The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1894-03-29

Hwat did he say was wanted?-
Didn't say, sub, but De cunnle's In
his Office. Yahnduh comes dc oade IL.
too. suh; guess he must have Ayuha
You WAS over hyuh."
The result of this announcement was
not unexpected. The big man made a
leap for the chamber door only To find IL
slammed in his face from the other side
"llwat the DEVILS the matter with
your master this morning. Ananias?-
Naring! Waring, | say! Let me In.
! he X. 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. WariuS,
there's n good fellow"
"Go to hlazos, Doyle!" is the unfccl-
ing answer from the other tide. I'm
bathing" And vigorous splashinE
follows the announcement.
For the Lords sake, Waring, let
me in. Sure, cant see the colonel
now. If | could stand him of until
review and Inspections over and he's
had his dhrink he'd let the whole
thing drop; but that blackguard of n
sinthry has given us away. sure | told
you he would"
Then slide down the lightning-rod.
Fly mp the chimney! Evaporate! Dry
up and blow away, but get outl You
can't come in here"
"Oh, for mcrcy's sake, Waring! Sure
twas you that got me into the scrape.
You know that | was dhrunk when
you found me up the levee, You made
me come down when ! didn't want to.
Hwat did say to the man last night,
aDyhow?'
Say To him? Poor devil! why, you
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 pick
poclSet-the sergeant of the guard and
everybody connected with it."
"Oh, murtherl murtherl murthcr"
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, Waring, can't We let a
fcllcr in and say that I'm not hcre?"
"Hyuh, dis way, lieutenant" whis-
pered Ananias, mysteriously. "Slip
out on de poch and into Mr.. Pierce's
room. III tell you when he's gone"
And in n moment the huge bulk of the
senior lieutenant of Light Battery
"N" was being boosted through n 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. Waring! Mr.. Waring! get dressed
quick as you can, sub! III 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,
there isn't drop of Florida water in
this bath, and none on my bureau! Go
and rob Mr.. Pierce-or anybody"
But Ananias was already gone.
Darting out on the gallery, he took a
header through the window of the ad-
joining quarters through which Mr..
Doyle had escaped, snatched long
flask from the dressing table and was
back in the twinl1ling of an eye.
"What became of Mr.. Doyle?" asked
Waring, as he thrust 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
you dare leave me without Florida
water again if you have to burglarize
the whole post. What's Mr.. Doyle
doing, sir?"
"Peekin' froo de blin's in Mr.. Pierce's
room, sub; lookin' fo' de oade'ly.
done tole him de cunnle was ahter
him, but he amt, suh," chuckled An
anias. 81 fixed it all right wild de
gyahd dis mawnin, sub. Dey won tell
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 bcfo He wouldn't "a
known about dis, but | told his boy
jim to tell him bout it ahter stables.
| told Jim to swcah dat dey'd re-
pointed it to de cunnlc."
Very well, Ananias; very well, sir;
you're a credit to your name. Now go
and carry out my orCers. Don't forget
Capt. Grams wagon. Tell Jeffers to be
here with it on time" And the lieu
tenant returned to his bath without
waiting for reply.
Yeas, suh," was the subordinate
answer, as Ananias promptly turned,
and, whistling cheerily, went banging
out upon the gallery and gathering
down the open stairway to the brick
pa we'd court below. Here he as promptly
turned, and, noiseless as cat, shot up
the stairway. tiptoed back into the sit
ting-room, kicked off his low-heeled
slippers, and rapidly, but with hardly
an audible sound, resumed the work on
which he had been engaged-the ar
rangement of his masters kit.
Already, faultlessly brushed, folded
and hanging over the back of chair
close by the chamber door were the
bright blue, scarlet-welted battery
trousers then in vogue, very snug a.
the knee, very springy over the foot.
Underneath them, spread over the
square back of the chair, a dark-blue,
single-breasted frock-coat, hanging
nearly to the floor, its shoulders decbed
with huge epaulettes, to the right one
of which were attached the braid and
loops of heavy gilt aiguillette whose
glistening pendants were hung tenn
porarily on the upper button. On the
seat of the chair was folded q broad
soft sash of red silk net, It's tassels
carefully spread. Beside 1t lay a pair
of long buff gauntlets, new and spot
less. At the door, brilliantly polished,
stood pair of buttoned gaiter boots,
the heels decorated with small glisten-
ing brass spurs In the corner, close
at hand, leaned long, curved saber,
;ts gold sword-knot, it's triple-guarded
hilt, it's steel scabbard and plated
bands and rings, as well as the swivels
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