The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-23

remarked MAJ. Gen. Langen,
ts- ~ pension?" objected Gen. seidl
.,rnot surely have less than so
gyms. .., eoo rxre,,zer. par.
mas mast the regulation age when
r--..~ried. YOU know. It's a cheap death
- government. anyway"
d.. sure. I remember now. Sixty
es he must have been Old Baby.
" rs as bad as if you or were TO
w Looking about for brides at this
. ,-s Of day!'
~ - t,,- not you," laughed the elder gen
you're still on the right side OF
ssi5I. who knows what you may not
q YETI? r,,..-. =.
can squeeze out six weeks leave in
mats what 1 mean to DO" growI-
:, ss.dl. through his grizzled and untidy
mi Getting on to a horse feels just
..r something like a foretaste of purga-
uy.'
4 ~ it?" ruefully agreed Gen. Langen.
j sreu we'll. were both past the age OF
/ ,,r. no doubt, and I fancy our respective
4 s.sihs will come just as cheap to the
i ,s,nle up there as that of poor Bert
-,nn does. Upon my word, it would be
i n more than fair if the government rails
i al monument out of gratitude to such
o5 bachelors as we, who go off quietly,
/ Saving neither widows nor orphans to
NJ provided for!'
4Corfound their close fists, so they
opgbt" grumbed Gen. Seidl. Il told
YOU didn't I. that my application for the
4 improvements IN the barracks has been
rsflsed? II ill end in the roof falling
/. IN. and serve them right, too. Goodnight.
This is my way home.
And the two grey haired comrades part
al ot q street corner Gen I4angen to 90 to
lis supper al the Hotel Krakowiki. Gen.
Seidl to smoke pipe in solitude in his
lodging This Weather-beaten and some
what rheumatic old soldier had about
him a good many of the instincts OF
bear who never feels quite comfortable
except when sitting inside his den and
suking at the world in general. The
comparison might be further pursued, for
a certain grOWl in his voice, as well as
his ponderOus figure, huge eXtremities,
shaggy locks and dark, hairy face were
most distinctly bear-llke. To strangers
this hairy visage with the fierce glance
Was most terrifying 10 behold. and one
story was even told of how a very young
and tender recruit, who only the day
before had been torn from the arms of
he mere sight of this enormous and
savage-ooking commander, but a post
script to the story added that an hour
afterwards the lad had been revived by
bottle Of most excellent red wine sent
ANONYMOUSLY, but which some inquisltiVe
persons had traced to this same savage
general. By the negligent and the re-
miss he was feared, and with good reaS-
on-not so by the merely unlucky who
had fallen unawares into some scrape-
for somehow in spite of the ostentatious
pughness of his manner and OF occa-
s0nal terrific bursts OF anger, Gen. Seidl
had never succeeded in getting the hard
ness Of his heart quite believed in. even
BY his subordinates. The bear certainly
groWied a great deal. but he had never
been known to bite without necessity.
Having Iegun life as a penniless and nc!
nameiess Tkan, Gen. Seidl had gained his
present pif ition entirely, through hard
work Ste 4 by step he had. fought for
it, savage Il and toughly, but yet had al
ways fou)4 breath enough to grumble
at the arrangements of a world in which
50 much Uniting is necessary. Soldier TO
the backbde though he was, he had for
so long ben used to regard the authcri-
ties who yere the arbiterS of his fate as
him dowldhe ladder if he made only one
false steIShat even now when he himself
had becOsf the arbiter of so many other
fates henould not quite break himself
To-nigh he was in an even worse hui
NOR than ,sual. The speech of Langen'S
was both1ing him. OF course, 1t could
be no bus Jess of his whether Bertmann'
widow hal something to live on or not,
but the no1re idea of that pension which
would no. have to be paid, was quite
enough t., revive his standing grudge
against H. people up there" To man
who for Vars past had found a certain
grim SATISFACTION in ruffiing the tempers
Of his hat1 superiors with continual de-
hands foIomoney, and who consequently
liked wIh1hem in a constant tacit state
Of feud b1ause of the alleged necessity
Of new rC.ls or larger windows in mill
taTy build IEs, it was distinctly riling that
those Gig 1 hundred forms should be
pocketed II the government. And to
think tha1if Bertmann had only made
up his n. Id a little sooner his widow
would ha 4 had them. Since he meant
10 make fool of himself, why could he
not have 1ne so half a dozen years ear
ler?
With susn thoughts as these Gen. Seidl
grumbled Tmself into the much tumbled
lair whicllh e called his bed.
Early n morning he was on his legs
again, annYthrusting his arms into his
BADLY fittf1 uniform coat, on whose LETT
sleeve a Hilton was wanting, and on
whose rigFl one the gold braid had got
mtastene5i This was the day on which
ne had a bounced that he intended to
inspect the iris school, for the garrison of
;dodelhurg' Possessed one of those estab-
lshne..t Is tich in Austria are devoted to
lhe upbrit Ig of the daughters of penni-
less office ttand which are subject to the
sQpernteTe1lce of the military authorl-
ues. In latsecret heart of hearts Gen.
aedl not ~ detested but also dreaded
lneSe day.dE inspection far more acutely
man the Injected ones themselves could
co. Wom' lhaG always appeared to him
70 be an l 1ecessary and very dangerous
invention WProvidence. He had gone out
OF their WI all his life, but in this case,
alas, duty94lled 1t was invariably with
T. certain Gard tremor, that this other
wise lntrelo general entered the school
huldlng. ~ face cannonade was in his
opinion moi ng compared to facing a row
q young hpies, whose Tfodestly lowered
eyes We're table to convince him that
lhey We're fit inwardly giggling over the
uncouthneslbf his appearance. An extra
show of gaffness was, on these occa-
5lons his ody refuge, and accordingly the
discovery al things to find fault with,
his princips occupation. To-day he had
soon foundn hat he wanted.
I've givdd orders a hundred times at
east to ha those curtains washed he
Srowled on hvhile walking through the
pupils sleeshg apartment. with his adj
jHtant, as wh as several respectfully in
tent teachersht his heels. "And those pc
tfoleum lamb too, seem to be in dis
graceful statt'
Not that Oh. SeidPs mind was wont to
ne IN the Leaf disturbed by the sight of
u dlngy pied of drapery; but the cur
ANS would p as well as anything else
Tor grumblin lat
Whose bu ness is it to look after the
Cormitortes?f
1t is Frautn Buchner'S business" re-