The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-04-18

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baby, To reshume, he was a bad
dhrill, was this capt rotten bad
dhrill-an whin first 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.
sez l, AN by the grace av God it's
Terence Mulvaney will cut thin.
$50 he whit menowderin, an minan
derin. an blandandhering roun an
about the colonel's daughter, an size.
poor innocint. lookin at him like
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 a 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 knew the colo
mel knew, for he wud have none av
him, an that. I'm thinkin. by fwhat
happened aftherward. the capt'n knew
EVAN day, bein mortal idle. or they
wud never have thried ut. the rig mint
gave amshure theatricals- GERS an
orr GERS ladies You seen the likes
| time an ag in. sorr an poor fun It's for
Z! them that sit in the back row an stamp
wild their boots for the honor av the
rig mint 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
orr GERS ladies-but she died in Agra
12 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 maid The
capt'n was a 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 | shifted. an some av fwhat
they said heard. for was death blue
death an ivy-on the comb cuttin He
was iverlastin'ly oppressin her to fall
! 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 seq one to anoth
er, thinkin was out av listen reach.
'Fwhat an obligin young man is this
Corp'ril MulvaneyI l was corp'ril
then. Twas rejuiced aftherward. but, no
matther. was corp ril wanst.
"Well, this 'Sweethearts' business
wint on like most amshure theatricals.
an, barrin fwhat suspicioned, 'twasn t
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 evasion =
IA what?' said l.
! "E-vasion! Fwhat you lorruds an
ladies' call an elopement. Evasion l
calls it, bekase, exceptin whin tbs right
an natural an proper tbs wrong an
dhirty to steal man s wan child not
KNOWN her own mind There was a
sargint in the comm ssariat who set nv
face upon e-vasions. I'll tell you about
| that -
"Stick to the bloomin captains, Null
vaney. said Ortheris. Comm ssariat
sargints is low "
Mulvaney accepted the emendation
and went on
''Now, knew that the colonel was
no fool any more than me. for | was
hid the smartest man in the rig mint.
an the colonel was the best orr Ger COM
mandin in Asia. So fwhat he said an |
said was a mortal truth. Weknew that
the capt'n was bad but for reasons
which ! have already oblitherated |
knew more than my colonel wud have
rolled out his face wild the butt av my
gun before permittin av him to steal the
CURL Saints knew av he wud have mar
ried her. an av he didn't she wud be in
gerat tormint an the divil av what
you, sorr. call a scandal But niver
sthruck. niver raised me hand on my
superior orr Ger, an that was a mer-
ricle now come to considher it.
'Mulvaney, the dawn's risin, said
Ortheris IAN we're no nearer ONE
than we was at the beginnin. Lend me
your pouch. Mines all dust
Mulvaney pitched his pouch across
and he filled his pipe afresh.
80 the dhress rehearsal came to an
end. an. bekaze was curious staid
behind whin the scene shiftin was end
ed. an shud have been in barricks. lyin
as flat as a toad under painted cot
tage thing They was talkin in whis-
pers. an she was shiverin an gaspin like
a fresh husked fish Are you sure
you've got the hang av the manew-
vers? sez he. or wurrds to that effec'
as the coort martial SEE. Sure as
death, sez She but misdoubt tbs
cruel hard on my father. Damn your
fatherl' seq he or anyways twas
fwhat he thought. The arrangement is
as clear as mud. Jungi will drive the
carri 'ge afther all's over, an you come
to the station, cool an aisy, in time for