The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-06-14

cry, night, for the thing heca,ae mi old
fashiOiied rev d, such as iliany, both I'M
and out OF uniform, remembered.
dssasg oi ~ tes asy Ra fey
heMrty Weleonle, %
man, and Hull M ilson, Who had lost half
his wages in court martial fines for ab-
sence from the reservation, was talking
OF Il Sunday school.
Ono company of infantry h,ld con essed
itself 4 sinner from the last recruit to- the
orderly sergeant, and sunle# advance had
been nude in the ranks of the cavalry.
hut the Second squad room remained
steadfast in Its sin,
Poor Billy was terribly troubled. Az II
good Catholic he knew he had no hush
ness smuggling his wings I'M this Protestant
flame, and it Kid DeYore and his crowd
had only embraced religion, good Muir
phys path would have been made easy,
But with his hate of the men who COM
posed that c0terie he must indorse the
,ursings of that nervous man without
feeling a fearful tug at his heart, aud d
half resolve.--that he could not analyze4
70 rush to the hlourners' bench and pleud
for mercy.
Pay day came along in the thick Of his
tiluuiuu pH,. uHu Z! ne Silteetlnks were less
| attended, The citizens caltie us before,
ed clung. we're ihiniS ileopisd. Aud Bail
| game of liokef, Without aiik limit, rim
ming Dshind curtaiiied Windows at the
tailor shop: .s a5== S5sl "a 8
| There. was an awful hush as Bull
stepped in the room, and his recently
| gathered religion burned III horror at the
sight. He did not wonder conscience had
smitten them dumb. And then he no
! tlced 1t WAS not copscience; but, a $40
raise, that had stilled Ill sound and Move
! ment. - ... ':=. :s 5.<6#*
Corp. Glenn had made the raise and
| Kid DeVore was holding his cards wide
open. Specializing. =s
| How many cards did You draw -
| asked the bugler: but Glenn took shelter
behind his technical rights and refused
| to answer. !. ~ r. =S;ss:Ss
Bull Wilson saw three kings md pair 81 +:
Of aces in the trumpeter's hands, and
fervently sWore that he would call If it
killed him. = E>.s...< .,.sls*;s s
You had three times to co. unused
! the, Kid, his memory returning You
took two cards. Mebby. you caught a
| fourth. 7 can't afford it," E -,
ri call him. said Bull, defiantly, and
with the believing tone which Ind
earned him his name. ,4l;;.. III: - ~ I y TT
He pulled his whole months wages
| from his purse; for virtue had saved it
| undiminished. But Glenn objected; and
then Bull was sure the king full would
| beat him. :zs=s.S
Then I'll borrow $40 from Bull, and
call you myself" said the Kid. "Pm
playing open.'
Glenn could not refuse, but his lips
frightened. and he shot a glance at the
sentry which should have recalled him
But it didn't. The fine frenzy Of draw
was hot in his. veins, and he: fling the
coin on the table: -
DeVore pushed it into the not, and
looked across at the corporal.
The lips of Glenn relaxed to a curve.
and his merry. eyes twinkled as he laid
down his hand. =.
Straight tlush." he said; and.>acquired
the money. .:&r
Bull Wilson went out, stung with a
thousand humiiations. Service was still
in progress at the clubroom. but he tried
to hurry past, for his rough and honest
soul was full of penitence and self-up-
braiding. II
But what was that at the mercy seat?.
it was Billy Murphy, passionately
pleading for forgiveness. 800. =.
Five men from the Second squad room
at the back of the house laughed once,
and then struck up camp song never
before or since attuned in religious meet
ing. Il
Oh fisherman, fisherman, wish you mighty:
Tow. row, rinka didy day. q
ons foE Eot r ik sci dd SFa aay for to SELF
Billy whir led in holy wrath. and they
paused to hear the fine profanity h.
long had cultivated. But Just then rose
the first notes of the bugle, blowing
tattoo and the preacher closed his
seryice'W:ith Il hurried benediction. :,
The anger in Billy grew with. each
room at the word AMEN. ,'I and afom How ree
he would break the necks Of ali SEQ
ond squad room men soever. p
lie might have recovered from his
rage, If they had left him alone; but
they didn't. BY his side stood culprit
who gould scarcely answer his name at
"A man i'll the front rank hummed: -
Tow, row. rinka didy day''-
The sergeant reported the company
present and accounted for, and another
laid on the last feather by boldly re-
peaa at Biliy's confessional effort.
Billy went to his bunk and Invested :
himself of such garments as q man
doesn't need in row, then boldly openeds
the Second squad room door and an
nounced that he was there to clean out
the entire party. t&#.:= =
"A soldlef $ row Is entirely void Of senti-
meht-at least such sentiment as usually
appertalns to trouble; and at the end Of
ten minutes the SeCoId. squad room men
wer r., bathing their bruises and laughing
WHERE'S Billy Murphy p asked the
sergeant of the guard, appearing at the
First squad room door. saber In hand.
Just as the first note of taps rose Oh
the night wind. ~ -
He went down No. like a cannon
ball III q field of tenpihs bit ago." said
him all the way to the parsons study
Whatever Murphy fragments might
have been strewn along that way the
sergeant did not stOu to COnsidpr Ho