The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-07-13
sHE SOLDIERS BALL.

[6Sr<owed q seven-pouuueI ifOm TIE Ouu.
-. and Treathed it with laurels, and
~. he dancing floor plate glass. and
rided supper the like of which had
- been eaten before, and set two sem
- 4 the door of the room 10 hold the
-. Of programme cards. My friend.
800 Mulvaney, was one of the sentries,
i.ssu,e he was the tallest man in the regi-
-st when the dance was fairly started
\ 20 s,utr;es were released, and Private
1rlvaney fed to curry favor with the
- sergeant in charge of the supper.
Vk6ber the mess sergeant gave or Null
s.rey took cannot say. All that / am
~r.sin Of Is that at supper time | found
uslvaney. With Private Oriheris, two
'Hlrds Of ham, a loaf of bread, half q
ru,ede-foie-gras, and two magnums of
x.mpaene. sitting on the roof of my car
-, As | came up l heard him saving:
praise be danst doesn't come as often
: ord'ly room, or, by this and that.
0tb'ris. me son. I wud be the dishgrace av
s, ns'mint instid av the brightest jool in
- uoxn.p
sAnd the colonies pet noosince," said
oYiheris, who was Londoner. "But wot
ratss you curse your rationsf This ere
~ stuf's good enough"
~Stuif, you oncivilized pagini IT'S cham
,nrne we're dhrinkin' now. 'Tisn't that
q set ag'in. IT'S this quare stuff wild
- little bits Az black leather in it. Imis-
dsubt win be distressin'ly sick wild it in
- morning. Fwhat is ut?"
sGoose liver said. climbing on the top
dths carriage, for / knew that it was bet
10 sit out with Muivaney than TO dance
n1ny dances.
a6oose liver, is ut7" said Mulvaney.
sIsith, I'm thinkin' thin that makes it
vud DO bet.her to cut up the colonel. He
nrIin 1 power av liver undher his right
min whin the days are warm and the
IN chill. He wud give thin tons an
~ ~ liver. IT'S he says SO. I'm all
NJ today. seq he; and wild that he or
1hsn me ten days c. B. for as mold q
el,ink 8 iver good sodger tux betune
n keth."
THAT was when g wanted for to wash
heh In the Fort DITCH" Ortheris ex-
painsd. said there was too much beer
b he barrack water butts for God-fear-
hs man. You was lucky in gettin' OFF
WIN rot you did, Mulvaney."
You say so2 Now I'm persuaded /
Ms cruel hard trated, SEEM fwhat I've
tone Tor the likes Az him in the days
vain my eyes were wider opin than they
~ now. Man alive, for the colonel to
Whip me on the peg in that wayl Me that
have saved the ripitation av a ten times
bettef man than him! Twas ne-farious,
"a that names power av evil ~
Never mind the righteousness" said.
Whose reputation did you save?
"More's the pity, 'twasn't my own, but I
tux more trouble wild MT than av ut was.
Twas Just my way, messin' wild fwhat was
] 20 business Az mine. Hear nowi" He
eEIled himself at ease on the top of the
carriage. "l'il tell you all about ut. Av
coofse VIII name no names. for there's
van hats an orf'cer's lady now that was
u and no more will l name places, for
man Is thracked by place."
-kyanl" said Ortheris. lazily, "but this
~ mixed story wot's comin'."
Manst upon time, as the childer books
vas recruity."
was you, though 2" said Ortheris;
1os that's extraordinary
URN MS" said Mulvaney, ..av you opin
MN ups av yours again will. savin' your
Eeslnce, sorr. take you by the slack av
your trousers an heave YOU"
I'm num- said Ortheris. "Wot ZAP
tneo when you was recruity?"
! was betther recruity than you liver
OF VIII be, but that's neither here nor
~ I'e. INN became man, an the divil
i man was fifteen years ago. They
I'eo me Buck Mulvaney in thin days.
= oegad, TUX a woman's eye. I did
"a! ortn'ris, We scrub, fwhat are We
1 * atI Doye misdoubi me?"
ysyh Doubt said 0rtheris; "but I've
ny summat like that beforei"
aWyaney dismissed the impertinence
tnued ' anu
1 !, An the orf'cers av the rig'mint I was
~ ~ MN days was orf'cers-gran' men,
~. 80 manner on 'em an way wild 'em
~ Is Is not made these days--all but
So ivan O. the capt'ns. A bad dhrill. a
h;a s voice; an limp leg-thim three
I ~ n are the signs av bad man. You
~ wa. IN your hid, Orth'ris, me son.
s.r n tne colonel av the rig'mint had a
ma 'er-wan av thin lambiike. bleatin' !,
e ~ an carry-me-or-I ll-die girls. such
IL - inaoe Tor the natural prey av men
ecm, -. e capt n, who was iverlasiin' PAWN
tn. ~. ~ ner, though the colonel he said
~ al over, 'kape out av the brute's
y, my DEAR Bnt he niyer had the heart
Mn, senu ner away from the throuble,
81 - &c he was a widower. an she their
van child.'' "A SAo 'neAi
Ssop minute, Mulvaney.n said I;
nese things p, "" eoine W Ano"
MI now did | conner" said Mulyaney.
Sr,;,ss scornfnl grunt; bekase / turned
NO. sne quan's pleasure to a piece ay
~ iooklng out straight forninsr me,
i 49, -candelabrum in my hand for YOU
80 your cards out ov must not see nor
4 NJ, h NV coorse du! Up my back, an
nses voots, an in the short hair ay the
m :, nat where l kape nv ewes whin
Iros, aaty an the reg'lar vans are fixed.
Gin, :. lake my word for it, sorr, avry-
rp;r;s. great deal more is known in a
ness ~. or what would be the use ay a
nars. = a's,ht, OF sargiht's wife doin' wet
IA !" ene majors babv?' To reshume.
q hsS = s. osd dhrill was this capt'n-a rot
eypr ~ ariii-an whin first ran ME eve
hpt,sani see 10 meself: NV militia
dunch,,.. seq, my cock ay n Gosport
hnsN twas from Portsmouth he came
r,bv snere's combs TO be cut saws +.
ssneyy s sae grace ay God It's Terence Null
ass Viii cut thim.'
der,r, ne wnt menowderin'. an minan.
Re rol al mountaineering roun' an about
sns , oosi daughter, an she. poor inno-
kaIaes V 1 at him like n comm 'ssaria,
adh,rsr " s3 at the company cook. He'd
a ha nitie scrub av black mustache.
1ed. 4. .as'ed an turned iviry wurrd he
gis on, ay he found ut too sweet for to
a liar Eyahl He was tricky man
6svssoy natur'. Some are born so.
nao. van knew he was over his belt
siot ~ y, borrowed from natives; besides
3car n, vsaer mathers, which in regard for
ttle :. sorr, will oblithera,e. A
n H. asnat l knew the colonel knew.
Ia fh,n aa have none av him, an that.
md IN by fwhat happened afther-
n. ~e capt'n knew.
ne.. esy, bein' mortal idle. or they
eshs,see Ia thried ut. the rigmint gave
neatricals-orf'cers an OFFICERS