The National tribune., 1888-06-21

came to nv rooms. and with tears In his eyes
said General, hope to God you will help me
in thing that's crushing my heart out. I've
just heard that Capt Armstrong, my old Cap
tain, is living out in Iowa now, and that he is
very poor indeed, and greatly disabled by his
good service. We both know, too, that he IS
growing old. Indeed, they tell me the old
Grand Army comrades have TO help him. Now,
I've saved up q few hundred dollars so that L
can get along well enough, and I've big pen
sion beside from this poor arm of mine, and
what / want is this: For Gods sake help me
get him on here to Washington and get him
into my place. / never can bear TO know that
q brave and good man who was my Captain IS
in need. And poor Flynn was crying like
boy when he finished, his heart was so full OF true
sympathy for his needy Captain. Flynn's gener-
Gus sacrifice was not called Tor, but 1t helped his
old Captain just as WELL"
Did you ever know, hear or read of anything
more touching than that young Irish soldiers
generous devotion2 / didn't, and I'm glad in
my heart that the ranks of the army served
with held such true hearts; and Pm proud,
too, that / have the high honor of personal
acquaintance with ComTade Pat Flynn in adj
dition.
cALL-BELL RACE.
Not long ago, riding on a Fourteenth-street
car, l noticed a remarkably fine sorTel in the
team, and commented upon it to the diver
an old cavalry trooper. He told me the hand
some beast did not belong to the company, but
being possessed Of a tendency to bolt and run
away at times, his owner had put him on the
line for q week or two to take the nonsense out
Of him. +" 1t will do it," the driver said; "and
you would be surprised to know how many
gentlemen take the same course with horses.
You take q balky horse-yes, or even horse
with any other nonsense about him-and two
weeks here will make him mighty glad to be-
have himself under saddle or in harness all his
J L. Il ha
1 remembers it, and horses like this are so glad
! to get back to loose boxes and better grooming
and petting that they'll behave. Blamed if L
don't believe bucking broncho would settle
down to a steady and well-behayed life after
! two weeks on a street-car line. Why, when l
was in New Mexico with my regiment we had
/ a derned sorrel in my troop that" Just
here the car reached my home, aud slid off
without waiting for the yarn.
But another remark he made that have not
| quoted set me not only thinking, but laughing.
! He said that the stTeet-railWay companies
always bought good stock, and that once in q
| while horse would come into the stables that
was fit for any gentleman to ride or drive, ana
] that reminded me of mighty good story OF an
| event that eYentuated here some IL or Is years
ago.
In the days when that grand executive Off
| cial, Alexander Z. Shepherd, grasped the situa-
| ton here and transformed Washington from a
struggling town of unpaved streets, dusty and
| muddy alternately, there was q club Of glorious
good fellows located on New York avenue in
the building now occupied by the Y. NJ. G. A.,
just west of Fourteenth street. 1t was the
/ Washington Club, and its members were of
those who believed in building up and making
a grand Capital out Of our mudhole, instead Of
waiting idly to let future generations do the
work.
Most Of the members who daily and nightly
congregated there were fond of and owned good
horses aud there was good deal Of horse talk
! and Dragging among them. certain we'll
known capitalist don't think his name is
necessary to the stOry-was excited somewhat
by the horse talk, but he didn't quite like to
pay 500 or 81 600 for a good horse. He was
an Official of one of the street-ear lines here,
and one day said to the superintendent of the
line that the next time the latter was buying
horses he would like to get good one if he
could get him cheap.
Mr.. Tomlenson," THAT isn't the NAME but
it VIII d. said the superintendent we've
got cracking good horse on the line now that
| / believe could dust anything on the Bright
wood road in single buggy. If you say so,
I'll take him of and rest him, and we'll try him
TO a buggy"
Ii was agreed to; the horse was rested and
tried, aud made such astonisbingly good speed
that the capitalist bought the horse at once,
) and then took him out on the road until every
such good horse. lie then proceeded to brag
! largely.
George Gideon, who was the Bag and prsc-
} teal joker OF this burgh In those days, hap
pened IN some way to hear of how TOmlin-
son got his horse, and one afternoon, when
the latter was Dragging of his horses speed
said, john, Iii bet you basket that can
send TO the nearest livery stable for single
rig, and beat your horse from the Treasury tC
the Capitol and back"
The crowd laughed at the banter, and John >
: looked annoyed; but Gideon said: Il mean
7 business, and III make it half dozen baskets
I or $780," That looked serious, and when Gid
con offered to let the fast-horse owner select
!, the stable the other horse should come from
the crowd forced him to accept what was be
z | lieVed 70 be bluff.
! Gideon's rig came around-a very ordinary
: livery horse-and when all were ready, George
e reached over 10 a lunch table and picked VI
1 an ordinary table call-bell, which he carried
E out and put on the buggy seat beside him.
: The horses were duly ranged and started
when Tomlinsons horse at once took the lead
9 Gideon calmly rang his call-bell, and the othe
e horse came to dead halt, while Gideon qui
c city logged by at slow trot little thrash
7 ing started the fast horse-Gideon half bloch
0 ahead, and again, when the fast nag got
s length ahead, the call-bell chirped, and ther
a again TomlinsOn's horse halted.
: Gideon drove along placidly over the who'll
3 route, only taking care 20 jingle his bell whel
= his antagonist began to lead, and ringing again
e near the end of the course, logged over the lin
/: few lengths ahead.
The crowd following over the course caugh
:, on to the joke before two squares had bee
y gone over, aud realized that George Gideon
e was playing sure thing on a car-horse's train
ing to stop wnen he heard the bell.
g Temlinson never took much stock in horse
after that, and, hear, despises the sight of
call-bell to this day.
GES. SANDY" FORSYTH.
An order reached the War Department lat
e last week from Gen. Nelson A. Miles, orderin
(, a general c0urt-martial to convene at Fol-
r Huachuca, Ariz., June q, to try Gen. GeOrg
/ 4. Forsyth, Lieutsnant-COlonel, 4th u. S. CAY
d The order created the greatest surprise, fc
Gen. Forsyth is about the last man in the serI
q, ice one would expect to be court-martiaIed ; bU
d there is the order, with Gen. b. ID. Griersor
Is Colonel 10th Cav, as President; three othe
Colonies, four Lieutenant-Colonels,t to Major
and three infantry Captains, with Capt. Jess
AI- Lee, 9th Inf, as Judge Advocate of th
ie Court.
Z As of Washington gossip this case is Of mo.
Is interest from his long and very intimate rels
u tons with Gen. Sheridan on his personal stat
but he is very widely and pleasantly know
here socially, and soldiers adore him for b
% gallantry aheld.
"A This Gen. Forsyth-for there was another on