The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-12
HUDDLESTONE IS GONE.
n PICKLE MISSOURI CARPEyTER
WHO SHIPPED Nv THE CAVALRY.

Dessvtsa. Bot Case Raeh-sent to Castle vn-
tinras AND Put to RsitisE Canssa nails Up
ana pown-Hs Os1sctea to This. woulsn't
Wash. and finally swan to Freeassa.
Huddlestone IL gone, and that's all there Is Of
H. Governors Island will be happier IL he does
not come back than IL he does. Nevertheless,
for . few hours after It first found out that he
was gone 10 bestirred itself vigorously making
an active demonstration OF its regret for the de-
parture. The going OF Huddlestone was I'M
ceremonious and abrupt. 1t was q leave-taking
without leave. He had been in the military
prison at Castle Williams for about Ave months
and had furnished several kinds OF entertain
mcnt for the island. But he tired Of it Just as
he did Of the service, and quit, much as he quit
before. That was the main trouble with Hud-
dlestone-he was tickle.
Now what business, can you tell me-" said
the sergeant who told about 1t yesterday, has
. carpenter got for to enlist in the cavalry r.
Manifestly none at all. They don't plane
boards or build boxes in the cavalry. and they
have about as much use for carpenters as q
canal boat has for a deep sea lead. But that's
the dckleness OF Huddlestone, Just when he
was getting well established as q carpenter in
his little Western town. he gave Il up and went
down to st. Louis and enlisted. They sent him
to jefferson Barracks to drill him and to dress
him up so neat. to teach him to uplift his manly
brow. and how to walk and where to put his
feet. and how to curry down a Government
mule without losing his head. and how to get
into a saddle and stay there, ana q few things
of that general order which make the men who
wear Uncle Sans yellow stripes good to look at
on parade and hard to meet face to face in open
fight.
That Is a life with variety enough. one would
! think. TO satisfy the widest craving for spice.
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the year was two months old he quit. He went
h.-
reason he didn't put the blank shame on his
company and regiment was that he was n raw
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recruit YET Nno nAu . oeeu ~sslsueu 10 u par
ticular command. Therefore he blackened tho
face OF the whole army. which. however. has
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and didn't lament the Missouri carpenter very
much.
nrt bav4,r ss.e-..a Hpsdl.s,o,. s.,l, v,,
not satisfied. The mysterious force which makes
90 per cent. of the dessrters come back got him
In It's clutches. and one day early in March he
had enough of desertfon, So thew tried him and
Sent him down to old Castle Wiiiams to enter.
tain himself for year: Even that didn't please
prisoners at Castle Williams to do in the way Of
labor. The post h Kent in most amazing rood
tSe seryies and the prf,oners ret Ii Little real
Work Sn tbey arr at 70 nmuss her .el YES with
cannon baiis A bip e0i.nound shot ia a ane
dozen Of Them ont an the aspbaIt wsiks down hy
the old fort At once With A prisoner FOR each.
carefully rolling them nm the walk a few feet
.It's n prrtty Snod Job for three hours, said
tho ssr-s.rt I. but its notbing m sbo. sriii
When You've done shot drill FOR A rouple OF