Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1896-03-05

At the pathos OF 1t ALL
In her bounty free but queenly,
Now unbending In her fall.
e. A. Valentine in Youths Companion.
MULVANEY'S TALE.
My friend Private Mulvaney told me
this, sitting on the parapet, whom we were
hunting butterflies together. He had
theories about the army and colored clay
pipes perfectly. He said that the young
soldier is the best to work with, ''on 40
count Nv the surpassin innocinse av the
child"
CHOW, listenl" said Mulvaney, throw
ing himself full length on the wall in the
sun. "I'm a born soutt av the barrick
room. The army's mate an dhrink to me,
bekaso I'm wan av the few that can't quit
ut I've put in sivinteen years, an the
pipe olay's in the marrow av me. Az I
oud have kept out av wan big dhrink q
month, wud have been hon'ry lift mint
by this time-a nuisance to my betthers,
laughin sbtock to my equils an curse
to mesilf. Bein fwhat am, Pm Privit
Mulvaney, wild no good conduc' pay an
| devourin thirst. Always barrln me littlo
frind Bobs Bahadur, I know as much
| about the army as most men,"
said something here.
"Wolseley be shotl Betune you an me
an that butterfly net he's ramblin, inco-
hermit sort av a divil, wild wan OF on the
quane an the coort an the other on his
blessed silf-everlastin'ly playin Saysar
an Alexandrier rowled into lump Now,
Bobs is a sinsible little man. Wild Bobs
an few 8-year-olds I'd swape any army
av the earth into jhairun an throw ut
| away aftherward. Faith, I'm not jokinl
Ills the bhoys-the raw bhoys, that don't
know fwhat a bullut names, an wudn't
care av they did-that dhu the work.
They're crammed wild bull mate till they
fairly ramps wild good ivin, an thin, av
they don't fight, they blow each others
bids of. Ills the trut' I'm tellin you.
They shud be kept on dial bhat an kijri in
tho hot weather, but there'd be q mut'ny
iv twas done.
Ibid ye liver hear how Privit Mulvaney
TUX the town av Lungtungpon? Thought
not! Twas the lift'nint got the credit,
but twas me planned the sohame. A lit
tie before Was inviladed from Burma me
an four IN twinty young vans undhcr a
Lift mint Brazenose, was ruinin our d.
jeshins thryin to catch daooits. An such
double ended divils I niver knewl IT'S
only dab an Snidcr that makes q
dacoit. Widout thin he's PEACEFUL cult
vator, an felony for to shoot. We hunted,
| an we hunted, an TUX fever an elephints
now an again, but no daroits. Evenshual-
ly we puokarowed wan man. 'Trate him
| tinderly,' SEE the lift'nint. So TUX him
away into the jungle, wild the Burmese in
| terprut'r an my clanin rod. See to the
man, Ny, PEACEFUL squireen,' SEE I, you
shquot on your hunkers an dimonstrate to
my frlnd here where your frinds are whin
they're at home Wild that I introduced
him to the clanin rod, an be COMMUNIST to
jabber, the interprut'r interprutin in be-
tweens, an mo helpin the intelligence de-
partment wild my olanin rod whin the
man misremimbered.
"Prisintly learnt that acrost the river,
about nine miles away, was town just
dhrippin wild dahs an bohs an arrows an
dacoits an olephints an jingles 'Goodl'
seq I. 'This Office will now olose.'
That night went to the lift mint an
COMMUNICATES my information. I never
Thought r1,uo, of Lift mint Brazenose I'LL
that night. BE was shift wild books an
theourles, an all manner av thrimmin's
no manner av use. Town did We say?' seq
he. sAccordin to tho theouries av war,
we shud wait for re-enforcemints' Faith I
thinks I, we'd betthcr dig our graves
thin, for the nearest throops was up to
their shtocks in the marshes out Mimbu
way But, says the lift'nint, since ills a
speshil case, I'll make an excepshin. Well
visit this Lungtungpen tonight
The bhoys was fairly woild wild de-
loight whin tould 'em, an, by this an
that, they whit through the jungle like
buck rabbits. About midnight we come
to the shtrame which had olane forgot to
minshin to my OFFICER. was on ahead
wild four bhoys, an thought that the lift
mint might want to the-ourize. 'Shtrip,
bhoys!' SEE I. 'Shtrip to the buff an shwim
In where glory waitsr But can t shwimp
soz two av thin. TO think should live
to hear that from bhoy wild a board
school edukashin!' SEE I. Take lump av
thimber, an me an Connolly here will ferry
70 over, ye young ladiesr
"We got an ould tree trunk an pushed
of wild the kits an the rifles on it. The
night was chokin dhark, an just as we
was fairly embarked heard the lift'nint
behind ay me calm out. There's bit av
q nullah here, soor, SEE I, but I can feel
the bottom already So I cud, for was
not yard from the bank.
"'Bit nv nullahl Bit av an eshtuaryp
seq the lift'nint. go on, ye mad Irish
man! Shtrip, bhoys.' heard him laugh,
an the bhoys begun shtrippin an rollin q
log into the wather to put their kits on
So me an Connolly shtruck out through the
warm wather wild our log, an the rest
come on bahind.
"That sbtrame was miles woideI
Orth iris, on the rear rank log, whispers
We had got into the Thames below Sheer
ness by mistake. 'Kape on shwimmin, ye
little blayguard,' SEE I, AN don't go pokin
your dirty jokes at the Irriwaddy.' ST.
lince, mini sings out the lift'nint. So we
shwum on into the black dhark, wild our
an the luck av the British army.
"Evenshually we hit ground-a bit av
sand-an a man. put my heel on the
back Az him. He skreeohed an ran.
Now we've done itl' SEE Lift'nint
Brazenose where the divil Is Lungtung-
penn There was about a minute an half
to wait. The bhoys laid a-hould av their
rifles an some thried to put their belts on.
We was marohin wild fixed baynits av
ooorse. Thin we knew where Lungtung-
pen was, for We had hit tho river wall az
it in the dhark, an the whole town blazed
wild thin messin jingles an sniiers like
oats back on frosty night. They was
firm all ways at wanst, but over our bids
into the shtrame.
Have you got your riflesr seq Bra
zenoso. Got emf seq Orth'ris. I've got
that thief Mulvaney' for all my back pay.
an she'll kick my heart siok wild that
blunderin long shtOok av hers 60 onp
yells Brazenose, whippin his sword out
Go on an take the town. An the Lord
have mercy on our sowlsl'
"Thin the bhoys gave wan divastatin
howl an pranced into the dhark, feelin for
the town, an blindin an stiffin like cav
airy ridin masters whin the grass pricked
their bare legs. I hammered wild the butt
at some bamboo thing that felt wake, an
! the rest come an hammered contagious,
while the jinglcs was jingling, an feroshus
yells from inside was shplittin our ears.
We was too close under the wall for thin
to hurt US.
"Evenshually, the thing, whatever ut
was, bruk, an the six an twinty av us
tumblod, wan afther the other, naked as
yUao bnpr,,r into tho tnyun IF TInnO-