Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1899-07-06

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him securely. AS soon as the mail bag
was slipped, he began expressing his
opinions, and the head consta BILE said:
"Withcut doubt this is the soldier Eng
lishman we required. Listen to the
abusel" Then Golightly asked the sta
ton master what the this and the that
the proceedings meant. The station
master told him he was 'Private John
Binkle of the - regiment, 5 feet 9
inches, fair hair, gray eyes and a dissi-
pated appearance, no marks on the
body, who had deserted fortnight
ago Golightly began explaining at
great length, and the more lie explained
the less the station master believed him.
He said that no lieutenant could look
such rutdan as did Golightly, and
that his instructions were to send his
capture under proper escort to umrit-
sar Golightly was feeling very damp
and uncomfortable, and the language
he used was not fit for publication.
even in an expurgated form. The four
constables saw him safe to Umritsar in
an ''internediate" compartment, and
he spent the four hour journey in abus-
ing them as huently as his knowledge
OF the vernaculars allowed.
At Umritsar he was bundled out on
the platform into the arms of corporal
and two men of the regiment. Go
! lightly drew himself up and tried to
carry off matters jauntily. He did not
feel too jaunty in handouts. with four
| constables behind him and the blood
from the cut on his forehead stiffening
on his left cheek. The corporal was not
jocular either. Golightly got as far as,
This is Il very absurd mistake, my
men. when the corporal told him to
'stow his lip" and come along Go
lightly did not want to come along. He
| desired to stop and explain. He ex-
planned very well indeed until the cor
poral cut in with "You orfcer It's
the like of you as brings disgrace on
the likes of US. Bloomin fine OFFICER
you are know your regiment. The
'Rogues March is the quickstep where
you come from. You're black shame
to the service.
Golightly kept his temper and began
explaining all over again from the be-
the rain into the refreshment room and
told not to make qualified fool of
himself The men were going to run
him up to Fort Govindghar. And ''run-
ming up is performance almost as
undignitied as the Frog March .
Golightly was nearly hysterical with
rage and the chill and the mistake and
the handouts and the headache that
the cut on his forehead had given him.
He really laid himself out to express
what was in his mind When he had
quite finished and his throat was feel
ing dry. one of the men said, GIVE
card few beggars in the click blind,
stiff and crack on bit, but I've never
card any one to touch this ere orr
Ger. : They were not angry with him.
They rather admired him. They had
some beer at the refreshment room and
offered Golightly some too, because he
had "swore won erful. They asked
him to tell them all about the adven-
lures of Private John Binkle while he
was loose on the countryside, and that
made Golightly wilder than ever If he
had kept his wits about him, he would
have kept quiet until an officer came,
but he attempted to run.
Now, the butt of Martini in the
small Of your back hurts great deal.
and rotten, rain soaked khaki tears
easily when two men are jerking at
your collar
Golightly rose from the floor feeling
very sick and giddy with his shirt rip
ped open all down his breast and nearly
all down his back. He yielded to his
luck. and at that point the down train
from Lahore came in carrying one of
Golightly's majors.
This is the majors evidence in full.
''There was the sound of scuffle in
the second class refreshment room, so
went in and saw the most villainous
loafer that ever set eyes on. His boots
and breeches We're plastered with mud
and beer stains. He wore muddy
white dunghill sort of thing on his head
and it hung down in slips on his shout
ders. which were a good deal scratched.
He was half in and half out of shirt
as nearly in two pieces as it could be,
and he was begging the guard to look
at the name on the tail of it, As he had
rucked the shirt all over his head,
couldn't at first see who he was, but
fancied that he was a man in the first
stage of D. T. from the way he swore
while he wrestled with his rags When
he turned round and had made allow
ances for lump as big as pork pie
over one eye and some green war paint
on the face and some violet stripes
round the neck. l saw that it was Go
lightly He was very glad to see me, .
said the major, land he hoped l would
not tell the mess about it. didn't, but
you can. if you like. now that Golightly
has gone home y
Golightly spent the greater part of
that summer in trying to get the cor
poral and the two soldiers tried by
court martial for arresting an ''oficer
and gentleman. They were, Of
course, very sorry for their error But
the tale leaked into the regimental can
teen and thence ran about the province.
He Got the Money.
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