The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-09-05

| sooner peace would prevail"
[ This was how it happened, sorr. On
this same day | was arderly for the
commandln officer OF this post and
as the arderly thrumpeter was BLOWN
miss call happened to cast me eyes in
the same direction and its meself sees
Sergeant Clancy with his coat off run
min through the sally port loike mad,
and l knew what it mint So 1 reports
to the kurnel for dinner relief and, SEE
l, rale quiet loike, to the kurnel, SEE I:
'Sorr, there's foight on in G
throop.
g Sure, SEE he, is thot SOP
Yis, SEE /. H throop is murder
in G throop.'
" Where's the officer of the day?' seq
! the kurneI.
'Divil bit-beggin your pardon
do know, SEE 1, for me blood was up.
And shall I sthop the foight, SCRIP
SEE |, rale quiet loike, again.
Yis, SEE the kurnel, with glance
out of his eyes, sizin me up.
So with thot runs to the barracks.
and did me best to sthop the fought, [
did. And sure I'd sthopped it entoirely
If the dirty blackgards, seem the loot
nant come, hadn't ivry mothers son of
'em run for his hole loike SO many
prairie dogs
Private Hogan was told that he could
retire, and he did SO with all the digni-
ty OF prince of the royal blood. When,
a few days later, his sentence was pub
llshed in orders, it was found that the
pitiless court martial had sentenced
the said Private Barney Hogan to be
confined at hard labor under charge Of
the post guard for the period of one
, month"
Occasionally after that caught sight
! OF the tall figure clad IN brown overalls,
the red hair surmounted by drab CAIN
pa1gn hat, meekly following the wood
wagon about the post, while few feet
away sentinel with loaded carbine
stood as a representative of the majesty
of the military law. Poor Barney APP
peared so crestfallen that when sud-
denly came upon him few days later,
as he was engaged in the compulsory
cutting of wood for the post bakery, I
could not refrain from speaking to him.
His reply>was characteristic.
"Sorx," said he, "this is a quare
wurlds where a man is disgraced for
dom his juty. But, lootnant," looking
cautiously about and, lowering his voice
to Whisper while his blue eyes spar
killed., ''I'd do two months for another
rale good row with them Dutch roifles -
Over year after this Private Barney
again. came prominently into notice,
and the circumstances were such as to
make lasting impression on my mind
II was a night in February, and gen.
uine blizzard was raging. The Their
! mometer hanging at the front door Of
my quarters registered 40 degrees be-
low zero, and the cutting northwest
| wind blew the snow against the win
| dow panes with, such force as to sound
like hail. Through the whitening glass
nothing was visible, and it was danger
GUS even to attempt finding ones way
to the front gate. The paymaster, who,
Ill the teeth of the storm, had Just ar
| rived from the faraway railroad station,
was oongratulating himself over having
| reached my comfortable quarters by
| nightfall, when there came a pounding
at the front door, and with the cold
wind and snow which entered with
rush came a tall and muscular figure,
SO muffled in fur overcoat, cap and
| gloves as to be unacceptable Out of
[ the furs came IL we'll known voice:
| 'Sorr, Private Hogan reports as ar
DERBY for the paymaster, and the COM
mandin officer sinds his compliments
and SEE the major naden't report till
marnin, bein such a noight, sorr. "
VERY we'll, orderly" returned the
major, you may go to your quarters
and report in the morning at Z. But
hold on "A minute, "'he added, and then,
calling me aside:
is this man perfectly trustworthy?"
Perfectly So. Why?' I replied.
Because if you can let him sleep
here i'll your quarters tonight, I'd feel
much easier. The fact is, -" lowering his
voice to whisper, you know came
| directly here through the storm and dis
missed my escort without, as usual,
| locking up my funds in the traders
safe. The consequence is that, with the
money for the Colorado posts, have a
considerable sum to keep overnight with
! you.
How much, by the way?" 1 asked,
with some curiosity.
"a cool $4,000 in gold and green
backs"
THE dickensr' was my startled re-
joinder
Il don't propose, " continued the ma
| Jor, taking it to the store on a night like
this myself, and l certainly shall not
trust it to any other person to take there
for me. "
So it was soon decided that Barney
was to remain, and it did not take long
to install him comfortably in one of the
back rooms of my bachelor quarters,
where the pungent odor of his short
black pipe soon announced to the rest
of the house that he was enjoying him
! self in his own way.
1t was between l and o'clock that
| night that l was awakened by a loud
pounding on my door, followed by the
voice of the major as he shouted, in ex-
cited tones: