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The superintendent came IN to see him.
pital. A vase of fresh cut roses stood
upon the table, and he knew that he
had friend somewhere. He remember
ed afterward that the smell of roses was
the first thing that was quite clear 20
him.
"Have been ill?" he asked Of the at
tendant, who now entered the room, for,
being an official and able to pay extra,
Goodlough had not been placed in the
open ward. His malady, too, had been
of nature that required close atten-
tion. At times he had been raving
maniac. screaming and calling for help
to rescue the president from burning
car.
eyes" said the nurse, coming eau
tiously to the sickbed "you have been
very i'll. You're all right now, but you
must not talk.
In a little while the sick man fell
asleep again, for the fever had left him
very weak. When he awoke on the fol-
lowing morning, his mind was much
stronger HIS eyes wandered directly TO
the little table, and there was the vase
with fresh flowers, and tears came to
the eyes of the sufferer. He wondered
as the days went by that none of his old
friends came to see him. Vaguely he
began to recall the past and all that had
happened. He wondered how many
were killed, but he dare not ask. The
few people that he saw seemed so cheer
full and the chief surgeon was always so
genial that be began To hope that things
had turned out better than he had ex-
pected. At the end of another week the
superintendent came in to see him, and
he, too, was as cheerful and happy as a
man could well be. ''It is good Of you
to come and see me, said the sick man.
81 don't deserve it. ~
"You do deserve it," was the reply,
"and have been here many times, but
the doctor thought you would he better
off alone, hut now that you are so
strong he says we can all come and see
you as often as we will.
"Will Creamer come? always liked
Dan, and his absence has hurt me. but
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81 kno1U absolutely nothtnG," declared
GOOdlOugh earnestly.
late that he was slowly but surely
losing his own. Miss Morgan, on her
side, had pitied Goodlough at first, and
then when he recovered and came back
to work she had learned to respect and
soon to admire him. 1t might have end
ed there, so far as she was concerned, if
he had not fallen in love with her and
showed it dozen times day, or every
time he attempted to hide it, and soon
they both loved, and each resolved to
keep the secret from the other. But while
Cupid held his hands over their eyes
the world looked on and laughed.
1t was winter without. The snow lay
in deep drifts upon the pilots of locomo-
tives that came down from the hills and
hid the tops of the incoming freight
trains. Miss Morgan stood at the win
dow, overlooking the yards. An old
storm stained work engine stood in
front of the station, toll worn and
weary. leaking like sieve, and the wa
ter, dripping through her firebox, had
frozen and hung icicles upon her very
CRATES. Her driver, looking as rusty as
his engine, was coming up the stair to
tell the dispatcher that he was not Yet
in and would not be for ten minutes,
and the dispatcher erased the arrival
and put him in ten minutes later, so
that the engineer might not get ten days
for fast running. He was a hero, this
man, begrimed as he was with SCOT and
grease, for this was the engine and he
the engineer who had outrun the Allan
tic express a year ago and saved that
train as we'll as the presidents special.
The trainmaster came in with sad
face and heavy heart. He remembered
that it was just a year ago today that
he had turned pale faced young wom-
all away not because there was no room
for her, but Che blushed to admit it) be-
cause she was woman. And now that
same woman was doing mans work.
More, she could enslave him with q
glance or bind him with single strand
of her silken hair. He knew this and
knew that she knew it and resolved not
to let another day dawn before he had
told her everything.
Miss Morgan was sad, tco, for she
had lost secret-not Of her love, for
that was no secret-but she had just re-
yealed to the superintendent the true
story of the "mysterious message"
The superintendent was happy. He
had promised to have al answer for the
president by the end of the year, and
this was the last week but one. Miss
Morgan's s story was all the more timely
because the president would arrive on
the morrow, and the superintendent
was anxious tc convince him that the
average occult expert, who makes spe-
cialty of "seeing things nights, knew
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hours, and-well, if anything more co.
ours to me I'll tell you later"
"Then you did send the message2"
"Yes"
"And how about the flowers that
came to the hospital every day-the red
roses whose breath called me back to
life?"
"Yes," she said, and the little hand
stole into his and nestled there.
And then they talked Oh for just lit
tie while. She forgot that she was out
of employment, and he forgot the lap
order of year ago. The lamp burned
low. He lighted a match to look at his
watch, and it was neither yesterday nor
tomorrow, but just between, and then,
as all telegraphers do at the end of the
day, she gave him "Good night" and
he went away.
THE END.
