The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-02-26
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you, I'll send for you. Savoy?
Captain Bizness smiled AM
cringed and Immediately mad
suggestions as to where tn
guards should be posted. Whereupon
| to the Captains utter amazement ant
discontinue, Private Sevenspot pro
T ceeded to. kick him with tremendou
vigor and pertinacity. For forty-eigh
hours Captain Bizness kept in retire
ment andsthen when the soreness of hi:
hip-joints grew lees he reappeared a
the sugar mill and started in to re-
morstrate with Sevenspot. Whereupor
Sevenspot, without aword, proceeded
to kick him with greater vigor and per
tinacity than before Again Captain
Bizness went into retirement. Ant
again he reappeared and this time with
a most deferential manner he began q
long-winded apology Whereupon, Sew
enspot began kicking right where he hat
left off and the sound thereof was like
unto that of a hired man beating a body
Brussels carpet. Then it dawned on
Captain Bizness that so far as he was
concerned Sevenspot wished to be in.
communicate And thereafter, he held
his peace and offered neither advice MOI
apology. Sevenspot ceased to kick him
but regarded him with an openly omin-
Gus severity Of couNenance
"Luch at the ould hivil!" he said to
his men, utterly regardless Of Captain
Bizness' presence. Luck at him we'll
an watch him as talk. He pretends
not to know English, but he knows nine
4<x1 all r r,o1r
in his ear an takin' sly peeps at me out
av the corner av his eye. Shure, the
face av him would hang him. I do be
supposin that all coons luck alike to
TIL Lieutenant or he5d not trust him.
But I'm more surprised at Holy Joe.
Shurs the Spaniard's known the old Ia
drone long enough to have caught him.
I'm thinkin' he fears tn ould divil and
his diviltry." r
Tim hung heavy on the hands of the
little detachment The guard reliefs
were four hours on and eight off, and
there WAC lots of idle time and nothing
to kill it with Then one afternoon
Clemente, the cook put in appearance
with deck Of monte cards and $40
Mexican. Ten minutes later he was
monte, and Cross Dog and Smithy, who
were both off guard, We're bucking it.
What shall we use for checks?" ask
ed Smitliy.
"Herep' exclaimed, Cross Dog, pulling
forty cartridges from his belt and toss
ing them across the table to- Clemente.
Issue those at peseto each.
And the game went on The natives
crowded about the players. Captain
Bizness and Tony the letter carrier,
leaned their elbows on the table to the
right of Clemente, who banked and
dealt. Sevenspot sat on a sugar vat,
half dozen PAGES from the table, and
His eyes looked dreamy and
far away. Clemente, with native sly
ness, pulled two cards at once, but the
alert Cross Dog grabbed HE wrist and
exposed him in the act.
you brown whelp!" he exclaimed,
twisting his wrist until he WINGED, 'if
you try that again I'll break you over
my knee. Now, go on and deal fart"
While all eyes were fixed on Cposs Dog
and Clemente. Captain Bizness slyly
stole two cartridges from the little pile
beside Clemente. Then he nudged his
,hum Tony and passed them to him.
Tony clipped then into his trousers
pocket. Then the captain stole two
more, very slyly and cleverly, and slid
hem into his own pocket For a min
lite more he watched the game and then
Judged Tony, and started to walk from
he sugar-mill,
Without warning Sevenspot bounded
,1,Jt bxy La
hroat, and bore them to the ground.
''Smithy!' he shouted, Search their
)ockets."
Now" he said, when the cartridges
we're found and the Captain and Tony
we're tied up, well search the nipa
luts av these gintlemin!"
In Tony's hut they found half a
lozen keen-edged bolos concealed be-
eath some mating. The search of the |
Captains hut was for long timef ruit- |
ess. They We're about to give it up |
when Cross Dog pulled letter from a
ollow bamboo bedpost. Smithy, who |
new Spanish, promptly pronounced it |
letter from Papiecio. Captain inquir- |
ne of his dear friend Captain Bizness, |
then Senior Holijos would have suff1-
lent 1unQS IN ndnu 10 SIdfO another |
IVY of tribute. The hiding place of the
,tter gave Sevenspot an idea. He pro-
eeded to examine the hollow bamboo
ut of which the hut was constructed,
uthleesly tearing down the hut in the
recess. His search was rewarded by |
nding one Mauser rifle, three Rening-
1ns and two Krag -Jorgensens. The
ext day it was found that the two
rags had formerly been the property
{ two soldiers of another company,
no had gone into the foothills for wild
ananas and being ambushed and killed
y the Papiecios,
That afternoon Captain Bizness and
ony We're loaded on a cara bao aled and
auled through the mud to tlfe detach-
tent quarters at Isabella.
It was in the Afternoon. That morn
g Captain Bizness had been shot Pr
ate Sevenspot sat on the edge of his
amboo bunk and smoked his pipe and
eaned his rifle Outside the sun glared
&c white-hot glass. But in the shade,
cool, fragrant breeze famed the cheek
nd the big open easements were like !