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Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-11

/ anger or injustice stopped his first i'm
pulse Of repentance; he was silent.
Ally it was who suddenly: 'fWell
there ain Z nothing for It now but to find
the road and get home the best we can. -
81 suppose so, {" said Cecil, coldly.
Very slowly and sorrowfully did they
turn to retrace their steps.
But to their dismsY they discovered
that there was no trail for them to turn
upon. The hard ground carpeted with
cypress needles showed no smallest print
of horse's hoof. The cypress and gum
trunks were thick on either side. Had
they been in the cane brake their path
would have been like lane; but forest
fire had swept away the underbrush.
Before they had been walking five min
utes Ally stopped short.
"It's no use, Cis,' said he, Hthe
track is plumb gone. haven t the least
notion on earth which way that wagon
road is -
"Could we strike across the other
way?" Cecil asked cater the hunters2"
'Listenl' said Ally.
They heard the notes of the horn, but
fainter. Fainter still they came again.
The yelps of the dogs were muffied.
They are in the cane, - said Ally.
But your horse is fresh; you ride on
and Get them. I'll stay here.
Ally shook his head. "And how am
to find you again if 1 do not find them?"
was his impatient answer. "No, we
got to stick it out together. Come on.
Cobbs won't know we haven gone
home, aud Sally will reckon we are 60
ing to stay all night with Cobbs. There
ism t anybody to help us. We got to help
ourselves. -
But, surely Cecil suggested,
'there are cabins where we can stop. -
yes, if we go the right way ~ said
Ally. eff we take wrong turn we
might travel all night and not hit one. -
Cecil said no more. Ally had pro-
posed that he ride the sound horse, and
Cecil had promptly, with cold politeness,
declined the offer.
''Then let's take turns Ally had
said. cts all stuff, you understand;
me doing all the riding. You'll get
killed up before you know it and then
where II we be!''
Walking isn't going to kill mei''
"'Oh, killed up amt killed - Ally
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| 1t was plain, but IL was no. tempting
| The boys had had just enough hunting to
| be distracted with feverlsh hunger for
more.
Ally g loyalty to Cobbs kept his grum-
bling behind his lips, but at every blast
of the horn in the distance deep, ire
pressible sigh broke from him.
''I wish they ID quit blowing that con-
| founded thingl" be cried, at last. az
hate ths sound of it when we re not af-
ter itl''
Cecil simply remarked that the sound
grew nearer.
Ally refined in his horse.
Yes, the sound certainly did grow
louder and clearer; penetrated now by
the shrill yelps of the hounds.
The Southern boys eyes kindled, q
glow orept into his cheek.
"a just know they re only bit to the
right, over yonder,'' he muttersd,
''Cis, say, let's see just this oneI''
livery well,'' said Cts calmly. In
fsot, however, his pulses were drum
ming as hard as Ally's.
With the word, away dashed the BOYS
across country on gallop.
They were guided only by the sounds
which, IN the beginning, seemed to grow
clearer but presently were duller, as if
the chase had swerved almost at right
angles from its former line.
Still, on they went.
Ally had looked back once at Cecil and
his shrewd eye, used to horses from his
babyhood, showed him that his cousin g
animal was tagging.
"Lift- him easy over the logs, Cts, I"
he added.
"oh, he il fresh enough, {" said Cecil,
putting the poor beast at q larger log to
prove his words.
( The next instant horse and rider were
sprawling in the wreck OF q thorn tree on
the other side of the log,
! Cecil crswlsd out Immediately, q de-
plorable spectacle, his immaculate
clothes torn and dusty, his face ike q
railroad map In red ink, with scratches.
he jumped up. laughing. But the horse
lay on his back, helplessly kicking.
Ally's face was very grave as he APP
preached; be shouted to Cts to stand of
Instead Cts ran TO his aid with the
natural result OF narrowly escaping hav-
ing his brains knocked out by q chance
kick in the brute's struggles bsfore the
latter managed TO stand again.
And, TO be sure, he stood in q very
shaky, uncertain fashion.
j. 'sIsm afraid he is lame, 4" said Cecil.
