate. A little ~
rwhat l knew the colonel knew, tor he wud
| have noReay ban, an that, I'm thinkin'
BY fThat happened afterwards, the capt'n
! knew.
Wan day, bein5z mortal idle, or they
wud never attaried ut, the r1e'rdut gave
amshure rtcals-orT' Gers azd orf'cers'
ladies. You've seen the hkes tine an agin,
! SOFT, an poor fun IT'S for them that sit N
the back row an stamp ysd TIER boots for
the horoe az tbs rigmEnt. was told OF
( for to sh1f che scsnes, hsalin1 up .his an
/ draggin' down. tAeS. Light work Ut Was,
/ wild lashfns az bear and the gl1rl that
| dhressed the orTce ladies-6ut she died
IN Agra twelve years gone, an nay
! tongues gsttln' the better eY me. They
was scGln' a plaFthtng called 'SweetheeErs,'
which you may ha' heard az, an the
colona's daughter she was a lzdys maid
The capt'n was g boy called Brcom-Spreed
Broom was bis name IN tbs play. Thin
saw-Ut come Ous in tbs actta'-twhat
never saw before, an that was that he was
no gentleman They was too much to-
gesheF, THIN two, a-7vaizhperin' behind the
scenes l shifted, an some aV what they
said hee-d; foE I was dsath-blue death
an lVy-on the comb cuttin'. He was
IverLsStta' ~ expressing her TO fall in wid
some snsakin' sehame ay his, en- she was
UhryIn' to stand oHt against him, but not
as though she was set IN her Will won
der now in thin days that my ears did not
grow 8 yard on me head wild list min. But
l looked straigh5 forninst me, an hauled
up this an dragged down that, such as was
my duty, an the orr GERS ladies seq one 70
another, thinkini was out aF listen reach:
'Fwha5 an obIgia' young man is this Cor
p'ril Mulvaney.' Was corp'ril then.
was reJaced afterwards; but no matther,
I was a corp'riI wanst-
We'll, this 'SEeethearts' business whit
on Ike most amshure theetricals, and bar
rim fwhat I suspicioned 'twasn't till the
dhress rehearsal that saw for certain that
thin two-he the BLACKBOARD, an she no
wiser than she should ha' been-had put
up an evasion"
a WHAT" said l.
Evasion. Fwhat you Iorruds an ladies
call an elopment Evasion l calls it, be-
kaze, exceptin' whin It's right an natural
an proper, It's wrong and dhirty to steal
mans wan child not KNOWN her own
mind There was . sargint in the COM
Z 'ssariat who set my face upon e-vasions.
I'll tell you about that
Stick to the hIoomin' captains, Null
vaney," said Ortheris; comm ssariat sar-
g.nts is low"
IuIvapey accepted the emendarion and
went on:
Now, knew that the colonel was no
fool, any more than me, for was hid the
smartest man in the rig'mint, an the
colonel was the best OFFICER commandIn' in
Asia; 50 fwhat he said an 7 said was
mortal truth. We knew that the capt'n
was bad, but, for reasons which have al
ready O0Iiterated, I knew more than me
colonel wod ha' rolled out his face wild
the butt Az my gun before permittin' av
him to steal the CURL Saints knew av he
wud ha' married her, and av he didn't she
wUd be in great torrnint, an the divil av
what YOU, sorr, call scandal But
uiver sthrUCk, niver raised me hand on
my superior OFFICER; an that was a mer-
ricIe. now come to consider it"
"Mulvaney, the dawn's risin', said Or
theirs, an we're no nearer 'ome than we
was at the beginning. Lend me your
pouch. Mines ell dust
Mulyaney pitched his pouch across, and
filed his pipe afresh.
so the dhress rehearsal came to an end,
an bekaze was curious stayed behind
when the scene shifCin' was ended an I
shud ba' been in barricks, lynn as flat as a
toad under painted cottage thing. They
was talkin' in whispers. an she was shiv-
erin an Easpia' ike a fresh hukked fish
Are you sure you've got the hang az the
mauewvers2' SEE he, or wUrrds to that
eEec', as the coort martial SEE. Sure as
death sez she, but l misdoubt It's cruel
hard on my father Damn your father
SCI he, or anyways twas fwhat he thought,
the arrangement IS clear as mud. Jungi
viii drive the carriage afther aIIs over, an
you come 70 the station, cool an aisy, in
time for the o'clock thrain. where I VIII
be wild your kit Faith thinks to my
self. thin there's 4 ayah native female
servant in the business tun
a powerful bad thing Is ayah. Don't
YOU niver have any thruck wild wan. Thin
he began sootherin' her. an all the OFF GERS
an OFF GERS ladies left. an they put out
the lights. To explain the theory az the
flight, as they say at Muskthry. you must
understand that afther this -Sweethearts
nonsense was ended there was another lit
tie bit ~ a play called Couples some
kind a. couple or another. The CURL was
actin in this, but not the man. sus-
nicioned he'd 60 TO the station wid de
gCrI's kit at the end av the first piece,
Cd Twas the kit that 1usthered me, for I
knew for a Capt'n to 90 trapesinS about
the Umpire with the Lord knew what av
truSO on his arrum waS nefariOus, an wud
be worse than easin the Tag, so far as the
talk afterwards whit
"'OIi on, Mulvaney. Wot's truso2"
said Ortheris.
You're Al Oncivilized man, me son.
Win a guri' : married, all her kit an 'eou-
treuentS are truso, which names wedGIn'
portion An It's the same whin she's run
min away, even wild the biggest blackguard
sa the army list
80 I made ny plan aF campaign The
coioneus house was a good two miles away.
Dennis, ser / 20 my color ssrglnt, 'sv You
love me lend NE your kyazt, for me heart
is bruk an ne feet is sore vld tzanpin' 70
and from this foolishness at the CAT An
Dennis kent u, Wild = rampin', stauPia'
red stallion in the shafts Win they was
all settled down 10 their 'SweetRearts' Tor
the 6rSt scene, which was a long Esu, l
slips outside and lRJo the kysFt- Mother
av Hivin. bsst l made thss horse walk, an
we came into the colonslis compound as the
iiviI whit through Athlons-iE staRdin'
leps. Thsre was no one there except the
serviuss. an whit round 20 the back an
found tke girls syah.