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

gent government is suffering for my
services? What sort of day is it, sir?"
Beautiful day, Mr.. Waring."
"Then go at once to Mr.. Larl1in and
tell him he can't wear his new silk hat
| this raorning-I 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 you get
| Mr.. Pierce's silk umbrella; then come
back here and get my bath and my
coffee. Stop, there, Ananiasl 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 1
don't pay you princely salary to raise
obstacles. don't pay you at all, sir,
except at rare intervals and in moments
of mental decrepitude. Go at once!
Allezi Chassezl Skoot!"
"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'n SCUM in
ten minutes"
eft won't, but if it does I'll brain the
| bugler. Tell him so. Tell Capt Cram
he's entirely mistaken; won't ride
| the bay colt-nor Glenco. I'm going
driving, sir, with Capt. Grants own
team and road wagon. Tell him so.
Going in forty-five minutes by my
watch. Where is it, sir?"
''It amt back from de jewelers.,
sub, where you dun 1ef it day before
yist'day; but his boys hyuh now, sub,
wild de bill for las year. Whut shall
| tell him?''
"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 TIL be
sure TO overstay 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 1t on
his bureau, In which case impress the
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'll put you in arrest if you cuts drill
dis time. Cunnle Braxton says to Capt
CrHm only two days ago, sub, dat"
But here white arm shot out from
canopy of mosquito netting, and FIRST
a boot Jack, then a slipper, then q
heavy top boot, came whizzing past
the darky's lodging head, and, finding
gxposTulation 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, tt
be seen wearing, as was the fashion
in the sixties, the shell jacket o.
the light artillery. He had a full
round body, and full round rudy
face, and q little round visorless cal
cooked on one side of a round head
not very full of brains, perhaps, ye
reputed to be fairly stocked with wha
is termed ''horse sense" His bulk,
legs were thrust deep in long boots
and ornamented, so far as the skin
tight breaches of sky blue were con
cerned, with a scarlet welt along thu
seam, a welt that his comrades wer'
wont to say would make white mari
on his nose, so red and dubious wa
that organ. He came noisily in from
the broad veranda overlooking tn
parade ground, glanced about on tn
disnrray of the bachelor sitting-room
then whirled on Ananias-
"Mr. Warning dressed2"
moo, sub; JUS woke up, sub; ain
out o. bed yit."
"The lazy vagabond! Just let me ge
: at him q minute said the big man
} tramping over to the doorway as thougl
bent on invading the chamber beyond
But Ananias had halted short at sigh
of the intruder, and stood there resc
lutely barring the way.
BEG pardon, lieutenant, but MI
Warning amt had no bath yit. Can
Z mix de lieutenant a cocktail, suh?"
\, "Can you? You black imp of Satar
why isn't it ready now, sir? Sure 20
could have seen was as dhry as
limekiln from the time came throug
the gate. Hware's the demijohn, 20
villain?"
"Bein' refilled, sub. down to de sto
but da's a little on de sideboa'd, sub,
! answered Ananias, edging over thithe
now that he, had lured the invade
away from the guarded doorwa.
: Take it straight, sub, O. wild bitters-
o. toddy?"
Faith, I'll answer ye as Pat did th
parson: I'll take it straight now, an
then be drinking the toddy while you
honor is mixin' the punch Give m
hold of it, you smudge! and tell you
masther it's review-full-dress-
it's time for him to be up. Has he ha
his two cocktails YETI"
1.-THE lieutenant doesn't care To- an
dis mawnin', sub. I'll fetch him hi
coffee in a minute. Did you see
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