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"Hurrah for the Kankakee! Give it to us, Tommy!" cried an enthusiastic voice between verses. "Now give it to the Major!" And the song went on: "There's Major Blowney leads the van, As crack a shot as an Irishman, For it's the duck is a tin decoy That his owld shotgun can't destroy:" And a half-dozen jubilant palms patted the Major's shoulders, and his ruddy, good-natured face beamed with delight.
"Talk of odd fellows and eccentric characters," said Major Blowney, my employer, one afternoon, "you must see our 'Wild Irishman' here before you say you've yet found the queerest, brightest, cleverest chap in all your travels. What d'ye say, Stockford?" And the Major paused in his work of charging cartridges for his new breech-loading shotgun and turned to await his partner's response.
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