Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-11-11

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w w w etrable underbrusk
w VA y" at I'll Caney. He had
M VA all the gingerbread
III Fl NA lie could eat in sig
0J2 weeks and the girls
XE just couldn't dc
FND enough for dim
There was one light
haired miss, though, who didn't seem sat.
listed with the identity OF the soldier and
she attacked him with all the savagcry Of
a Spanish guerrilla.
Now, how does it come that your suit
isn't Worn any," was her first shot.
"Oh, that's easy to EXPLAIN" responded
the youth. "My old clothes were such a
sight when 1 got back to camp they made
me put on new ones. They were afraid I
wonll disgrace Them"
well, what troop did you belong to in
that far away countryY"
Troop ID. Could have been corporal il
I wanted, but would rather fight in the
ranks, you know"
The other girls were getting restless, &C.
cause their idol was being impeached, and
looked indignant at the quizzer.
"Oh, troop d. was it," came the retort.
Now. you just run away from here as
fast as you can. My Jack was in that
company and he wrote me that all the boys
had their mustaclles shaved off before the
battle and you've got one a mile long"
And the would-bc veteran abandoned
gingerbread and girls md went in search
OF other hero worshipcrs two miles away.
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When a soldier enters the detention hos
pital all of his clothes are burned. One
man who had been furloughcd asked for
his clothing and $12 that lie had left in
his shirt pocket. 1t was all of his funds,
aud he relied on it to pay his fare home.
He was told that his clothing had been
burned and the $50 also, as no one had
thought to look in the little pocket. At
this news the weak and miserable fellow
collapsed, and it was necessary to again
put him on his cot. lie was lying semi
conscious. overcome with disappointment
and the hopelcssncss of his position, when
a nurse went to his bedside. ut was nil
n mistake about your money being burn
ed she said, and here it is" With that
she handed him $12. The poor fellow
could not ut first realize his good fortune,
but finally lie smiled and then fell asleep.
Tho nurse was Miss Harriet Il. IIawlcy,
daughter of Gen. Hawlcy of Washington.
who cast her lot in the detention hospital
when help was greatly needed there. The
S12 was really burned. md Miss Hawley
told a iib, for which she will no doubt be
forgiven. She had collected the money
from doctors and nurses, subscribing tho
most herself.
Some of the volunteer soldiers who we're
put under the command of regular army
oitlccrs soon after the beginning of the war
found it a little hard to learn all the lingo
Of the camps. AN officer sent a young
volunteer orderly TO requisition at the
quartcrmaster's stores some tcntagc, and.
when he returned, questioned him: Cor
dcrly:" Yes, sir" did YOU get the
tents l ordcred:" eyes, SIR" "Did o
get the wall-tcnts:" Eyes, sir" "And
the A tcnts:' ''Ycs, sir" "And the dog
tcnts:' "Ycs, sir" "And the fl;cs for
the wall-tents:" tFlics, sir? No. sir!"
What? Now, why didn't you get the
Aies!' The soldier salutcd respectfully;
ut any rate, he combined a salute and a
motion which brushed away n cloud OF
flies from in front of his nose. Camp is
full Of them, sir!' lie answered.
One of Admiral Simpsons msetied
aatlghters, the wife of Lieut.. Roy Smith.
lives in Norwich, and has n small Ancri-
can Of her own at the public schools. Th,
lllst time they sang the "Star-Spanglcd
Banner" in his room the patriotic young
ster rose to his feet, and there he stood
rcverently and resolutely till the song was
over. That's the naval rule, to stand UNI
covered when the great national anthem is
sung or played. With a naval father and
grandfather lie followed the laws of the
service. 1t was rather al unusual pro-
ceeding, and his playmatcs undertook to
guy the little patriot about it, but he stood
his ground like a hero. The incident reach
ed the ears of the local school board. and
the order at once Wen out that all schol-
ars of Norwich must stand while the nm,
tional hymn is sung.
A recruit had just Joined his regiment i'm
Santiago, and, meeting an old chum who
had gone over with the first expedition.
he asked him if Cuba was as bad as they
made it out to be in the United States.
NO, not at ALL" his chum replied. s1Thc
fact Of the matter is, there's a lot of young
fellows come over here that don't take
proper care Of themselves; they cat aud
they drink, and they sleep and they die.
and then they write home md tell their
friends it's the climate that's killed them!"
Recently n newspaper reporter who
wished to interview an officer at Camp Al
ger found that his man was in bed and
soundly sleeping. us there no way of
getting at him:" he asked. NO." replied
the humorous sentinel: che is now q re.
tired officer" "Smart, amt you?" said
the reporter. "No," answered the scnti-
mel; "Smart's on the retired list, too.
nm Brown"
Telegraphic Brevities.
1t is reported that Queen Victoria
wishes to abdicatc, being much depressed