Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1893-10-12

females of their race II was 'Louette
with the mandate from her mistress,
mandate he dared not disregard.
Say I'll be along in minute" was
his reply, but he sighed and swore
heavily, as he slowly reascended the
stair. ''Give me another dhrink,
smut" he ordered Ananias, disregard
ing Ferry's suggestion: Better drink
no more till after dark" Then, swal-
lowing his potion, he went lurching
down the steps without another word
Ferry and Pierce stepped To the gal
lery and gazed silently after him as he
veered around To the gate leading to
the old war hospital inclosure where
the battery was quartcred. Already
his walk was perceptibly unsteady.
Keeps his head pretty well. even
| after his legs are gone" said Ferry.
"knows to" much tn go by the sally
port He's sneaking out through the
back gate
why. what does he go out there for,
when he has the run of Warnings side
board?"
"Oh, didn't You hear? She sent for
him
That's il. is it? Sometimes | won
der which one of those two will kill
the other"
''Oh. he wouldn't dare. That fellow
is an abject sard i'm the dark. He
believes in ghosts, spooks, banshccs
and wraith-- everything uncanny-
and she'd haunt him if he laid his
hands on her. There's only one thing
that he'd be more afraid of than
Bridget Doyle living, and that would
he Bridget Doyle dead
Why can't he get rid of her? What
hold has she ON him? This things an
internal scandal as it stands. She's
only been here month or So, and
everybody in garrison knows all about
her. and these doughboys don't make
any bones about chatting us on our
lady friends"
We'll. everybody supposed he had
got rid of her years ago. lie shook her
when he was made first sergeant, just
before the war. Why, I've heard some
of the old stagers say there wasn't n
finer looking soldier in all the regi-
ment than Jim Doyle when he married
that specimen at brownsville. Doyle.
too. supposed she was dead until after
he got his commission, then she reap
peared and laid claim to him. 1t would
have been an easy enough matter five
years ago to prove she had forfeited
all rights, but now he can't. Then
she's got some COMPOUNDED hold on
him, don't know what. but it's kill
ing the poor beggar. Good thing for
the regiment, though: So let it 60"
"Oh. ! don't care rap how soon
we're rid of him or her-the sooner the
better: only hate to hear these fell
lows laughing and sneering about Mrs.
Doyle" And here the young fellow
hesitatcd. Ferry, you know I'm as
fond of sam Warning as any of You.
liked him better than any man in his
class when we wore the gray. When
they were yearlings we were plebes,
and devilled and tormented by them
most numerically day and night.
took to him then for his kindly. jolly
ways No one ever knew him to say
or do cross or brutal thing I liked
him more every year. and nissed him
"neh no was EAduateo. reJoiced
when he got his transfer 20 us. It's
pcsa"Se ! iihe MN 80 iii"en Una. ha,e
10 near 'hese fellows making their lit-
.ie mlngs now
ha' nihgs' said ferry
wen you KNOW as much as 40
GU We near" as mueh' '"o' haVehta
ooup'.
~, Hooous sa,o ny'hing ABOUT Nam
"ar,he III my nearing that reheeteu
on MN III any way worth speaking o.
sam rerr!' YET not very stoutly'
u, NOT on MN SO mnch' perhaps as
,he "or'u LOOKS a, TINS sort Oh th,ng'
pu. ON her' Shes young pretty
ii'arrie' !" man years her senior
s,iuh!' irowIy o'o rrehchi'ah' Hhe
alone Win her ehiid ana one OF TWO
servants from carry morning tlli lat'
evening anu WIN ,ha' wea~sneo iittic
monkey OF man the rest OF the time.
he only society She sees Is the one or