In Barracks and Wigwam — page 98: what you’re looking at

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‘ 288° What the Troopers Found. — _ Black Mike was nowhere to be seen. The room was filled from wall to wall with tough-looking men in grimy _ blue shirts and trousers, some fighting, some wrapped in maudlin embrace, and all yelling and cursing at the top __ of their voices. . Three recruits were behind the bar, tearing down glasses and bottles of raw liquor from the _ shelves and tossing them at random into the crowd. Two others had forced open a keg of beer at one end of the counter, and © were filling mugs and pannikins from the steadily _ running stream. A tall cjant of a man, with his evil and clean-shaven face bloated and flushed by drink and passion, was perched on top of the counter, dancing and capering from ~~ one end to the other. This was the terrible Jack Hark- ness, and he had a huge revolver in each hand. As he - pranced about, he fired shot after shot into the ceiling, ripping out fearful oaths and defiantly calling on the whole United States army to come and take him. . “Tl take you soon enough, my man,” muttered Cap- tain Norman to himself, after watching the scene for a few seconds. Then he boldly pushed the screen door open and stepped into the dive. Lieutenant Coghill, Cor- poral Otis, and Private Osborne were the first to follow att his heels. | = books.cor yt Ss = ty vee com . ra sa o f 4 " x 4 ’ *