The San Francisco call., 1898-07-24

~ ORP HEALY walked round the wire fence at the corner where the little schoolhouse stood, with the
 elaborate ali of strolling about for want
 V now and again eyed the long verandas of the
 barracks and the men kicking about a & football @ on on tbe sd5ier tyired his stick and M6stied with unusual oudnes an apparent attempt observers that he was merely enjoying the fesn Goid "9 @ t d oyer the brown pln ana & ap s gn o I the school his The opened and the children of the post ttIe folk Of the plains soldiers babes clear-eyed and and presented f Himself @ the sde door of the schoo out 6eT schooimaster was clearing preparing
 ao cried looking up at the @ tall I.od straight ad2 porai9 What reader Ter s sha put You in
 Healv grinned benignantIy
 'seein yez aint busy, wud do me favor, Mister
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 Graves took big sheet of fooscap from the corporal
 Which now thy lover 5With the majors permissiOn)
 For from thee, Q darling, cannot dwell apart
 De '+5i reguatioRs of the ser3ice} do entreat
 Its yen be afsheT @ n2on & ,oz said sd5o75 5ea7ly to touch 1t up bt Graves YeIi obsarve it don't sing W I9 a3 rI 2aves @ mH BoSs usually read the very best poetry sing-song corporal Is this a declaraG9 than was eisomary But he drew himself up very
 fn confidence, It's afther ben that Graves Is
 why spoil the sentiment by these .nracketed assur- % % t9T GaTe a3?r d the m edpora Wnking snrewdy 'whn younger, an runnin afther the gurrls, twas larned that it's the puractca man gtts there Wu jist drill the into shape, Graves seen you're scholar which. belave, includes poethry.
 The schoolmaster gOod-naturedly assumed the task and much the cOrpOras admiration, succeeded shortly eusion when Heaiy gratefully took his departure ing Graves chucke by himself for long time in the
 As the soldier left and took way round the the buildings avoiding the neighborhood of the post ] d an9 G g W of f h e nd % be btSenss pf his whistle was ectedlv nonciaIant He was almost had tO ra he ran fairly into Fin Strait the farrier of his own stables had been the scene of many quiet carouse with none to in butt he Ieays pockets empty and his throat hot-coppered a morning. be always sure of punch compounded from Fins stock of alcohol supplied to horse medicine Together they had out of the together joined the regular army; together had cam vaguely supposed though only in their did they talk of it. they would be pensoned off and look after the well fare of the old troop from distance.
 "H0w, How. Fta Ffa!y!
 Healy twirled his stick like drum major and chir- ruped Garry Owen" If he had looked straight old rier's air was as guilty his own.
 At that unexpected and startling eruption from the breast either, each turned one caught of darkness and faced the other, reckoning
 I'll not be kapln yeZ; Fin, Ii it's afther wakin yez are said the corporal almost angriy, and took step
 "Ony to the suffers for beer" said Fin, con- ciiatory. Nil you have one?
 dm afr the % booze sa5d % %Heag G & &Sh9rtly & and an disap fur mystarous he added with most unfrendly irritation.
 Once Healy was safely away, his long legs quchened their action until he almost ran down the opng slip bridge over the creek and with almost the hopeful spring of youth the plain to the outskirts of the mush outlying houses to one little two-storied cottage which stood quite by itself, very