St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-02-05

shown all the points of interest and told
the history of Smelling since the time it
was a mere little Stockade in the midst
of bowling wilderness, peopled only
with Indians.
Lieut.. Scharling betrayed the keen
est interest in the recital and i'll his own
peculiar and dignifed way commented
OH the beauty of the spot and the ro-
nance surrounding the post from its
earliest infancy.
He Was Simply Charmed.
He had never visited place that had
so suited his fancy, and he envied the
officers at Smelling their beautiful sur
roundings. Even III winter,he thought,
it was romantic and lovely, for there
was wealth of keen bracing air, and
he narveled at the thought of illness in
such a location. 1t was so pleasant,
too, for the officers wives. In the sum-
mer, when all the country round was
attired in Natures verdure, he thought
the place would be veritabie dream,
and his thoughts expressed were
poetic in the extreme. He even had
the birds tWittering and caroling in the
trees, and his entertainers were charmed
with his easy flow of language, his
poetic nature and his buoyant enthu-
siasm. He referred to his dear ones at
home, and wished them present to enjoy
the historical spot and the countless
blessings conferred upon the people so
fortunate as 10 be located in such par
adiSe.
1t was lovely drive. and when Mil
waukee train passed on the side of the
bluff and sent keen, ear-splitting
whistle echoing and re.echoing through
the miniature canon, the Danish lieu
tenant shook his head and exclaimed,
with all the enthusiasm of lis nature:
"Gentlemen. it's grand, it's charm
ing. beautiful"
And the cOuntenances of the Amer-
lean officers glowed and glowed again
as their ears drank in the melody, for
praise of ones country is melody of the
sweetest kind. especially the praise of
foreign-born who is supposed to thrill
at nothing outside of his native land.
From the keen, appetiZing air the
cavalcade swept on to the homes of the
officers and little later were grouped
in front of roaring CRATE fire enjoying
the grateful warmth and shifting the
air ravenously for signs of coming re-
past. And when 1t came the iieuten-
ants cup was full to overfiowing. The
nice warm. f1aky biscuits which have
made the name of Smelling famous, the
delicious coffee and steaming griddle
cakes. with clear, pure maple syrup,
constituted a banquet for
The Famished lieutenant.
and he longed to remain and call Amer
lea his home. 1t was dream for him,
that day at Smelling. and when he dis
appeared toward the city that night he
bade farewell 10 his kind entertainers
and grasped their hands with the tervOr
of sincere friendship. That was the
last the officers saw of Scharling as he
was then.
A week passed by. Scharling was
only a pleasant memory. One after
noon when one of the officers strOlled
down the wide walk toward the admin
istration building he was struck by the
face and form of a young mar who was
attired in the garb of a private The
young man apparently did not care TO
be seen and WAS hurryiDg OH toward
the company quarters when the officer,
impelled by some sudden impulse,
called to him. Reluctantly the soldier
stopped. The officer regarded him
slrikingly familiar about the form of
the young soldier before him. and there
was a military air and dignity which
does not characterize the private.
Where have l seen that man be-
fore?" wondered the officer to himself.
He walked toward the soldier. HIS
wonder ceased when al his approach the
private turned and exposed the unmis-
taxable features Of
Lieut.. Scharline. of the Danish army.
The officer was dumbfouLded. He
could scarcely believe his own eyes.
All doubt vanished from his mind when
the lieutenant spoke.
Beyond a doubt the accent was that
of Lieut.. Scharling, and the same which
the officer lad listened to with so much
interest on the day Of the drive around
the post. What occurred between the
two was not related. but some eXplana-
ton followed. The two talked together
for an instant, then separated.
The officer made his discovery known.
At first there was surprise, then cha.
grin. The officers remembered the
pleasant drive, the enjoyable dinners.
the long conversations and the enjoya-
BILE afternoon smokes they had with the
foreign officer, and laughed to them
selves TO think that they had beer so
easily fooled by this suave, this digni-
fed and affable officer of the Danish
army. The story
Spread Through the Fort
and the people residing there laughed
and hugely enjoyed the discontinue Of
those officers VITO had taken so much
poins to entertain Scharling and con-
vince him of the courtesy and hospital-
ity of the American officer. as well as
the efficiency and equipment of the
service. The soldiers in the mess
laughed long and loud. and Scharling
was numerically joked about his nerve.
Even then Scharing wouldn't
weaken. He seemed 10 hold himself
above the other privates ana acted as if
he were still an officer in the army and
still in command of a few hundred.
The joke flew throughout the post.
and the young officers never passed
soldier without thinking he was laugh
ing at them. However. the joke has
died out as the days have passed, and
now wonder is taking the place of
laughter. The officers are beginning to
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