The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-10-26
BY Rudyard Kipling

subaitern al the helm The Private giaret
easily at the susAit.rn. who respected the
Of the Privat.
After sir hours Dorm.r paced 10 IN. stern. ..-
iuted and said;-"B.x y pardon sir but was
you ever on the Durh'm Canal
ufan"
They ate In silence A. IN. evening fell Pri-
vate Dormer broke forth. speaking to himself
iii Vas on the Durh'm Canal. ;es' such .
night. come next week twelve month. s-trailin' of
my toes In the water lie smoked and said
tili bedtime.
Tn. ~itehery OF tn. dawn turned the gray
river-reaehes to purple. gold and opal: and II
was as though the numbering dhoni crept across
IN. spiendor o: heaven.
Private Dormsr popped his head out OF his
blanket ana cared at the glory below and around
"well-hlast-my eyes" said Private Dormsr
IN an sw-d whisper. This ere Is like a bloom
In Eaiiantry show For the rest day
he dumb. bu, achieved an ensansuined nithi-
ness through tn. cleaning of big nsh-
The boat returned Saturday evening Dor
mer had been struggling with speech since noon
As the lines and luggage were being disem-
barked. he found tongue
Beg y pardon. sir" n. said but would
you-would you min shakn' 'ands with me
SIR
20, course not" said Bobby. and n. shook
accordingly. Dormer returned to barracks. and
Bobby
think said Bobby. My aunt. but he's hIthy
sort OF animal Have you him clean
them muchly-hs with Is thumbs-"
Anyhow said Revere three weeks later hes
doing his best to keep his things clean"
When the spring died Bobby Joined in the
general scramble FOR nm leave. and 10 his sur
prise and delight secured three months
AS good boy as want" said Revere. the
sdmiring skipper.
The 0es, of the batch" saia the Adjutan, to
the Colonel Keep back that young skrim-
shanker Porkiss sir. let Revere make him sit
up"
So Bobby departed ioyousIy to simuIa Pahar
with a tin box OF gorgeous raiment
"'Son OF Wick-oh Wick OF Chota- Buldana-
Ask him to dinner dear" said the aged man
, maids
"Firs, class place. sinnia Oh ri-ippinE,~ said
Bobby Wick. and ordered new cord breeches
the strength OF IL.
We're IN a bad way" wrote Revere 20 roshy
AZ the end of two months since you let. the
Regiment has taken to fever and - fairly rotten
with 1.-TWO hundred ia hospital about a hun
dred In cells-drinkinE to keep of fever-and
the Companies on parade nfte"n Sic strong at the
outside. There's rather more sickness IN the out
villages than care for. but then I'm "a blistered
with prickiy-heat that I'm ready 70 hang myself
what's the yarn about your MASKING Miss
Hi'-ri-y there? Not serious hope You're
over-young to hang miilstones round your necl,.
and the colonel viii turf you OF that IN
dou5le-quick time II you attempt IT,"
II was not the Colonel that brought Bobby out
OF SimIs. but "A much more to be respected COM
msndant The sickness In the ou;-viIIaEes sprcad
the Bazaar put out OF bounds and then came
the news that the Tail Twisters go into
camp The message flashed "a the HlIl stations:
'Cholera-ieavc stopped - Officers recalled
Alas. for the white gloves IN the neatly soid.rcd
boxes. tho rides and the dances and picncs. that
were 20 be. the love half spoken and the debt
unpaid without demur and without question.
fast tonga could ~ pony EaIop. back to
their Regiments and their batteries as though
they were fastening to their weddings fed the
sItalterns.
BOBBY received his mandate Oh returning from
dance at NicereEal Lodge where he had
but only tho Haverley girl knows what Bobby had
said or how many wsitzes he had claimed for the
next ball Six In the morning bobby At tho
Tonga Office In the drenchinE rain. the wh!-i q
tho last waltz sttl IN his ears and an intoxlca-
ton du" neither 20 wine nor Waiting IN his brain
Good mani shouted DeiEhton 81 the Horse
Battery through the mists. "Wnsr you raise dat
tonga I'm coming with you. Ow, But I've
head and half / didn't out all night
They say the B1ttery's awful bad"
MY faith I'm he more bauy corpse than
bride. though. This journey. Jump in Bobby.
Chsio Coachwan"'
on the UmbaIIa platform waited a detachment
% officers discues.ng the latest nrvs from the
stricken csntourent AMI ~ was here that Boboy
learned the real condition Of the TAN TvIsters.
They went into camp" s1ii an elderly Ma Tor
recalled from CO." whfst-tabIes az ,iIe-oofie to
with two hundred and sick 800 carts Two
hundred and ten fever eases s.. and the balance
looking like 90 many ghosts. with eyes
Madras Regiment could have walked through
'em"
hobby pressed Dbl. forehead sea.-.r ffc -7'n-
across The s"1 I.u I'tH ana PRAYED Tor the health
o. the Tyresid~ Tail TvIsts-s
Bobby fought his wav through the rain fre
Tail Twistrrs' temporary mess and Revere could
have fallen ON the boys for the Joy Of
INK that uEy. whoi'soue phiE once more.