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The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1893-05-26
A Joke on the Chaplain.

On one occasion, while executing change
of base, our mail facilities became demon.
allied, and for some days we did not get a
letter. At every opportunity the boys, who
had become quite nervous over the pro-
longed delay, would appeal to the good
chaplain for u letter from home. Failing
to get one, they invariably began to fire
questions as to the cause of the failure or
endeavor to get some explanation. 1t was
Of course part of the business of the chap
lain to comfrrt or encourage the men. He
did all he could in this direction, but in the
army patience soon ceases to be a virtue,
even with preachers.
The Chaplin became tired of answering
80 many questions. The same stereotyped
reply, day after day, II do not know any
thing about the mails" finally irritated
him so that he shut himself up in his tent
and refused to see any one. He was adj
vised to place printed notice on his quar-
tiers to the same effect, so that all anxious
inquirers could see for themselves and not
annoy him. He finally procured the top
board of a cracker box and with a piece of
charcoal from his campfire wrote in plain
letters the following notice and nailed it to
O tree IN conspicuous place: 1.-THE chaplain
don't know anything about the mails"
A wag coming along, observing the sign
and also the charcoal, dryly added under
tho chaplain words, "And don't care
don the Warpath.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1893-05-26

"Her scorn and contempt drove me into
the army. She told me she had always
loved you the better and added that she
now hated me. That is all. enlisted to
be killed"
% you, you deserve itl' cried the
helpless soldier as he sank back supinely
For some moments all was silent save the
steady beating of the rain. Then Walker
said:
II am going to try to find an ak and cut
that tree. The surgeon can fix you up, and
you may pull through. AS for me, I'll fight
It out till dropped by a rebel bulletp
Heturned and disappeared in the thicket.
Moro than an hour passed before he re-
turned, darkness having fallen. He called
to the wounded soldier. and Marion an
swered. When no came up, ne nao an ak,
and he began on the log Immediately.
The darkness, however, was battling, and
he could net see where to place his blows
effectively. This delayed and bothered him
for hours, but he finally succeeded in cut
ting the tree and dragging it from the leg
of the friend he had betrayed. Then he
lifted Jack Marion in his arms and sought
to carry him from the thicket.
The night was murk with driving rain
and the tangled thicket almost impossible.
TOT hours WAlker sUdggereu 01mleSSly OH
with his burden, now and then pausing to
rest. Not many words passed between the
two, for Marion was In a semiunconscious
state the most of the time.
1t was near morning when Walker reeled
out of the woods and came to the river.
Then cry of despair broke from his lips,
for the flood had swept away two-thirds Of
the pontoon bridge.
Jack" said Walker as he put down his
burden, 'we're left. Idon't know how you
feel, but have no fancy for a rebel prison.
There IL only one chance for us, and that Is
to get out Of this locality, find some dead
Johnnies and swap clothes with them Il
It works, you will go to the hospital apd
you can tell any kind of n story you please.
I'll risk but ! can lie my way through,
though may have to sack rebel muskot
till can give them the slip"
When Lee advanced to the attack ON the
following morning, he was astonished to
discover the Federal troops had retreated
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The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1893-05-26

