Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-16
AN IRREPREssIBLE SOLDIER.
Not Overcome by the Awful Dignit,
of His OhicinI SuperiOrs.


when 1 was in the army during the
war;" said the ex-army officer to a Star
reporter. I'VE had chap with us that for
an all around merry fellow could not he
equaled anywhere. He was always doing
something unmilitarys and just as often
&C ming out of it with flying colors. He
was captain and quartermaster, and shall
call him Captain A. If you are going to
print what l say"
II am" said the 8, W., III 1t is good
enough" ri
well, then, on one occasion Captain A.
was seated opposite Major B. at hotel
table Now the major was one of those
severe looking men who strikes the OBJ
server as If he wanted to bite nail in
two and would do it if the nail got be-
tween his teeth. He was a good deal like
he looked, too. and never permitted his
dignity to be monksyed with without re-
senting It, The captain didn't know the
major, nor the major know the captain,
acquaintance IL the CAPTAIN had been at all
like the major. But he wasn't. He sat
watching the major cut a tough piece
of steak and the more he noticed the de-
termined look on the majors face and the
fierce, vindictive manner in which he at
tackled the steak on his plate the funnier
1t seemed to the captain. and at last he
could restrain himself no longer.
Excuse me. major, he said. with n
twinkle in his eye, as the major stopped his
operations and looked up, excuse me- but
did that steer ever kick you"'
THE major caught on in a minute, and
he was as hot as fire. and at once handed
his card to the captain. The captain knew
what that meant in the south, but he was
not disturbed, and went out of the dining
room smiling. He was about going away
and at the front door of the hotel he found
an ambulance. The captain asked whose
it was, and when he was told it was Major
got in to walt for developments. They
came in few minutes in the person of
the major.
"'Sir?' exclaimed the major fiercely, as
he started back on seeing who the occupant
was
"'That's all right, major smiled the
captain Get in and We'll go out and set
tie our little affair. and the ambulance Will
come handy to send the remains home in
And the funny part was that the major
got in, but not to fight. The righteousness
of it all struck him then. and he and the
captain became the best of friends.
1.-The captain was called on by the depart
ment at Washington for his quarter
masters report Indeed, he had been called
on many times. but his responses had been
few. He was as honest old wheat, but
he was no sort of business man, and his
accounts were Greek to him. However,
when the peremptory order came. the cap
tain got move on and hunted up every
paper lldl he cOulQ IHu III MS OlliCe, run
ming back for months, and tumbled them
pell NELL into barrel. This he headed UP
carefully and shipped to Washington, ac
companied by the following note: Dear
sir: In accordance with your request
send you herewith my accounts. and sin
cerely hope you can do something with
them. for L swear l can't"
wasn't he bounced?" inquired The Star
man.
NO" replied the officer, 'he was too
popular and had too many other good quail
tiles to be thrown out for a little thing Ike
that"