The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-18
we've endeavoring to keep him on the sad

die.
"Hurroo hurroo,' he was wailing at
the top of his voice laughter was beyond
him; he could only make loud and ex-
travagant noises noises that had Meier
been heard before, yelps and shrieks wild
ordinations that threatened his very ex-
istence. The tears were rolling from his
blackened, bruised eyes. He would catch
his breath and then burst into a roar of
incoherent noise-simply noise-no words,
just sound!
The cause of all this turmoil had swerv-
ed out of the clothes yard back into full
view again. His bucks We're becoming
less violent from sheer exhaustion And
now the drummer, as if to assert himself
and release himself from the disgrace of
having lost control of his mount-a horri-
BILE thing to happen to any cavalryman-
ran out. His fine uniform was ripped up
the back, his helmet was gone, but new
ertheless he headed straight for the black
horse, and the latter, as If perceiving that
here was another victim, made straight
for him. The big man made stand of 1t
ana reached for the bride, but the crazy
animal turned quickly. The drum swung
around in front of him, and, how 1t hap
pened no one knew. The lashings that held
IL broke, and the first thing the regiment
knew the drummer was disentangling him
self from the broken barrel much as a
clown would step from a paper ring. He
picked up the debris and limped off to-
wards his quarters. And now the colonel,
having succeeded in stopping and olsen
tdngllnS himself from the clothes line, was
shouting orders. Something like attention
was restored, and the line, visibly shak-
ing, was formed again.
Sergt. Schneider rode out and touched
his cap to Lieut.. Carter, who, in the abb
sence of his commanding officer, was act
ing Captain of his company
f1xr .f
asked. "A bit of sunstroke l think SIR"
Carter gave permission He turned round
and saw Murphy too weak hardly to sit
on his horse make his way toward the
stables, his feet hanging loose from his
stirrups. and his whole body wavering
back and forth. Another trooper had hold
of the briGel
An orderly ealloped down +bA IirA
Lieut.. Carter. the Colonel asks YOU to re.
port to him at once"
Carter rode up. There was not the ghost
OF a smile on the Colonels hard set feat
ures.
Mr.. Carter" he asked, sternly, did
you Know that horse was a buck jumping
black devil?"
ant responded. quietly.
Take your post sir"
What was the matter with that man
in your company Carter?' asked the sur
geon that evening. Several men had
gathered at the Leutenant's quarters.
where their laughter could not be heard
across the parade ground.
Il don't know what you might call it,"
Carter answered. But 1 suppose. in
learned phrase, it might be mentioned as
paralysis of the risibles''
Colonel wants to see you, sir" said an
orderly at the doorway
In half an hour Carter had returned.
What did the old man say?" question
ed Jack Francis, who had the room next
to Carriers own, looking up from his pe-
rusal of the league baseball scores
-Four weeks confinement to post" was
the reply. "A little knowledge is a dan
gerous thing"
Down at the barracks Murphy had told
his side of the story.
1T was me that done it, though I held
no grudge agin the Colonel" he said.
but am even with the drummer bedad
Revinge is swate. May Ann'n niver look
at him now"
And she never did.