The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-05
MULVANEY'S TALE.


Ibis, sitting on tho parnpet, when we wore
hunting butterflies together. He had
theories about tho army and oolored clay
pipes perfectly. Ho said that the young
soldier is the best to work with, ION ac-
count NV tho surpassin innocinse nv the
ohild.''
"Now, listen" said Mulvanoy, throw
Ing himself full length ON the wall in tho
sun. I'm a born soutt av tho barrick
room. Tho army's mate an drink to me,
bokase Pm wan Nv the few that can't quit
ut. I've put in sivinteen years. nm the
pipe olay's IN the marrow nv mo. Av
oud have kept out av wan big dhrink q
month, wud have been hon'ry ft'nint
by this time-a nuisance to my botthers,
O laughin shtock to my equils an curse
to mesilf. Bein fwhnt am, Pm Privit
Mulvaney, wild no good conduc' pay an n
devourin thirst. Always barrin me little
frind Bobs Bahadur, know as much
about the army ss most men,"
said something hero.
"Wolseley be shotl Betune you nm mo
an that butterfly net he's ramblin, inco-
hermit sort nv divil, wild wan OF on tho
quane ON tho ooort an tho other on his
blessed silf-everlastin'ly playin Saysar
an Alexandrier rowled into n lump. Now,
Bobs is sinsiblo little man. Wild Bobs
an few 3-yearolds I'd swapo any army
av the earth into q jhairun an throw ut
away aftherward. Faith, I'm not jokin |
TITS the bhoys-the raw bhoys that don't
know fwhat bullut manes On wudn't
care nv thoy did-that dhu tho work
They're crammcd wild bull mate till thoy
fairly ramps wild good Twin, an thin, nv
they don't fight, they blow each other's
bids off. 'Tis tho trut' I'm tellin you.
They shud be kept ON dial bhnt On kijri in
the hot weather, but there'd be mut'ny
" twas done.
"Did ye liver hear how Privit Mulvaney
TUX the town av LungtungpenP thought
not! Twas tho lift'nint got the credit,
but twas me planned the sohame, A lit
Ito before was inviladed from Burma me
an four On twinty young vans undher n
Lift mint BraZenosc, was ruinin our d.
jeshins thryin to catch dacoits. An such
double ended divils niver knewl TITS
only dab an Snidcr That makes q
dacoit. Widout thin he's PEACEFUL Guilt
vator, an felony for to shoot. We hunted
an wo hunted, an TUX fever an clephints
now On again, but no dacoits. Evenshual-
ly we puckarowed wan man. 'Trate him
tinderly, SEE the lift mint. So TUX him
away into the jungle, wild the Burmese in
terprut'r an my clanin rod. SEE to the
L,
shquot on your hunkers an dimonstrate to
my frind here where your frinds arc whin
they re at home Wild TINT I introduced
him to the clnnin rod, an he COMMUNIST to
jabber, tho interprut'r intcrprutin In be-
tweens, an mo helpin tho intelligence de-
partment wild my clanin rod whin the
man misrcmimbercd.
'Prisintly learnt that acrost the river,
about nine miles away, was a town Just
dhrippin wild dahs an bohs an arrows an
dacoits an elephints IN jingles. Good! =
SEE 1. This Office will now close
That night went to tho lift'nint an
communicates my information. 1 nevor
thought much of Lift mint Brazenoso till
that night. He was shift wild books an
theouries, an all manner av thrimmin's
no manner nv use. Town did yo say?' SEE
he. 'Accordin to tho thcouries av war,
we shud walt for rc-enforcomints.' 'Faith!'
thinks I, we'd botther dig our graves
thin, for the nearest throops was up to
their shtocks in tho marshes out Mimbu
way. But says tho lift'nint, since tits n
spcshil case, I'll make an excepshin We'll
visit this Lungtungpon tonight.
The bhoys was fairly void wild de-
loight whin 1 tould ZEN, an, by this an
that, they wint through the jungle like
buck rabbits. About midnight we come
to tho shtramo which had clane forgot to
miDshin to my orflcor. I was on ahead
wild four bhoys, an thought that the lift
mint might want to the-ourize. 'Shtrip,
bhoys! soz I. 'Shtrip to the buff an shwim
In whore glory waits But can't shwimp
SCI two ay thin. TO think I should live
to hear that from bhoy wild board
school edukashinP SEE I. Take lump nv
thimbcr, IN me an Connolly here will ferry
20 over, ye young ladiesr
I'VE got on ould tree trunk an pushed
off wild tho kits IN tho ri1os on It. The
night was chokin dhark, an just rs we
was fairly embarked I heard tho lift'nint
behind NV mo calm out 'Thoro's bit ay
the bottom already So cud for I was
not u yard from the bank
Bit av nullah! Bit av an oshtuaryl'
SEE the lift'nint. Go on, 70 mad Irish
mani Shtrip, bhoys.' heard him laugh,
an the bhoys begun shtrippin an rollin q
log into tho wathor to put their kits on.
So mo an Connolly shtruck out through tho
warm wnther wild our log, an tho rest
como on behind.
"That shtrame was milos woidol
Ortiz iris, on tho rear rank log, whispers
We had got into tho Thames below Sheer
moss by mistake. 'Kapo on shwimmin, yo
littlo blnyguard, sez I, IAN don't 20 pokin
your dirty jokes at tho Irriwaddy.' 'Si-
lipce, mini sings out tho lift'nint. SO we
shwum on into tho black dhnrk, wild our
chests on tho logs, trustin in tho soaints
on tho luck nv the British army.
"Evenshually we hit ground-a bit av
sand-nn q man. I put my heel ON the
back nv him. Ho skrccched an ran.
Now we've done itl' SEE Lift'nint
Brazonose. Where the divil is Lungtung-
pen? There was about minute an a half
to wait. Tho bhoys laid a-hould NV their
rifles an some thriod to put their belts on
We was maTchin wild fixed baynits av
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