cap'ral

Updated: May 2, 2025

I've been away working on a ship for quite a while. That's one reason you haven't seen me." "Be gorry, the town's gittin' big, an' that's another reason. The last time I seen ye, ye wuz wid that Sweet Cap'ral lad, an' I knocked yer two sassy heads tergither for yez. Remember that?" "Yes," laughed Tom, "and then I started running down the street and hollered, 'Throw a brick, you Irish mick!?"

Percy Keese Fitzhugh - Tom Slade on a Transport