The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-04-23

From 1.-The Bohemian Girl
rvbat." says !, 20, rats!" says I. 1.-THE
IKE busted you in the jaw. and ye didn't
rothin' to i'm! You amt no good" 1
VS. and I lays In and knocks the kid
Kant good. Now" says I. when 1 was
trough. will ye lick that bloke. or will
mound you again." So we hunts up
bat bloke, who was a heap bigger than
E,mmy, and I seen it was a square do,
nd Sammy knocked i'm out in the tenth
und. See? If 1t hadn't been for that
ckin' that I gave Sammy Owen, that
made i'm fight most desp'rate, that kid
b he would. I tell We, fellers there won't
h no monkey business with Lieut.. Sam
Inv owen from West Point, cause 1 seen
Ia that when Sammy was so>hlgh, and 1
Eas the maxim of Sammy, and he thinks
+ he world of me. see?"
4 In the long lingering twilight of an even
ne in midsummer a number of troopers
La on the long porch of the wooden bar
kacks. Out on the parade ground, retreat
being comfortably over and the days work
hone the band was gathered about the
Efagstaff, playing away the heat of the
sun and welcoming the cool shades of
<night Spud Murphy was the especial OBJ
ect of interest to the men, in that a
new lieutenant had Joined the troop that
|lay, and Spud was, it seemed, we'll ac-
Xuuainted with the young officers family
/fistory Even the first sergeant so far
<feaxed his dignity as to step out from
the orderly room and ask a question or
wo of the buliet-headed, frightened SOL
EGier from New York city.
Twas this way" said Murphy, my
Zfather and Sammys father was pals once,
4 Ind when 1 was a tough young fellow
Efghung my way through the old ward, I
took TO Sammy, who was little kid, and
educated him in the ways and manners of
4 asnen as is men. Twas me as learned him
10 put up his little fists first. But say. old
EOwen was a lulu, he was, and went for
. ben a politician, and got made an alder
a man and waltzed in the Doodle for all he
Hwas worth. My father hadn't that kind
Ebf getup. So when old man Owen got
EFich as a Jew we didn't mix no more with
*their crowd, see? Sammy he goes away
h no a dude school and his dad goes to Con-
|gress, and they pulls out from our block
Ehnd moves up town, though, say the
&Owens is always our ward boys and Yves
Eproud of them, see? Then 1 enlists in this
Eboomin' troop. Say, that's nine years ago.
Ebut them boys in New York remembers
&ne still, and what's the matter with the
time they give me when go back on leave
ktO see them! Say, twas great. Sammy goes
.lo west Point, and here he comes. He
*thinks the world of me, does Sammy
A tall, thin man, with the straps of a
Efecond lieutenant, came out from the last
Ehouse bachelors quarters on officers
pow, and crossed the parade ground, COM
Eins directly toward the barracks.
Its him." cried Murphy, in suppressed
excitement. I'D know his measly red hair
mile off. Gee! To think that little Sam
Nmy would ever grow up to be my lieu
Ntenantr'
The officer passed the length of the
Aporch' saluted by the men, and entered the
*prderiy room, to which the first sergeant
preceded him. In a few minutes 6pud
murphy was called and left his comrades
#complacently expectant.
How do you do, Murphy%' said Owen,
2hodding, and Spud felt chilled In the
Nteciuslon Of the orderly room, he thought,
WIN a sense of aggrievement, the new
lieutenant, his old protege of the ''block,"
might have condescended to shake
hands. The trooper stood, however, at
attention and eyed the new subaltern
acuriously The lieutenant held himself
sstraight-four years of stern training at
the military academy had given him
mat soldlerly bearing which a West
pointer can never lose entirely He was
wei set up, but to Spud Murphy's crlti-
.cal eye, accustomed to the clean and
wholesome face colors of the plain troop
Sers, the dead dull gray of Owens cheeks
4.helr sunken leanness, the wateriness of
5hs uncertain, nervous eyes, were as cold
..ioth on the soldiers enthusiasm over
FiiS ola friends rise in station. Owen pick
II al the blotting pad of the desk before
s"hlch ne sat, pricked aimlessly with long
sand twitching fingers.
Murphy" said he, 81 have asked the
.fergeant about detailing a man to look
Apiter my horses, and so on. He has sug-
1sested you. Would you be willing? 1t
swlI De considerable help of course, as
t'ar as money is concerned, to you"
Spud squirmed. Every officer has his
'uos-roober, or servant, but such details
sare not those which the smarter soldiers
aspire to gain. There is something mental
.eoout the position which is to many a
sInan offensive. Spud had his opinion"
Il doS-robbers in general. He was, there
Pore' about to reject the offer peremptorily,
"lleh the young officer looked at him with
lias. o''SSN N1'"0
- have been i'll. Murphy" he said,
tioWiy' or l should have joined four
ms ago. 1 am not quite well yet, and
= should like some one not-a-complete-
~ stranger about me for time least"
op1a memory. at the sound and man.
XII Oh the appeal, flashed back to years
[ons past, when the man, now his officer.
anne 10 him as little whining boy for
Pt.o ,v's always cheerfully accorded.
ihese dog-robbing details amt my
/ we !,ie Sam-lieutenant," he said, but I'll
tn help YOU out"
ne sergeant grinned, for Spud's blund-
$50 Oh speech was traditional in the
Up out Owen smiled family, and his
oo 60 shot up at Murphy with a passing
49,. OF kindness, as the old familiar |
d i,a'ilerism dlckered, hamelike, from the |
y ..I,ss emoers of his boyhoods fires.
It, sahK YOU" he said, as if greatly re- |
~ ~ and passed out.
10 Ie troop, doubtless, had many sneers
- o's' upon Spud Murphy's abandon
nm. oI principle, but 1t was not a safe |
EJor. 70 speak too plainly before the |
dali orKer's face. Spud, therefore, dis |
dsv ~ explanations, assumed charge next |
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