Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-07-03

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Joseph Neslsy. Of lIiaois Gay, =
one Of the. uaAaho wears Tie blaze
and yet who never faced Ne Dnoket
on the battlsfsld Sun Is va .lQt
his fault that he did aos mGsck e9Sy
with Ais follows 70 the seeAs = O.
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Me-. Nselsy had enlisted. Just b.
fore being mustsrsd isso ssrvise he
had IN scoident which resulted In
the lose or his right arm He was
therefore anssrviesabls In the army.
He Was . nan In rather stringeaf
circumstances He secured ,Wusk b
q atone yardssdt was plsisble 70 &C.
him strnggiis9 to cara . livelihood
at this sors Of labor. :, He lived and
worked IN. this city. - 49,. -,
The late p. l.. Cable was attracted
BY Nc. Nssly one day. Hs ssappsd
and isq utyed II he could not secure
. Job more suitable 20 ono IN his dis
abled condition, Mr.. Neeley n.
swersd that he could. not. and while
Il Was rather hard on him, it. Wa
necessary that he keep steadily a
work IL ordar to live. - he only
made about Is csnts . day. Ar. c..
BILE inquired further into the crippled
mans Affairs. and learned that he Nd
enlisted in the army. and had secussd
bis papers, but had never bees n
actual service.
Ar. Cable told him to quit work.
Me-. Neeley did not. know whether to
obey or not. But knowing that Ne.
Cable would not tell him to give up
his only means Of livelihood without
in some way providing for him. he
handed In his time. He was told 70
come to Mr.. Cables office the next
day and bring along al Of the papers
relating to his Enlistment, etc. The
papers were carsfally read over by
MIR. Cable. who Immediately com-
inundated with the war department
at Washington. ezplaiuing Mr.. Nee
ley's case.
Mr. Medley Was told that 10 any
Letters came to him from Washing
ton to bring them TO Mr.. Gable. One
came shortly afterward.
And . pansion, OF tS) per month
followed. That Mr.. Nseley was
happy goes without saying. And to
this day be loves TO tell the story Of
how Mr.. Cable helped him ont. and
he never forgets TO pay tribute 70
his benefaceor's memory.
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It was one Of those warm nights.
Jones-we'll call him that in this
case, because he'd be real, mad IL bis
right name was used-is Q man who
will tip the scales at about 200. He
lives in the Fifth ward At all seasons
OF the year-except summer. Then,
he says. he just pulls through. But
he don't call it living.
On she night he question ho re-
tired at about IL bells. His bed room
is on the ground floor. It 10 on the
south side of tho house. Jones
opened all the windows and doors
Then he crawled into he'd.
He lay still about q moment; then
he went "whew!'
He jumped out OF bed and landed
on the side Of little pot dog. which
they have at the house. The canine
let yelp out of him which startled
the neighboT hood. Jones stood
lpsering through the window for
awhile figuring on how he could
keep cool. He removed tho screen
and pulled his bed mp alongside the
window, II was . dark night. Jones
got into bed again. and lying at &
right angle, showed his Trilbys out
onto the window sash. Then Q bree ~
came up. It struck him aud his
f0otsies. He was In heaven.
A gentleman who lives next door
to Jones comes home very late o,
times. He arrived about Q. %. on
this date. He and Jones are old
cronies. In going around to thu
side door Of his house he Was at
tracted by the white objects In Jones
bed cham Der window. He tip-toed
over.
Jones' fset-he could tell BY tn,
fragrance Of apple blossoms which
emsnated from the room. The mar
who arrived home late got Jones
garden hose. turned ON the water,
and stealthily approached the bet
chamber. He took sure aim at the
two feet. and let the water roll.
The shook awakened Jones, VIII
/ jumped ont Of bed and pulled dowu
the window. thinking II was raining
He woke the whole fanily. telling
them to look out for the rain. Hi
wife. who was in IN adjoining room
i with one OF the children, told him
he must be out OF his head. 1t Wal
MOI raining ON her side ofths house
Then Jones got up to argue it out
And still he perspired.
II know it's raining. !" he said abe
cause I felt It." Then be told about
his feet. His wife laughed ct him.
He raised his window and discovered
that the shower Was over. He did
4 not sleep any more that night. try.
| ing to figure out about the rain.
i He met his neighbor In the
morning and wanted to know II
IL hadn't rained the night before.
1t didn't in bis lot, he answered.
Then Jones was told OF the joke that
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