Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1890-07-19


strong mans Job they've given you, an
you'll be wantin' help by shutdown;
He was a bhoy wild BOWLS, that chlld,
an rale gintleman.
Sit down, seq he.
Not before my OFFICER, seq /; an l
tould him fwhat my service was.
"'Ive heard av YOU seq he. You
tux the town av Lungtungpen nakld. ].
Faith, thinks I, that's honor an,
glory; for twas Lift'n Brazenose did
that job "Im wild We, sorr, seq. l, II
I'm av use. They shud niver ha' sent
you down wild the draf. Savln' your
presince, sorr," | sez, It's only Lit :
mint Hackerston in the ould rig'mlnt
can manage home draf'
"'I've niver had charge of men like
| this BEFORE SEE he, playin' wild the
pens on the table; AN | see by the rig :
| latiOns-'
Shut your OF to the rig'lations,
sorr, | seq, till the TROOPERS into
blue wather. BY the ig'lations you've
got to tuck thin up for the night, or
they'll be running foul av my coolies
an maxim shiverarium half through
the country; Can you trust your non
CONS, SCRIP
Yes SEE he.
Good, SEE l. "there'll be trouble
before the night. Are you marchin',
sorr?'
ITO the next station SEE he.
Better still, seq /; there1l be big
throuble.'
Can't be too hard on home draf' ,
sez he; the great thing is to get them
in ship
Faith you've larnt the half av your
lesson, sor, seq /, but av you shtick to
the Citations you'll niver get thin in
ship at all, at all. Or there won't be a
rag of kit bethune thin whin you do
"'Twas dear little orfcer bhoy, an
by way av kapin' his heart up | tould
him fwhat | saw wanst in draf in
"What was that, MuIvaney ?" said l.
"Sivin an fifty men sittin' on the
bank av a canal laughin' at poor little
squidgereen av an orfcer that they'd
made wade into slush an pitch the
things out ave the boats for their Lord
High Mightinesses. That made me
OFFICER bhoy woild wild indignation.
Soft an easy, sorr,' seq l.; you've
niver had your draf' in hand since you
left cantonmints. Wait till the night
an your work will be ready to you.
Wild your permission, sorr, | will inves-
tigate the camp an talk to my ould
frinds. Ills no manner av use thryln'
to sthop the divilment now
ovid that | whit out into the camp
an INTRODUCED mysilf to ivry man So
Der enough to remember me. | was
some wan in the ould days, an the
bhoys were glad to see NEAL except
Peg Barney, wild eye like tomato
five days in the bazaar, an a nose to cor
respon' They come round me an
shuk me, an | tould thin [ was in priv
it employ, wild an income av me own
an DRAWN room fit to bate the
shtories an nonsinse gin rally, kept
'em quite in wan way an another
knockin' roun' the camp. Twas bad
even thin whin | was the Angil av
Peace.
81 talked to me ould non-coms-they
was sober-an' bethune me an thin we
wore the draf' over into their tents at
the proper time. The little OFFICER
bhoy he comes round, decint an civil
spoken as he might be.
"'Rough quarters, men, sez he, but
you can't look to be as comfortable as
in barricks. We must make the best av
things. I've shut my eyes to dale av
dogs trick to-day, an now there must
be no more av ut.
"'No more we will. Come an have a
drink, me son. seq Peg Barney, stag
germ whore he stud. Me little OFFICER
bhoy KEEP his timper.
" You're a sulky swine, you are, seq
Peg Barney, an at that the men in the
tent began to laugh.
81 tould you me OFFICER bhoy had
BOWLS. He cut Peg Barney as near as
might be on the OF that I'd squshed
whin we first met. Peg went spinning
acrost the tent.
&c Peg him out, sorr,' SEE I, in
whishper.
Peg him out = seq me OFFICER bhoy,
up loud, just as if twas battalion p'rade
an he pickin' his wurrds from the Sar-
gint,
'The non-coms TUX Peg Barney-a
howlin' handful he was-an' in three
minuts he was pegged out-chin down,
tight drawn-on his stummick, a peg to
each arm an leg, swearin' fit to turn a
naygur white.
81 TUX a peg an jammed ut into his
ugly jaw. Bite on that, Peg Barney |
SEE; the night is settin' frosty, an
you'll be wantin' divarsion before the
mornin': But for the rig'lations you'd
be bitin' on bullet now at the thri-
angles, Peg Barney" SEE /, watchin'
Barney bein' pegged.
g Tis agin the right riglations. He
strook him ? screaches out Scrub
Greene, who was always lawyer; an
some of the men TUX up the shoutin.'
Peg out that mans SEE my Off Ger
bhoy, niver losin his timper; an the
non-coms whit in and pegged out