beyond the swollen river. AS Walker had
predicted, Jack Marion was picked up and
sent to the hospital. He did not have to
make an explanation, for he was delirious
and remained so for long time. When he
recovered, he found he was minus an arm
and aleg. He was shrewd enough to still
keep up pretense of craziness, and when
Lees army moved northward in June he
was left at pleasant farmhouse, where he
was tenderly cared for
Rob Walker carried Confederate mus
ket for a time, but he finally escaped into
the Union lires. There he found he was
branded as deserter, which forced him to
enlist in new company and under false
name. He fought bravely through the rest
Of the war, continually counting death, but
coming out unscathed in the end
But the shameful brand of deserter was
on his name, and when he appeared at his
old home not even his wife would listen to
his story. So he turned away and only
came back when death had fastened its re-
lentless grasp upon him. His wife had
cared for him during his last moments, but
no one knew the whole truth, and he filled
an unhonored grave.
Jack Marlon knew Rob Walker still
lived. Having no friends or relatives FOR
whom he cared, and pot daring to remain il
the same country with the woman he loved,
as she was the wife of another fancying
himself physical wreck that must be re-
pulsive in any woman's eyes, Jack Marion
went to Australia. There he became sheep
rancher, at which business he prospered
and grew wealthy.
After long years he wondered if Rob and
Agatha were still living, and q great long
ing led him hack to his old home. He Wis
tied tho cemetery and Robert Walkers
grave, and then he crossed the stream and
raped at Agatha's door,
Some words Of her dying husbands de-
lirium had caused her to believe Jack Mar
Ion still lived, and hope had never quite
persisted in her heart. She knew him, for
all of the vast change in his appearance,
when she opened the door and saw him
standing there with the sunlight on his face.
agatha" he said, II have come to see
YOU"
She turned very white and chung to the
knob of the door for support.
II knew you would" was her reply. 81
have been waiting for you, Jack"
The whole of C. knew the true story
Of the deserter in a few days. They also
hueW JOHH mdrlOu Hdu TeIuTHeU, tOr ne
went around among his old comrades and
told them how they had misjudged Robert
Walker.
When next Memorial day came round, rs
it shortly did, the deserter's grave was no
longer hollow overgrown with grass and
weeds. A sodded mound had been built,
and marble shaft stood at the head of the
grave, bearing the name of the dead soldier
and a record of his faithful services for his
country.
John Marion was with the noble veterans
who covered Robert Walkers grave with
MOWERS. All enc runcor nau pdsscu from
heart-washed away by the years-for be
knew his former friend had suffered bitter
ly for the wrong he had done.
On the apex of the marble shaft yellow
breasted bird paused for moment to tr' !
a song Of Joy and peace, and across the
grave reunited man and woman looked
deep into each others eyes,
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1893-05-26

ut Is growing dark" said Jack Marion
calmly. IF you remain here longer, you
may not be able to get over the river, ard
You will fall into the hands of the rebels
I have nothing to live for, but YOU have 4
wife"
For q few seconds Walker stood in 81.
lence, and then he spoke falteringly, sadly:
" have wife, but she should be yours,
Jack. Stopl You must listen, for l am
going to free my soul. You were amazed
to learn ! had volunteered. / did SO be-
cause Agatha has discovered what mis-
cradle villain / am. She loved you, Jack,
and won her through dastardly act.
intercepted your letter and saw that it
never reached her. That is why she did
not como to you the night you waited for
her beneath the old oak She did not know
you had written her, and she thought you
deliberately went away without even bid
ding her goodby."
The wounded man had lifted himself by
an almost superhuman effort, and his
great dark eyes showed plainly in the midst
of his pallid face. The false friend could
not look into those eyes, and he turned his
head away, the gathering darkness hiding
his face.
ut was not easy for me to win her even
then," he went on huskily, "but finally
gncceeded. Fool that l was, had not
destroyed your letter, which L had thrust
within an inner pocket of my vest. For
time we seemed to be happy, but fate led
her to find that letter
He paused.
"Go on" hoarsely commanded the
wounded man.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1893-05-26
A SOLDIERS MONUMENT.
A monument for the soldiersl

"A monument for the soldiers!
And what viii ye build it of?
Can 70 build II OF marble or brass or bronze,
Outlasting the soldiers love?
Can ye glorify it with legends
As grand as their blood hath writ
From the inmost shrine of this land of thine
10 the outermost verge of it?
And the answer came: We would build II
Out of our hopes made sure,
And out OF our purest prayers and tears,
And out of our faith secure;
We would build it out of the great whit
truths
Their death hath sanctified,
And tho sculptured forms of tho men /,
arms,
And their faces ere they died.
And what heroic figures
Can the sculptor carve in stone?
Can the marble breast be made to bleed
And the marble lips to moan?
Can the marbled brow be fevered,
And the marble eyes be graved
To look their last, as the flag floats past,
On the country they have saved?
And the answer came: The figures
Shall all be fair and brave,
And as BETTING, as pure and white
AS the stars above their grave.
The marble lips and breast and brow
Whereon the laurel lies
Bequeath us right to guard the fight
or the old flag in the skies.
A monument for the soldiers,
Built of a peoples love
And brazoned and decked and panoplieA
With the hearts ye build it Of.
Andsee that 20 build 1t stately,
In pillar and niche and gate,
And high In pose as the souls Of those
It would commemorate.
James Whitcomb Riley.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1893-05-26