81 know he is" answered Ally with
the calmuess of despair.
An apology for the reoklessness which
had brought this mischancs upon them
trembled on Cecil's tongue, but the
pride which 30 seldom checks our hasty
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,tsNow look here boys" said voice
they both knew; as Cobbs himself low
cred his empty gun, ''this amt playin
II fair. Ally, didn t reckon you d do
me such a meanness as to be comm here
when you pa bin gone-sav go ahead
with you firm over yonder, an kill
them three that IS left. - -
CObo's attention was only distracted a
moment. The remaining three hogs
were shot. Nothing was needed to do
now but haul the dead beasts to the
camp. This was promptly done by at
taching cham to each pig ana So pulling
it through the brake to the place where
the wagon waited.
The dogs were none of them seriously
hurt. Therefore Cobbs was soon free to
come back to the boys.
whether he would have sent them
home: or n9t Che always said that he
would) was not to be decided then, for
just as he began in an astonishing tone,
"Now Ally, ye know / jist natchelly
hate e make ye feel bad, but Yelp
went the dogs, the horn beloved and
every man not busy with the dead hogs
was of sitter the new game started.
Perhaps Cobbs felt that it was asking
too much of human nature to tell The
boys to forego this run. At any rate,
all.he said was ftkeep close to me boysl -
Often to this day Cecil feels his pulse
quIckening with that wild rush enacting
itself over again in his brain.
The strange southern forest is all about
him. The paw-paw saplings whip his
face as his horse's breast beats them
down. He is stung by thorn tree
branches. But what does he care? What
would any boy, that If he live will be
man, care for bruises and stings when q
brave horse il Under him and the prey.
ahead2
Cecil didn It think TO thank Cobbs for
his possible rescue from the boar; he
thought OF nothing but to show Cobbs-
Cobbs whom he had despised few hours
ago-that he could ride straight.
He was eager, like young soldier
fighting under his generals eye.
Nevertheless, somehow could II have
besn that Cotjbs picked his way too care
fnlfy) they came UP at the end OF the FIR
ing-bareiy in time to see the last Dig
drop.
"Thar now, boys, Cobbs remarked.
rye done seen right smart er fun an
ye bes' be gittin home. IN seud sofne-
body T. put We on the wagon traekr'
fhs road an If ye go now ye'li BE- back
efore sun daown. So come 'long BY Ia,
camp an GIT bite; an then, Ally. We
pinted must be startin' -
Ally made no objection, He was uu-
usually serious and more stolid than ever
now the excitement was over.
Back they went, therefore, TO the
camD--
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THE GAZETTE: FORT WORTH. TEXAS. SUNDAY. MAY H.

The title seemed to Cecil (who stared
around vainly for tents) q large name
for nothing more than q wagon with a
white top and fire built against log &.
Cobbs himself acted as cook. He very
soon had pan full of pork tenderloin
Kissing on the Goals and some sweet po-
totoes buried in the aches.
Then he deity mixed what he was
pleased to term "some biscuit, - with
-four, butter, baking powder and water,
enumerating all the ingredients for
Cecil e benefit. He turned the dough
into another frying-pan, raked out more
GOALS, on which he placed it and covered
IL with pan full of Goals.
''Jest IS good oven as ye want said
Cobbs, with twinkling eyes.
lyon can cook anything, can t you !,
CobbsP' said Ally, admiringly.
'Wa-al, kin make a stagger at
rough cookin' an I do sometimes try
egg custards,' said Cobbs, modestly;
'ouyhow, my ole nanny learned me e
cook clean, an used t. cook in the
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explained the Arkansas idiom very
grufly, ''at least faint that way; used
up If you like it better.''
Then he offered the horse again and
Cecil kept the peace by mounting. Ally
led the poor lame 'Rasmus.
So they crawled on for perhaps half an
hour. Ally IS sole speech was: "Cobbs
knows every tree in the bottom; he could
find the way back to the road in the
dark. Oh law!' Ally groaned softly.
