Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1896-06-06
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Duffy was the property of Caldwell
of the Tenth, and was looked upon in
the light of an inheritance, having
come down to him from Wentworth
of the same-when the latter had been
ordered away.
Caldwell went into Wentworth's quar-
ters at once, and found Duffy rubbing
up a pair of his ex-master's discarded
boots, with a view of using them him
self. He liked the mans looks and he
liked the condition of the vacated quar-
tiers with their slate-gray painte1 wood
work, so he took the quarters and agreed
to take Duffy at strikers usual rate of
remuneration.
Duffy entered promptly upon his
duties, and was entirely satisfactory.
He had no membranes in the way of
family or sweethearts, and he was faith
full to degree that was occasionally
exasperating. For six months he served
Caldwell in singleness of purpose, hav-
ing in that time been incapaciated only
six days; that is, for forty-eight hours
after each of the paymaster's visits
and Caldwell, knowing the ways of
strikers, made no objection. Duffy
slept uproariously in his room, and
Caldwell made his own fires and brushed
his own clothes and went with un-
BACKED boots. In the interim, no hour
was too early for rising, none too late
to sit up and keep logs on the andirons
that the rooms might be warm and
cheerful for the "leftinant," no duty too
arduous, provided it served Caldwell's
ends.
Blackstone, seeing the excellence of
Duffy, departed from the strict code of
honesty in the matter OF servants which
governs the army, and made overtures
to the model striker. Blackstone had
no business TO do it, and Duffy knew it,
and fine inscrutabIe grin came upon
his Hibernian mot1th.
Blackstone had said, with an assump-
ton of offhandedness: "Duffy, what do
you get1"
Having due regard for his employers
credit in the world, he answered calmly:
"Twinty dollars, sorn
"Get Quit" said Blackstone.
ayes, sor," replied Duffy.
81 want to know the truth not lies
like that"
eyed best ask the liftinant, sor. |
dlsremember.n
ale works you deuced hard"
"Does he, them"
"My man is no good, Suppose you
come to me. You won't have to sit up
to all hours for me-"
duffy only smiled, but the smile was
not pleasing.
"What do you think of it, Duffy"
al niver think, sor The liftinant
says I'm to do as I'm told and not
Think
Upon this Blackstone went away, and
Duffy saluted him respectfully. In JUS
tice to the officers common sense, 1t
must be said that 1t was only partial
intoxication which could have led him
to place himself in such a position
toward soldier
Duffy did not repeat the conversation
to Caldwell, because he knew it would
make trouble between the two men,
and Caldwell-whose disposition was
not of the mildest-had several qnarrels
on his hands as It was.
The lieutenant fell into the habit OF
keeping the striker up very late, nigh
after night SO Duffy inspected his peck
cts several times in succession, while
Caldwell was sleeping as If justice had
been the sporifc, and not, as was the
case, suffers whisky, and he judged
from the fact that sometimes there was
much loose change and again almost
nothing, that his master was playing toe
much at cards There was nothing to BIZ
done. Duffy did not consider that hi
duties as striker included the mora