The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1896-03-19


down, down. Can't you charge? Well,
then, speak, speak, Bessie. sp-c-a-k,
speak now. Wowl--speak." But Bcs.
sic could only follow him with his
bright, curious eyes and come when
called. So the solace of many more
hours OF patient waiting lay in teaching
Bessie these and many other tricks,
until he was the most accomplished
dog In all the garrison and greatly be.
loved at the barracks. Duffy was lit
tie annoyed about the comment the in
appropriate name called forth, but he
insisted that it was as good as another,
and the incongruity was soon lost in
Bessie's popularity.
Caldwell saw the dog on rare occa-
sions. 1t stayed in it's masters room,
and slept on his bed, and waxed fat in
retirement. He had spoken of il sew.
cral times, butotherwise took no notice
OF its existence. which secretly riled
Duffy. But Caldwell was preoccupied,
and not quite himself. He came home
great deal the worse for wine one
night, and Bessie, being in his way, got
kick that sent him crouching to his
masters side. Caldwell might far bet
ter have kicked Duffy; however, the
striker understood and sympathized
with the lieutenant's condition He
himself could never have kicked dog,
even after payday, but Ill men are not
Mike; so Duffy petted Bessie and shut
him up in his own room, and returned
to look after the bodily comfort of his
master. 81 ..sE& Y Il .es.~.
This considering the wine--was
pardonable; but the next offense could
not be condoned 1t occurred in
broad daylight and Caldwell was sober.
He had been having an explanation
with the commanding officer, and that
gentleman mad made reflection upon
some Of the heutenant's fayt-growing
habits that had eXasperateu the al-
ready over-worried junior almost be-
You'd endurance. He STROBE into his
quarters and found Duffy, who was not
expecting him, dividing his attention
between Bessie's charms and the
buckle or his masters belt. Now Bes-
sizes disposition inclined him to for
give; he ran to Caldwell, looked up to
his face with soft, affectionate eyes,
and put his little paws, one yellow and
one white, upon his knee. Caldwell
did not dare to kick the commandment,
but he kicked Bessie--and broke the
yellow paw. 1T was the one always
held out to Duffy to greet him. -.
Duffy bandaged the: paw, and in
time it grew well. But Duffy hated
Caldwell with the most dangerous Of
hatreds silent and waiting one.
Caldweil's habits did not improve
His fondness for whisky, whether good
or bad, continued. He had good
whisky in his room, and Duffy knew it;
for he belonged t. the old school OF
strikers who do not look upon cigars or
tobacco as private property. 4"
One day, after Bessie's foot was we'll
Duffy went TO get a drink, because his
spirits were low. There was very little
whisky in the decanter, barely half q
glassful, and an idea suddenly flashed
into The strikers mind CaldwellTwas
officer Of the day. He reyer started to
make the rounds without taking
liquor to keep him werm, and Duffy
knew it, and saw his revenge laid bare.
The striker took Bessie for walk
over to the hospital, to show the steward
the mended paw.
"Sayr" said Duffy, I've got the TOOTH
ache. / didn't sleep none last night.
Hev we got some what's that we give
me once? Laudanum, was it? kin 5'e
let me hev bit?"
"Why, yes; / guess so,' the steward
answered, and went into the dispensary
| to get it. e
Shall take all that?" inquired the
striker. with sweet simplicity.
"Lordl no, man. Put some on cotton
and stick it in the tooth"
"Oh! And what wud it do to me If /
was to swallow it? Wud it kill me-" II
'.No, there amt enough for that. II
would put you pretty fast asleep,
| though
| "0h!" said Duffy, again.
Then Bessie went through his tricks
for the steward, and trotted back homo
at his masters heels.
That night Caldwell finished the
whisky in the decanter, and grumbled
| that the sutler was selling him vile
tasting stuff, then started off little
while afterward to make his rounds.
The next day he was under arrest--for
| drunkenness on duty.
/ And Duffy, who had, with well-played
reluctance, given some of the most dam
aging testimony in regard to Caldwells
| habits at the court-martial, which dis
missed the latter, said good-by 30 the
disgraced man with sparlkle--which