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There is no discharge in the war of life, I am well aware; but shall there not be so much as a week's furlough? We were up by six, the day we were to leave. They had taken so little note of us that I hardly thought they would have condescended on a bill.
To this officer, like himself a native of Burlington, he was very warmly attached. The next notice of him contained in the official records is to the effect that on the 9th of May, 1810, permission was granted him to go on furlough for twelve months. Whether he availed himself of it is not known.
We were all granted the usual furlough of three months, and parted for our homes, there to await assignment to our respective corps and regiments. In due season I was appointed and commissioned second-lieutenant, Third Artillery, and ordered to report at Governor's Island, New York Harbor, at the end of September.
Shall I close the shutters?" "If you do," said Miss Howe delightedly, "we shall not be able to see." "Neither we should," he assented; "the others are closed already. Very badly built, these Calcutta houses, aren't they? Have you been long in India, Miss Captain Filbert?" "I served a year up-country and then fell ill and had to go home on furlough. The native food didn't suit me.
Upon returning to his own country he left his regiment on a furlough of four months. His first business was to go to St. Louis and execute his promise to marry Miss Dent. The remainder of this honeymoon vacation was spent with his family and friends in Ohio.
'She insisted that she would have him; and at least it will grant me furlough for an hour. 'Do me the service to report to me, said Mr. Beamish. In this fashion he engaged Caseldy to supply him with inventions, and prepared himself to swallow them. It was Poltermore and Poltermore, the Colonel here, the Colonel there until the chase grew so hot that Mr.
May I venture to ask the names of all your children?" Mr De Benyon gave me a list seriatim, which I put down with great gravity. "Of course, there is no doubt of your second brother not being married. I believe we ought to have a certificate. Do you know his address?" "He has been in the East Indies for many years. He returned home on furlough, and has now just sailed again for Calcutta."
He was at Caudebec on a half- year's furlough, and asked the First Consul's permission to be a sentinel at the door of the apartment of the august travelers, which was granted; and after the First Consul and Madame Bonaparte were seated at the table, Roussel was sent for, and invited to breakfast with his former general.
W. T. SHERMAN, Major-General. I have not the least doubt that Governor Brown, at that time, seriously entertained the proposition; but he hardly felt ready to act, and simply gave a furlough to the militia, and called a special session of the Legislature, to meet at Milledgeville, to take into consideration the critical condition of affairs in the State.
He closed up all the gambling-houses, and then issued licenses for public gambling to any one who would pay the fee and take his brother in as a partner. His profits must have been enough to make him independently rich without the spoons. He kept the city very clean, but old yellow-jack got in, and then Ben got a furlough and went up to Washington, and he took the spoons with him.
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