The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-19

establishment Then he blurted out,
Lord a mightey, yes! drink all the
water in the we'll and take the well,
| too, if that is all you want"
The we'll stood in little apple or
/ chard and Grant had given instruction
/ to the guard that none of the fruit
4 should be touched However, one of
| the soldiers, as he stopped to fill
gourd, asked Greening in whisper if
/ he might have an apple. Being an
swered in the affirmative, the soldier
reached up to pluck the fruit that
caused the fall in Eden, when he OBJ
served the glistening barrel Of rifle
leveled upon him
Drop that appler' Numbered the
guard.
"But he said might have it, the
soldier protested.
Makes no difference what he said
the guard replied Il have orders to
shoot the first man that touches an
apple"
The July sun was setting when the
advance guard reached the summit of
the hill that commands a view of the
enemy's camp. The awful RESPONSE
bility of his position at that moment
carried Grants heart into his mouth.
He had never before been in command
and he longed for someone to issue the
orders, but with the determination OF
necessity, he spurred his horse on and
rode to the head of his regiment. Be
fore him lay spread out the picturesque
valley of Salt River, but where was
the foe he had marched fifteen miles
to encounter An old, red wagon, and
the ashes of a campfire, alone, marked
the spot where Brigadier General Har-
ris and his rebel hosts had been en-
camped. Blankly Grant gazed on the
deserted valley, when the thought oc-
Cured to him that Harris had taken
fright at his approach and had run
away from him.
| A MEMORABLE BREAKFAST.
Meanwhile the news had been car
/ ried into Florida that a force of unior
soldiers had encamped on the banks OF
( Salt river In all that town there was
/ but one union man, DR.. James Goodier
an Englishman by birth, and he at once
I proceeded to the camp. After an ex.
| change of courtesies, he invited the
colonel to his home to supper. Grant
declined with thanks but said he would
I present himself with his adjutants next
morning in time for breakfast.
The monster elm under which Grant
slept that night still stands and is re-
| garded with almost superstitious rev.
erence by the people. Just across the
river stood the picturesque old mill
| anu Ou It's QduI lIIG lWO uIcu CIOSSGQ.
! Grant was not in uniform but wore
suit of brown tweed with tall white
silk hat. His clay-bank horse. with
the one he had acquired from Catlett,
was left on the other side of the river
and Colonel Grant entered Florida on
foot. AS they assembled the winding
road to the town, the first human hab-
itation they reached was the old house
in which Mark Twain was born.
Orders a Il hoaIo fn he
not to enter the town; but while Grant
was waiting at the drug store of DR..
Goodier to be taken up to breakfast,
one of the men entered. AS soon as he
espied the colonel he said sheepishly
to the proprietor, do you keep to-
bacco here?''
7 have some of the long green and
We'll hand us over plug of your
best, the soldier said with an insolent
Grant was ON his feet in a, moment.
Have you money. to pay for your to-
81 have the soldier said sullenly.
Then as he stepped to the rear of the
store to, select his brand he whispered
to the doctor:
'..D-,nE it, it was whisky I wanted"
die Of Re yillage, street rect to the doctors
n nnry spr fad my rege Is the 4 feaf
a .cannonball is the only kind of disci-
pline that will ever bring him into sub
lection
Great was the excitement in Doctor
| Coolers little household at the pros
| pect of having a Federal officer to
| breakfast, and it was perhaps well for
Grant that his full glory had not yet
shone forth or it is questionable wheth-
/ er he would have had any breakfast at
/ all that morning.
While Mrs. Cooler fried the chicken
and her spouse set the table on the back
! porch. Grant discussed the situation with
| his adiutant. However, their conference
! was somewhat interfered with by the
| crying of the younger James Goodier,
/ who was then an infant some three
months old, and was enduring siege of
/ collie. AT length Grant went over to the
crib and, taking the baby in his arms,
! walked up and down the room with him,
singing. and whistling till the little fell
low quite forgot his pain and fell asleep
/ in the arms of the man who was to be-
come Americas greatest military leader
When breakfast was over, the doctor
started with his guests to the camp. In
his civilian clothes, Grant doubtless at
tracted less attention than did his uui-