Cecil answered not a word. Over in
the west behind the blunted tops of the
Expresses the sun was a golden ball. A
chill dampness exhaled from the black
pools among the low land which they
now approached.
1t was bad enough now, but when
night, moonless night came on, what
would they do?
Affair of the wind rose in the forest in
long, sobbing roar. sound like moth
ing else. The golden ball sank lower,
lower, only q blood-red sky remained.
Cecil turned to Ally. He tried to read
the Others pale and frowning face.
"Ally, I" said he, cit looks different
with all this water among the trees,
don I you know at all where we are?"
''If we are where I reckon We are, I"
answered Ally, "we couldn't be in q
worse place. -
ITO Rz CONTINUED
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drilling with u musket,
which seems TO be the first am bition of a
boy getting into ranks = your right
shoulder would acquire a permanent
droop, and instead of having q well
balanced, well poised body you would be
misshapen instead of benefited by the
instruction 1 should give you. No, boys 4,
you are going TO learn to march and to
be soldiers, and you are not going to
touch musket for six months. You are
going to drill only twice week, and not
more than an hour and q half at time
then. Then, as We progress toward COM
pany movements, 1 shall appoint tenn
porarily from among your number some
promising boys as sergeants and as lieu
tenant and to act as captain, and then
give others of you opportunity. Let
those young fellows, who, by study Of
the tactics, who, by steadfast attention
TO all the drills and duties, have won the
respect of the entire company-let those
young fellows come TO the front when
the time of your election approaches.
Were you to select your officers tonight
you would begin by picking out for cap
tain the most popular boy without refer
epee whatever to his possible qualilca-
tions.
The boys whom you liked best would
be your lieutenants, and then some
young fellow would be selected for first
sergeant who probably would be found
to have no earthly qualification for the
position. Next to the captain, in my
opinion, the most responsible ana, by
long odds, the most telling position in
the company is that of first sergeant.
Therefore do say to you, don't think Of
such o thing as electing your officers until
You have been hard at work at least
three months. Then you will have found
by the end OF that time who are and who
are not standing up to the work. -
Now the first thing you want Is some
sharp, quick Instructor. BY that mean
some young man who is himself thor
oughly drilled and who has the faculty.
OF imparting instruction and maintaining
strict discipline. If you can, enlist the
services Of some young officer, q gradu
ate, If possible, Of the United states mil
itary academy at West Point: If not
some young officer distinguished IN the
National guard who Il close at hand
You Will probably make the best choice
possible under the cIrcums tanoes
But do dot attempt to drill one an
other, or to have anybody but an expert
handle you. 1t is only time thrown
away. 1t is only learning what you VIII
have to unlearn. 1t ia far easier for a
good instructor TO take raw bows who
have never been drilled IN their life ana
make good soldiers OF them in q short
space Of time than il is for him to take
boys who have been carelessly or sndif-
sersntly drilled and get them out OF the
bad tricks and manners that
they have Learned and bring them
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or perhaps OF gray. That's all the uni
form you II need for some time TO come /,
il am to be your adviser. But, what
ever you do, elect no officers yet awhile.
Wait; III tell you why.
In the first place you want no uniform
because before you get half ready to
wear one some of you will have got so
tired of the course of sprouts through
which I propose to put you that you
WON'T remain long enough in the COM
pauy to need it. On the other hand, in
the next place, don t want you to get a
uniform until you can carry yourself
properly in it. Never do go travelling
around this country without coming
across boys from some military school or
other, and the way boys from some OF
those schools carry themselves is enough
to give me the cold shivers.
There are two or three admirable
schools in the West where young men are
taught drill and discipline almost as well
as they are at West Point There are
some fine military schools in the East.
But where there are six or eight of
these institutions, there are forty or
fifty where the boys know nothing
whatever of the first principles Of the
school OF the soldier, and by that mean
that they do not know, and have not
been taught how to carry themselves in
military and manly style.
To see these young fellows
around the streets, walking with their
hands in their pockets, with their chests
fiattened, with their shoulders rounded,
wi.a their heads poked far to the front
and still wearing their uniforms, and
generally unbuttoned and Tapping loose.
