The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1898-09-01

"But suppose you do see her." said
Walter; how are you going to get over her
hatred of Yankees?
" Bah. answered Karl, with the charac-
teristic Tentonic contempt for the political
predictions of young women; what does
dat amount to? Ny farder was Prussian
soldier and he married an Austrian maedchen
at time ven de Austrians, men and
vimmens, hated de Prussians worse dan
snakes National hatred don't go very far
when two young people dat like each oder
come together"
We'll, success attend you" said Bronson
with shrug; if You want to pluck your
rose out of hedge of bayonets there is no
one to say you nay. Bat / wonder where
ONeil and Stock have wandered to-"
" have no hesitation in saying that Stocks
instinct has not failed to lead him where
there is something good to eat, said Walter;
see, there he comes now"
AS he spoke Stock came bearing heavily
down upon them, staggering under the
weight of hams which he had extracted
from the private commissary department of
some officer. Beside him walked negro
servant, carrying in his hand Jug of mo-
lasses and upon his shoulder sack of newly
baked bread
% Everybody else's a-runnin' around after
relics" said he, with wink of supernatural
cunning. Nobody paid no attention to this
grub, so / brought away enough to last us
day or two. This IS the kind Of relics that
suits me-"
8 1t seems to me that hear O'Neil's voice
in the suffers shop ON the knoll there" said
Walter; lets 90 over there and see.n
If that's his voice, he is in wonderful
gnou Inmor - said propcnu fba,, "a
towards the log-cabin that bore external
evidence of being one of the suffers shops of
the fort, and the sound of rollicking song
fell upon their ears:
"Of all the trades that's going
Ihere's none worth the knowing,
Or showing,
Like that from glory growing,
The bould sojer boy"
AS they entered the door they saw their
comrade seated on a keg, at the end of the
bar, holding in his hand a halt-empty glass
of whisky. That it was far from being his
first was shown by the redness of his face
| and the uproarious merrment dancing i'm his
eyes. buxom-looking, hard featured Irish
woman was standing behind the bar, leaning
upon it, and telling with the rapid yolubility
OF her sex and race narrative of her per-
sonal experiences since some period in the
past, which her auditor appeared to under
| stand. O'Neil was listening to the recital
| with deep interest, but his exultation over
the victory becoming more intense with each
mouthful he drank, called for frequent in
terruptions that he might relieve himself
with shout or burst Of song.
He gave little shout of recognition as
Bronson and Walter entered, and then turned
again his listening ear to the woman, who
went on with her narration:
"Afther Dinny's tonne was out in the 9th
Inf. we concluded as how he'd betther not
enlisht, an we TUX what little money we'd
laid by-he from his pay an me from my
arnin's as laundress-and:: kim to Mimphis,
where me cousins husband was nicely set mn
in business, wild foin dray and an Elegant
horse, and we started little shebeen wild our
money-butther AM aigsl Dinny was niver
cut out for marchant, though he was tho
broth Of . boy fox scjer, g ye VOL know"