Show getting into a tight place dinin during the brush between uncle sam and d the I 1 Britis hers a regiment was raised in canada called the kings own its advent in a place being more dreaded than an incursion from the officers kept up the satanic fame of their corps with commendable spirit the pillar being ensign DIE DE he I 1 was the most consummate practical joker in the army 1 and his mes mates tes held him in awe in in consequence of I 1 the repeated success of his tricks upon them after an autra outrageous affair which nearly cost the lives of two i or three of his comrade 3 it was resolved to retaliate at the earliest opportunity which soon offered the regi re ament ment on the he march to the fro frontier etier bidou ached in the vicinity tv of lacadie it then became a question of some iiii importance to know how the mess table was to be garnished one suggested a very common eap exp expedient adient to both officers and andrien men hien viz viz a vint to some neighboring hencoop hen coop another immediately immediate lv added that at about a mile from the encampment he had noticed an old lady feeding r some pretty plump geese lets les have lem em by all means ay iy cried DIE DE the party set out and on rea reaching chanz the old ladys premi premises seg a showed ed the geese were penned in wider one of those ovens which the generality of canad canadians ang build near their houses instead of I 1 b baking k their bread as in this i crawl in apine ne to be the he question DIE DE will he understands the business and lie is the smallest chap among us said one of the party certainly y cried the ET agn who always I 1 sought t distinction in exploits of this and k nd 1 I will but some of you must go to the house and enteria n the old woman so she may not interrupt my mv operation DIE DE although a slight man had to exert his utmost strength i in order to squeeze himself half through the little r door ar of the pen now he cried warding off the attack of a belligerent li old goosey goose run to the old woman and they did run in 9 madam t madam they cried theres a fellow stantin stealing bourge your geese ei come quick quick ane old lady flew to the chimney corner seized ter broomstick broom stick and sallied out to sim surprise prise the ensign in the hottest of his tussle with his ferocious antagonist the patriarchal goose she instantly proceeded to intimate her presence by dealing dealin theare the trespasser pa S ser a terrific blow the full force of which sat upon apon the exposed part w th unrestricted effect as he had on his shell jacket only hello there stop that you tools fools you hurt the officer I 1 hah I 1 you fou rascal 2 the infuriated woman bomin shrieked d I 1 ill 1111 teach you to rob a poor lone of her lo 10 lorf f 1 l property and she applied her weapon to the he culprit with wil redoubled rf energy murder yelled the ensign it whispered the captain who owed PE jpe a grudge of long standing give it to the fellow he added patting ing her encouragingly on the shoulder whack whack went the broomstick broom stick 1 ough murder murder r r r all r yelled the ep red ator I 1 strike lower my good woman 1 the vindictive captain tap eap tain with as much coolness as if he was tending bendin g a military militar y flogging the injunction was implicitly followed DIE DE oared ed with pin p in and made superhuman efforts to extricate himself nis his comrades all but the inexorable tap captain were rolling upon the grass convulsed with laughter owe you sou a guinea if stop cried the en agn ign all pil give you two go it whispered the cap captain iain arcing her on she resumed majd the castigation with a blow that sent the roe broomstick broom stick fl flying v 11 into to two Die nieces cess DIE DE grew itutti apap IN fuik savl with t the e yell of a mohawk he escaped a goose in each hand band 1 he feasted alone upon the booty that night but the others were too delighted to acin complain plain of a slim icess bess in consequence cottage gazette |