cemetery was Stunned as if a blight of
shame were on it.
With the coming of spring and the re-
turn Of each Memorial day a little remnant
of the noble army that so gallantly fought
for the preservation of the Union gathered
i'm their uniforms and regalia their once
supple and sinewy bodies time SCARED as
well as battle marked, and led the solemn
procession that visited the cemetery and
did honor to the departed veterans by plac
ing flowers and flags above each grave
But, generous though these noble old he
foes were, they could not forget or forgive
an act Of downright disloyalty to the flag
they loved and venerated. The man who
lay in the unmarked grave had worn the
Federal blue, but with Hooker's rebuff at
charlottesville he had disappeared, and
later it somehow was reported he had ex
changed his weather beaten uniform of blue
for one of gray. He was net only n desertcr,
but traitor as well.
Little wonder that after the war was over
ind peace declared, when he returned to his
former home, his old friends turned their
backs scornfully Upon him, and his beauti.
full wife met him coldly. He soon vanished
hgain, and he staid away until one dreary
winters night some years later, when he
Dragged himself back to his wife and home,
where he died in a .delrium, raving of
friend he had wronged and of the battles in
which he had participated.
! And so he filled dishonored grave. His
former comrades never spoke of him, but q
ground sparrow made her nest in the grassy
hollow, and sometimes in later summer
days yellow breasted bird tossed On Il
milkweed stalk that grew above the spot
where rested the deserter's head, warbling
hpurling little song.
| One day in May. long years after the war
was ended, n stranger came to the little
Village and inquired for Robert Walker.
The stranger carried an empty sleeve and
hada wooden leg. He was told Robert
Walker had been dead and buried many
years, and the village sexton obligingly Of
Tered to show the man with the empty sleeve
TO the grave.
81 reckon you're an old vet" observed
the sexton as they moved toward the Gem
etery, the stranger stumping along at his
side.
81 was in the war;" acknowledged the
other
II thought so. oDid you know Rob
Walker"
eyes"
swell, don't suppose you knew any
good of him?"
ION the contrary, did"
HE was a deserter and turncoat."
"a deserter perhaps, but no traitor"
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1893-05-26
rs THIS ELS BURIAL sPors"

When they stood beside the grave, the
stranger uttered an exclamation Of aston
ishment.
-'Ts this his burial spotf" he cried. NO
stone -nothing but a sunken hollowi Has
lhe no friends left to do him honorp"
| And the sexton answered, mot one"
rs his grave never decorated by MS TOR
lmer comradesf'
"Never"
The man with the empty sleeve pressed
Ibis lips together for n moment and then
declared:
"They shall decorate 1t this year, and
Robert Walker shall be houored as he de
serves." Then he hesitated, looking doubt,
fully. almost stealthily, at the old sexton.
''What has become of-lis wife"
do you see that lonely little cottage ovc-
beyond the strcamF'
"Yes."
"She lives there"
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1893-05-26

Ill through the
long years the
grave of the de-
serter lay neglect
ed and unhonored
in the peaceful vii
lage cemetery. No
stone had been
erected to mark
the spot and tell
who rested there,
and where once
had been u mound
of earth was now
a long and narrow
hollow, overgrown
with weeds and
t an gled grass.
That corner of the
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1893-05-26
A LOYAL DESERTER.
BY WILLIAM q. PATTEN.

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"I SUPPOSE she ia married again,u


The sexton shook his shaggy head. mo.
She might have been times enough, for she
made a handsome wilder, but she never
seemed to care for nobody after the war
not even for her husband, though she took
care OF him when he came home to die.
Folks used to say it was all a mistake, her
margin Rob Walker and that it was Jack
Marion she cared for the most. Jack was
killed at Charlottesville"
The stranger coughed a bit behind his
single hand.
II think will go over and see the wild
ow," he said. ~ have little story to tell
her. Which is the nearest way to the
bridget"
Attn opening of the war Agatha Car.
len, then but 10 years of age, was the belle
of c.. She had scores of admirers,
among whom were two young men who
were friends and comrades as we'll as ri
walls. They were Robert Walker and John
Marion, and her interest in them seemed
about equally divided, so it was sometimes
remarked that, although they were in the
lead Of all other suitors, she knew not
which to choose.
The first call for volunteers came, and
John Marion resolved to enlist and go to
the front. He urged Robert to accompany
him, and at first the latter seemed enthusi-
astic, but his enthusiasm finally evaporat-
ed, and when Marion was surely enlisted
he decided not to 60. In his heart he had
resolved to stay at home and win the charm
innAnatha- for his wife
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-10-24
FORT WORTH WON
IN THE RATTLE FOR me ne
OWNERSHIP
Ofthe Fort Worth aud Denver Road.
Union Pacific People Wanted the
Posltion--A Hot Fight.

