Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-06-02

Didn't say, sub, but de GUINNESS IN
his Office. Yahnduh comes de oade'ly,
too, sub; guess he must have hyuhd
you was over hyuh."
The result of this announcement was
not unexpected. The big man made
leap for the chamber door, only to find it
slammed in his face from the other side.
"Hwat the DEVILS the matter with
your master this morning, Ananias?-
Waringi Waring, 1 sayl Let me In.
The K. O.'s orderly is afther me, and
all on account of your bringing me in
at that hour last night Tell him I've
gone, Ananias. Let me in, Warning,
there's good fellow"
$50 to blazes, Doy1ep is the unfeel-
ing answer from the other side. ''I'm
bathing" And q vigorous splashing
follows the announcements.
"For the Lords sake, Warning, let
me in. Sure, can't see the colonel
now. If l could stand him off until
review and inspections over and he's
had his dhrink he'd let the whole
thing drop; but that blackguard of
sinthry has given us away. Sure told
you he would"
'sThen slide down the lightning-rod!
Fly up the chimney! Evaporate! Dry
up and blow away, but get outl You
can't come in here"
"Oh, for mercy's sake, Waringl Sure
twas you that got me into the scrape.
You know that I was dhrunk when
you found me up the levee. You made
me come down when l didn't want to.
Hwat did say to the man last night,
anyhow"
never can remember after you're drunk
what you've been doing the night be-
fore. Some time it'll be the death of
you You abused him like a picl-
poclet-the sergeant of the guard and
.verybody connected with it."
sob, murther! murtherl murther!"
groaned the poor Irishman, sitting
down and covering his face with his
hands. 'Sure, they'll court-martial me
this time without fail, and know it.
For Gods sake, Warning, can't ye let
Teller in and say that I'm not here?"
"Hyuh, dis way, lieutenant" whis-
pered Ananias, mysteriously. "Slip
out on de poch and into Mr.. Pierce's
room. I'll tell you when he's gone"
And in a moment the huge bulk of the
senior lieutenant of Light Battery
tx" was being boosted through a win
dow opening from the gallery into the
bachelor den of the junior second lieu
| tenant. No sooner was this done than
the negro servant darted back, closed
and bolted the long green Venetian
| blinds behind him, tiptoed to the bed
room door, and, softly tapping, called:
''Mr. Waringl Mr.. Warning get dressed
quick as you can, subj I'll lay out your
uniform in hyuh.'
81 tell you, Ananias, I'm going to
town, sir; not to any ridiculous re-
view. Go and get what ordered you.
See that I'm properly dressed, sir, or
| I'll discharge you. Confound you, sir,
this bath, and none on my bureau! Go
and rob Mr.. Pierce-or anybody"
But Ananias was already gone.
| Darling out on the gallery, he took a
header through the window of the adj
| joining quarters through which Mr..
Doyle had escaped, snatched a long
flask from the dressing table and was
back in the twinlling of an eye.
what became of Mr.. Doyle?" asked
| Warning, as he thrust a bare arm
through a narrow aperture to receive
| the spoil. Don't let him get drunk
he's got to go to review, Sir. If he
| doesn't, Col. Braxton may be so incon-
siderate as to inquire why both the
lieutenants of * battery are missing.
| Take good care of him till the review
sir, then let him go to grass; and don't
Won dare leave me without Florida
water again if you have to burg1arize
the whole post. What's Mr.. Doyle
doing, sir?''
| "Peekin' froo de blin's in Mr.. Pierce:
room, sub; lookin' TO- de oade'ly.
done tole him de cunnle was ahtel
him, but he amt, suh," chuckled An
anias. 81 fixed it all right wild dc
gyahd dis mawnin, sub. Dey won tel
bout his cuttin' up las night. He'd
forgot de whole ting, sub; he allays
does; he never does know what's hap
pened de night befo'. He wouldn't "a
known about dis, but I told his boy
Jim to tell him bout it ahter stables
II told Jim to sweah dat dey'd re-
pointed it to de cunnle."
Every well, Ananias; very we'll, sir
you're credit to your name. Now e.
and carry out my orders. Don't forge
Capt. Grams wagon. Tell letters to b.
here with it on time" And the lieu
tenant returned to his bath withou
waiting for reply.
''Ye-as, suh," was the subordinat,
answer, as Ananias promptly turned
and, whistling cheerily, went banging
out upon the gallery and gathering
down the open stairway to the brick
paved eourt'below. Here he as prompt!
turned, and, noiseless as cat, shot VI
the stairway, tiptoed back into the sit
ting-room, kicked off his low-heelet
slippers, and rapidly, but with hardl.
an audible sound, resumed the work OF
which he had been engaged-the ar
rangement of his masters kit.
Already, faultlessly brushed, foldec
and hanging over the back of chat
close by the chamber door were tn
bright blue, scarlet-welted batter,
trousers then in vogue, very snug a
the knee, very springy over the foot
Underneath them, spread over tn
square back of the chair, dark-blue
single-breasted frock-coat, hanginl
nearly to the floor, its shoulders declze
with hugo epaulettes, to the right on