My first impulse at sight OF such boy is
to take him straight into some drill
room, tell him to button up that coat
and then sail into him with q view of
teaching him what he never yet has
learned apparently, the "setting-up
drill, - and that's the first thing that
mean to give you.
Before you go into uniform at al
learn TO stand erect, your heels together,
your shoulders square, your back fat
tened, your chest thrown out, the
stomach drawn in, the head erect, eyes
straight to the front, chin drawn in,
arms falling naturally to the side, but
the hands and elbows well back and close
In. All that you will find in its proper
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sure my name went in as charter mem
Der, though 1t was q question whether
they would make me drummer or mar
ker; being too small, said those mag
mates, the big boys, to tote even play
gun.
That was years before the war, but
another company was soon raised and I
Joined 1t, and still another when went
East to school in '5S. And meantime 1
had been drummer and marker both in q
''groWn-up" regiment. Then came the
war, and an end to playing soldier; and
then years of service, with occasional
stations in pleasant cities on staff or re-
cruiting duty; and finally, after years on
the frontier, home again, retired. And
wherever there was time. it seems to me,
1 have been interested and often instru-
mental in organizing and drilling BOY
companies, and the bssE one ever had
was right here in my home six years ago,
for by that time there was no end of ex-
perience to draw Onto say nothing of
the boys.
Perhaps that is why your editor tells
me he wants me to talk to you about the
matter in order that ron may get started
right, 50 we III begin at once.
Now do you know, the very first thing
l shall tell you is one that viii be sur
prise, perhaps not pleasant one.
fancy I can see your keen. young faces
all around the room as l talk to you, and
have talked to my boys time and again.
Just as sure as shooting, II you start your
own way you'n start wrong. have
seen boy companies raised for nearly
forty years, and 1 know exactly what
you were going 10 do the very first thing.
Tell me honestly, now, IL my guess is not
right. You meant to begin by electing
officers and choosing uniform, did you
not? Now, boys, there Is Just where you
are all wrong. Get, If you like, q loose
flannel shirt and trousers Of dark blue.
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army. Now, what do you boys crave
fur sop? We got canned peaches an
pruues an 'lnsses; the prunes is fust
class; an we got cheese an good butter /;
but you II have T. do without milk in
you Coffee
Even Cecil was satisfied by Cobbs
military cleanliness. He enjoyed the
rude meal, seasoned as it was with back
woods jokes and hunting tales.
Rather ruefully, when it ended, both
boys mounted their horses to return
home.
One of the hunters rode with them as
far as the wagon trail; from thence the
way was plain.
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[To BIZ CONTINUED
ALETrEE OF ADVICE TO srUDENrs.
BY James p. Angel, President OF the uni
yersitv of Michigan,

e
vsrsity Of Michigan.
Copyrighted 1890 by the aathor.l
One of the most common mistakes of
young students 10 to overrate the value
of mere brillianoy OF intellect In COM
parison with that of industry. In almost
every institution of learning, from the
grammar school to the university, you
will fnd many pupils pointing with q
sort OF admiration to some one Of their
comrades, who has never accomplished
much, and saying, she could
easily outstrip the men whom the
teachers rank as the leading scholars,
il he chose They say this with tone
which implies that they esteem more
highly his gifts than thosl of the hard
working, but less brilliant students, who
are far in advance of him in intellectual
attachments. Yet long observation
shows that the Flooding men of good,
but not brilliant talent, viii through life
hold the lead, which they have already
gained over ths brilliant conlrade who
lacks the habit Of persistent and contin-
nous work. And If our young friends
viii study the biographies Of even the
most brilliant men, they VIII find that
the greatest achievements OF these men
were generally the fruits of serious and
severe toll. Let us take two or three IL
lnstrations.
When I was a student in college,
Rufus Choste was at the zenith OF his
power. he was the idol Of young men.
who admired brilIis1cy. The general
belief arnonr them was that II Mr.