The receivers for the Fort Worth AMI
Denver railway have been named, They
are Colonel Morgan Jones aud John
Moore.
This information was brought to Fort
Worth carly this morning by a gentle
man who Gine over from Dallas on
the delayed Cannon Rail train.
1,iis gentleman says there was a
lively battle behind closed doors, in
chombers, before Judge licctor Of the
United States district court, the contest
beiug as to whether Denver Of Fort
Worth men should be named The Fort
Worth men were victorious.
Colonel Morgan Jones, as everybody
knows, is president of the road, thorough.
ly converslut with every detail Of IT. and
probably without an equal for the posi-
ton to which he has been appointed
The Union Pacific people fought bard,
but tie Fort Worth and Denver people
had the best of.the argument
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-10-24
coNGnrssIoNAL noINGs.

WASHINGTON. Oct. 23.--The Joint
resolution for printing copies Of hearings
before the committee Of ways and means
Of the house was agreed TO with an
amendment making tie nnnlbqr 1000,
to be divided equally between the sen
ate and house.
Consideration the bill 70 repeal the pur-
chasing clause Of the silver act Of 1890
was then resumed, and Mr.. Jones, Rcpub-
licgn, Of Neynda, entered upon the fourth
installmcnt a Ids argument Ia opposition
to the bin. Mr.. Jones made an elnbora-
ton Of the argument which he was adj
Saturday evening, that the standard Of
the country could be neither gold. silver,
nor any material thing. but tint what
ever. the standard might be II was guam.
tadye. Tie value OF q unit depended upon
the number of units and that there
could he but q single standard IN currency
and that one Of quantity.
Debate ON the bankruptcy bin began to-
day In the house. There " great deal
Of determined opposition 60 the measure
led by some Of the ahlest lawyers IN the
house, like Messrs. Culber,on Of Texas.
Stone Of Pennsylvania and Boatner Of
Louisiana.
NJ. Oates who has charge Of the meas.
uc, opened the debate In advocacy Of
H.
Mfr. Stone Of Pennsylvania led the op-
position 10 the bill IN strong aud care
fully prepared speech.
Mr.. Slbley u Pennsylvania opposed the
bill as the Incarnation OF oil evils. At
the conclusion Of Mr.. Sibley's speech, the
house adjourned.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-10-24
LAIE RAILROAD MEMS.


DALLAS. Oct. D. Especial INC
Missouri, llausas and Texas railroad
company nnd the state OF Texas are
about To lock arnis. OiplsiOn was served
upon Il. NJ. Rearl1n aud John Sinlr
son. directors Of the road tonight thnt
a suit In the name and by the author-
ity Of the s,ate OF Texas Aas been slsiil
tuted IN the d.siric, court 81 Wool COM
~ before Hon. Felix ]. McCord to. for
foqt the charter Of the company. II ia
alleged that the constitution of the state
mas been violated by the defendant com.
pany by reason Of It's having coniolidaicd
a number Of competing Enes ~ Texas
into one corporation doing business under
another state, khnsaa, j. j, fRusseli'
district attorney Of Wool ceHiaJ ineti-
tuted the suit All the yNrious railroads
Of the state consolidated under one
head since April, 1858. which are p1ml-
lcl and therefore should be competing
Lines according to the constitution Of The
state of Texas, are specifically set forth
in the petition of the plaintiff, The case
will be called at the November term Of
The district court OF Wood county
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-10-24

