The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-01-07

farreaching. The life of an oficer.'sen
TO Coventry" by his fellows is unendura
BILE, and his only chance is to exchange.
But all this is moral suasion only,
and in the end disputes are frequently
settled by "A resort TO first principles
the rule of fist-while redress is some.
times obtained in ways as drastic a.
they are novel.
\ gentleman joined n crack cavalry
regiment. He had no pedigree or fami.
ly to recommend him. la fact. his ia.
Their was a retired brewer. and Ly the
scions Of nobility among his comrades
he wa rather coldly received.
Are You the son Of Dash, the brew
er?' inquired one of these.
Il am
Then why didn't your father bring
you up 70 his trader
"Oh, well. you're the son Of Lord
Blank. aren't you?"
Yes"
Then why didn't he bring You up a
gentleman"
The upshot of this was a rough and
tumble, wherein was demonstrated that
in the army "A plcbeian is the equal Of a
peer-if he can box as well.
Another gentleman from the ranks Of
trade came home one day TO find all the
crockcry and breakable articles in 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 arologized to the president OF the
mess for it, explaining what had hap
pened-that he bad b,cn 10 the rooms
of the three he suspected and returned
the compliment; If he had wronged
any. he would apologize and restore the
articles; if 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, q Ia
Corbett. III drill time, tut the third
proved a tougher nut 70 crack, and the
big hearted plebeian twho, by the bye.
Is now a general), weakened by his ex-
ertions, was getting worsted. so anoth-
er of the same social status who was
an expert boxer took up the running.
He soon finished off the third man
and obliginglv offered 10 take on any
n who symtathized with the trio. BY
this means-apI ropriate 10 their pro-
fesslon--these two officers opened the
in that regiment TO others than
IN nf fln ,unsra,. -. .. -
had previously been regarded as a pre-
serve.
Among officers exchanging from one
regiment to another is One
little man, a lieutenant, incurred the
enmity Of the men of his troop by con-
tiuually finding fault and rubbing it in
by contrasting them unfavorably with
his late corps till they hated the very
name Of tia "Pinks," as we'll call
them.
Not only the rank and file, bat the
noncommissioned officers. came in for
his animadyersion till il got u~nbearable.
and at last the troop sergeant major
told the captain quietly that there
would be a mutiny in the troop before
long ii it continued.
lie so happened that be 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 window was presently
opened. and little ''Joey. = clad only in
his nightshirt. was handed out, seized.
placed and held down in a handbarrow.
wheeled of to the manure heap and
there shot ont, TO make his way back to
bed as best he could. He soon after left
the regiment.
The antipodes Of this gentleman was
nm officer i'll the same regiment, an
freshman, Il feet 2 and Zig in proper
ton, but his Ego" was not proportion.
ate to his size. lie was too big and apa-
for a cavalry captain. In fact,
his nickname, Molly" well describes
him. One cheeky" youngstcr appeared
to think be could take any liberties
with such an easy going mountain Of
flesh. and In the billiard room one night
/
ne carried his impudonce beyond all
reason.
Molly said nothing. He simply
iropped his cue, picked the offender up
md sat HIM violently down onaside ia
Die. ignorant or needless of the fact
hat upon it were standing glasses and
iecanters
1t was some time before the surgeons
picked the last piece Of glass out of the
mpertinent one and weeks before he
,ould appear in the saddle again. 1t is
scarcely necessary TO say that he gave
Molly" Mcguire a wide berth after
hat Parsons Weekly.
Trimming with Charity.
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