Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1892-09-15

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of the mems quarters. Quick, bouad-
ing footsteps could be heard, ard the
| low, brief orders of tho scrgeants as they
went fitting from door to door, Then
| half suppressed EXPLANATIONS, an occa-
sional smothered yell of excitement or
| delight from some enthusiastic Paddy
ever ready for a frolic or fight Then
a gradually swelling murmur of voices,
| the rapid scurTy of booted feet, clat-
tcring up and down the stairways, the
slamming and banging of barracl doors,
the dragging forth of heavy chests and
boxes. the clanll of a dropped saber, and
then people at the hoproom, strolling out
on the broad veranda for fresh air or
| Irritation, became aware of the unusual
illumination over across the parade, and
| listening heard the sounds of hustle and
preparation. And then lights began
to pop up among the windows Of the
second battalion, where the news had
rapidly spread, and where dozens of
troopers tumbled out of their blankets
and into their boots forthwith and went
charging en- masse upon their own SER
geants to know what it meant that
them fellers in the first battalion had
had orders to be pand getting and none
had come for us"
In less time than it takes TO tell it
the tidings spread from porch to hall
that something was up" and other
! people, men and women, old officers and
| young, lnatrons and maids, quit their
| places in the LanCcrs and came stream
ing forth upon the gallery. whats
| the natter" is it fire? | heard no
alarm" The trulnpcts haven't sound
ed "See! there's the orderly trumpcter
going across the parade now, running
to the Office" "Why, the Office is
| lighted too" "Whcrc's Wayren:'
"What does it mean" These and doz-
ems of other verbal conjecturcs and sug-
gestions flew from lip to lip. Men es-
cused themselves to their fair partners,
seized their caps, scurried away down
! the steps and sped over toward the
lights at headquarters. A dozen Or
more suddenly disappeared in this way,
| and then it was found that the colonel
and BcIrien and Hazlett and Thorpe
and Brewster, too, We're all missing. And
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