The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-04-12
A DECEPTION.

silcnccd, and in common with the other
men-of-war lying in the harbor we were
sending landing parties ashore.
As chief surgeon on board | was busy
below with the poor fellows who lay
suffering unspcakablc agonics with COM
pressed lips and white, haggnd faces.
Bending down with my assistants
over the PROSTATE body of IL young mid
dy, did not hear footsteps approaching
and started when some one laid his hand
OIL my shoulder. 1t was Lieutenant
Harold Patterson.
Garter, old man, he said as l stood
up and wiped my hands, "this rough
work has fingered me IL bit I've got Il
nasty knock here, scc?" He lifted up his
left arm painfully with his right hand,
and l then saw that the dark blue cloth
was torn and stained and stiff with con-
gcalcd blood.
''Bit of Il small she'll" he continued,
with easy carclcssncss. g.! want you to
doctor it up Il bit, for I've got to go
ashore with Tcascr.'
Tcascr WAS his gun. II WAS Il light
machine gun, Il capital weapon for
square or retreat work Patterson was IL
perfect child with his gun. He treated
it is if it were one of his greatest friends
OH earth
There's going to be some sport OH
the other Side of those batteries | can
assure YOU, he said, pointing with his
thumb through the portholc toward the
land
"Od Tcascr'S going to make things
hum round there Il bit, or she's going for
old iron when we get back. Canddly,
Garter, did you ever see Il gun like her:
Did YOU ever see Il piece of metal pump
bullets like she does: Lord, I'd stick
against II dead wall and buck up 800
bowling nisScrs with her single hand
ed. =
Whci had fixed him up, we went on
deck The hot air between the bulk
heads made me feel sick and dizzy and
l wondered at Il government like ours
taking it into their heads to send ont
women as nurses among the wounded.
Ont in the oiiing ] could see the trans
port that was bringing the soldiers and
the women.
The advent of the women was Il con-
founded nuisance. told Harold so
"Fic, DOCTOR he said II should
never have thought ii of you! Shame on
you for speaking Of The ladies in that
disrcsn,,.,lul way WHY ,,,n lit,ln
dcals. they'll be The means ur lrinuiu,r
round the fellows IL lot more quickly
than you and your crew could ever hope
to. Three cheers for the ladies. | saw
And Il; he raised his can and waved il
round his curly head | l,.lt that there
was Il soft place in his heart for women
in general bv reason OF The i..ct that one
of them far back in England WAS sirh.
ing ior hcir. bronzctl and handsome lover.
who was inst now 50 enthusiastically
chamDioniu.- their calsc
But although | had hccn in Li. com
pany for at least three weeks he had
never once mentioned To me the name of
the girl was now convinced WAS rcspon
siblc for this outhurst of vchcmcncc.
His wound did NOT prevent his taking
his place in the pnnacc. Tcaser was
there in the bow, carefully wrapped in
yellow tarpaulin
- watched them take her ashore and
saw through my glasses how carefully
and tcndcrly he supcrintcdcd her ma
nipulation until at length the whole bat
terry disappeared from Sight through Il
breach in the Notifications
a couple of hours later the big trans
port arrived. She brought out two rcai-
mciils and half dozen voluntary nurses.
One Of them came to our shin. fear
the reception gave her wasn't very
cordial one, but didn't want her there
at all and expressed my annoyance in
my actions.
Til" expression Of the face tanned by