Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-23

e.'H eyes hashtu scuStAuIAy, Dut lie
spoke no word
1t was Just after guard mounting that
GrGice had offered his services, when,
as suLernumerary, ne really aid not
have 10 work at all aid was not proLer-
ly de:aiiabie for any such fatigue duty.
by lU O'clock, however, 1t was aypareut
10 mCre than che present that he as
drinking more liquor and had it coz.
cealed probably somewhere about the
premises or in his ovcrcoat. Ror;:e
warned him and got Il sulleu reply. Not
minute aftcr. although strict orders
had Eccn given against smoking, be-
cause Of the nin!sy nature of the s,ruc-
turc and the large quantity Of infam-
Unable ,natcria! scattered about be prc-
| cipiiatod an excitement; Right in the
entrance Of the hall IL big square box
had just been placed hy two Of The men,
and Crow knife WAS carefully removing
the I'D, when t;raice, lurchiDg in from
the dressing room with IA bundle Of
greens. stumbled against the edge oi
the case, and, dropping his burden with
savage curse, lie drew back lis heay-
| lily booted foot as though TO let drive a
| furious kick.
Instantly The Indian intcrpcscd.
Don't kick" he said. Hold YOU,
Eoof there shouted Rcrkc, and other.
Of the men joined in their cry Of warn
ing. Wonderingly he lool;at! about him
o:i the quickly gathered group. sway:ug
y bit unstcadily even now.
! why had:' he scow liucly, suiienly,
thicsly asked. What harms there
kickin. u Tatt!chOx that = almost broken
my shin: WHAT'S the matter with you
fellows, any how
| 1t isn't the box, We gonoril, it's
what inside of it, That's Colonel Far
rar's picture! Gods praise To him for
the finest soldier that ivcr rode at the
head If the Twelfth"
THAT Colonel F;rrar's pc,urc:''
ruttorcd the man in Il strange. hall
awcd. half defiant Inanncr. We'll, !
swear, that s--tiia: queer" And then,
IN some Cdd, nervous abstraction. hr
whipped out II cigar. and the next thing
| they knew, had ii::htcd il 1t, the steve
and tossed the flaming paper ;..aor4 lii,
sv,ciiErs on tie iiaor. Instantly there
was rush, a ,r:mpl,nG &C feet and Just
as korhc wrItliEliy had coilarc,i the
stnl' fled han Lieutenant; i'arrar burst
III u.on the scc:c, stamping cut tie few
remaining sparks, and then tuning an
griiy upon the group.
WHO d-,irrd that FIRE: Whc, !
s:.N!' lac rtI,at,d. Ter, N soldier ~
irHc". Tic nCn had stood at attention.
but. true 20 soldier ethics, would tell &c
tales Don't let that happen again,
corporal. lac went on stcrnly. You
| kEow vel enough what IL IKE would
mean hcr,abouts. with the cannon pow
der stored i'll TIE towcr ynrher. Eemcm-
Der the or.iers-thc Guardhouse for the
first man fooling with FIRE. Go Gu with
| your work And then, Us the men
turned silently away and T,rIy stood
there. lookin. abashCd and troubled 1T
the implied rebukc. viii sought to
soften the effect. why. you're doing
great work here, corporal. The old place
is wearing Christmas dress and 10 mis-
take"
! ut is. Masther Will" said Rorke dc.
liShtedly.
"Masther Will" repeated Farrar in
disnantly. ION my soul, Rorke. you
Il beg the lieutcnant's pardon, said
Terry, all con:rition and soldierly re-
srcCt. But I've known him such Il
few weeks as lieutenant and so many
and many u long year as Masthci
VIII
'That'll dc. corporal. Have the pic
tule i'll its place rs seen as yen can.
Mother will be over here to look at it. =
Yes, Mas-ycs. sorr"
/ And again, as Will turned angrily &c
rebuke the poor fcllCw, there was Il
} gathering Of the men at the window
! locking out upon the parade. and some
thin.; was said about Il lady slipping On
the ice. which carried Will away like
u shot Two strides took him 20 the
door. and one glance sent him rushing
to the rescue 1t was Miss Ornshy.
Aid tEcu, while some Of the men
went OH with their work, others seem
.d to- hang aICut Graicc. who was odd
iy fascinated by the box and cast fur.
tive i;!anccs at it. while Crow Knife,
"ho'f f"fke's direction, Was quietly un-
packing IL Again had GTaice wandered
unsteady over iy the stove and stood
mere. sCl!cnly kicking at it until che o.
the men babe him quit or he'd start Il
hire III spite ii them. "You'll have Us
ali III tlazcs before cur time were the
soldier words.
Not l. Fires my friend, answered
Eraice III surly tone.
"And likely to give We long and
warm welcome if ye carry 10 purya,orv
The spirit We so sweetly manifest here
how yer friend:' rctortcd Rorke
Il moan 1t saved my life "A year ,po
III Mes!co. l saw u girl once too often
Tor her lovers sooG-hot hcade, cur, He
won!d have it and got it-in the heart
ana 90, IN quod, and our consul could
not help me. l am not the kind of CHI
zen the United States binders a foreign
government from sending to Kingdom
come. and l was mighty nigh getting
there"
And yc didn't." said Terry, highly
interested The Interpretations of hiv.
en- are past findin out
Fires stood my friend, 1 say. l had
my pipe-gieasers amt the ID mar.
tinets you have here-and spark Wen,
into the straw. 1t blazed in an instant