Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1899-04-13
THE GOD FROM THE MACHINE.
By RUDYARD KIPLING.
Hit a man an help woman. an Won cant he
far wrong anyways.
-Maxims Of Private Mulvaney

borrowed a Founder from the gunner,
and wreathed it with laurels and mad,
the dancing floor plate glass and pro
yided supper the like of which hat
never been eaten before, and set two
sentries at the door of the room to hold
the trays and programme cards. Nv
friend Private Mulvaney was one OF
the sentries, because he was the tallest
man in the regiment When the dance
was fairly started, the sentries were re-
leased, and Private Mulvaney fed tc
curry favor with the mess sergeant in
charge of the supper Whether the mess
sergeant gave or Mulvaney took | can
not say All that | am certain of is
that at supper time | found Mulvaney
with Private Ortheris, two-thirds of a
ham, loaf Of bread, half pate de foie
gras and two magnums of champagne
sitting on the roof of my carriage. AS
came up | heard him saying
Praise be danst doesn't come as
often as ord ly room, or, by this an
that, Ortiz ris, my son, | wud be the
dishgraee av the rig mint instid av the
brightest jool in uts crown.
Hand the eolonel's pet noosince,
said ortheris who was a Londoner
"But wot makes you curse your ra-
tionsI This ere fizzy stuff's good
enough
stuff, you oncivilized paginl It's
champagne we're dhrinkin now 'Tisn't
that am set az in. lis the quare stuff
wild the littlc bits av black leather in
it | misdouDt l viii be distressin 'ly
sick wild it in the mornin- Fwhat is
utT'
Goose liver, 4" said, climbing on
the top Of the carriage. for | knew that
il was better to sit out with Mulvaney
than to dance many dances
Goose liver, is ut?" said Mulvaney
Faith, m thinkin thin that makes ut
wud DO betther to cut up the colonel
He carries power av liver undher his
right arrum whin the days are warm an
the nights chill He wud give thin tons
an tons ay liver Tis he SEE so. I'm
all liver today, seq he, an wild that he
ordhers me ten days c. b for as mold
a dhrink as liver a good sodger TUX be-
tune bis teeth
THAT was when wanted for to
wash 'isself in the fort ditch, Ortheris
explained said there was too much
beer in the barrack water butts for a
God fearing man You was lucky in git
tin orr with wot you did, Mulvaney"
lyon say so Now I'm persuaded
was cruel hard trated, seein fwhat I've
done for the likes av him in the days
whin my eyes were wider opin than
they are now Man alive, for the colo
nel to whip me on the peg in that way
Me that have saved the reputation av a
ten times better man than him Twas
ne-farious, an that names a power av
svilr
Never mind the righteousness, /
said. Whose reputation did you saver
"More's the pity, twasn't my own,
1ut | TUX more trouble wild ut than if /
II was. Twas just my way, messin .
gid fwhat was no business av mine /
Hear uowl" He settled himself at ease .
IN the top Of the carriage I'm tell you
III about ut Az coorse | will name no
names. for there's wan that's an orr
.ers lady now that was in ut. an no
more win name places, for man is
hracked by a place.
"Eyahi said Ortheris lazily. "But
his is a mixed story wot's comm.
"Wanst upon a time as the childer
,ooks say, | was a recruity.
"Was you, thought said Ortheris
Nov that's EXTRAORDINARY
"Orth ris, said Mulvaney, "av you
pin thin lips av yours again will,
avin your presinee, sorr, take you by
he slack av your trousers an heave
on.
"Tm mum, said Ortheris "Wot
lppaned when you was a recruityT'
Il was a betther recruity than you
yer was or will be, but that's neither
ere nor there Thin / became a man,
n the ditil of a man was Is years
20 They called me Buck Mulvaney in
him days. an, begad, TUX a woman's
re- | did thatl Orth ris, you scrub,
What are you sniggerin att Do you
isdoubt meY
Devil a doubtr" said Ortheris But 4
We card summat like that before
Mulvauey dismissed the impertineuce {
it'll a lofty wave of his hand and con
nued {
IAN the OFF GERS av the rig'mint ! a
as in in thin days was OFF GERS {
and men, wild a manner on EN- an
az wild EN- such as is not made these a
.ys-all but wan-wan av the capt rs y
bad dhrill. a wake voice. an a limp v
g-thim three things are the signs av a
bad man You bear that in your hid. d
tn 'ris, my son c
IAN the colonel av the rig mint had Il
av thin lamblike, 4
satin, pick me up an carry me or III a
gurls such as was made for the nat c.
al prey av men like the capt'n who &
IS iverlastin payin coort to her u
1ugh the colonel he said time an over y
ape ont av the brute 5 way, my dear I
4 he niver had the heart for to send
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