The times., 1898-10-02

ours-going to waste so to say-while
Uncle SamueFs boys in the pestilential
camps were dying on the wet ground
and dying for lack of comforts. Therefore,
We lent a reader ear when the corporal
came with another tale of woe This
time he wanted shelter for his particular
friend and chum, whose story was as
follows:
The boy was only twenty, and the
possessor of a fortune so large that it's
income amounted to about 500 a month
When the call for volunteers came, he
was travelling with his mother and sisters
in Europe, and came home to enlist as
a private. He carried himself we'll through
the fight escaped without a scratch and
nobody ever heard him complain of the
hardships of campaigning. Afterwards,
during weeks of idleness in the dreary
camp, three miles from Santiago, he came
into town one day without the formality
Of a pass. OF course, this was contrary
to rule, but is done every day by hun
dreds Of soldiers and nothing IS said
about it. Unfortunately, an officer of the
company-a grocery clerk from the same
Michigan town-cherished grudge
against the youthful millionaire, born Of
jealousy because of the latters superior
position at home. The officer saw his pet
aversion" out without a pass and had
him arrested. The penalty inflicted was
a severe one under the circumstances
to work two weeks with the gang clean
ing the streets of Santiago. The cleaning
brigade is mostly made up of the Off
scourings of the CONTINGENCIES. Chi
nesce, and Cubans sneak thieves from
the jails and criminals of all degrees and
colors. The poor fellow began his pun
ishment bravely enough, but the shame
of ii, the horrible stenches of the cutters
and the coarse prison fare soon made
him i'll. His hands, unused to labor, be-
came mass of blisters and working in
the heat of the day brought on fever.
A peculiarity of the local calentura is
that it goes to the head" particularly
when the patient is exposed to the noon
DAY sun. The officer, however, declared
that the boy was only shamming, or
drunk, and ordered him to the guard
house. There he lay several days, alter
nately shivering with chills and scorched
by fever, without food or medicine, and
there he would probably have died had
not his friend, the corporal, sought him
out and interested some higher power
in his behalf. When the sufferer was re-
leased, his wits seemed hopelessly gone
His friend nursed him as best he could
out in camp, and after the fever sub
sided, reason in a measure returned. But
now the poor fellow brooded upon his
disgrace and the dreaded home sickness,
which has killed many brave man, was
so strong upon him that he sank into a
state of melancholy more dangerous to
"a mind diseased" than the passing de-
lirium of fever The little corporal him
self looked like death, between the care
| of the sick at night and doing regular
! duty by day. He is a slender lad just
''of age" who left a good position in a
bank. at a salary of 500 a month to
serve his Government Perhaps it was
not the part of wisdom, but motherly
feelings prevailed and 1 said: "If you
will come, too, and take a few days
rest, you may bring your friend and make
yourselves quite at home in those empty
| chambers"
And so it came about. Permission from
| headquarters was readily obtained, and
happier boys you never saw than the two