Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1899-04-27
THE TAKING OF LUNGTUNGPEN
By RUDYARD KIPLIEg.


We used the blOamln butt
Hql N.Y.
Don. you come a.ulph
"heh Tommy Ia aplayin wild the bsynit an
the bgtt. o.
-Barraek Room Ballad
My friend Private Mulvaney told me
this, sitting on the parapet of the road
70 Dag-hai, when We We're hunting but
TEXTILES together. He had theories about
the army and colored clay pines per.
fectly. He said that the young soldier
Is the best to work with. ION account
av the surpassin innccince av the
child. "
Now, listen" said Mulvanev.
throwing himself full length on the wall
IN the sun, I'm a born scutt av the
barrick room The armys mate an
drink 10 me, bekaze I'm wan av the
few that can tquit ut. I've put in siv-
inteen years, an the pipeclay's in the
marrow av me. If | cud have kept ont
ay wan big drink a month, / wud
have been horny lift mint by this
/ tme-a nuisance TO my betthers a
laughln shtock TO my equils an "a curse
10 mesiIf Bein fwhat l am. I'm Priyit
/ Mulvaney, wild no good conduc pay an
/ a dovourin thirst Always barrin me
little fri nd Buh- Bahadur, ] know al.
much about the army as most men.
said something here
I ''Wolseley Doe shot Betune you an
me ana that butterfly net. he.- q ram
+ uiiu, Incoheriut sort ava diyIL wild wan
oi on the quaue an the c.urt au the
/ ether on bis blessed -ryerIastfu Us
/ pIayiu S8Tsar au Alazaudrier rawIrd
into lump Now Bobs is a sinahle lit
tie man. Wild B0bs an few 3-ysar.
Odds. j d swape any army ar the earth
/ into % Jhairum an throw ut away
attherward Faith. I'm not jokiu It's
the hhoys-the raw bhoys-that don't
know fwhat bullet names, an wudn't
care il they did-tha do the work
They re crammed wild bull mate till they
fairly ramps wild good Twin. an thin,
If they don fight, they blow each 9th
er s bids off It's the trut' I'm tellin
You. They should be kept on dalbhat an
kiJri in the hot weather, but there d be
a nut ny if twas done
Did You liver hear how Privit Mul-
vaney tux the town av Lungtungpeng
/ thought not Twas the lift mint got
the credit but nj was me planned the
schame A little before / was inviladed
from Burma me an four an twenty
young vans undher Lift'nint Braze-
nose was ruinin our diieshins thryin TO F.
catch dacoits An such double ended
divils / niyer knew It's only a dab an
a Snider that makes a dacuit Widuut
thin he IA p aceful cultiyator an felony /
for TO shoot We hunted an we hunted .
an tux fever an elephints now an again, .
but no dac0its. Eveushually we puck
arOwed wan man, 'Trate him tiuderly, .
seq the lit mint So / TUX him away
into the jungle, wild the Burmese inter .
prut'r an my cl'anin rod. SEE / 70 the
man, My aceful squireen, SEE Z, Won
shquot on your hunkers an dimoustrate
to my fri end here where your fri uds
are whin they re at homer Wild that
INTRODUCED him 90 the 81 amin rod an
he COMMUNIST 90 iabber. the interprut'r
inteuuptin in betunes an me helpin
the intilligiuce department wild my
cl amin rod whin the man misremim
bered
"Prisintly / learned that acrost the
river about nine miles away, was
town just dhrippin wild dahs an bohs an
arrows an dacoits an elephants an jim.
giles. Good, seq l. This Office will
now close.
That night l went 10 the lift mint
an communicates my information.
never thought much av Lift mint Braze-
nose tin that night He was shift wild
books an the-ouries an all manner av
.hrimmin s no manner av use. Town,
lid You say1 sez he. 'Acc1rdin 10 the
.he-ouries av war, we shud wait for
-e-enforcemints. Faith, thinks /,
we'd better dig our graves, thin, for
he nearest throops was up to their
htocks in the marshes ont Mimbu way
But says the lift mint, since tbs a
peshil case III make an sxcepshin
Ven visit this Lungtungpen tonight
The bhoys was fairly void wild de !
oight whin I tould EN-, an, by this an
hat, they wint through the jungle like a..
luck rabbits. Ab0ut midnight we o..
ONE to the shtrame which / had olane
orgot to minshin 10 my OFFICER, was :
n ahead, wild four bhovs an l thought =,
hat the lift'n might want TO the f,
urize. 'Shtrip. bhoysr SEE 'SthTip :
o. the buff an shwim in where glory q
-aitsr But can { shwim SEE two -
V thin. To think | should live to
ear that from a bhoy wild a board Il
,hool edukashinr SEE l. Take a lump :
Y Timber, an me an Connolly here will :
srry YOU over, you young ladies' I
we got an ould tree trunk an pushed =
f wild the kits an the rifles on ut. The l.
light was chokin dhark, an just as we !;
as fairly embarked / heard the lift mint .,
ahind av me calm ont There's a bit - -
Y nullah here, sorr, sez |, but . :,
an feel the bottom already. So l cud. :,
II | was not a yard from the bank :,
a. Bit av a nullah Bit av an esh- -,
larvr SEE the lift mint Go on, you :.
ad Irishmanl Shtrip, bhoysr l heard :,