The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-04-28

baby2 To reshume, he was bad
drill was this capt'n- rotten bad
dhrill-an whin first ! ran my eye over
him | SEE to myself My militia ban
tam, | seq, my cock av Gosport
dunghill' - twas from Portsmouth he
came TO us there's combs to be cut,
seq l, AN by the grace av God, It's
Terence Mulvaney will cut thin
$50 he wint menowderin, an minan-
derin, an blandandhering roun an
about the colonels daughter, an she
poor innocint lookin at him like a
comm ssariat bullock looks at the com
p'ny cook He'd dhirty little scrub
av black mustache an he twisted an
turned ivry wurrd he used as av he
found Mt too sweet for to spit ont
Eyahl He was tricky man an liar
by natur' Some are born so He was
wan. / knew he was over his belt in
money borrowed from natives Besides
lot av other matthers which in regard
to your presince, sorr, | will oblither-
ate A little av fwhat knew the colo
mel knew, for he wud have none av
him, an that, I'm thinkin, by fwhat
hdIHthNh NdlNAs bllb NdDl II hntM
"Wan day, bein mortal idle, or they
wud never have thried ut, the rig mint
gave amshure theatricals-orf'c GERS an
orr GERS ladies' You've seen the likes
time an ag in, sorr, an poor fun tbs for
them that sit in the back row an stamp
wild their boots for the honor av the
rig mint | was told off for to shift the
scenes, haulin up this an draggin down
that Light work ut was, wild lashins
av beer an the CURL that dhressed the
OFF GERS ladies-but she died in Agra
~ years gone, an my tongues gettin
the betther av me. They was actin
play thing called 'Sweethearts, which
you may have heard av. an the colonel's
daughter she was a lady maid The
capt was a boy called Broom-Spread
Broom was his name in the play Thin
| saw-ut come out in the actin-fwhat
| niver saw before, an that was that he
was no gentleman. They was too much
together, thin two, a-whisperin behind
the scenes | shifted, an some av fwhat
they said heard, for was death-blue
death an ivy-on the comb cuttin He
was iverlastin'ly oppressin her to fall
in wild some sneakin schame av his, an
she was thryin to stand out against him,
but not as though she was set in her
will | wonder now in thin days that
my ears did not grow yard on my
head wild list min. But looked straight
forninst me, an hauled up this an drag.
ged down that such as was my duty
an the orr GERS ladies sez one TO anoth.
er thinkin | was out nv listen reach.
'Fwhat an obligin young man is.this
Corpril Mulvaneyr was a corp'ril
then | was rejuiced aftherward, but no
matther | was a corp'ril wanst
"Well. this 'Sweethearts business
whit on like most amshure theatricals,
an, barrin fwhat suspicioned, twasn t
till the dhress rehearsal that saw for
certain that thin two-he the black
guard an she no wiser than she should
have been-had put up an evasion.
"A whatf' said l.
Evasion Fwhat you lorruds an
ladies call an elopement Evasion
calls it, bekase, exceptin whin It's right
an natural an proper It's wrong an
dhirty to steal a mans wan child not
KNOWN her own mind There was a
sargint in the comm ssariat who set my
face upon e-vasions. Il tell you about
that 49,
stick to the bloomin captains, Null
vaney, said Ortheris Comm ssariat
sargiuts is low
Mulvaney accepted the emendation
and went on
"Now, | knew that the colonel was
no fool any more than me- for | was
hid the smartest man in the rig mint,
an the colonel was the best OFF Ger com
mandin in Asia. So fwhat he said an
said was a mortal truth. We knew that
the capt'n was bad, but for reasons
which | have already oblitherated
knew more than my colonel wud have
rolled ont his face wild the butt nv my
gun before permittin av him to steal the
CURL Saints knew av he wud have mar
ried her, an av he didn't she wud be in
gerat tormint an the divil av what
you, sorr, call a scandal But | niver
sthruck, niver raised me hand on my
superior OFF Ger, an that was mer-
riCle now | come to considher il.
"Mulvaney, the dawn's risin, said
| Ortheris IAN we're no nearer ONE
than we was at the beginnin. Lend me
your pouch Mine all dust
Mulvaney pitched his pouch across,
and he filed his pipe afresh
$50 the dhress rehearsal came to an
end, an, bekaze was curious, | staid
behind whin the scene shiftin was end.
ed, an | shud have been in barricks, lyin
as flat as toad under a painted cot
tage thing They was talkin in wills.
pers an she was shiverin an gaspin like
fresh hukked fish Are you sure
you've got the hang av the manew-
verse sez be, or wurrds to that effec
as the coort martial SEE Sure as
death, SEE she, but misdoubt It's
cruel hard on my father Damn your
father SEE he, or anyways twas
fwhat he thought The arrangement is