The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-23

hens saying Come back" and the renem-
brance of the sick men without the soup
that the guinea hens could give them if
they were approached in the right way
nerved the surgeon 10 great deeds. So
ne proceeded to the palace. where Cen
Wood had his Office.
When he drew near the palace he was
halted by a sentry. But being an officer.
a fact proved by his being on a mule and
having an orderly walking behind him. the
surgeon was allowed to proceed, and learn
ed that the governor was holding an audi
enee or something of that sort
At the door of the Great Audience Cham
Der, or what had been the Great Audience
Chamber of the Spanish days, but was
now the governors office. the surgeon
stopped. The big room was filled with
ofhcers, most of them generals or (higher
than genrals) volunteer iieutenants, and
the doctor in his night gown felt rather
bashful, for mis- get-up seemed decidedly
out of place. SO he stood in the doorway
for time and he had just about made
up his mind to let the sick man get along
without the guinea hen broth when an OIL
Ger in more than fun uniform came to
him and sauting said: THE governor
wishes to see you. sir.
The doctor followed the aide through the
long hall full of lieutenants and generals
UP TO the governor, who, with his clerks
was the only man in the room sitting
down.
'Sit down, doctor" said Gov. Wood. II
want to speak to you"
Inc doctor sat by the governors side
FOR half an hour. while his excellency ask
cd him all about the regiment Finally
The doctor got a chance to tell that he
wanted gun
i can't get you one" said the governor
because the guns have all been taken
py the Spanish and put in the arsenal to
prevent the Cubans getting them. But
Il give you letter to the Spanish gov
erhor or the arsenal. and you can see
what you can do with him"
30 the Governor of Santiago province
L. s A. gave letter to the doctor. in-
Producing him 10 the Governor of Santiaro
arsenal, and bespeakng for him all nice
Things; and sending his aide with him.
hade him goodby, with the injunction TO
report TO him if he had any trouble and
especially If he got a gun.
Al the arsenal the Americans held the
outer walls and the Spaniards held che
guns inside. The captain on the outside
knocked on the gates, and the Spanish
guard inside came after a while and let
the doctor in to see the governor of the
arsenal. IL took some time to get to him
and the American and Spanish officers as
p
But in time the governor of the arsenal
consented to see him.
10 the governor the doctor assumed the
air of a suppliant He told him that his
men needed the stewed guinea hens and
that they could not get them unless he
got gun, and that the men lay awake
nights dreaming of home and guinea 1ens.
and said other things calculated to awaken
pity in the governors heart How well
tna Snanieb had
the Rough Riders thought of their noble
enemies, was his next topic. He talked
so well that the governor finally arose
with torrent of choice Castilian, VOW
ing that the doctor should have his gun,
and the men their guinea hen stew, If
ne had anything to say about it, and re
rather imagined that he had, after ali
Through a dozen or so of rooms and halls
the governor and the doctor and Gov
Woods aide went. until the governor
bade the aide to wait where he was, while
he and the doctor went on by themselves.
So the aide in his uniform waited and
the doctor in his nightgoWn went on to a
room filled with shotguns where the gov
ernor bade him help himself After eX-
aiming a lozen or so, the surgeon pick
ed out double barrelled breech-loader, a
pin fire, that came up to his shoulder
nicely, and in other respects suited him
and the governor searched around ind
dug out lot of shells.
Nov l see that this was taken from
So and So" said the doctor-an the guns
were tagged with the names of the deal
ers from whom they had been taken by
the Spanish How shall / pay him?"
MY dear sir" said The governor, with
great courtesy, 'do not be troubled about
that. Go and shoot the guinea hens and
have stew made for your men. who so
need it, Adios." SO the doctor, the aide the
mule and the orderly went back to the
palace, where the Governor congratulated
the surgeon on his success.
Nov go and shoot the guinea hens he
said land feed the boys up"
For safety's sake. the gun was taken
back ia pieces, barrels in one saddtebag
stock in the other, while the orderly hid
the ammunition in some secret place
The next morning early Col Roosevelt
poked his head cut of his dog tent to look
around, and saw the surgeon.
Didn't get it, EN- Doc?' he said.
''Wen, did" said the doctor. Got SOY
eral hens already this morning"
produce the gum said the colonel HI
credulously. The doctor dived INTO his dog
tent and produced the gun.
Hi Woody" yelled the colonel, come
herel He's got a gun, after an - ard as
Capt. Kane came out of his tent the colo
mel looked al the doctor and said: "What'd
| ten you about the doctor and Knob
loch ?"
After that the sick men of the Rolgh
Riders, of Teddy's Terrors, and of Wood )
Weary Walkers had their guinea hen stew
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