"I do not, sir."
"Then, will yew tell me why?"
"I have fought for twenty-four years under one flag. There is only one other that I would fight under."
"I presyewme thet is the stars and stripes, the flag of the Yew.S.A.?"
"It is not, sir."
"Then, will yew tell me what flag it is?" asked the general in evident surprise.
"The green flag with the golden harp, the flag of a self-governing Ireland!"
"But there ain't no army 'lowed to carry sech a flag."
"Then, till there is, I'll still fight under the old flag and the old queen I have served more than half my life."
"An' yew air an' Irishman?"