The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-07-14

rufian as did Goliehtly, and that his in
structions were 20 send his capture under
proper escort TO Umritsar. Golightly was
feeling very damp and uncomfortable,
M b language he used was not mt Tor
publication, even in an expurRated form.
The four constables saw him safe to Um-
ritsar i'm an .~,intermediate" compartment,
and he spent the four-hour journey In
abusing them as fiuently as his knowledge
of the vernaculars allowed.
At Umritsar he was bundled out on the
platform into the arms OF n corporal and
two men of the - regiment. Golightly
drew himself up and tried to carry of
matters jauntily. He did not feel too
jaunty in handcuifs, with four constables
behind him and the blood from the cut on
his forehead stlneninR on ms LEI. cheek.
The corporal was mo ocular either. CO.
| lightly got as far as: "This is a very alb
surd mistake, my men," when the cor
poral told him to ''stow his lip" and come
along. He desired TO stop and explain.
He explained very well indeed, until the
corporal cut in with; You a orficer.
It's the like o. you as brings disgrace on
the likes of us. Bloomin' fine OFFICER you
are! l know your regiment. The
Rogue's March is is the quickstep where
you come from. You're a black shame TO
the service"
Golightly kept his temper and began ex-
planning all over again from the begin
ming. Then he was marched ont of the
rain into h refreshment-room and told
| not to make a qualified fool Of himself
The men were going To run him up To Fort
Govindghar. And running mp" is a per-
Torrance almost as undignified as the
Frog March.
Golightly was nearly hys,erical with
rage and the chill aud the mistake and
the handouts IN the eadache that the
cut on his forehead had given him. He
really laid himself out to express what was
in his mind. When he had quite finished
and his throat was feeling dry, one Of the
men said:-"Ive card a few beggars in
the click blind, still n crack on "a bit;
but I've never card anyone To touch this
ere 'ortlcer.'" They were not angry with
him. They rather admired him. They
had some beer at the refreshment-room,
and offered G~olightly some too, because
he had ''swore wonderful" They asked
him TO tell them about the adventures of
Private John Binkle while he was loose
on the countryside; m that made Co
lightly wilder than ever. IL he had kept
his wits b him he would have kept
quiet until an officer came; but he at
tempted To run.
Now the butt of a Martini i'm the small
of your back hurts a great deal, and rot
ten, rain-soaked khaki tears easily when
two men are jerking at your collar.
Golightly rose from the fioor feeling
very sick and giddy, with his shirt ripped
1 opeu All uDWn MS DIfdst anu nearly All
down his back. lie yielded to his luck,
and at that point the down train from La
hore came in, carrying one of Golightly's
majors.
This is the majors evidence in full:
"There was the sound OF "A scuille i'm the
second-class refreshmeut room, so ] went
in and saw the most villainous loafer that ]
ever set eyes on. His boots and brooches
were plastercd with mud and beer stains.
He wore a muddy-white dunghill sort of
thing on his head, and il hung down
in slips on his shoulders which
were a good deal scratched.
He was half in and half ont of a shirt as
nearly in two pieces as il could be, and he
was begging the guard to look at the
name OH the tail of il. As he had tucked
the shirt all over his head. j couldn't al
first see who he was, but / fancied that he
was n man i'm the first stage of ID. Il. from
the way he sworc while he wrestled with
his rags. When he turned round, and
had made allowance for a lump as big
as "A pork-pie oyer one eye, and some
green war-paint on the face, and some
violet stripes round the neck, | saw thai
IL was G~olightly. ale was very glad to see
me-" said the major, 'and he hoped
would not tell the mess about il. | didn't
but you can, now that Golightly has gone
home"
Golightly spent the greater part of tina
summer i'm trying To get the corporal and
the two soldiers tried by court-martial foI
arresting an "ofiicer and "a gentleman
They were, of course, very sorry for theil
error. But the tale leaked into the regi
mental c%anteen. and thence ran about Tho
Province.-RudgoTd ktptiag.