Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-09-04

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ter get down behind the trenches?
They're shooting close here, sir
well, you'd have thought I'd asked
him riddle He stood there for what
seemed to me an hour; then he bright
ened up, just as If the idea had at that
very second become clear to him, and
said:
"Do you think so? Why, really. I
think perhaps you're right. Now that
you mention it, think it's probably
So Thank you,' and down he came.
But my nerves jumped for an hour with
the strain of expecting to see him go
down every second
Same thing over by my way said
the S,wede. Il ask him, Colonel. don't
you tank you get killed by a bullet
| maybe uD dere on top?' So he, say
Yes, and COON down. but don't tank
he tank it at ALL"
''Whew! wasn't he a wild Indian in
that charge up the hill" exclaimed the
| Spider. Il wouldn't have taken 30 to
! on his chances Of getting to the top
! alive. He was way ahead of the line
all tbs time
Tell you what broke me up re-
| marked the gambler Just behind him
| the boys faltered for minute, and he
| turned around and said in that sur
prised, reproachful SORT of way. Why,
| boys, you aren't going back on me?'
| Why, l felt as If my mother had ac-
| cused me of striking her. There was a
| lump in my throat like walnut, and if
hell had yawned in front Of me Th have
made jump to get across rather than
net follow after that"
| AN that's the Teller we Western
oow-puncners was sort o dubious
about" dhuckled the Arizona man. I'D
| like to fiEd the man now that would
call him a college bred dude"
Speaking Of men that aren't afraid
of anything" said the New York rough
rider. Whats the matter with Col.
Wood?"
Col. Wood is the finest gentleman
! that ever Hved,' said the gambler,
earnestly, and before he left the regi-
merit there wasn't man in it that
didn't love him"
That's right, too," said the others,
enthusiastically.
But I'd rather follow Roosevelt in
a fight" ne continued There is more
in him to bring man on in a charge.
AS Spider says, he's wild Indian when
he's fighting
And Col Woods just the other
way said the Spider. "The coolest
head l ever saw He just goes ahead
and when you get there you find he's
there before you. It's perfect mira
Gle that he and Roosevelt both weren't
shot hundred times"
Tell you one reason why Roosevelt's
such a fighter" put in Mac. Its the
way he eats. He can eat anything,
and about these times as much of it
as the ordinary man. When there was
bareback and bacon he ate bareback
and bacon just as if that was what
She'd been hungry for for a month. The
ether day | saw him in one of these
restaurants here, where everything had
given out but ice cream and bread, and
he was putting in Ice cream and bread
in a way that made the eyes of the
waiter bulge If there wasn't anything
but hay. | believe he'd eat hay and en-
joy that. That's the reason he wasn't
laid ND at all with the fever"
Don't talk about eating, said the
gam bier, I'm so full now that | can
hardly-what's that, canned salmon?
Well, pass her over. Great things,
these midsummer Christmas boxes
If it wasn't for the good air instead
of a smell OF rotten vegetation. re-
marked the Spider, and II had a
gnawing pain instead of an abnormal
pressure inside me, and II that moon
were about twice as bright, ! could
imagine | was back there on the hill
side waiting for to-morrow's fighting
D'you fellows remember that Southern
chap from II Troop that went crazy
from the fever just such a night as
this and climbed a tree us?"
Il amt forgot it," respljed the Swede
earnestly. f. set on his face AN he
bite mel"
That was the chap that thought he
was a monkey wasn't it?" said the
gambler. Il remember. He was up,
the tree, stark naked, swinging from
bough to bough, and he'd have been
all right if he hadn't supposed he had
tail and tried to swing by II. That
let him down with a bump"
He fight yoost like a deffle." said
the Swede. and how he yell!'
That's what" added Metropolitan
Bill. He spoiled SO worth of sleep for
me. Gave me the grizzlies. What's
ever become of him.
That's what l started to tell said
the Spider. He's camp ghost here;
but | guess he's going to pull through.
Met him to-day walking with stick
and he couldn't remember a thing about
the monkey-ir-a-tree game. That was
the worst thing | saw in the whole
war
Pretty tough" agreed the Screech
Owl. Don't make a man feel pleasant
to see another man turn into beast
right before his eyes. My bunkie had
mysteries or something like it."
THANK the Lord, it's all over,
said the Spider.
There was a moments silence fol-
lowed by a short rumbling sound. The
Swede sat up sharply
Firing somewhere" he cried. Then
added with an apologize laugh: Il for
get and tink was back in Cooba
again"
Did sound like a volley away off,
didn't it," said the Spider What was
it?"
1T was Mac snoring" said the
gambler He's been asleep for five min
utes. Come on, boys. Sleeps cheap
here. but we can't get too much of it. >
They reused the slumberer, kicked
the fire into flying sparks and turned
in. with the singing Of the colored
troopers On the hill for lullaby