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allowed Miss Morgan to remain where
he had found her. 1t was understood by
all that this arrangement was only tenn
porary, but Goodlough soon learned that
he would lose an able assistant when he
parted with Miss Morgan and so was a
good while in making change which
all precedent made necessary. The Sec
ond trick man was entitled to the first,
the third man was in line for the Sec
ond, and if he kept Miss Morgan she
must do the "death trick"
The two men were notified by letter
of their promotion, and then the train
master braced himself to tell the young
lady that she would be transferred to
the company's telegraph Office unless
she chose to take the third trick, which
he felt ashamed to ask her to do. 1t was
only right and fair, she said, and she
would be glad to take the third trick.
All she wanted was an equal show with
the men and no favors. If be could over
look her sex and forgive her for having
been born woman, she would be con-
tent to tike whatever he had to offer
her. "Ye gods" said the trainmaster
to himself, "she makes me ashamed
She's as brave as she is gentle and as
brilliant as she is beautiful. :"
When the two dispatchers who had
received notice of their promotion came
into the trainmaster's Office, they aid
not appear overjoyous. The man who
had thus bonored them saw that some
thing was wrong and inquired the cause
of it.
"It's just this way" said the second
trick man. 'If you are setting Miss
Morgan lack because she is incompetent
to handle the heavy business on the
first trick, we have nothing to say, but
if the change is made because she is a
woman or as matter Of justice to us
we most respectfully decline promo.
tion that WILL work hardship to this
most deserving girl"
"The change was ordered as matter
of justice to you and in keeping with
the policy of the management. How
ever, if you gentlemen are disposed to
do the gallant the young lady can re-
main where she is. She is thoroughly
competent to manage the business, and
I can see no reason why she should not
have an even break with the rest of US. "
So the split trick man, who had done
the talking, and the "death trick" man,
who had nodded assent, went away
feeling that they had done the proper
thing, and the trainmaster congratulated
himself upon the result.
Minnie Morgan was W oman to win
:. mans heart if he had such thing to
lose, and so as the spring deepened
Goodlough, who had been too busy all
his life to 60 out into the world and
win heart. discovered when it was too
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| our toughest fight, to have at our right
and left the boys of the Ninth and
Tenth regular cavalry. These colored
men, whom the Spaniards dubbed
smoked Yankees we found to be q
very good breed of Yankee, and every
Rough Rider has for the men of those
two regiments a feeling of hearty
comradeship.
"Our men knew little of the duties
required of them when they were
gathered together, but they were all
determined to learn, and there wasn't
one who thought he knew all about it
in advance. There were very few
that needed to have the sizes of their
heads reduced, and they had the thing
done in very thorough fashion. 1t
was because of the way the men went
at their work that the regiment was
able to make the record it did. I'll
not pretend that I'm not proud of the
regiment, for I am.
awe had that regiment armed,
equipped, mounted, then dismounted,
on the transports, in Cuba and through
victorious fight inside of fifty days.
We had lost the services of a quarter
of the men through the bullets OF the
enemy, and another quarter from dis
ease in that time, but the remaining
half stood ready for any duty that it
might be called on to perform. The
men all understood what was required
of them, for we never deceived re-
cruit about what he was likely to en-
counter. There was sure to he trouble
and mismanagement when Uncle Sam
embarked on such mission for the
first time in so many years, and we
didn't want to hear any howls after
ward.
"One of our first experiences taught
us the kind of game we were playing.
We were hustled into transport as
though everything depended on our
getting aboard within specified time,
and then held under a cheerful tropi-
cal sun for a week. During the first
three days after we landed in Cuba l
lived on what bareback and bacon
some philanthropist in the ranks chose
to share with me. In theory 1t IS
pleasant to lie under a tropical sun
and watch the Southern Cross, but
when YOU are soaked to the skin and
standing in mud over your ankles tits
astonishing how the gilt edge OF ro-
nance is taken oil.
"It was on the second day after we
landed that we got orders to march
and join General Young's brigade. l
don't think any of us will ever forget
that march. 1t was a hard experience
after being huddled up on the trans
port for two weeks. But the men went
ahead. They had been told one thing,
and that was that if man dropped
out the rest were to 60 straight Oh as
though nothing had happened. We
had it thoroughly understood that if
any man fell in action, from the colo
mel down to a private, he was to be
left where he fell and the regiment &c
on.
awe started on that march at
o'clock, were soaked to the skin in a
thunderstorm, but rewarded at the end
by word that we were to have chance
to tackle the Spanish rear guard
While General Young, with four troops
of the First cavalry and four troops o.
the Tenth cavalry, went up the val
ley road, we went over the trail
through the jungle. We struck the
Spaniards at the same time that the
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public address in which be told the
story of his regiment. What he had
to say is reported as follows:
"Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentle
men: Next to the greeting given to
me by my own regiment, l could ap'
preciate nothing so much as a greet
ing from you, my fellow townsmen
Up 10 this time have refused to speak
anywhere, but in refusing I have told
my friends that there would be an ex-
ception to the rule. You, my neigh
bors, you with whom I Lave lived since
1 was very small, you who have known
me in many capacities, who know the
evil Us we'll as the good of me, were
the exception. I made up my mind that
if you cared to hear me you certainly
should. You should have the first
call.
