The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1897-10-29

and in the end disputes are frequently
settled by q resort to first principles
the rule Of fist-while redress is some.
times obtained in ways as drastic as
they are novel.
A gentleman joined crack cavalry
regiment He had no pedigree or fami-
ly to recommend him. In fact, his IA
Their was retired brewer, and by the
scions Of nobility among his comrades
he was rather coldly received.
care you the son of Dash, the brew.
err" inquired one of these
II am
"Then why didn't your father bring
you up to his trader
"Oh, we'll, you're the son of Lord
Blank, aren't your
Yes"
"Then why didn't he bring you up
gentleman"
The upshot of this was a rough and
tumble, wherein was demonstrated that
in the army plebeian is the equal of
peer-if he can box as well.
Another gentleman from the ranks of
trade came home one day to find all the
crOckery and breakable articles i'll his
rooms smashed, the same being intend
ed by the wreckers as a delicate hint
that his presence among them was OBJ
jectiOnable.
He was late for dinner that evening
and ap0logized to the president Of the
mess for it, explaining what had hap
poued-that he had been to the rooms
g. L., \
the compliment; if he had wronged
any, he would apologize and restore the
articles; ii he had hit on the right ones,
they could have satisfaction in the rid
ing school after dinner.
Accordingly, after dinner, two of
them received satisfaction in full, Ia
Corbctt, in drill time, but the third
proved a tougher nut to crack, and the
big hearted plobeian (who, by the bye,
is now a gcneraD, weakened by his ex-
crtiCns, was getting wOrsted, so anOth-
cr Of the same social status who was
an expert boxer took up the running.
He soon finished off the third man
and obligingly offered to take on any
, one VINO syIuEachi2ed with the trio. By
this mcans-apEropriate to their pro-
tcz7iOn-thcse two officers opened the
, door in that regiment TO others than
OttSlC0tS Of the Peerage, by whom it
had previously Lecn regarded as a pre-
serve.
Among officers exchanging from one
r -imeUt to another is common. One
Iittlc man, a Lieutenant incurred the
cumty of the men of his troop by con-
tiLuaiIy finding fault and rubbing it in
by contrasting them unfavorably with
his late corps till they hated the very
name of the "Pinks," as Well call
them.
Not only the. rank and file, but the
nOncommissiOned officers, came i'll for
his animadyersion till it got unbearable,
and at last the troop sergeant major
told the captain quietly that there
would be a mutiny in the troop before
long if it continued.
1t so happened that he had also car
ried his Insulting comparisons into the
mess, and as he wouldn't take advice
and drop it" his brother officers took
the matter into their own hands, with
the result that one cold night in Febru-
airy there was a hubbub within the Off
GERS quarters, a wiSiow was presently
opened, and little Joey" clad only in
his nightshirt, was handed out, seized,
placed and held down in a handbarrow,
wheeled off to the manure heap and
there shot out, to make his way back to
bed as best he could He soon after left
the regiment.
% chic mont lpTn0n
an officer III the same regiment, an
lrlshman, q feet 2 and big i'll proper
ton, but his go" was not proportion
ate TO his size. He was too big and apa~
theuc for a cavalry captain In fact,
his nickname, Molly" well describes
him. One "chccky" youngstcr appeared
TO think he could take any liberties
with such an easy going mountain Of
flesh, and in the billiard room one night
he carried his impotence beyond all
reason.
MOLLY" said nothing. He simply
dropped his cue, picked the offender up
and sat him violently down on side Ia
Bile, ignorant or needless of the fact
that upon it were standing glasses and
decanters
1t was some time before the surgeons
picked the last piece Of glass out of the
impertinent one and weeks before he
could appear in the saddle again. 1t is
scarcely necessary to say that he gave
MOLLY" Mcguire a wide berth after
that. Pearson s Weekly
Drumming with Charity.