The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-12-09

Cleveland Anetf 10 Leaii.'s Weekly.
GAlng snsidefse arsncEy l PASSED many
.plEsTs busy I'm the work Of mastering
ut" and up fairs In the gallery l came
pefs eshers tttlug about. IDLY spinning
Ysrpe or uatdifgg some men Ia sweaters.
IA ths drt.l-fior, pass a football back aud
.esta. Here IImet Private G.. j. Coons,
! ad sof & littl c.deDt from him that IL
worth narratie. IL MAS on tbs morning
sof the biz adyfHce. the farnoas ist OF July.
xad the rsgslfBt WAS coming on toward
e. san Juan bill i lines Of foars- IL one line
Nsre four ny YORK coys-rred shaw,
tiiiam Ffases. Bolts an3 Eoons. Just
ii ,ktHe they tacsed the creek they were
I'D to he asst and JET the Sixth Infantry
I psss and thbe four friends hutdlsd
4 htuzselyez cite together under a mango
ire. for the Mauser balls wee coming
What tho niked about Is of no specal
: Aonsni ndled. they talked very little.
lHlt pressitly among the xip-zlt~Zip-zip
/ snupds tsst Kissed about them came a duh
spas. the sictening sound OF lead against
sfeA. Pager was a Hoiiandsr by birth.
{ nd Uous twenty-five. He had worked
on Qlk-roats In New York and was
<cpulayarnorx his fellows. something OF
vi. Heed, and much In demand for
cunsr stories AT the same moment an
Nher suilst struck and Shaw cried out.
lis csc Was bad enough-a Maussr bullet
| lad pne clear through his left ankle and
khdA In the right one. bur this was a
Srath 60 Praeger's hurt The bulie. that
RACED him cut through his left shoulder
frof behind and came out OF his right
! breet. as they lifted him they saw It Iy
sg here On the ground, slightly REDEEMED.
'ShArsie. TIN Killed said Praeger.
'yhere are you hit. wiii?' asked Coons.
Gf.aiax over his comrade. But Praeger
= bet not sptak-
'sil take him said Bolts, spriuglng up
Marbles q danger; and forthwith he
..8.ud PrzeSs In his arms. and as he did
ftS second hsllst struck the wounded man
tae Of the iEt lung. Thus. with dying
sSH "a kb shoulders. Bolts staggered
kyrk for thra hundred yards and laid
Jaeger by tie roadside In some shade
9Th . b,ankSt over him. The order had
,ne for the tha-se. meantime, and. hav
ax performedthis duty Of friendship. Botts
'esarked. cosily. Now III see IL there's
= thnlef on ne hill waiting for me" and
Il hrged afts, the others. A few minutes
aer he was shot through the leg.
~ Bolts nsvr saw Praeger again." said
S>Sons, but / did. / got through the
HI all HSflt: they never touched me.
III that night. about two in the morning
y Tier digging trenches until my back was
S,ariy hrsksn. went down the hal with a
+ hail OF ma 10 look for blankets. IL was
! beautiful Wight, with the moon shining
x1heat III cl-ar sky. There Was light
hugh u read large print by. and l knew
Nassu fcfskal.@S wy t'cpA Asisisn ~ toa'o
I'D him Sc got Bolts 20 tell ma where
had LETT Praeger. and finally managed
AnAke cut the piEee. But the face was
Iready 20 nuc.s changed That i was not
He II was he. A few hours under that
inning sun makes all dead men look
he and II you have ever seen one Of
j use bhusasd. blue black faces you newer
i 4Aht 70 ee another.
tef semsnbered. though. q little silver
Rial tEst VIII used 10 wear round his
kek. sol felt for the cord and pulled II
~. THE was the name, sure enough.
fnG thee WAS the mau--waas was left OF
s. tbs sad just minute or two 20 stand
& ~ II boy in the moonlight and think
M the good times we had had together
~ TIM smoothed the blanket ever him
B I'D pa,ed him on the shoulder ana said
1 fei-ye Billy. old how and went ahead
MA ny work. | haven't seen anything
aewhole war that hurt me mere than