The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-05-29

had shut n bowling neighbOr the
drum horse his flank Troop endery
with seventeen troopers
How long this panic lasted believe that when
the the they dnohlng aud by twos
anu rees ana mIt troops crept back INTO cahtohnehs yer!
much ashamed Of themselves Meantime the drum horse dis
gsted at his treatment by old friends pulled wheeled round
o',eu up 10 the mess 'erahua steps Tor nre"u 40 Que %
to rum but cared forward till the colonel made
movement and laid hold Of the skeletons foot The band had
halted some distance away and came back slowly, The
colonel called It, individually collectively every evil name
that occurred to him at the time for he had set his hand on the
bosom of the drum horse found flesh blood Then he
beat the ketedrums discovered that
they but silver paper bamboo Next sti
swearing, he tried skeleton Of the saddle but
found that it had been wired into the canue The sight of the
colonel with his round the skeletons pevis and his knee
In the old drum horses stomach striking
Ing He worried the thing in minute and threw It
down the saying bnnd fIer you thas
what you're afraid Of" The skeleton dld pretty In the
twilight The band sergeant seemed IN recognize IT, for he began
to chuckle choke away
sergeant Yes said the colonel take 1t to he'll and ride there
The band sergeant saluted skeleton across
saddebow ana led off to the stables Then the colonel began
Inquiries rest Of the regiment ana the language he
used wonderful He dsband regiment.
court martial soul IN It, he would command such
of rabble, the dropped in his
language wilder until exceeded limits
of free speech allowed even to Il colonel of horse,
Martyr took Ioaniae aside ana suggested compulsory
rement from the service necessity when all discovered
Martyr the weaker Of the Hoganlae put up his
eyebrows aud remarked first that he the of lord and
second that he was as innocent the babe unborn Of the
theatrical resurrection Of the drum horse.
MY Instructions said Yale with snguary smile,
were that the drum horse should be sent back mFesis
possible | ask YOU Am repOnsbleif
sends him back in such disturb the mind
OF n regiment Of her maesty's cavalryT"
Martyr said "Hou great and will in time
general but Ia give chance of troop be safe out Of
this affair."
Providence Martyr HoganYae The second in
command led the colonel the little
wherein the ubaens of the White
poker nights and there after many
part they talked together in fancy
have the
trooper whom II would be hopeless
dwelt the sin and the shame OF making public
stock of the
"They will call u.s." said the command had
really imagnation-"they will
they win call ghost they from
end OF the list TO the other All the explanations
world make outsiders understand that
when the panic began. For the
aud for your sake keep this thing quiet"
The with anger that soothing him
difficult might be nngined lie see
gently by degrees that It obviously
martial whole regiment and equally impossible proceed
against subatern who, in his belief had any IN
the hoax,
"But allve at all" shouted
colonel ITS fragrant dsobedence I've Il
broke for less damned sight less They're mockng tell
you, Muman, They're mOcling mcH
Once the second in command set himself soote
colonel wresed with him for half Of
that fine the regmena major reported
situation rather novel 10 him. but he
put out by circumstances He sauted and said "Regnent
come back sir then propae the colonel And Of
horses any the worse sir" ..,
The colonel ne
the their then they wake up
and cry IN the night" The sergeant withdrew,
His little stroke Of humor pleased the colonel further