Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-06-10

considerable manner, when an indul-
gent government is suffering for my
services? What sort of a day is it, sir?'
Beautiful day, Mr.. Warning"
"Then go at once to Mr.. Larllin and
tell him he can't wear his new silk hat
this morning. want it, and you fetch
it. Don't allow him to ring in the old
one on you. Tell him mean the new
\ spring style he just brought from
New York. Tell Mr.. Ferry want that
new Hatfield suit of his, and yousget
Mr.. Pierce's silk umbrella; then come
back here and get my bath and my
coffee. Stop, there, Ananfasl Give my
pious regards to the commanding Off
Ger, sir, and tell him there's no drill for
* battery this morning, as I'm to
breakfast at Moreau's at eleven o'clock
and go to the matinee afterwards"
BEG pahdon, sub, but de cunnle's
done ordered review fo' de whole COM
mand, sub, right at nine o'clock"
$50 much the better. Then Capt.
Cram must stay, and won't need his
swell team. Go right down to the
stable and tell LETTERS I'll drive at nine
thirty"
But"
mo butts, you incorrigible rascal!
don't pay you princely salary to raise
obstacles. l don't pay you at all, sir,
except at rare intervals and in moments
of mental decrepitude. Go at once!
Allez! Chassezl Sl1oot!''
"But, lieutenant" says Ananias, his
| black face shining, his even white
teeth all agleam, Capt. Cram stopped
in on de way back from stables to say
Glenco'd sprained his foot and you
was to ride de bay colt. Please get
up, sub. Boots and saddles'lI SCUM in
ten minutes"
"It won't, but if it does I'll brain the
bugler. Tell him so. Tell Capt. Cram
he's entirely mistaken; I won't ride
| the bay colt-nor Glenco. I'm going
I driving, sir, with Capt. Grams own
team and road wagon. Tell him so.
Going in forty-fve minutes by my
watch. Where is it, STRIP
at amt back from de jewelers.,
sub, where you dun lef' it day before
yist'day; but his boys hyuh now, sub,
| wild de bill for las year. Whut shall
tell him2"
Tell him to go to-quarantine. No!
Tell him the fever has broken out here
| again, sir, and not to call until ten
o'clock next spring-neXt handspring
they put in that watch. Go and get
Mr.. Merton's watch. Tell him I'll be
sure to ovcrstay in town if he doesn't
send it, and then / can't take him up
| and introduce him to those ladies from
Louisville tomorrow. Impress that on
him, sir, unless he's gone and left it on
| his bureau, in which case impress the
1 watch-the watch, sir, in any case. No!
/ Stop again, Ananias; not in any case,
only in the gold hunting case; no other
Now then, vanish"
"But, lieutenant, TO Gawd, sub,
dey'l1 put you in arrest if you cuts drill
dis time. Cunnle Braxton says to Capt.
Cram only two days ago, sub, dat"
But here a white arm shot out from
a canopy of mosquito netting, and first
a boot-jack, then a slipper, then a
heavy top boot, came whizzing past
the darky's lodging head, and, finding
expostulation vain, that faithful servi-
tor bolted out in search of some ally
more potent, and found one, though
not the one he sought or desired, just
entering the adjoining room.
A big fellow, too-too big, in fact, to
be seen wearing, as was the fashion
in the sixties, the shell jacket of
the light artillery. He had a full
round body, and a full round ruddy
face, and a little round visorless cap
cooked on one side of a round head,
not very full of brains, perhaps, yet
reputed to be fairly stocked with what
Is termed 'horse sense" His bulky
legs were thrust deep in long boots
and ornamented, so far as the skin
tight breeches of sky blue were con
cerned, with scarlet welt along the
seam, a welt that his comrades were
wont to say would make white mark
on his nose, so red and Dubious was
that organ. He came noisily in from
the broad veranda overlooking the
parade ground, glanced about on the
disarray of the bachelor sitting-room
then whirled on Ananias.
"Mr. Waring dressed?"
"No-o, sub; JUS woke up. sub; AIM
out o. bed yit."
1.-THE lazy vagabondl Just let me ge
at him a minute" said the big man
tramping over to the doorway as though
bent on invading the chamber beyond
But Ananias had halted short at sigh
of the intruder, and stood there reso
lutely barring the way.
BEG pardon, lieutenant, but Mr.
Warning amt had no bath yit. Can
mix de lieutenant cocktail, suh?"
"Can you? You black imp of Satan
why isn't it ready now, sir? Sure yo1
could have seen was as dhry as
limekiln from the time came through
the gate. Hware's the demijohn, yo1
villain?"
"Bein' refilled, sub, down to de sto
but da's a little on de sideboa'd, sub,
answered Ananias, edging over thithe1
now that he had lured the invade
away from the guarded doorway
"Take it straight, sub, o. wild bitters-
o. toddy?"
Faith, I'll answer We as Pat did the
. parson: I'll take it straight now, ant
then be drinking the toddy while you
= honor is mixin' the punch. Give nj
hold of it, you smudge! and tell you
masther it's review-full-dress-
!, it's time for him to be up. Has he hao
his two cocktails yet?"
"The lieutenant doesn't care fo' an,
- dis mawnin', sub. I'll fetch him hi
coffee in minute. Did you see d