Then why art thou silent, O pride of me heart.'
"which is poickry. I hereby divide this here splendid army into one corpse dammee, and take command of it."
At the conclusion of this thrilling oration, my boy, the corpse dammee formed itself into a hollow square, in the centre of which appeared a mail-clad ambulance.
I looked at this carefully, and then says I to Villiam:
"Tell me, my gay Achilles, what you carry in that?"
"Ha!" says Villiam, balancing himself on one leg, "them's my Repeaters. This morning," says Villiam, sagaciously, "I discovered six Repeaters among my men. Each of them voted six times last election day, and I've put them where they can't be killed. Ah!" says Villiam, softly, "the Democratic party can't afford to lose them Repeaters."
Here a rather rusty-looking chap stepped out of the ranks, and says he:
"Captain, I'm a Repeater too. I voted four times last election."
"It takes six to make a reliable Repeater," says Villiam.
"Yes," says the chap: "but I voted for different coves—twice for the Republican candidate and twice for the Democrat."