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"Where is Leftenant Lyon?" demanded he of Corporal Tilford, as the latter rode up to him to give him information in regard to the officer in command of the platoon. "I am sorry to say we left him in the enemy's camp," replied the corporal. "Left him there!" exclaimed Life, with something like horror in his expression. "Was he wounded?" "Worse than that, I am afraid," answered his informant.
"That's just the way the leftenant looked, boys," said he, "when we was laying for them Apaches that raided Jones's Ranch and killed the women and little children." In a short time the officer looked at his watch, formed his men, and directed them to take their places on the seats of the car. They had hardly done so when the whistle of the approaching train was heard.
I may have been a fire-eater once I may have been a gay young feller as could ; but no matter. Avast musin'! As Lord Bacon says 'The light of other days is faded, An' all their glory 'a past; My boots no longer look as they did, But, like my coat, are goin' fast. But I say, leftenant, how long do you mean to keep pullin' about here, without an enemy, or, as far as I can see, an object in view?
I'm mighty glad the parson hain't got any foolish dreams 'bout the gal. The leftenant is the only galoot I've got to look out for, or rather," added the miner grimly, "I'm the one he's got to beware of. I'm in dead earnest this time." That which in the nature of things was inevitable came to pass.
"Perhaps Ralph went back to the ranch," suggested Poke Stover. "We found no trail leading in that direction," said Lieutenant Radbury. "That is true, but he might have gone back, even so, leftenant." Amos Radbury shook his head slowly. "You only wish to give me a little encouragement, Poke," he said, with a sad smile. "I am afraid he has fallen into the hands of the Indians."
I didn't give him permission to hunt deserters, but THIEVES. I didn't help him to ketch the man that deserted from HIM, but the skunk that took MY clothes. For when the Leftenant found the man's old uniform in the bush, he nat'rally kalkilated he must hev got some other duds near by in some underhand way. Don't you see? eh? Why, look, Mag. Darned if you ain't skeered after all!
Well, jist as I had done, in walks the porter's first leftenant; and sais he, 'Mr. Tact will see you, Sir. "'He come plaguy near not seein' of me, then, sais I; 'for I had jist commenced makin' tracks as you come in. The next time he sends for me, tell him not to send till he is ready, will you? For it's a rule o' mine to tag arter no man.
"No, there never was an officer among you, that had any thing to brag of about us but one, and he wasn't a Britisher he was a despisable Blue-nose colonist boy of Halifax. When his captain was took below wounded, he was leftenant, so he jist ups and takes command o' the Shannon, and fit like a tiger and took our splendid frigate the Chesapeake, and that was sumthing to brag on.
Perfectly charmed with quaint Aunt Betsy, whom he remembered so well, he flattered and courted her almost as much as he did Bell, but did not take her with him in his long rambles over the hills, or sit with her at night alone in the parlor until the clock struck twelve a habit which Aunt Betsy greatly disapproved, but overlooked for this once, seeing, as she said, that: "The young leftenant was none of her kin, and Isabel only a little."
Folk had gotten to think nought o' t' tender, she lay so still, an' t' leftenant paid such a good price for all he wanted for t' ship.
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