The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-08-20

! new uniform. and was easily Unidentified
| He had Held glasses often AT his eyes
/ and from time 10 time waved greeting
| TO friends on the dock whom he recog-
| nized-waved fl vigorously happily, am
until an ans wering salute was given. H5
| stood thus conspicuousiy units the gang
plank was ready to run up. General Jo-
| seph Wheeler, a gray-hsired Confederate
veteran OF the uivl war, was at his SIDE
| Gnow and again.
Colonel Roosevelt and General Wheele;
were the first men ashore. Their hads
were wruns by the army officers waiting
| to receive them. IL was evident that Col
onel Roosevelt was the happiest man on
the dock. He was like a boy home from
school for the long vacation, throwing a
word here and a word there. appearing
to be be too happily excited to 90 more
than speak and listen IN great hurry
wanting the news IN q. word. and 10 tell
in a breath as much as a deliberate man
could in an hour-just like Il boy, for all
the world like boy who had thrown his
lessons 10 the winds and forgotten that
there was an end 10 his holiday. He was
tanned a deep brown, but lacked the sign
marks of a hard MISUNDERSTANDING
straight and strong, having a bright eye
and a strong grasp of hand. evidently 1T
for greater hardship than he has ever
yet known.
1t WAS not tong before he came rapidly
down the dock-so eager 20 do what he
intended that he fairly ran. lie spoke
corteously to the friends whom ne found
near the picket line but IL was evident
~,
Soon he stepped quickly 10 a group Of
! newspaper representatives whom ne had
known intimately In mis- police board days
and spoke TO them with great cordially.
He missed one from the group.
rs a. B. here" ne shouted heartily.
The man was pushed forward.
well. old fellow, l m glad TO see you 9"
said Roosevelt How are you? Pm very
glad to see YOU
Other reporters said. How character
istic!" and hardly one but envied the men
whom Roosevelt knew. One and all forgot
to ask the one important question on his
attitude toward the talked Of nomination
for governor. and many OF them were
there on that one mission. II ever happi-
ness was written on mans face. II was
written on RoOsevelts. He gossiped and
laughed in great glee, and had a tit for
tat whenever tat was gwen. And when
a yellow journal reporter at last intruded
a business quesuon-somethiug about a
wound in actlon-it WAS readily answered
with "a mere scratch-nothing at all
little piece Of she'll"
Then you have the one needed quail
fcation for running for ofice-according
to Croker said another.
"Oh. what's that?" Colonel Roosevelt
laughed. Il must hear about that But
another time-another time"
Colonel Roosevelt refused good-natured-
" to talk poiiTics' was thought to
be significant of an intention TO consider
a nomination seriously-b7rt promised the
men TO tell 1.-The story OF the regiment
and wet away. He returned when the
troops were marching on. 10 tell the
names and deeds N the companies sot hat
no reporter should De left in the hurch.
The Sixth cavalry proceeded the Rough
Riders in the landing. They had the ap-
pearance Characteristic OF ali Santiago
troops-huge frame. sgnken cheeks. weak.
lanquid stride and paid face Their com
rades gave them CHEEKY welcome as they
filed along a heavy beam from the wharf
10 the beach.
"Oh. BIZ. where'd you get them w SIX
ers." one Of them said.
Take of the galioways!'
Hello. Johnson. God bless you. are
you aliye?'
"HuEroo for the Slxl'i Hurroo, HurToo.
Hurroo. Tiger, Yoow"
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made TO give fun t0r fua; and v,lc faces
saddensd. On she instant wheE the re-
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br5ught iow-paIe. Iistless fellows. fn4us
great burdens ia the blankets ard guns
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