The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1914-12-03

: N told me this, sitting on tn
i parapet of the road to Dag
shat, when we were hunting
butterflies together. He had theorie
about the army and colored clay pipe
beautifully. He said that the youni
soldier is the best to work with "oi
account av the surprising innocence
av the child"
"Now, Iistenp said Mulvaney
throwing himself full length on tht
wall in the sun. "I'm born scutt OF
the barrack room. The arms mate
and dhrink to me, bekaze I'm wan ay
the few that can't quit ut. I've put
in II years, an the pipe clay's in the
marrow av me- Az could have kept
out av wan big dhrink month,
would have been a horny lift'nint by
this time-a nuisance to my betthers,
laughing stock to me equils and a
curse to mesilf. Bein' fwhat / am,
Pm Private Mulvaney wild no good
conduc' pay an devourin' thirst. AL
ways barring me little frind, Bobs
Bahadur, / know as much about the
army as most men,"
l said something here.
"Wolseley be shot! Betune you an
me an that butterfly net, he's ram
bin incoherint sort av divil, wild
wan OF on the quane an the coort an
the other>on his blessed silf-everlast-
inly playin' Sayser an Alexandra
rowled into lump. Now Bobs is a
sensible little man. Wild Bobs an a
few 3-year-olds I'd swape any army
av the earth into towel, an throw
it away afterwards. 'Tis the bhoys
the raw bhoys-that dhon't know
fwhat a bullet names an wudn't care
av they did-that dhu the work.
"Did you liver hear hoy Privit Null
vaney took the town iv Lungtungpen?
thought not! Twas the lift'nint got |
the credit, but twas me planned the
schame. A little before l was inval-
ded from Burma, me an four-and-
,winty young vans undher Lift'nint
Brazenose was ruinin' our dijeshins
.hryin' to catch dacoits Burmese
,hiefs with bands of irregular follow
,rs). An such double-ended divils
never knew. IT'S only dab knife
'word) and a Snider (rife) that
makes dacoit. Widout thin he's a
,aceful cultivator an felony for to
hoot
"Prisintly | learned that across the
liver about nine miles away was
own just dhrippin' wild bohs and ar
ows and dahs and dacoits and ele-
hints.
"This night / went to the lift-nint,
n communicated my information. l
ivir was shift wild books and the.
ries. But Town, did you say?' SEE
e. 'Accordin' to all the theories iv |
'ar we shud wait for endorsements
ut sence It's speshul case, I'll make t
u eASepSuuH. we IL NlSlI ILLS Lung
lngpen the night /
"The bhoys was fair woild wild de- I
light whin | tould thin an by this |
n by that they whit through the jun |
lie loike jackrabbits. About mid
oight we came to the shtream which e
seems | had clane forgot to min S
,un to my officer. was on ahead wild p
'ur bhoys an | thought the lift'nint t
light want to theorise. So, 'Shtrip, b
loys,' says |, shtrip to the buff an u
win in where glory waits h
"We got an ould tree trunk an
lshed off wild the rifles an kits an ="
. The night was chokin' dhark an "
ust as we was fair embarked l W
ard the lift'nint behind calm out,
here's a bit av a nullah (brook) 81
re, sorr, an it was true, for | was II
t yard from the bank. BIT av an B
htuary,' he says, but go on, we mad d.
shman, an shtrip, bhoys, says he. &C
Il heard him laugh, an the bhoys ne
me on. tt
But that shtrame was moiles woide P,