The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-03

tuckered out, an there wasn't no hurry;
so / concluded I'd walk in
CHARLEY didn't say nothin' but he COM
menced to holler and lafr, an the rest of
them joined in an just had to take st.
well. got another horse an we start
ed out but when we got up to the top
OF the hill we saw red light in the sky
over by the ranch
The kids set the place afre, says
Charley. Wei, sir that's just what I'd
done. I'd thrown the candle over on the
bed or somewheres. an when we got there
there wasn't nothing but the four 'dobe
walls left There wasn't enough Of that
dead man left to hold an inquest over.
Maybe they didn't amuse themselves with
me good an plenty. They get out story
that I'd killed the man an then burned
the house to cover up my crime, and a
darned foos prosecuting attorney they had
In that county wanted TO take IL up. | he'd
my trouble over that"
1T was a good joke on you" said Troop
er jim. Who's got any water in his can
temp
There's good cold spring about quar-
ter of a mile down the road" observed the
'kid." You can't miss 1t; there's a dead
Spaniard a rod above an the watkins
good"
Around headquarters there was no story
telling that night. Everybody was think
ing about the battle and of those who had
fallen. Forgetfulness had not yet come.
Allyn Capron's death seemed a personal
loss 10 each one of his brother officers.
Each one had something to say that show
ed his admiration and affection for the gal
tant young soldier. Church broke down
as he told of his last moments. I'm done
for he had said when they raised him
up. You can't help me. OEd man'-to DIR.
Church. ont-you-please write TO my
wife?" Then, as he was suffering intense
pain. the surgeon administered cocaine and
he became mercifuliy unconscious.
1T was the death he would have chos-
en-" said one. 'He was soldier through
and through"
But few days later the dead appeared
to be forgotten. / say appeared" They
were held no less in affectionate remem-
brance in one sense, but amid such scenes
as are enacted in war one lives years In a
few days. The events of a week ago seem
wonderfully remote, and ones sensibilities
become dulled. 1t Is well that it is so.
believe that there Is more storytelling
around soldiers campfire than in any
other place In the world. / am sure that /
In Cuba than ever In my life before. Per
haps il Is owing TO the soldiers desire TO
divert his mind from has present surround
ings and by recalling the past to convince
himself that he really was at one time-to
use his own expression-"On earth" Per-
haps II Is because IL is about the only form
OF amusement. Col. Roosevelt is a good
story-teller and whether he is talking of
his little Missouri ranch experiences or of
the humors of a New York police court
he always has a large and interested au-
dience One night he was speaking Of the
Marquis de Mores. ut was like living
with a cotton -mouthed adder to be with
HIM" ne said. exciting and interesting.
but not pleasant. An intensely spectacular
man--dramatic. He would receive an anony-
nous note warning him not to go by a
certain butte, where he could never by
any possibility have had any intention OF
going; that assassins were concealed there
waiting for him. Forthwith he would fes-
toon himself with pistols and knives, mount
his coai-black horse and ride around that
butte, glaring into the darkness Peopge
neeced him and humbugged him right and
left. He wanted TO join the Apaches at
one time. They appealed to him as a noble
and oppressed race. They would have eat
en- him"
Describing one Of his Western nelghbors.
Col. Roosevelt said: Tie was a man Of
large and liberal views He had no foolish
and puerile prejudices against virtue
Some people didn't believe in arson. he
would reason. 'Well,that was entirely their
own affair. No reason why / should quar-
rel with them on that account or hold my
self above them