The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-07-05

most important little expedition which
was to be sent In advance to Cuba with
arms and stores for the insurgents -
news which we have been unsuccesstui-
~ endeavoring TO get for ourselves.
Then she went of TO her room to write.
Next morning, when we vera waiting
to Co to breakfast, we met the Indy var
correspondent coming back from an
early morning visit to the cavalry camp.
She had had a splendid View, she said,
OF the first brigade cavalry drill that
had been held In camp, ana had mnde
a thorough investigation Of the camp
cooking arrangements and Ct the quail
ity OF food supplied. She, rather
thought that would make a startling
article "eveu from the poin. OF view Of
YOU boys" she said Tncn she went on
to say that she did nope we did not
think she was in tie way, but that
knowing so little OF war she would be
thankful of dnV assistance, we, out OF
superior knowledge, could give ber.
There was a little PAUSE. and then the
Chicago hustler voiced our sentiments
why, say" he very respectfully re-
marked. II guess you don't need az
sIstauce In your business. There's no.
bodV IN this outfit going to eat any
soup OFF your head. ms'ap," These SEN
timents he aIobated when she had some
out into the sunshine again. by gosh .
he said. "for tive-card draw she's not
stun. There's steam comes out OF her
boots all the time, and the whole Chlca-
90 fire brigade don't put her out. The
Iady specIaI's In the game with both
feet She's one OF the boys"
We do not see vecy much Of her eN-
cept Mt meal times. The rest OF the DAY
she is either bustlins about In the
camps or the town, OF else bending over
her desk In the ladies' writing room.
Every time the mail goes out Il takes 4
bulky manuscript envelope Of hers. ET-
ery time we meet her she tells us OF
some interesting little incident she has
heard OF, or discovered, or invented.
There was that story OF hnrs about
the eIght-foot alligator that burrowed
in the sand In search Of water and
came up through the floor Of II tent In
the middle OF the nlHht. We did not
believe that TIL she showed us pho
tograph OF the beast she had herself tn
ken and told Us where the skeleton was
still to be seen.
There was that story Of hers about
the recruit from New York, who on his
first day In camp was bitten hy mos
auItocs, stung by tArnn-ui1, mad a
touch OF malaria, ran his bayonst by
mlshap into his hand, sat down In a
giant ants nest, tod on an alligator.
found snake In his boot, and then
said he felt like dirty deuce In new
deck. and that dis amt no KleHdike,
anyhow"
There was the story she unearthcd OF
the six bad men from the Kissimee VAL
ley who had enlisted because they had
heard the spanlards could not shoot,
whereas the sheriff's posse who were
hunting them for stock lifting were all
dead shots, There was the case she dis
covered OF the two brothers from Geor-
gla. Ono had been graduated ut West
Poiut, had seen fifteen years hard SER
vice with the col0rs out west, and was
stlll n Lieutenant. The other had stnid
nj home, attended to hts business, and
had gone In for politics. when the
war broke out he volunteered. and was
created strnlghtwag nm assistant adiu-
tant general, with the rink Of captain,
and his veteran soldier brother, when
eycT he came to ask some absurd uues-
tlon OF elementary soldering, had to
salute him, There was the story OF hers
about the man from Kentucky whose
two grandfnthcrs, flther, and three un-
cleg we're all Killed IN the civH war, and
whose brother was killed In tho MeXi-
can war. She never seemed 10 go any