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"An' so it goes on; an' day by day we r-read th' tur-rble story iv our brave sthrateejans sacrificin' their time on th' altar iv their counthry, as Hogan says. Little we thought, whin we wint into this war, iv th' horrors it wud bring. Little we thought iv th' mothers at home weepin' f'r their brave boys down at Washin'ton hur-rtin their poor eyes over a checker-board.
"She spicks short wud me," said old Stuppeny, "and I've töald her as she mun look around fur a new head man. This time I'm going." "She's a scold," said Broadhurst, "and reckon the young chap säaved himself a tedious life by dying." "Reckon her heart's broke," said Mrs. Tolhurst. "Her temper's broke," said Milly Pump.
Jump down, Masther Gerald, an' stretch yer legs a bit. It's kilt ye are entirely." A swarthy little Mexican appeared, and led the tired horses into the stable. Then the young journalist took a good look at the man who seemed to know him so well, and endeavored, as the phrase goes, to "place him." "Ye don't mind me, yer honor, an' how wud ye? But I mind yersilf well.
'I've listened to th' speeches here to-night with satisfaction, he says. 'I'm proud to see th' rayform wave have sthruck th' road, he says. 'Th' rascals must be dhriven fr'm th' high places, he says. 'I see befure me in a chair a gintleman who wud steal a red-hot stove an' freeze th' lid befure he got home.
'No, I mean th' wan that lammed me with his cane, he says. 'If it hadn't been, he says, 'that we're united, he says, 'be a common pathrimony, he says, 'I'd've had his life, he says. 'Ye wud so, says I, 'an' ye're r-right, I says.
'We're a' hauden doon the same gait, Steenie. Maybe it's some waur for you 'at wud sae fain gang up, nor for the lave o' 's 'at's mair willin to bide a wee; but it 'll be the same at the last whan we're a' up there thegither. I dinna like to be grippit by the queets! He winna lat me win at the thongs!
A' thocht so, an' a' wud juist gie ye due intimation that the only person qualified an' entitled tae gie ye information on sic subjects is masel', an' ony ither is unjustified an' unwarranted. "Fower heads? Three an' an application is the Doctor's invariable rule, an' gin a probationer gied oot a fourth, a' winna undertake tae say what michtna happen.
"It's oot o' the question, Jess, sae hurry up, lass, for we've hed a heavy day. But it wud be the grandest thing that was ever dune in the Glen in oor time if it could be managed by hook or crook.
An' gled I was when I saw Sandy's yallow nose again, I can tell ye, for I was shure syne I wud dee at hame amon' my nain bed-claes. "The Lord preserve's a'!" says Mysie when she saw Sandy. "What i' the name o' peace has come ower you? I'll need to go!
'An' 'e give it you for love? said Ortheris. 'We were alone in that passage. Maybe I was a trifle too pressin', but considher fwhat I had done for the good av the temple and the iverlastin' joy av those women. 'Twas cheap at the price. I wud ha' taken more if I cud ha' found ut. I turned the ould man upside down at the last, but he was milked dhry.
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