LITERARY MEN AND THE "CAT."

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XV, Issue 22, 26 January 1880, Page 6

LITERARY MEN AND THE "CAT."

lo / Fortieigi tfie 'famous war «'^Meorrespoiident> 53; declare s; that" be was o '^ BaVtfd' by ! the "isat/' which it is noW pro* J o -posed froWthe f BBtish }&?mj. ■ or '.{Ttorentf- Jekta ago t <he r feriliatSd 1 ' in a ; bec'fifalry legimentil '¥6'un^ : iul f bf?piritß, v\ I "d6Btit"ute il ='of u He' ; was j Hbandalously often in trouble. At ■ < jengthiaa escapade got him placed for 1o a; month in the' Sheffield ; prov6st. v He; r!-3 wasnotcureß; however; 1 > Again, brought ;i;->nbefore f his commanding officerj he was cm- masked if he knew he was a second-class odi mam: 'No, )ie knew nothing about ,it. fe-'^bWellj-'j said ( he» "you are, as fluch, / ■-: liable to be:flog^y tod the' next time a eyou como before ' m!s' ! *ll ,;- ;Mr. Forbes never again came before oz.:fhim» r and ia now sofullvof loVe 'fof ] the ;f jest: that hfe-pleada forats retention. 1 ;. Mill Anicalmosfc^similar ■ experience^ wa» , itithafcofiJohn Boyle O'Keilly. ■ At "eightejiiiteenGyearsofiagei^heenu'stedina^h eiq<Bar ieg^Kieht;(and inoth«i strength "a ad ,i i v wildness -of .'youth began !a '■ reckless i^i^contse. ciOneitiayadEcjendly old aergeant ml Baiditojhiih, as he was marched to th«s d^igt^uEdrooii^-i^'Youlll^idestroy^Vourself, , ; (.youngsteriUf you don't stop. The next - .1 9. 'time' the Colonel's ia bad iiumour, : he'll ,S.7Court?martial)you>aDfdyou ? ll'be flogged." «;tr The vword clung to O'Beilly'smindy and -:,-) « Appalled i^nkinto steadiness. « i But, un.cu i^jike his'Englieh biotheE-in literature, he uu t regarda th^?^iclt''a* l iiiiii!norror, and ccjoii

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