The National tribune., 1901-09-19
THE TRBUNE

can be taken, picked, chosen, or selected
from the unlimited vocabulary of the En-.
glish tongue, the frying pan that was at
taChed to my back has taken unto itself
wings and flown away" and the "Profes-
sor' looked about him with as much dig
nifty as his red, frecllled face and extern
sive knapsack would allow.
20, it must be the diyil's own frying
pan that could get off that way; it dropped
off, We name"
''Ye war niver at Mayuooth," interrupt
ed the Professor" with self-satisfed
look.
NO" said Tim, innocently, but I've a
Did he take his degrees?" queried the
| Professor"
He did, indeed. / don't know what
you call 'em, but he took something, and
| that's what got him there. Were you
ever there" asked Tim, in his turn.
Faith, l was; twas there l got my
larnin'."
The divil!' quoth the astonished Tim;
we ought to be ashamed to tell it, ye rep
robate."
ITO tell itw exclaimed the astonished
| Professor"
A LEARNED MAN.
"Yes," yelled Tim, Eye got yer larnin'
in Maynooth Jail, and yed be boastin' of
it. It's little that my brother Dick would
do the likes o that, though he can make
a brush or break a stone as clever as the
| next man, an he didn't serve half as long
as you"
The astounded Professor gave his
knapsack a hitch, and fell to the rear,
away from the boys, who laughed long
and boisterously.
We'll, he's man of wonderful larnin +,
Tim," guoth Jimmie.
"Ay," replied Tim; and he sang the fol-
lowing stanza in a clear and not unmusi-
cal voice:
Hes a fine and mighty JANUS, full of
larnin' and of wit,
And can spake of other nations that are
far beyant the say;
He can talk in Greek or Latin, or eluci-
date Sanscrit.
He's the greatest Twin scholar in the
university"
81 wonder what made him list" said
Jimmie when his companion had unbur-
dened himself of the above elegant lines.
What made him inlist, is it? Sure
that's aisily answered. He larned every
thing that there was to be larned, 'cept
sogcrin'; so he jist come here to cOmplate
his, accomplishments by larnn how to
make coffee, eat bareback and pork, and
sleep on the cowld, cowld ground; an
thin he'll go home wild a big dairy an
skin full of rumatics. That's the way
wild these ambitious min, Jimmie; they'd
go to the ould boy hisself for larnin'. It's
well for US we are not janiuses, eh, jim
mie:"
..Yes, and for Uncle Sam, too, Tim;
for these janiuses is allus behind when
there's any fghtin' to be done; they does
be examinin' the juology of the rocks. |
seed the 'PurfessOr,' the last time we'd
a cut at the Johnnies, behind big pile,
and | aXed what he war doin,' an he sed
he war 'juologizin', or some sort of gizin,
of the rocks"
Thus the boys would travel on, relating
anecdotes of their military experiences,
and throwing off comical descriptions of
character which kept their companions in
continual roar of laughter. Reaching
Lovettsville late in the day, all soon We're
busy cooking their suppers, preparatory
to sleep.
RECTORTOwN.
Intelligence reached Us the next morn
ing that the left of the rebel column was
but a few miles in front; and at an early
hour the regiment resumed its march,
and after bivouacking three times, at Oak
lands and Goose Greek, arrived, on the
evening of July %, at RectOrtown, Va,
through which, we learned, the victorious
Mosby had passed the day before.
We marched through this wretched
place next day, and found it to contain
a few wooden houses, several diminutive
pigs, and number of sharp, surly wom
en-, who, from their unladylike g""tures
and remarks, seemed to hold ourselves
and flag in profound contempt. Little no.
tice was taken of them, however, though |
attention was paid to the
"grunters," many of which squealed their |
own most unmusical requiem. AS we
marched on, shutting up the fresh air |
from the hills adjacent. and scanning the |
beautiful scenery by which this cOnsump- |
town was surrounded, about !