, 1898-10-26
A MANS MAKING.

change the position Of the stick he was
whiting, shift the chew of tobacco
from one side of his mouth to the other
and then glance around at the two
young men sitting on the plank side
walk on either side Of him.
The judge was 60; not fat and
40. but fatter and GO. His six feet OF
height was burdened with the painful
necessity Of carrying 800 pounds when
he walked and of supporting the same
weight when he did not move. The
judge supported it Usually, and that
was the reason his clothes wore out SO
much more quickly ct II certain place
than at any otaer. Eie went up and ont
from his feet 10 bis waist and then up
and in from his waist to the top Of his
head-an hourglass cut in two and put
together again with the large ends in
the middle. A fringe Of long, dirty
looking hair showed from under the
band Of his SLOUGH hat. Through the
hole in the top of the hat one caught
an occasional glimpse of q bald and
shining spot, the peak of his head try
ing to get through into the fresh air.
But the strength had gone from his hair
to his beard. for his whiskers were long
and bushy and his m%ustaches equally
30. Judge spoke, not with a drawl,
but with that slow movement peculiar
to fat and lazy people. Yet the little
gray eyes sparkled all the time, as
though they had absorbed all the energy
In the man.
"Well, boys" he continued, after
completing his survey, "whe-e'd you
be now if you'd enlisted?"
The younger Of his auditors answered
"If we'd gone with the state regi.
ment, we'd be at Manila probably. But
II we'd gone with G~rigsby's cowboys
we'd be at Chickamauga. judge"
Eyes, that's 1t, boys. And it'sd--d
hot there in the summer time. l spent
a couple Of III in that country in
1864 with the army. Had a good
place, too, boys, where l didn't have
much hard work to do. but it vas hot
all the same"
"What did you do. father" asked
Charlie, who was the judges youngest
son.
II was judge advocate Of the regi-
ment. But soldering is hard work, nc
matter what you've got to do. It's a
dogs life"
Eyes, we know that, judge" the 9TH
or boy, Henry, said, "but We decided
we could stand 1t and had sand enough
to do what we were told to do without
kicking, and we thought il we did all
that and did it we'll we might have q
chance for promotion"
"W.e.l-l, boys, 1 don't believe I'd 20
as q private in any company. You can't
tell what kind Of an ass you're going to
have bossiny you. Some of the bosses
may be all right, but there's bound to
be one you can't get along with"
Eyes, father, we know it would be
hard, but we thought we could stand it,
even If we didn't like it."
"That's all right, boys, but you don't
know anything about it. You've got to
enlist and see for yourself. It's bad
enough when You are an officer, but
when you're just q private it's Id
bad"
Ibid you enlist as a private. judse?"
Henry asked.
"No, Hal; I organized a company and
was elected captain and held that rank
until I got to be judge. You see, I came
out to Iowa from Ohio when I was quite
q kid and had been living there for some
time when the war broke out. so every
body knew me, and as l was always a
good natured cuss they all seemed to
like me-"
The judges stick and tobacco needed
attention, and he was silent while he
looked after them. Then he went IN:
1--WE had a colonel that wac the big
gest ass I aver saw. He got the office
through political friends. and he didn't
know b from bulls foot. Our lieuten-
ant colonel was q pretty decent sort Of
. man, and the two majors were fair.
But that COLONEL He was &c mean that
' saw him, but I didn't want to
snatch 4 gun from n Of my men aud
shoot him. I had enough n not to
ny anything. although the colonel did
know / didn't like him extra we'll.
Finally I got the chance / had been
longing for to tell him what l thought
Of him. But see here, boys, il you ever
get into the army don't you think Of do
ing anything like it. I was young then
and . little fooliah."
1.-The colonel-l shan't call any
names-got 10 into such a bad fix on
The battlefield that he had to resign to
keep from being kicked out. And there
was Q big feast in honor Of his depar-
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