Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1895-10-11
TlG Majors AldDatlT,

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and turned hOmeward. The day
was warm Que and the Majors
wounds were apt to worry him a
good deal in hot weather, Dut be
held his handsome old head none
the less high.
Markham, one of the founders OF
the clu0 itself, watched him go for
a moment, and then turned to
Altman. who sat near him.
.One man III hundred is the
Major said he, 'one man In a hun
dred.'
FYe>,' agreed the other 'but what
has he been saying this atternoonY
Nothing out of the Ordinary,
reDlied Markham, Il was only
thinking OF his past generally. l
believe that be was the best all
around soldier that | ever knew.
He has the greatest antipathy for
ANYTHING bordering on trlvOlity in
military affairs, as yOu probably
know, and he declares these boys
10 nothing bnt play soldier as II
they were fifteen Years younger
han they really are.'
But doesn't be see the good side
OF The qaeStiouV asked Altman.
i suppose he does, but he thinks
the Guards should be composed OF
more capable acknowledged
VINO can staud great deal, and
not arlstocrats.'
But
Pray don't think l am support
ipg the Majors Views, my deal
Altman. When l remarked that
the Guard bai been ordered to ii
mines, he said: Il feel sorry for the
Young men themselves, but more
sorry for the State. 1t ought to
send experienced men to such
places if they ever hope to en-
force the laws rigidly and quickly
Very firm in bis beliefs is the Ma
ior, and the strOnges one he has
however wrought may seem to us
is that the Governors Guards lie
present state is a useless Organlza
tiOn.'
For a strangers opinion thai
might pass said Altman, but tht
Major ought to know better. Au(
Tm told, too, that the officers aIC
all excellent vordswen.
Yes SAID Markham, so Pv'
heard, and all of which | pOluteC
out to bin. But yOu can't shah'
the Major, as l sald.'
We'll, returned Altman, picking
up his paper again, lit gives hin
something to talk about anyway.
But neither he nor the Majors
old cOmrade knew the real reason
of his last Outburst against th'
Guards In question; for that reason
IN the form of square sheet o
note paper, lay in the Majors in
side pocket, and it consisted o
hastily written but entirely earnes
offer for his daughters hand il
marriage. And the young ma
who took such liberty was nOn'
other than the First Lieutenant o
The Governors Guards.
Lrutenant HallOway was not
, disagreeable young mau; IN fact, b
Was quite the opposite. lie cam
from the South aud of soldierin
family, his father having lost hi
life at Cold HarbOr during Il.
: Civil War; he was interested IN
, we'll established business situat,
in the heart of the city; his tamil
pellgree was long one, and hi
own character aud record spOtles'
lie doesn't want my answer 10
"a week, doesn't hel' multered lh
old soldier, as he marched o
hOueward. 'Well, he shsn't g
III Tll think 1t over, as he asks n
to and not make Dasty decision
but | can tell him tight now VIII;
it Will be. No, emphaticallSp
Had the Majors good little viii
been living herself, she would hay
pointed out long ago The pOss
bility of this contingency arisin
aud would have prepared him fl
the blow, which must fall son
day, aud leave him childlesc, viii
some enterprising young man gal
ei a wife; but Mrs. Major hs
died many years ago, and left Il
NJ ejor with the pretty child
r bring up alone.
ID From viyacious, headstrOD
pretty little girl, Dorothy hi