Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1895-11-07
MONTANA BILL.


for the meeting that evening at the
headquarters Of the Salvation Army
in San Francisco. Throughout the
large attending crowd the spirit of ex-
pectancy moved uneasily, but with
mualed wings; its energy stirred not
only by divers vagrant rumors on the
street, but also by many flowers and
foliage plants which hamPered the
stage.
After some preliminary religious ex-
ercises conducted by the brigadier, a
man with clean face, clear eye and
a coaxing voice, that gentleman made
the following speech:
"You doubtless all read at the time
ofits publication telegram from Butte,
Mont, announcing the distressing ex-
perience of our brave little sister, Ca
det Annie Smith, who was so great
favorite with us here before she was
assigned to duty at Butte. "
There was an amused twinkle in the
brigadiers eyes, but in the audience
there was a spreading litter.
"Well, resumed the brigadier, "our
noble little sister, with the help OF
God, passed safely through the ordeal,
as most of you are aware, but as 1t Is
part of our plan to confess publicly
our errors and shortcomings | will ask
Cadet Smith to give you the true and
full account of what happened to her
at Butte
A faint clspping of hands, a yocif-
erous "God bless Cadet Smith - here
and there and removal of some of
the restraints which mufiled the wings
of the spirit Of expectancy greeted the
ascent to the platform Of small, 1.-THE
young figure arrayed in the sombre
blue and quaint poke bonnet of the
army. Her face was a glowing Grim
son as she faced the audience, but her
eyes were bright and her glance was
firm, and the vigor Of strong and
sturdy soul lent certain grace Of free
dom to her pose.
after | had served several months
selling War Crys in San Francisco,
she began with a steady voice which
had acquired that plalntive quality SO
common to the hard workers in the
cause, 81 was sent to Butte, where
there was a small corps Of workers.
They had become discouraged, and 1t
was thought that my experience would
help them little. | didn't know
that Butte was so different from San
Francisco, and the members Of the
corps there didn't know it either, be-
cause they had never worked anywhere
else. That is why they didn't tell Inc
some things that I wish | had known
more about.
a started out the first day with
about 200 War Crys. They looked
surprised at the corps headquarters
when asked for so many, but |
thought l could sell them.
"Of course, went into the hardest
part of the town, and after | had WIS.,
tied one or two saloons and failed to
sell copy, went into another one
A good many men were gambling !
had never seen anything but card play
ing in San Francisco, but they had
wheels of fortune and great many
other things to gamble with. Several
men were drinking at the bar. went
among them all and asked them to buy
the paper, but they simply stared at
me in wonder. The games began tc
stop, and then big, fine looking man
with broad-brimmed hat came up to
me and said-and he said-he said
Hello, little Parson Sally, what dc
you want?' He said it Just like that
He was so big and his voice was SC
deep-and-and he was So
"Out with it, Cadet cried hall
dozen voices in the audience as the
girl broke down, ,stammering and blush
ing.
Handsome !" she added desperate
ly, as though the saying OF the wOrd
was a cross between martydom anc
the confession of mortal sin. Great
applause and laughter followed thi.
declaration with an occasional "Goc
bless Cadet ANNIE" This so over
whelmed the girl that her lips trem
bled and tears sprang to her eyes anC
she cast despairing, appealing glance
toward one peculiar spot before her II
the audience where she had not ha'
the courage to look before. That sin
gle look was sufficient to rivet tn
bonds of decorum which had held I
giant in restraint, and the uprising o.
q TOWERING frame sent the brlgadler