The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1898-12-16
TERMINATE A BANDIT.
A NEW YORK LAWYERS THRILLING EX.
PERIENcE WHILE A ROUGH lDER.

| Ills Smooth.Faced Chum, Wha Talked Like
Woman and Seemed So Friendiess rs to
Excite Ills Pity, Proved to be 4 Desperado
Who Was Wanted ig Kansas for MFder.
A number of the New York toys
who enlisted with the rough riders,ex-
| perienced some severe shocks during
the first few days that regiment was
In camp at Tampa while getting ac-
quainted with their associates in the
organization. The New York boys
were scattered around the various
troops and thrown in with men FROM
the West and Southwest, who were Of
a type with which they were not ia
miliar. A young New York clubman,
who served through the Santiago cam
paign with Col. Roosevelt told the fol.
lowing story Of his first days in the
regiment ut the University Club the
other night According to the New
York Sun.
81 went to Tampa atone. after the
pretsx ays; armed with whifGrq letiss the for several
%, u IN would result IN NV bein.
rae''erlns Was a thing
the c'4%erryh.% ''% tha,ught to before
as green are no. IA ~ '"')"ssi ssi'
cation at a rccrn. sIc
Of my time had been ,f .L;lI,
study of law and struggle to esfabee'
lish myself, and my Ill. slccess proba- !
bly, had as much to do 'wip my desire
to fight for my county IS, anything
else. ~
II had never heard mutr about the
rough riders, but never having been
in the West, had no ida what kind
OF men formed the nucleus Of the reg
iment, although l had heard there
were lots Of cowboys and Western
bad men in the ranks. The day i
struck Tampa l presented my letters
to Col. Wood. and the next day ]
was a trooper. My troop was made
up almost entirely OF Westerners. am
at that time l was the only New Yort
er in 1t. l didn't make friends ven
rapidly, but my terminate seemed ,
decent sort OF 4 fellow. and l VII
soon OH pretty good terms with hlR
He was II little, smooth faced felloI
with firm jaw and keen eye, a1.
/ should say, about 30 years of as. ,
He was very quiet. but when he dI
talk 1T was in voice as soft as
wOman's. I
II made up my mind that he wY n
good fellow, but rather qlftidert and
that in order to make oSrl\ IONS
more cordial. l must draw hflIout,
/ felt rather sorry for him. and Or 4
time made point of going gerry
where with him in order to max him
feel more comfortable. He to& my
overtures in good part and seered to
enjoy my company. About the fourth
day 1t suddenly dawned on m thar
my bashful little 'bunkie' kn,w all
about me. my name. station life
and all the other things that africni
is supposed to know. while all knew
about him was that his nane was
Redmond. So l just tackled lin one
day and told him that. rs we might
be together for months. I'll like to-
know who he was and where hc came
from and whether he had n family.
You see. Redmond said. 'or homes
may he all We'll have to talk about
before this war Is over. so we might |
as well know one another
"Hc gave me n queer look. mumblcd |
something about seeing me later. and
left the tent. 1 made up my mind
right there that there was some sad
secret in his life that he couldn't talk
nbout to so new an acquaintance as
myself, and / didn't bother his again.
l was so blue myself about being
away from my friends Md relatives
that great wave of pitS for this
POOR fellow. who seemed so Jhuch less
able to stand trouble than |. swept
over me. The second night after this
Redmond put OH his coaF and said he
WAS going out for IL w3Glk. Hold on
a minute l said' and. I'll go with
you
"'Oh, I'm not going far he said