Choate were awakened in ehs middle Of
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much for this matter of Instructor,
Now, word about what you have =,
do when once in ranks. Reoollect n
the position of soldier after the com.
mand Attention!' has been given. M,
muscle must move, not an eye, exeent
at the word of command; othervi,s
there will be unsteadiness and demorsl.
ization in the whole company during tia
drills or parades which you may be called
upon to perform later in your carse,
The first thing that you have I,
learn in the ranks is absolute immobultv
Your instructor will give you FREQUENT
rests at first because your position will
be constrained. But II he is the right
sort of a man and gives you abundant
setting up drills in connection with tina
salutes and facings, the balance step and
so on, you will pass from one movement
to another with such rapidity that thu
feeling of oonstraint will soon wear of.
but, oh, how sore your muscles will bs
for the first few days after the first few
drills, and then that will pass away AMI
new feeling of elasticity will take Dos.
session Of you.
al could talk of this all night, but ths
lesson for the first time is perhaps long
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stand, to march, to walk, to carry your
selves at all times in soldierly, manly
way there is no system on earth to com
pare to that known as the tsetting-up
drill' in the first part of the tactics of
the United States army, supplemented
by the exercises that are taught now at
West Point, the pamphlet which contains
the instructions it would be
very easy matter for you to obtain.
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HOLSTERS and crabs mastrlcate their
food with their horny jaws, but they
have also sets of teeth IN their stomachs,
where they complete the work of chew
ing. But there is one peculiar kind of
crab called the king or horseshoe crab
which chews its food with its legs. This
is an actual fact, the little animal grind
ing its morsels between its thighs before
il Masses them over to ita mouth
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y YOU are about to
start a military COM
pany, boys. and want
to talk with an old
soldier. 1t is some
thing l wish I could
start myself all over
again, and my heart
IS with you in the
move. Why, in some
way or other I've
been soldering ever
since l can remember;
and the first boy COM
pany that was raised
at nv home. be very
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es, and every one feared trouble. AZ
such time the post of night Hatchmsn
was oae Of danger as well as Of responsi,
bility. But Jep's father neither fsarso
the one nor shirked the other.
Yet, this August evening as he stood u
the doorway of bis cottege, dinner pai,
IN hand, ready 10 start for the scene o.
his nightly task. there were murnurs On
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DOu DC al q hurry
getting guns. I'm
not going to let you
touch q gun until you
have learned what
"setting up'' means
and the school of the
soldier, marching,
wheeling, turning,
quick and double
time, every portion of
the school of the COM
pany, too, in fact, be-
fore you touch a mus
ket at all. The rea-
son of this is that
were 1 to let you be-
fore your muscles are
set and VOur framaS
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proper methods.
l found great diff
Guilty in that respect
once in going to drill
n company that had
been very ineficiently
handled for q year
previous. The first
thing / had to do was
20 work hard for q
month to rub all the
old 'slouchiness :"
as 1 call it, out of the
boys and straigbten
them up. Starting
them side by side with
q perfectly new set,
the new boys at the
end of the month
were far ahead in
every way of those
who had been drilled
q year under o man
who didn't know
much about his bust
ness. 1t was a matter
of great chagrin too,
FNr che 1l1 49,. g.
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THE NIGHT EAroHarANs BOY.
By Homer Greene, Author of HThs Burn
ham Breaker

by the author.l
cps father was
night Waterman 81
No. 2 breaker, snd
in the screen room
of the same breaker
Jep himself Tss
Q m ploye d Is .
slate-pioksr.
But the bresksr
had been idle fof
three weeks on Sc
count of the striKei
and Jep had had 10
work. No one knew
when the siriAS
would end. Med
dIesome and hoi-
headed pc RS on'
were stirring up
strife between em-
nlnvar ana employ
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cHAprER x1.-rHE Hoe nuNr.

HE boys rode into
the forest at g gem
tie pace.
In December there
come days to Ar
kansas when the sun
seems trying to
cheat the earth with
the delusion that
winter is q sham
and spring already
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HOW TO FORM A MILITARY.

Capt. King Tells Boys How to Organize
and Drill Cadet Company.
Copyrighted 1890 by the Author.l
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