The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1898-11-17

nv JOHN MOTHER HrLLrARp III
HARPEKs RoURD TABLE.

nv JOHN NoRTHER billiard n
HARPEKs RoUsD TABLE.
While in Tampa, jus, before Gen.
eral Ssfter's troops sailed for Sanri
ago, the writer witnessed . pathetic
yet humorous instance Of youthful
patriotism. On the morning that
the transport ucatan was to leav.
the h'rbor two small boys wer.
found slowed away in the lid. One
Of the mites carried q Winchester
rin., sLd the other had q formid 4.
BILE sheath-knife stuck in the tow
string that gIrded his waist. With
grimy, tear-stained face, and liz.
that qnivered in spite of heroic en-.
deavor to appear soldieIiike and L.
dif,rent to fate, they were led BY q
grinninE trooper into the prssepcr
OF tie officer OF the dsy. They
avcwei their purpose to 10 to Cuba
and tight the Spsniards.
The officer of the day WIS puzzled
Hanged II | know what TO do with
en-, he SAID. "Lst'a Bee whs, Mai
BrOdi- hs, to say"
Msjr b.odie WIS in tn, fo-w ri
cabin, aud q snile lit his kindly
Drown face when he saw the to,s,
and the Situatioa was explained ~
him.
u was Just about their age in 81,
when did the same thing" he re-
marked; ~ran of with every regi.
ment that came along, and K. pit my
father on the jump hunting me-.
Where's your MOTHERHOOD, sir, in
the shirt-wsis ?"
Mothers dead, sir" was the re.
ply. and pair Of dirty knuckle.
were screwed into the trimming
eyes OF the young warrior.
The Maj r was . trifle discomfort
ed; but after little persuasion the
boy told the rest of his story. His
name was Joseph Morris, he wa.
thirteen years I'D, and lived in At
lsotio City, New Jersey. His father
was macbinist on board the St
Louis, but he himself wanted to o.
With the army. He had according
~ stole rides on troop trains to Wash
inaton. and from that city he had
accompanied q battery of artillery to
Tampa. When the battery en-
barked on the transport he had been
left b hind in camp, and the same
day ne tad made the acqnain tanc+
OF some Rough Riders, who snug
8 ed him aboard the Yucatan, and
shared theirrations wi b them until
he was discovered.
The ether how, he with the win
chester, told Brodie that his nam.
was Dabney R'yster, and that hi-
parents we're both dead. He had
been living Ia Memphis, and tbr
'ight OF an infantry regiment pass.
ng through had fired his s,ul with
martial a'dor. "Hs Joined at once.
mo arrived in lamp. with a capi
al OF fifty cents, which he iuyes cd
= . stock of he~irg-gum.
LAY Following he was sLls r.
'acco to his st OK. an NJ
avs he had realized add TO
"a rite and twc N three
lunition o. enough to buv
Ne dock hundreds Of am-
u. nen he went down to
md got aboard the Yucca
there was instant competltl' ii
among the officers of the X >ogl
Riders to adopt the youngster 4 wh,
for awhile we happy in t.ne belize
that they would be allo'<ed to q
along aud ride drsv-'Aorses in 1
troor. But when Colonel Woo
came aboard he Decided regretfull
that the thing was inpossible.
Nv. vii have to see what Gen
eral Shafter thinks about it, at al
event." said the Colonel. "Yo
will have to 60 ashore 20
know; soldier must obey orders an
musn't cry"
Nevertheless the juvenile soldier
had to cry little, and when the off
GERS crowded around them and droE
ped silver coins and even an occas
ionsl bill into the pockets of til
little rcundabouts they we're onl
half consoled. Presently the tende
came alongside and the boys wei
lifted through the ports into th
rocking little craft. Then d .bne
Royster forgot the articles Of W.
aud the respect for q superior of
Ger therein eDj lined. A, the sore
Of the tender began to churn Il
waters astern he lpaned over the ra
and waved his tattered cap at IL
Colonel.
"1'm a-goin' to Cuba, anyway"
cried.
Success comes to those who pers
we're. II you take Hoods Sarsap
ril's faithfully and persistently, "
will surely be benefited.
AMERICA