Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-10-17
MONTANA BILL.

1t was evident that something of I'M
common interest had been arranged
Tor 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
mumed wings, its energy stirred MOI
only By divers vagraEt rumors on the
street. but also by many flowers and
foliage plants which hampered the
stage.
LITER some preliminary religious ex-
ercises conducted by the brigadier, a
man with q clean face, a clear eye and
q coaxing voice, that gentleman made
the following speech:
Iou doubtless all read at the time
OF Its Publication q telegram from
Butte. Mont, announcing the dis
tressing experience of our brave little
sister. Cadet Annie Smith, who was sc
great favorite with as here before
she was assigned to do duty at Butte
There was an amused twinkle in the
brigadier's eyes, but in the audience
there was q spreading litter.
ACoaAn64 SnC 60icI. OuI
noble little sister, with the help OF
God, passed through the ordeal, as
most of yen are aware. but as it is a
part Of our plan to confess publicly
our errors and shortcomings. 1 viii ask
Cadet Smith to give you a true and
full account of what happened to her
at Butte
A faint cIapping of hands. a vocifer-
Gus ..God bless Cadet Smith" here and
there and removal of some of the re-
sstraints which mu fled the wings OF
the spirit of expectancy greeted the as
cent to the platform of small, 1.-the
young figure arrayed in the somber
blue and quaint poke bonnet of the
army. Her face was a glowing crimson
rs she faced the audience. but her eyes
were bright and her glance was firm,
and the vigor of strong and sturdy
soul lent a certain grace of freedom to
her pose
after / had served several months
selling War Crys in San Francisco"
had acquired that plaintive quality so
common among the hard workers in
the cause, II was sent to Butte, where
there was a small corps of workers
They had become disco uraged, and it
was thought that my experience would
help them little. didn't know that
Butte was so different from San Fran
cisco, and the members of the corps
there didn't know it either, because
they had never worked anywhere else
That is why they didn't tell me some
things that / wish had known more
about
II started out the first day with
about two hundred War Crys. They
looked surprised at the corps headquar-
tiers when asked for SO many, but !
thought could sell them
..Of course went into the hardest
part of town, and after had visited
one or two saloons and failed to sell a
copy I went into another one A good
many men were gambling. / had never
seen anything but card playing 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, bat they simply stared 1t me in
wonder. The games began to stop.
and then = big, ine-looking man with
= broad brimmed hat came mp to me
and said-and he said-he said: Hello.
little Parson Sally. what do you want?'
He said il just like that He was SO
big and his voice was so deep-and-
and he was So"
.-out with it. -cadet- cried half Q
dozen voices in the audience. and the
nd
blushing.
..Handsome~ she added, desperately,
as though the saying of the word was
n cross between martyrdom and the
confession of mortal sin Great ap-
plause and laughter followed this dec
larztion. with an occasional God
bless Cadet Annier' This so over
whelmed the girl that her lips trem-
bled and tears sprang to her eyes and
she cast = despairing. appealing glance
toward one particular spot before her
i'm the audience where she had not had
the courage to look before That
single look was sufficient 10 rive the
bonds cf decorum which had held =
viant in restraint, and the uprising OF
= towering frame sent the brigadier' 6
rocramuae and discipline tumbling
into chaos The tall man approached
and mounted the platform with the
stride of a grenadier. while Cadet
Annie cazed at him with dismay
which was still inefficient to quench
the light of the stars that shone all the
brighter in her eyes now Aat her
cheeks had paled simultaneously q
startled hush fell upon the audience,
for. slthough the familiar uniform of
the Salvation Army sat upon the mans
xraendid frame. he was stranger to
al and there was commanding air
about Linn that stilled all sounds
He stalked TO the girls side and
stood there facing the big crowd like
. lion at bay in defense of his lair.
And an uncommonly handsome man
he was. with swarthy face. jet bleck
wsvy hair worn long. and formidable
black mustache and imperial These
two made . strange picture rs they
stood side by side. she 20 small and
seeuing;y SO frail, he % tail .nd mus
eulsr and competent; she looking up
q him, he ignoring her and sweeping
the s.aIi nth . glance half OF defiance.
1ali Of seaignancy and wholly q