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I got the banjo-player to strum the piece over again, and I bought drinks for the crowd. Then I made him play once more, and there were other rounds of drinks, and the last I remember is that I was waltzing around the place to that air. Two days after that the officer found me trespassing on some one's property by sleeping on it.
The constable halted the whole procession, and ordered one of his assistants to put the banjo-player under arrest. "I won't have it!" he shouted, "he's disturbin' the peace!" Everyone laughed at this, there was so much noise in the street that the banjo could hardly be heard. But a man went across the road, took the player by the arm, and told him that he must come along.
He was so fond of gay, martial music that he kept his banjo-player, Sweeney, always with him, and worked in his tent to the cheerful accompaniment of his favorite songs, now and then leaning back to laugh and join in the choruses. His gay spirit found expression also in the clothes he wore.
Presently four or five voices, with extravagant brogues, were uplifted in the chorus:— “’Tis the most disthressful counthry That ever there was seen; For they’re hanging men and women too For wearin’ of the green.” There was much applause; boys from other rooms went hurrying down the corridor. The banjo-player struck up “The Road to Mandalay;” again Irving recognized Westby’s voice.
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