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BULGER'S FRIEND
would settle it. I get mighty nigh
to the point, and then I have to quit.
You'll give me more time, won't
you, sergeant?"
"All you want, and God bless you,
comrade. Pound away until you
hit the right note."
Afterward the sergeant would
often call to Bulger: "Time, com-
rade! Knocked that friend of yours
out yet?" The answer was always
unsatisfactory.
One night at a street corner the
sergeant prayed loudly that a certain
struggling comrade might be parted
from an enemy who was leading him
astrav under the guise of friendship.
Bulger, in sudden and plainly evident
alarm, immediately turned his drum
over to a fellow volunteer, and
shuffled rapidly away down the
street. The next night he was
back again at his post, without anyI 'I I , ill
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Henry, O., 1862-1910. O. Henryana, book, 1920; Garden City, New York. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth139325/m1/33/: accessed May 5, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Austin History Center, Austin Public Library.