81 want at the very outset to ex.
press my appreciation of the way in
which this meeting was arranged. II
is wholly without political significance
1t is exactly as with my regiment-no
politics or religion. Laughter. Ex.
cuse me, but there is proviso, all
were good Americans, and all, accord
ing to their several creeds, served the
Lord as well as their country. We
forgot politics when the transport
bearing us TO the front weighed anchor
in Tampa bay.
"This meeting today is only for me
in a secondary sense. Primarily it is
in honor of all the Americans who
during the past few months, have tried
to uphold the flag. You can all rest
free from any apprehension that l shall
make any political illusions in this
speech. l shall not. 1 have carefully
relrained from talking politics since
returned from Cuba, and if you have
seen any interviews of a political
character with me, you must credit
them TO the interviewers and not to
me. | disclaim them all.
"There used TO be a man who
owned number of houses and
who used to carry brick in his pocket
to show the quality of his houses.
have several bricks of rough riders
here today, and one of them is oul
color-sergent, who carried the flag
with us through all of the fighting
that we did in Cuba. Applause and
cries of "Lel's see him !"
"Wait minute and you shall see
him. First want to tell you, though
that OF all our regiment he was the
man most exposed TO danger and the
man who, with the exception of my
orderly, was closer to me all through
the war than any other one of my men
am now about TO infllct upon him
more agony than the Spaniards ever
could by making Color-Sergeanl
Wright stand up"
Sergeant Wright, tall and bronzed
stood with sheepish look on his face
and sat down Immediately, evidently
much embarrassed by the roar of ap'
plause that greeted him.
Colonel Roosevelt continued 81
want to tell you briefly what my regi
ment was. We raised this regiment
ut San Antonio, Tex, and it was made
up primarily among the men of the
southwest, the men whose life business
is to guard the great horned herds, the
mining prospectors and the hunters
They were all men skilled in the USE
of the rifle, accustomed to handling
wild and dangerous horses, used tt
living in the open air, and knowing
how to take care of themselves. 1t i!
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THE MYSTERIOUS MESSAGE.
BY CY WARMAN.
Copyright, 1898, by Cy Warman.


Continued from last Friday.)
The day 8 work in dispatcher's office
is divided into three tricks. The first
trick man works from a. m. until 4 p.
M, the second from that hour to the
end of the day, and the third man
works the "death trick"-in which
nearly all the ugly wrecks occur-from
midnight till morning.
"You may 60 now," said Mr.. Cream
er to the girl when the second man came
in and took his trick at o'clock.
"Shall I-come-back in the morn
ing?" asked the girl with some embar-
rassment.
YES" was the answer after a mo-
ment's thought.
By sort of unwritten rule the first
trick man had stepped to the post of
trainmaster when that industrious but
overzealous officer had fallen.
"Whose initials shall put to this or.
der?" asked the girl, sending her first
message on the morning of the second
day.
"Your own," said Mr.. Creamer, and
the receiving operator at Livingston
wondered who the new dispatcher could
be. Every night, after midnight, the
operators along the line would ground
wire, cutting off the officials, and dis
cuss the new dispatcher.
Not few of them felt that they were
entitled to promotion and were IN favor
Of sending grievance committee in at
once. "Who is the new guy?" asked
the operator at Lookout one afternoon
when he supposed the second trick man
was at the other end of the line
"Go ahead, guy" said Miss Nor.
gan, for she had not yet been relieved.
working the first trick?" said the
operator, finishing his query and max
ing it plain. There was dash Of Irish
in Minnie Morgan, and she answered
without hesitation, "Miles Mulcahy."
"Solid with the new push?"
"Sure!" was the girls answer, and
then she shut him off.
1t was not long, however, until the
trainmen carried the news out over the
road that Miles Mulcahy was woman,
but not until the new dispatcher had
gained something Of a reputation as an
expert handler of trains.
