New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-08-28
STORY TELLING AT THE SANTIAGO
HEADQUARTERS.
From The Chicago Record.

HEADQUARTERS.
From The Chicago Record.
Il looked around an here was Jim. about the
color Of chny nest egg. an mis- ta"oone stlekin
hacker he setting his teeth down 30 hard 10
keep EN- from rattlin. / seen him snap MS sun
an his hair had lifted his hat plum or'n his head.
notice ne hasn't s Iognd II Yet nerson referred to-
calmly You never was ANYTHING else but iiar an
you never will be- You was TOO busy maxim lax .a up
enough to dodge the bullets an run TO notice mel
bu you've accidentally got in shOutIn' distance OF
the truth this time. was good an scared
A group of Rough Riders OF Troop were discus.
We're camped on the plateau they had dearly
won 1t was bright moonlight. but there was Was, al,
ready a slight chill in the air. and the handful OK
fires dotted here and.there among the shelter tents
soundly and their deep breathing sounded eurio1sy
distinct in the pauses in the conversation. one h
gravel in the road below and the rattle OF the
thickiy lying cartridge shells as he kicked them
"I'd have given six months pay, and a pound Of
smon to have esn IN he o ms sea re on
M when he hit an / thought my time hsd
sure Then we Rassfd sna5 some
one . said Re was wounded and there .
i was never scared so bad but once before" re-
marked slightly built. boyish- looking young TEL
Turkey Tracks two years ago last September. 10
come a little dooe house with a slab corral.
seen no smoke as ! come along. SO put my cay
use in the corral an shook down forkful Of nay
walked in.
Il made for the -four barrel first thing an 70 Ind
Il was empty, all but couple OF stale biscuits
There some coffee on the stove. though. ar II
stove an warmed it up. That made NE supper
an when that was done pFospeeed around some
mere an iGgn Of o cana OF ys pus
dno when IA seen SO much reaGin matter before
after the cayuse. but l couldn't find one high
owned the ranch might have put II under the bed,
an took hole Of the foot an hosted It around. an
mo use talkin' was stampeded. / didn't stop
10 open the door, went straight at IL an busted II
out on the keen run an never stopped til got 10
Then began to feel that had acted like lo;
Henry Martyrs place / seen Charley simmons, the
though, the best thing TO 90 was to go out. TO the
ranch an inyestlsate an invited the cIogd t. gg
never thought for a moment. but started TO hunt
for n n Then remem6eTed - Where's you,
the ranch. says He was tuckered out. an. the's
p2 hn sonaq but II he "s TO
hoer an lan an the rest OF them Joined in an
We'll. got another horse an we started out, but
Then we Soi up to the top q the hi we saw red
" The kids set the place afre.' says Charley.
Well sir that's Just what I'd done Id thrown the the
we got there there wasn't nothing but the tour
@s8 S Tes o S TneTs on sn Ssybs Of
amuse themselves with me good an plenty They
burned the house to cover up my crime. ana .
darned fool prosecuting attorney they had In that
fi22 a wanted 10 take 1t up had my trouble over
lit was a good joke on you" said Trooper jim
WHO'S got any water in his canteen?' -
I Gss i soq road SGa Brs tut
can't miss T. there's a dead spaniard rod above
an the watkins good"
ha; night Eyery5ody was thinking about the baf
tie u those who had fallen. Forgetfulness had
sonal loss to each one OF his brother officers Each
one had something to say that showed MS admira-
Church broke down as H. told OF his last moments.
I'm done for, he mad saii when they raised him
Won t-you.plea.e write 10 my Wife" Then as
tered cocaine. and he became mercifuly uncon-
one. He was soldier through and through"
But Jew days later TIE dead APPEARED 70 be for
IN atfectionate remembrance in one sense but amid
in a tew days The events OF week ago seem
wonderfully remote. and ones sensibies become
dulled. IL Is well that IL is
believe that there is more storytelling around
soldiers campfire than IN any other place In the
I have been in CUBA than ever in my lie before.
Perhaps IT is owing TO the soldiers desire TO divert
calling the past to convince himself that he really
was AZ one ume-to use his own expression-"on
form OF AMUSEMENT Colonel Roosevelt is az GOOD
sory-te!er anI whether he Is talking Of his little
Missouri ranch experiences OF the humOrs OF A
New-fcrk police court he always has large and
Interested audience. one night he speaking OF
the Marquis de Mores 1T like living with q
cotton mOuthcd adder 70 be with him. he said,
exciting and Interesting. but pleasant An In
tensely spectacular man-dramatic He would re-
seiye an an0nym0gs mote warning him not 10 80 BY
sility have had intention OF going that assas-
sins were concealed there waiting for him. Forth
with ne would festoon himself with pistols and
knives. mount his cOal-black horse and ride round
i al butte. glaripg into the darkness People neeced
him ard humbugged him right and left He wanted
TO join the Apaches IT one time. They appealed 10
him as a noble and oppressed race. They would
have eaten him"
Describing one OF his Western neighbors Colonel
Roosevelt said: He man Of large and liberal
views. He had no foolish and puerile prejudices
against virtue. Some people didn't believe in ar
son. he would reason. Well that was entirely
their own affair. No reason why should quarrel
with them on that account or hold myself above
them. "