New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-04-23
THE TANNING OF POLGLAZE'
As TOLD BY THE SERGEANT

CORNISH saiu n,d he elaborate leading up to his
subject was never anything except rather
that his stories were drawn OUT Vi -. 49, 70 you
. .n''i the right tan poured out freely AIu'
nerhaps the tap did not matter very ihuT,, hait
as on this occasion. If no one rose " 'ie "
the tale came out just the same -. nm tho
when we lay at Shornclile' "en In I
sergeant "Polglaze senior sergeant III
Company. He was fine chap. i oon u' thew
like these big soldiers They eat too ma the
can't march, they so over at the kheeS' an, -. ,ay
only reasonable use to be made OF them 10 W 10y
them on the ground in front OF she'.er p m,,,,et
stop the bullets. And. considering tne ,I.nv
goes through forty-eight inches Oh cray d.,
won't do for that with the Lee MeuoIu, ~.
PolglaZe stood six four. weghed t"eu'S &c
and had no superfuous fat on MN. ne We" nis
strong and well made all in propor.'Vmi, ~ ,hat
height And when you do get man lihc . .
he ought to make a good shot, Tor ne can nou
the rifle by the upper band and WIN ."e,s
two solid stone behind it, the rllle ousht " ne
steady as if you put the buttplate not asa'ns.
mans shoulder but against st. Michaels NOUN.
And if there's wind from the rlsnt, he no
only blow along the side or the oarreI a. d Sc
ond before he holds his breath, and where your
wind? .,or Car
geant Polglaze, and we were Slowly paci,ih
fhrough SYNDICATE when we saw Pengeily, VINO
was busily engaged in tumbling into the gutter.
Pick n up said Polglaze, an wen take II
back T. guardroom.' Hocken and stopped 10
obey, but Pengelly let out SO maoly Win ITO
feet that we drew back
THE mans crazy drunk, SAID PolsIaIe.
Come Pengey, you'll only make bad worse ny
carrying these way. A plain drunk is a thlns
which must overtake the best-mea amin man now
an then But dun't, by resistin' the picket,
turn n into a discredit to 'eeself an the
ID. c. L. l.
Go t. hell gurgled Pengey
"'All in good time. Come along. dun't mind
a iii cursin' eff cell only come along quietly
BE good bwoy an dunt discredit the reg nent
before all these Holy Bwoys an Strawpoots.
a
had fallen.
Try again t. pick n up said Polglaze.
I'VE tried. He made my nose bleed, ana
knocked Hocken into the wall by kicking him In
the stomach
said PolglaZe. us can't let ID. G. L. l. picket
be laughn stock { other regiments 90 an
fall on n lone an All" an see eff zee can keep
n quiet
"Iiocken and / had had enough. The others
tried For two minutes the arms and legs were
flying wildly, and no one knew what was nap
ponng At the end OF the two minutes, the
picket held off to get its breath Pengeiiy was
ir his old place in the gutter. -Four or tne
picket were on their backs in the road All tne
rest of them were holding one part or othcr OF
them from their heads to the ammuh', rhnn
where they had been struck OF klckeu' ineS
were all cursing Pengelly.
"'Give n frogs march, sergeant, said IRE
went savagely. a..
one of our own All be sorry tomorrow 1or
givin' us so much trouble .. -.
IAN I'm sorry tonight. It's wen houeh 10,
you t talk, sergeant. You've not peen sa'aee'
81 dun't' said Polglaze, mind takin' my
share OF ny knocks that be goin. therefore l
will now take my turn with you rahhe's' ie
walked up alongside Pengelly.
"'Are zee comm quety| ,,
.Pencelly's only answer was to aim KICK
Pogaze simply Eat upon re4 es byey s" will come
an take hes arms an laigs, perhaps usIi get n
back { barracks" -, =, ,, x, IN
"Thev he'd Pengelly firmly till PolglaZe got up.
Then the kicking began over again; r
"',Ee'Il never get n up to barracks. said ire
went unless zee do give n frogs march:
I'm afeared not, said Polglaze. yet
"PengeIly let out with arms legs and teeth
like a raving mailman ,..,
Frogs march n. said Pogaze re,uc,dn an, ~
."rhey frog s-rnarched Pengelly up the hill 10
tho p,ardroom He struggled good deal al
first, but less and less as time went on Inc
nickel was congratuating itself on having
taught him a well-needed lesson
az think might let n walk bit, said FOL
Glaze. AS quiet now
Think what Ct meant Z get n. sergeant said
Trewent. Better keep n safe now US We
"Perhaps you're right. But dun't like these
frogs march
AS they got to the guardroom Pengelly ceased
10 struggle at all They carried him in and LAID
him on one Of the wooden beds. The sergeant OF
the guard went to look at him. while Poglaze
sat down and asked whether there was or was
not any peer.
'The sergeant Of the guard came over to where
he sat and said to him in a whisper:
what do zee think 'ee've brought here, Pol
glaze?
"'Private Pengelly, Company drunk. | wun't
say 'nythin' bout resistn the picket. Look at
n 'Ee can see for 'eeself what's matter tn n
"'Ee've brought a corpse. Poglaze' said the
sergeant of the guard.
There inquest on Pengelly, and Pol
glaze took all the blame his own shoulders.
OF course he was responsible for all that hap
ppned Equally Of course the inquest eXOner-