Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1899-05-13

dhrllI-an Whln hrSt | ran my eye over
him SEE to myself. My militia ban.
tam, / SEE, my cock av Gosport
dunghill twas from Portsmouth he
came to us there's combs to be cut,
seq l. IAN by the grace av God, tbs
Terence Mulvaney will cut thin.
$50 he whit menowderin, an minan-
derin, an Mountaineering roun an
about the colonePs daughter, an size.
poor innocint, lookin at, him like a
comm ssariat bullock looks at the com
p'ny cook He'd dhirty little scrub
av black mustache, an he twisted an
turned ivry wurrd he used as av he
found ut too sweet for to spit out.
Eyah! He was tricky man an liar
by natur' Some are born so. He was
wan | knew he was over his belt in
money borrowed from natives. Besides
lot av other matthers which in regard
to your presince, sorr, | will oblither-
ate. A little av fwhat l knew the colo
mel knew, for he wud have none av
him, an that, I'm thinkin, by fwhat
happened aftherward, the capt knew
EVAN day. bein mortal idle, or they
wud never have thried ut, the rig mint
gave amshure theatricals-Crf GERS an
OFF GERS ladies' You've seen the likes
time an ag' in, sorr, an poor fun tbs for
them that sit in the back row an stamp
wild their boots for the honor av the
rig mint l was told off for to shift the
scenes. haulin up this an draggin down
that. Light work ut was, wild lashins
av beer an the CURL that dhressed the
Off GERS ladies-but she died in Agra
IL years gone, an my tongues gettin
the betther av me. They was actin a
play thing called 'Sweethearts. which
you may have heard av, an the colonel s
daughter she was lady's maid. The
capt n was boy called Broom-Spread
Broom was his name in the play. Thin
| saw-ut come out in the actin-fwhat
niver saw before, an that was that he
was no gentleman. They was too much
together, thin two, a whisperin behind
the scenes l shifted an some av fwhat
they said heard, for l was death blue
death an ivy-on the comb cuttin. He
" dS 4FC11dob4A ~ OPpACoS1A ICA w AoAA
in wild some sneakin schame av his, an
she was thryin to stand out against him,
but not as though she was set in her
will | wonder now in thin days that
my ears did not grow yard on my
head wild list min. But / looked straight
forninst me, an hauled up this an drag
ged down that such as was my duty,
an the orr GERS ladies SEE one to anoth-
er, thinkin l was out av listen reach,
'Fwhat an obligin young man is this
Corpril Mulvaney! | was corp'ril
then was rejuiced aftherward, but. no
matther, was corpril wanst
"Well, this 'Sweethearts business
whit ON like most amshure theatricals,
an barrin fwhat suspicioned, 'twasn
till the dhress rehearsal that saw for
certain that thin two-he the black
guard an she no wiser than she should
have been-had put up an e-vasioa.
"A what?' said l.
.'E-vasionl Fwhat you lorruds an
ladies call an elopement. Evasion |
calls it, bekase, exceptin whin tbs right
an natural an proper, it's wrong an
dhirty to steal a man S wan child not
KNOWN her own mind. There was
sargint in the comm ssariat who set my
face upon e-vasions. I'll tell you about
that
''Stick to the bloomin captains, Null
Vaney, said Ortheris. Comm ssariat
sargints is low.
Mulyaney accepted the emendation
and went on
''Now, I knew that the colonel was
no fool any more than me, for I was
1ild the smartest man in the rig mint
IN the colonel was the best orr Ger colG-
nandin in Asia. So fwhat he said an |
said was mortal truth. We knew that !
jhe capt'n was bad, but for reasons
which l have already oblitherated
Knew more than my colonel Iwud have
oiled out his face wild the butt av my
,un before permittin av him to steal the |
,Url. Saints knew av he wud have mar
led her, an av he didn't she wud be in
serat tormint an the divil av what |
7ou. sorr, call a scandal. But l niver
thruck, niver raised me hand on my
huperior orr Ger, an that was a mer-
icle now come to considher it.
"Mulvaney, the dawn's risin, said
)rtheris, IAN we're no nearer ONE
han we was at the beginnin. Lend me
,our pouch Mines all dust .
Mulvaney pitched his pouch across,
md he filed his pipe afresh.
$50 the dhress rehearsal came to an
nd, an, bekaze I was curious, / staid
behind whin the scene shiftin was end
d, an shud have been in barricks, lynn
IS fiat as toad under a painted cot
age thing. They was talkin in whis-
'ers, an she was shiverin an gaspin like
fresh hukked fish. Are you sure
ou've got the hang av the manew-
ers 2 seq he or wurrds to that effec',
s the coort martial SEE. Sure as
cath, sez she, but l misdoubt tbs
ruel hard on my father. Damn your
atherP SEE he, or anyways twas
what he thought. The arrangement is
S clear as mud. Jungi will drive the
ARR ge afther all's over. an you come
o the station, cool an aisy, in time for
he o'clock thrain, where I'll be wild
our kit Faith thinks | to myself,
thin fhorn'c q ounh in tho br7ci1 oo, 4T7I -