On oru\ of the volunteer ranges in the Worth. o£ England iaa well-known Irish. BOirgeant .)Kho went through three wars— $h^ Crimean* iho Indian Mutiny, and the Chinese — ana 4p*ing the whole 'of that tiuXe nover received a single wound. Old \V ,ashe is palled, occasionally acts ac marker at the targets, and his utter, reck liwjsness haa became a proverb. He has beo,u known to w»k forth from behind the mantelet without fee Slightest warning, and touch up a bull*^ eye which did' not quibe\pati6fy him, or\ to note the esacfe position of a Bhot. At all remonatrancea he Wttu}d sniff contenvptuouHly. "Me be ahotPf he would ask. "Why, I've bean through tliree war-r-re and was nover shot yet. P^a ! phwat's a bit o' lead flying through %e\ air ?" atfid he would assume an air of .ctfßguat. IS ■actually oocarred, nowever, a\\ last, and he was ehot through the ohouldev. For a moment, aa frequently happena witii rifle shots, $uch is their terrible force; he did not know he was struck; then, \vhen he observed the blood Btreatning dow^i his sleeve, he oommenced to walk down tto range right in the line of fire. It was deenthat something watt wrong, and several rolunteeru ru3hed to ine^b him. As tboy did \o he tottered and hftdio bo carried. " Shot," ho groaned, with g took of shame ; " asofc, and by a Saturday ftj^ej> aocr sol^ierl^ • . "" ' "':

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THE STAK; SATUKDAT, OCTOBER 1 7, 1893.
