The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1892-12-17
Mr.. TRAcY's REPORT
''nS of The Navy Denar,msn,
viewed at consfder,,,FS ne

nil Oper,,;o
ave '"e Navy Department, p
if The rsa".s "sa a. c0nsiderab1f& ,rth.
one biSits era', pot' OF the secretary q 6 80
1'o our new n.r p'osress in the Construct" :"
era entered nno hen the present sao.',' o.,on
ltls steel vessel, we1a duties only three mnTar
by since n,It 80 were in commi, sion T1s "looer
- | ,,I;p put IN commission and t me Vesse
;la nnptean I the inter will ma, pu' IN com
ca pnrtment Ing LIS administ ration of .I, '
~ vessels ava ing e the current yaar tan o Ie
-. launched and d1,rt,e dee navy tugs have bae,
tx five vessai nu uurlng the four ye.r 'eei
a. o, 'IsSels will have bso years twenty
N der ron, ~ 90 ehlps and a tornedo hoa neu' Two
T vaDced 49, an. anu the work on ther, ,1' are utl
"a only the Dou e'louf monitors ara oL;e'o 'o-
~ been ,n aIr''al OF their arnor e." a"Ihs
r Ls., Unexpectedly ,lelavaI lnoi' Which bas
0'e tI's IA commission '''u
h"'lding Up The II. 6
istration under tlen oeen let during this oa,o;,
creasa nf Iiuer the appropriationo r a. a. IN IN
VI ire navy, iLclndino on7 ior the in
/ rriO N fpt' p 'eAances. to the ,0S2is 'e0S2is and
| ths '' s", ana there Las been ounL sx or S31,- |
similar var et % "a Tor abor at navy va,,4 "uIing
scandal or cbar1,a without the smaIas.
hath IN and interest Of o,, pa' Ci"ity. The
kjndIa, 0e Slaft and line, bsra h "' Officers
The DAY tney responded msgpGaaa. DGem greatly
tuheek and dl,t lt congress and hav. 'de,y ho. TO
d8 "God! If fpiIo an anexcelled capac;t,il "oh "
e--one glass"tpptn :, u h,f',, IN everything in {
S@ And then hsips. At A1Ihtng tha Il and sailing
difnade himsers administrative js'nhlng of t
witad become remained 10 be erar,71a, .
In acid fo- hisbins oefore os1ii the efiicienos II
A"'tAfte Tits s'After Aeoe.sorie, Of !, u
proces.e teyed that as the result - at
srmor r'ste n,, the construct,on ps
WITH deren.iva uF iater ships will be cIo.he o, ho
rg pcwa, tne plates OF bjpbar '.otned an
- rI"ti thdn are found o n'sher resist uE
49,, we were vitbon, ,on "' war VosseI lSG
tfictaro oeu made TO ASCERTAIN ,L, ne ag
O ha. bsan aniht ,n trent constructions ''Ve ,e the
ca Is o,w and the work of cons,r pe Gre
era y,t,,o'. carried on succes.fnIin RUG cen
=, 'Nho"t armor- plercin, ulIy. We Ov,
'nstrp n.p constructed ana sn,,i,1s ana with bee
ha. lion OF them. We ara ppeI I Tor tue eral
y o@for. in % 70 oe a proec,ie sunarihs of
er ieveiooad on. smokeles, powder ho sam
. y-,s =. r~"' MA slow burn;n. N' H'is nun
s"1' u large caiber h;nis Ing powder ucts
, saa e 10 shells fred from sar,.s ro''Ve 6616
.o- - LII and he maDufar,,,e guns, from
,.p2,vGs ae'e:oped so that the .,n'.. nv gun p"un
" ~ 'onger !2 doubt 4Oestioh tho /
-'' ionut the New NJ bead
be ieveI,,,o. militia. expo
Ser e."pmen' of q aavai militia has h
cordial o. ~ e'sh. states and brorsr auLht
uavy is cooperative re. alton 7ti the se
rs are ra,v elt 'h2orfant achieyemon. make
Zen ,,l L :htse orgaDizoI,n, fully
tse~;e.lad -, are likely to h, suspet
unN.s.s 80, recommend such Iec;s," +
and now hes2NSs as viii encourays ,ys's,n anI
poor, thin blank BE 'ecommenda' cent? "t''
I-yeS, most una ..o, 'o"o'' re- fiscal
left his wife to shi.., o. o. 4 nsefafe hao !
he not wholly desc oted her? Yes, uut
she no I'M Fss'lovea aisim. He had been
such epG., upon her-such burden.
She was better off without him-far
better. The immcving tide of this
heavy thought bore down on him more
than all the oppressiveness of the night |
silence of the desert, more than that
fearful thirst. 1t was better that she
should live without him-far better. |
He was unworthy. How cut off he |
seemed from the whole world! The |
little warmth he felt from the mans |
body lying by his side made its i'm
press on his mind.
= And she had leaned on him. Per-
haps she did still, in a way. For might |
she not be looking for him to come |
back? 1t was not likely that she even |
dreamed he was thousand miles |
away. What were thousand miles, |
after all? He had not been long in
passing them over. 1t would not take |
'ong to retrace them.
With these thoughts tingling III his
brain, he could no longer lie there. He |
must be up and in motion.
So he arose and lamely made his |
way to the railroad track, lea\ lng his |
friend of a day to sleep it out alone.
He stepped between the rails and halt
ed there, facing the telegraph pole.
To the right, was the way of the free
man, without wife or home. 70 the |
left, the way led back to her.
81 have almost killed her by my |
recklessness, he thought; why should |
| 60 back to complete the job?"
He glanced over his right shoulder. |
But that may mean the same thing. |
She is alone and helpless. Still to 90 |
back means-God!" he sobbed why |
can't | be MANI"
His eyes sought the stars.
"Yes, can be-"
He took off his hat and raised high !
his hand. Then he spoke, while vet
looking up, and the still night air
heard his words:
81 swear that hereafter | viii hold |
my desire for drink in check, and that !
will strive to make myself wor- -hv of |
the good woman who bears my name
SO help me God. Amen" d
Then down the track he strobe ease or
ly, clinching his hands as hftIhe" "'as ns,i' Ori'
them at his sides. #sAoulJ '"h' 'i''
Two hours later he stepped Atnat lave we e ="
platform of the station ar
There he stopped to restSM A., 1 ie ietsa great in
dark, and no one was SyItyhy in I.o NO the
him suspiciously as upS ud not surnays Tny ldr :,
to tell him to be OF. ?airea'y done IN som
From a small he m to our possible d
way lights were shin iIn ona" would he a crime
open doorway he sax 0GNJA.
a stove. He heard
and hearty laughs
comfortable they
was bitterly cnldaa8&