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

sgan, sorr, an poor fun It's for them that
| hoo. oack row an stamp wild their
s~ag s sVf tne honor av the rig'mint was
/ fbi s om ioI 20 shift the scenes, haulin' up
~ Was, wild lashins Az beer and the g,,rl
s W.; 9nressed the orf'cers ladies--hnt she
u.ou an Agra twelve years gone an, NV
nsue eettln' the bether av me. They
49, sun play thing called Sweet
TIE c.,a mn,cn you may ha' heard av, an
nit coi0neis daughter she was a Iady's
maid. The capt'n was . bow called Broom
rlnpETda Broom was his name in the plav.
-uln saW-ut come out In the ACTIN
uas never cav before. an that was that
tnrs mss noHentleman- They was too much
tbs sca, min tEo., a-whisperin' behind
iney said heered; for / was death-blne
-eain an ivy-.on the comb-cuttin,. He
Nas iveriastin'ly depressing her to fall in
VIC some sneakin' schame av his. am she
Ma, nas slyin' 70 stand out against him, but
not as though she was set in her will 7
wonder now in thin days that INV ears did
noa grow yard on me head wild lst'nirl'.
Du1 looked straight fornist me, an hauled
w tuis ana dragged down that such as
was my duty, an the orf'cers' ladies seq
que 70 another thinkin' / was out av list
en-reach: 'Fwbat an obligin' Young man
Is this Corp'riI Malvaney p WAS a Corr.
m tnen. was rejuced afterwards; but
no matther, was Corp'rii wanst
ell. this 'Sweethearts' business whit
on nke most amshure theatricas, am bar
TN Iwnat suspscioned, '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! Fwat you lorruds an ladies
eau an eiopement. Evasion I calls it. be-
kaze, exceptin' wbin It's right an natural
an proper, lis wrong an dhirty to steal a
mans wan child not knowin' her own mind.
Inere was sargiut in the comm 'ssariat
VINO set my face upon e-vasions. I'll tell
! you about that"
Stick to the bioomin' captains, Null
! gints is low
Mulvaney accepted the emsndation and
went on:
Now I knew that the colonel was no
1901, any more than me, for was hid the
smariest man in the mint. an the
| colonel was the best officer commandin' in
Asia; so fwhat he said an said was q
mortal truth. We knew that the cappn
was bad, but, for reasons which / have
already oblitherated, knew more than me
colonel. wud ha' rolled out his face wild
the butt Az my gun before permittin' av
him to steal the guri. Saints knew av he
wud ha' married her, and av he didn't she
wud be in great tormint. an the divil av
what you. sorr. call q scandal But /
niver sthruck, niver raised me hand on my
superior orf'cer; an that was a mirricle,
now come to considher it."
Mulvaney, the dawn's risin'," said
Ortheris. IAN we're no nearer 'ome than
we was at the beginning. Lend me your
| pouch. Mines all dust"
Muivaney pitched his pouch across, and
hlied his pipe afresh.
| so the dhress rehearsal came to an end.
an bekaze was curious / stayed behind
/ whin the scene shiftin' was ended, an /
shnd ha' been in barracks, lynn as fat as a
toad under paintyd cottage thing. They
was talkin' in whispers, an she was shiv-
erin an gaspin, like q fresh-huked fish.
Are yon sure you've got the hang av the
manewvers. SEE he, or wurrds to that
effect, as the coort-mariial seq. Sure as
death, seq she. but / misdouDt tits cruel
hard on my father Damn your father
1 ssz he. or anyways twas fwhat he thought,
the arrangement is rs clear as mud. Jungi
will drive the carriage afther ali's over. an
you come to the station. cool an 'aisy, in
time for the o'clock thrain, where I'll be
wild your kit Faith thinks to myself,
thin there's ayah (native female servant)
| in the business tut
"a powerful bad thing is ayah. Don't
you nivar have any, thruck wid wan. Thin
he began sootherin' her. an all the OFFICERS
an officers ladies' left, an they put out
the lights. To explain the theory af the
| night, as they say at Muskihry, you must
understand that afther this .Sweethearts'
! nonsense was ended. there was another
| little bit av q play called .Couples'-some
| kind OF couple or another. The guri was
| actin in this, but not the man. / sus-
| picioned he'd go to the station wild the
| gurl's kit at the end av the first piece.
| Twas the kit that fusthered me, for /
| know for capt'n to 60 trapesing about the
/ Umpire with the Lord knew what az a
/ truso on his arrum was nefarious. an wud
| be worse than easin the Gag, SO far as the
| talk afterwards wint"
."'Old on, Mulvaney. Wot's truso7"
said Ortheris.
you're an oncivilized man. me son.
| Whin gurl's married. all her kit an
/ coutrement are truso, which means we'd
| din portion An tits the same whin she's
/ runnin' away, even with the biggest black
/ guard on the ARMY list.
$50 made my plan av campaign. The
| colonel's house Yves good two miles
| away Dennis, seq to my color sargint,
'av you love me lend me your kyart, for
| me heart is bruk an me feet is sore wild
trampin' to and from this foolishness at
| the Gaff' And Dennis lent ut, with a
rappin', stampin' red stallion in the shafts.
| Whin they were ali settled down to their
/ 'Sweethearts for the first scene, which was
/ a long wan, / slips outside and into the
/ kyart, Mother av Hivinl but made that
| horse walk, an we came into the coioneps
| compound as the divil whit through Ath-
lone--in standin' Ieps. There was no one
/ there EXCEPT the servints, an whit round
to the back an found the girls ayah.
"sYe black brazen Jezeoel,' seq /, sellin'
| your masther's honor for Eve rupees
| pack up all the Miss Sahib's kit an look
| slippyl Capt'n Sabib's order seq |; go
| ing TO the station we are SEE, an wild
that laid my finger to my nose an looked
| the schamin' sinner / vas.
".Bote acchy,' says she; so knew she
! was in the business, an piled mp all the
| sweet talk I'd liver learnt in the bszars on
| to this she bullock, an prayed OF her to put
| all the quick she knew into the thing:
| While she packed / stud outside an
| sweated, for was wanted for to shit the
second scene / tell you a young gurls
evasion names as much baggage as a
| c'mint on the line av march. Saints help
| Dennis springs thinks /, as bundled the
| stuff into the thrap, for I'll have no mercyP
I'm commin' too says the avah.
"'No YOU don't. says |, iater-pechyl
| You baito where you are, IN pechv come
/ an bring Won sart, along with me, you
/ marauCin' '-niver mind fwhat / called
| her.
/ Thin I whit for the Gaff, an by the
| special ordher av Providence, for was
| dom a good work you will understand.
! Dennis springs HID tonight. Now, whln
| the Cap,'n goes for that kit, thinks /, he'll
/ he throubed' At the end av 'Sweethearts'
| off the Captn runs in his kyart 10 the
! Colouel,s house, an | sits down on the
| stems an laughs. Wanst an again / slipped
in TO see how the little piece was goin'. an
| whin ut was near endin' l stepped out all
! among the carriages an sings out very
| softly .Juugii' Wild that carr &c began