The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-05-31
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sargint, If you love me lend me your
kyart, for my heart is bruk an my feet
is sore wild trampin to an from this
foolishness at the Gaff. An Dennis lent
ut, wild rampin, stampin red stallion
in the shafts. Whin they was all set
tied down to their 'Sweetnearts' for the
first scene, which was long wan, l
slips outside an into the kyart. Mother
av Hivin, but I made that Rorse walk,
an we came into the colonel compound
as the divil wint through Athlone-in
standin leps. There was no one there
excipt the servints, an I wint round to
the back an found the girls ayah.
'Ye black, brazen Jezebel, sez l,
.sellin YOUR masther' S honor for rupees
pack up all the Miss Sahib's kit an
look slippyl Capt'n Sahib's order, sez
I: 'goin to the station we are, l sez,
an wild that laid my finger to my nose
an looked the schamin sinner l was.
Z" 'Bote acchy, sez she, so l knew
she was in the business, an l piled up
all the sweet talk I'd iver learned in
the bazaars on to this she bullock an
prayed av her to put all the quick she
knew into the thing. While she packed
stud outside an sweated, fol- l was
wanted for to shift the second scene. l
tell you young gurl's evasion names
as much baggage as rig'mlnt on the
line av marchl Saints help Dennis
springs, thinks l, as bundled the stuff
into the thrap, for I'll have no mercy
s" I'm comm, too, sez the ayah.
No, you don't, sez I, later
pechyl You baito where you are. III
Decby come an bring you sart, along
with me, you maraudin'-niver mind
fwhat I called her
.sThin | wint for the Gaf, an by the
special ordher av Providence, for was
doin good work you will ondersthand,
Dennis springs hid toight Now, whin
the capt'n goes for that kit, thinks l.
he'll be throubled. At the end av
.Sweethearts' off the capt'n runs in his
kyart to the colonel's house, an l sits
down on the steps an laughs, Wanst an
again l slipped in to see how the little
piece was goin, an whin ut was near
endin I stepped out all among the car
RIGGS an sings out very softly, Jun
gil Wild that a carri'ge began to move,
an waved to the dhriver. 'Hitherao!
sez l, an he hitheraoed till judged he
was at proper distance, AZ thin l tux
him fair an square betune the eyes, all
T knew for good or bad, an he dhropped
wild a guggle like the canteen beer en-
gine whin ut's runnin low. Thin I ran
to the kyart an tux out all the kit an
piled ut into the carri'ge, the sweat
runnin down my face in dhrops. Go
home, sez I to the sais. You'll find
man close here. Very sick he is. Take
him away. an if you iver say wan
wurrd about fwhat you've dekkced III
marrow you till your own wife won't
sumjao who you areI' Thin heard the
stampin av feet at the ind av the play
an I ran in to let down the curtain
Whin they all came cut, the gurl thrled
to hide herself behind wan av the pill
lars, an sez 'Jungi' in voice that
wudn't have scared hare. Irun over to
Jungi's carri'ge an TUX up the lousy
old horse blanket on the box. wrapped
nv head an the rest av me in ut an
dhrove up to where she was
"'Miss Sahib, sez l, 'goin to the sta
tion; Captain Sahib' orderl An widout
sign she jumped in all among her own
kit.
II laid to an dhruv like steam to the
colonel's house before the colonel was
there, an she screamed an l thought
she was goin off. Out comes the ayah,
sayin all sorts av things about the
capt'n havin come for the kit an gone
to the station.
".Take out the luggage, you divll'
sez l, 'or I'll murther you'll
1.-The lights av the thraps people
comm from the Gaf was shown acrost
the parade ground. an by this an that
the way thin two women worked at
the bundles an Trunks was cautlonl
was dyin to help, but, seein dldn t
want to be known, sat wild the blank
ct roun me an coughed an thanked the
saints there was no moon that night.
.eWhin all was in the house ag'in,
niver asked for bukshish. but dhruv tre-
MENUS in the opp'site way from the
other carri ge an put out my lights.
PRESENTLY saw a naygur man wallow-
in in the road I slipped down before
cot to him, for suspicioned Providence
was wild me all through that night
Twas Jungi, his nose smashed in hat.
all dumb sick as you please Dennis
man must have tilted him out av the
thrap. Whin he came to. 'HuttF sez l.
but he began to howl
"'You black lump av dirt, l sez' is
this the way you dhrive your gharrl7
That tikka has been OWN an fereowln
all over the bloomin country this whole
bloomin night. an you as mut-wana as
Davey's sew. Get up. you hog sez l,
louder. for heard the wheels av
thrap in the dark Get up an light
your lamps. or you be run intor This
was on the road to the railway station
".Fwhat the divil's this?' sez the
capt n s voice in the dhark. an | could
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