WASHINGTON, Oct 2d'-Ihose
who were expecting TO see
Democratic compromise bill M
ti,,duccd In the senate this morning
and speedily passed through that Dolly
were disappointed. The opinion now Y
very general among scnltura who VIII
discuss the question ut all that the com
promise bill, over which senators were
70 sanguine Saturday, will never be in-
troduc,d IN the senate. The reason Tor
ills change Ia the situation Is founded
on the fact that the cnmprolnisers have
been unable To get sufficient pledges to
guarantee the passage Of the BILL In case
Il yhnidl be Introduced. and they said
from the beginning ihcy would bring In
no I'LL unless It's passage could bo as
shred. Statements differ rs to the cS-
act number Of Democratic senators vino
sign,d the agreement, but the best au-
Nprity obtainablc places the number ut
fbirty-nlne or forty. less than q ma
iOrity. There does not seem TO be much
,hotice r5r their securing quorum.
II can be definitely stated that mem
nu.rs nf The steering committee have
innda individual appeals TO u great many
RepnlsiCTn senators. but have been re-
fused alike by repeal and silver sena-
tnrg
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-10-24

Gainesville; S. +. Iany, Aliua, Texas;
r +. AieNa.ly. Dallas; y. Ingram,
Sulphur Springs w H. Fills. Mount
Pleasant, r. b. CnrolaWus. sulphur
Spgiups; r. A. ST. Jolh, Gott9nmood,
A. A. Wilkinson, Bolton; Il. +. JolRson.
Vernon; Il. q. Steele. Dallas, T.. NJ,
Minor. Hardy; r, NJ. Hughes t4nlins'
W r. Trammel, l.uliug; IT. N. lgch-
mon, l.uling; Chas lleikamn. Dallas;
Miss Emma Cancer. Dcnton; MIS- MIN
mic Daune. Dallas; w p. Woot,n, Bry'
nm; X, Blathcrwick, Bryan; Geo Ban
tholonlaci, San Antonio; a =. Eatholo'
Austin; Q. Emscrs. Dallaa.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-10-24
MORSE MINEp rHAN EvER.

WASHINGTON. Oct. 2S.-Many and
sturtlIng as have been the changes in the
situation Of the repeal hill since that
measure was introduced In The senate,
there never has before been a day which
has seen SO many as today.
The day smr,ed with the announcement
ihut the compromise was of" Many
inclincd TO doubt the announcement this
morning that the administration had set
the seal of diSapproyal upon the Demo
cratic compromise, but very Little IN
qulry was necessary 10 satisfy thom of the
correctness Of this statement. Then
came the tulk of adjournment Us the
host remedy. and that soon met with the
ASSERTION that clotrre would be the prop
er thing,
These announcements were followed with
the rumor that Tile silver mon were VIII.
Ing TO surrender Internationally and
allow a repeal bill 70 be passed without
further opposition Lastly CAME the dch-
mite announcements. made almost sinm-
inncOnsy. thar there will be 10 effort
tomorrow at cloturc. aud ihai the silver
men had reorganlgcd their forces and
were prepared TO continue the light in-
| definitely.
The most interesting development df
| today was on the silver side, Whether
given out In earnest or for q purpose.
] SUM ~ NV saver htnhNpfN NnnnunVtls
! When they heard the compromise I'LL
would not be presented. that they woulh
make no more factious opposition. but
| give way ~ soon aH thcir prepared
/ speeches were concluded aud LEI she re-
| peal bill pass S,Nutor Dubois was ID
/ strtmenml In bringing about this start
! A1g ohnnge. which bcUanie apparent
| about 4 o'clock. He crossed over 10 tue
| Democra tic nide OF the. chamber AMI be-
! gan 10 investigate He met much en-
c0uragement and the situation changed
IN tcn minutes. Senator pughs services
! wore soon enlisted and lie went 10 work
| with Will, The result was. he SAYS,
of finding several silver Democrats, VINO
| had herr tot1fc refused to hlihustcr, who
were willing to do all they could to pre-
| vent the rcIching OF vote upon repeal.
| lie pid thcle were sen or twelve Dem
| ocrats Who would stand out TO the und
" prcyeia this result.
Meantime the Populias PETER. Allen
and Kyle gathered about Mr.. PETERS
desk. An hour before Mr. PETER had
authorized the statement that the Pop
| ulists were willing 20 throw UP thelr
| hands, When they came ant Of this
conference, Into which Mr.. Dubois inyit-
ed them before the close. they were al
prepared to fight 10 the bitter end.
When seen at 4 o'clock, Senator Faux
ner said; Half nn hour ago told you
vote would be taken IN a week, now
| " looks further off than ever"
Senator Hawley said he was starting
for the World's fair. 1T looks to INC