Some of the swift senders began to
try to rush her, but it didn't so. The
great clock continued to measure off The
days. trains arrived and departed on
time, the mysterious message was still
a mystery, and the girl staid at her
post The superintendent was quietly
proud of his protegee, and Mr.. Creamer
was enthusiastic. She knew the road,
he had declared to his chief, as the red
man knows the forest and the time card
as Father Maloney knew the catechism.
"She's just bird, that's ALL" he OBJ
served to the smiling superintendent,
"a regular crackerjack, and you can't
tie her."
The January sun, swinging far and
low in the south, sent q stingy ray
aslant the window and touched the COW
ers on the sick mans couch. He rubbed
his eyes, looked about and whispered,
"Where am I?'' but he was not acting.
The bare white walls, the iron bedstead,
the little table and the one wooden
chair told him that he was in the hos
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aflistrllaneons 8eaaing.
SPEECH BY ROOSEVELT.

The Rough Rider Colonel Tells the Story
of Santiago.
The people of Oyster Bav, Long Is
land, held a peace jubilee last Thurs
day, and, the guest of honor was The
odore Roosevelt, the gallant comman'
der of the Rough Riders. During the
celebration, Colonel Roosevelt made
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-01-09
ST. PAUL GRAIN.

Quotations on hay. grain. feed. etc, fur
nished by Griggs Bros. commission mer-
chants:
Wheat-Saturday' market was rather dull
with prices about the same as on Friday No
northern. 90AG91Ac No. 2 northern, 846
Corn-No. 8 yellow. 26K@27c; No. 3. 26@
Rye-4315645c
Barley-25G30c.
oats-No. white, sG2S14c; No. 3, 22A@
22Ac.
93.S0; flax, $1.166117.
F!our--Patents. per Dbl. H.7O@5; straight,
a.30G4.5O; bakers, $S.S044; rye flour, $2.SO@3.
hr urd feed and Millstuffs-No. l feed.
$11@11.25: coarse cornmeal, S1O.5O@1O.75; bran,
bulk, so 9.25; shorts. S9@9.5O.
Hay-Market lower and very dull except
ing for choicest qualities. Receipts liberal.
No demand whatever for common hay. Choice
to fancy upland, $5.5O96; fair to good wild
upland $425@5 inferior qualities, S3.500
4.25; timothy, good to choice, $6.75@7 %.
Straw steady; cat, $3q3.25; rye. $3Q3.25.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-01-09

CHICAGO, Jan. 3.-Wheat averaged today
over moderate range. Trading though not
especially heavy was of a nervous character
and caused many quick changes. May closed
at PC decline Firm cash markets and a
good expert demand saved the market from
more severe break. Corn lost &c Oats
closed unclaimed and provisions 212@71Ac
higher. The activity of wheat during the
morning in line with the early news
The rain and cod wave predicted by the
weather bureau failed to m2teria!ize which
rather awakened these who yeste. day had
become inoculated with the virus CT fear for
next seasons crop. Liverpool showed Isl
advance, which was hardly up t. expectations
and early Argentine news was quite bearish
as regards tn shipping surplus OF hat cou--
try, a Rosario cable estimating il at IS co.,
0G0 bu. The net result of the Information
was somewhat bearish feeling at the oeea-
ing of business. May wheat started at from
913sc to 9l1ac against 917sc at the close yes
terday, and in about half hour it had got
down to 911sG9i14c. The Duluth market
came again to the support of the bulls, by
advancing cash wheat there from sic to 921sc
in a few minutes. 1t was thought here that
the advance could have been, and probably
was man puiGted from Chicago. 1t had
bullish eff ct Notwithstanding. Paris and
Antwerp each quoted a moderate advance for
TIE udy, dIu IidI was all duultlOEdi Dulll>n
factor that hep the market t. recover from
911sG91Ec to 915sG91%c. The receipts at
Minneapolis and Duluth were 357 cars
against II! the similar day OF last year. Chi
cago receipts As cars, II of them con-
tract. There were transferred from un-
licensed to licensed houses %, 900 bu No. l
northern spring, 8 cars No. 2 spring and l car
of no grade. The atlantic port clearances
CT whsat and -four exclusive of Newport
News, were equal to $50 coo bI Primary MR.
ket receipts were $685. C0 blu, against 226,O CO
large quantity of wheat sold for export after
close CT eXcaa"ge yesterday, and foreign bios
today at lc ever yesterdays bid price. The
latter info. nation, together with the higher
quotations frem the continent and heavy At
lantic exports caused a further brief rally
to 917sc, but it quickly sod off again to 91Ac
and was at that point ten minutes from the
close. IN that ten minutes, however, the
market turned strong again, and at the
close May was offered at 91$sc.
