Evening journal., 1895-11-14
| GIGANTIC CONSPIRACY.
MEMBERS OF GOVERNOR wATsoN's
STAFF THE VICTIMS.

STAFF IhE VIC lMo,
Colonel Mustard, OF Lewea, Went to He'd
For Day "a Result OF the scars--Colo-
mel Ross characterized IL As an outrage
OF the worst Variety Colonel Enooh
Moore a Sufferer.
10 was In hotel &C Atlanta on
last Sunday morning. The weather
outside was drIzzly and gave promise OF
an exceedingly disaRreeable day. conse
quently neither the governor of Della
ware nor any Of his party was In a hurry
to get mp and 60 down TO breakfast
Under These conditions 10 was that a
| diabolical conspiracy WAS hatched by one
of the staff officers and carried to com-
pletion In the room Of Adjutaut General
Garrett J. Bart. He was party to IT,
his fsllow-couspirRtors being General
l. Holiday, Colonel 4 p. Stacy, Lieu
tenant J II Forler, Surgeon General
Robinson aud Assistant z isrter- master
General A. ID. Chaytor Later on Gov
ernor Watson was dragged In because Il
WAS absolutely necessary that he know
what was contemplated, otherwise he
might balk the whole thing.
Knowing that several Of the stan
II
prevailed upon the Rdjutant- general TO
Issue q special order to the effect that all
Htah ofieers SHOULD report In full dress At
headquarters At as a m on Monday.
to participate in parade OF the Cover
nors aud their STATS from the State
Capitol 20 the fair grounds. II set forth
that mounts would be furnished and In
readineH at the time specified In the order.
This was posted 10 a conspicuous plaoO
on the bulletin board in the room desig
mated ss headquarters A short time
Afterwards Governor Watson was let
into the secret
While the party was breskiasting with
the prospective victims, Adjutant
General Hart, addressed Assistant
QuArtermaster General Chsytor as
follows:
Don't forget to hire those horses
We want sixteen Of them. good. spirited
animals Don't let them run in any Old
hacks on you The more spirited you
can get them the better / shall like It. 4"
The victims Immediately pricked mp
their ears and steod at attention.
"Al right. general, said Cbaytor
"What do we want horses fort" asked
Colonel Enoch Moore
why to ride Tomorrow" Was the
reply Haven't you seen special order
No. 6Y'
NO." was the reply 10 concert.
well, It's posted in headquarters.
You can see II there"
There WAS q bolting Of breakfast on the
part Of the uninitiated, and then they made
their way. quietly and individually to
headquarters and read ths order. some Of
the Initiated being IN the room to see
how they would take this feature OF the
Illinois day celebration.
Colonel Pennington. Of ssaford,
strutted IN, read the order, and. ss be
turned on his heel, remarked In an
agitAted way that he had not been on a
horse for over thirty years.
II tell you, boys. / can't stand IT,
hSve high fever now, and my left
shoulder Is 80 crippled with rheumatism
that my wife had TO help me on with my
cost when got up this morning, said
Colonel Mustard, OF LeWss.
"lt's G. d outrage that we have
to turn out for that Anarchists governor
Of Illinois, was the lucid and forcibe
commentary OF Colonel w. NJ Ross, OF
SeRford.
'Ill see the governor about IT," said
Colonel Ensch Moore. TITS been q long
while since have been on n horse, and
never had positive assurance that would
stay on when l got In the saddle
didn't 20 into this thing rs a cavalrYman,
anyhow, and I'll be burned II I'll do It II
have to resign my commission, and he
wGddled on In search Of Governor Wat
son.
After putting in an earnest plea Col
onel Moore was excused, aud came back
radiantly happy.
1--WE been excused, boys" he said,
bsRming upon his less fortunate fellows.
"You have. have you said chayor,
"Who excused your"
"The governor
"Wsll. who's going to pay $6 for the
horse that | engaged for you TO rider
asked the assistant quartermsster'
general
"Oh. III dothat, answered the col mel.
who spoke as though he would have
considered $500 an easy let of.
Colonel Mustard went to see Surgeon
General Robinson and asked to be put on
the sick list This was refused on the
ground that the rheumatism might be
gone By the next morning. The surgeon
advised him to 60 to bed for the rest Of
the day, and keep warmly wrapped up.
BE did so Some time afterwards the
surgeon called at the colonel's room aud
found him In bed with blanket over his
lame shoulder. He had been smoking a
cigarette, which he tossed hastily under
the bed when the surgeon entered
"Look out, Mustard. you'll set the
hotel afire." yelled Surgeon Robinson.
Seeing that he was detected, Colonel
Mustard innocently asked whsther
smoking a cigarette would aggrAvate his
complaint Being assured that II might
prove fatal, the colonel smoked no more
that day. Later on he sent his wife to
ths surgeon general to plead his cause,
but IL was Of no avail.
The Joke was carried out to tha letter,
and II was not until late at night that
the victims knew that they had been
Eictlmizsd.