Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1895-11-22
MONTANA BILL.


uncommon interest had been ar
ranged iOr the meeting that eve
ming at the headquarters of th'
4 Salvation Army In San Francisco
Throughout The large attending
crowd the spirit OF expectancy
moved uneaSily, but with muffl {
strings; its energy stirred not only
By divers vagrant rumOrS on th,
reefs. bat also by many flower,
and toiiag3 plants which hampereC
the stage.
After sOme preliminary religious
exercises conducted by the lngS
dier, u man with a clean face, Z
Gear eye and cOaxing voice, that
gentleman made the following
speech:
'YOn doubtless all real at tie
time If its publication a telegram
from Butte. Mont, announcing the
distressing experience of our brave
little sister, Cadet Annie Smith,
who was so great a favorite with
US here before she was assigned to
duty at Bate
There vas an amased twinkle IN
the brigadieI'S EYES, bat in the
audience there was spreading
litter.
Nv ILL., resumed the brigadler,
'ur noble little sister, with the
help Of GId, pa, sed safely through
the ordeal, as most of you ale
aware, but as it is part of our
plan to confess publicly our errors
and shortcomings will ask Cadet
Smith to give you the true anu full
accOant Of what happeuned to her
at Bntte.'
a faint clapplng Of bands, a
vOcifeJOus God bless Cadet Smith,
here aud there and a removal of
some Oftle restraints which muffled
the wings of the spirit of exDec'
fancy greeted the ascent TO the
platform of a small, hthe YOung
figure aIrayed in the soDbre blue
andQnaint poke bonnet Of the army
Her face was glowing crimson at
she faced the audience, but hel
eyes were bright and her glance
was firm, and the yigOr of a strong
and sturdy soul lent certain grace
of freedom to her pose.
After l bad served severa
mouths selling Mar CrAs in SIT
Francisco, she began with steady
voice which had acquired tha'
plaintive quality so comDon to tht
hard workers in the cause, 4 wat
sent to B1tte, ahere there was {
small corps Of workers. They hs(
become discouraged, aud it wa'
thought that my experience wOult
help them a little. | didn't know
that Butte was so dlffrrent frOu
Sau Francisco, and the mem beri
of the corps there dldn't know i
either, because they had Devel
worked anywhere else. That Ii
why they didn't tell mesOme things
that wish l had known mOr'
about.
& started ont the first day will
about 200 War Crys. They look
ell surprised at the corps head
quarters when ! asked tor so many
bat l thought l could sell them.
'Of cJUrse, l vent into the hard
est part of the town, and after
had visited one or two saloons ant
failed to sell a copy, | went int
another Que. a good many met
were gambling. hail never seeI
an, thing but card play ing in Sal
! Francisco, but they had wheels o
fortune and a great aUy OtLe
things to gamble with. Severa
men Gere blinking at the bar.
went among them all and aske'
them to buy the paper, but the.
simply started at me in wonder
The games began to stop, and thel
q big fHe locking man with
broad brimmed bat came up to no.
aud said-and he said--he said
'IIello, little Parsou Sally, what d
you wan y Resald 1t just like that
He was 80 big and his voice va
so deep--aRd-snd he was So
sOat with it, Cadetp cried hall