Business in the corn lit was du.l and prizes
moved reluctantly and within a small range.
May ranged from 2912c to 29Hc, and closed
at 29AG293sc. Oats were dull and without
especial feature. May ranged from 2I7sc to
24c, to 23@s@2S&c, closing at 23Bc. Provis-
ions were strong a the start and at time
during the session did the market show any
signs of weakness. At the close May pork
was 7l2c higher at $9.4215, May lard 21ac
higher at $3.50 and May ribs &c higher at
$4.75. Estimated receipts Monday-Wheat, co
cars; corn, $50 cars; oats, $50 cars; hogs, TO-
COO head.
The leading futures ranged as follows:
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-01-09
OTHER GRAIN MARKETS.
NEW YORK.

NEW YORK. Jan. 8.-Flour-Receipts, %,
Dol bbls; exports, 26,5S5 bbls; quiet and about
steady. Rye, flour steady. Buckwheat flour
Rye easy. Barley steady. Barley malt dull.
Wheat-Receipts. $3.50 bu; exports. 24 800
bu; spot easy; No. red, $1.01B; options 1s
$3.50. closed 9S5sc; May, 92hG93 slice, closed
931kc. Corn-ReceiDts, Al 925 bu; exports Co.
237 bu; spot easy; No. 2. 351sc: options 1s@2sc
net lower January, S3Ac; May, 341A@S4Ac,
closed Sic. oats-Receipts, 21S, 400 bu; ex-
ports, 1,775 bu; spot steady; No. 2. 2S94c; OPP
lions unchanged; May closed 2Sasc
KANSAS CITY.
KANSAS CITY Jan. S.-Wheat about steady
fairly active; No. 1 hard, SEC; No. g. $40
SEC; No. 8. S11a6S3c; No a. 79DS01bc; No. l
SAC; No. spring, S1@S2c; No. 8, soc. Corn
Nc lower; No. 2 mixed. 241@@247sc. Oats ac-
tive, steady; No. white, 23t2c. Rye steady
No. 2, 1890.
ST. LOUIS
ST. LOUIS, Jan. S.-Wheat lower; No 2
red, cash, elevator, SIC, track, 951hc; Jan
uary, 93c; May, 94c asked; July, 79Ac. Corn
lower; No ., cash and January 251sc; May,
27Ac bid. Oats firm; No. 2, cash and jan
uary, 23lAc; track, 24c; May, 24A bid. Rye
dull, H12c bid
MILWAUKEE.
MILWAUKEE,, Jan. S.-Flour steady. Wheat
steady: No. / northern, 92c: No. 3 spring
oats dull; No: 2 white. 24HG24Nc Rye
easier; No. 1. 47@474Ac. Barley dull; No. q,
42@43c; sample. 28041c. Shipments Flour,
5000 bbls; wheat, 1900 bu; barley 1900 Blu.
LIVERPOOL
LIVERPOOL, Jan. s. Closing: Wheat
steady, $s@ad higher: January nominal
March, Is 15sd; July, IS 1OMd. Corn quiet,
k@Ad higher; January. So 2Kd; March, IS
1%d; May, IS I'd; July, IS PED.
TOLEDO.
TOLEDO. Jan. S-Wheat dull, steady;
cash, Size; May, 93c. Corn higher; No. 2
mixed. Csc. Oats dull. steady; No. mixed.
221Ac Rye higher; No. cash, 1870.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-01-09
DULUTH GRAIN.

90Bc sold at 9Ca4c up to II 20, when it fell
TO 9G5sc. advanced then to 9OTc at II 80
o'clock and then fell to 9O1ac at II 80 o'clock
cars at 115c over May. Close-Wheat-No
l hard, cash, slice bid; January 91Ac bid /;
May, 9lAc bid; July; Ss1zc bid; No. north
ern' cash. gle bid; January. 90%c bid May.
s9!Sr bid; July, sec bid; No northern, S5c
bid; No: g. SGc bid To Arrive-No / hard
S?15c b.d; No. northern, &c bid. Rye, 451sc
81 id oats. 41ac bid. Barley. 251Sc bid. Flax,
Sis; May, $1.22h. Corn, 27K m262l G.
Car lnspection-Wheat, IS cars; corn, IA
cars; cats, "A cars; rye, 5 cars; barley, 2 cars;
max cars. Receipts-Wheat, 49,n3 bu :
corn, 5,493 bu; oats, 20 653 bu; rye. 66S3 bu
barley, none; flax, 4,49O. Shipments Wheat
TO- coo hu. 1870