The Philipsburg mail., 1899-09-29
ROY SUTTON.

the fair little one of his choice. SUIT
tons life on his fathers farm had
made him strong and had developed
him beyond his years. He knew Mason
City thoroughly. He knew what he
could do there-remain on his fathers
farm, perhaps for years, succeed to the
ownership of it in time, become a
farmer, and remain right there tread
Ing the same paths, meeting the same
friends, moving in the same circum-
scribed circle for the rest of his days.
This prospect was intolerable to Roy
Sutton. He dreamed Of doing noble
deeds in some other place than Mason
City, OF entering upon a wider sphere
OF action, of living larger life. And
so he went away from his home year
and a half ago to "try it out west"
He bade goodby to Leona Elmore and
said he would come back for her when
he made his fortune Leona listened
half doubtingly to the fancies Roy
painted of golden future and she bade
him goodby and he went away. Juan
ita, Neb., was the scene Of his first
endeavors away from the home which
had sheltered him through his brief
years Of boyhood. There he worked
on farm, that calling lying nearest
to his hand, but he promised himself
it should not be for long, He would
do better than that when he saw his
way clearly. Then came the call to
arms for the Spanish war, and Roy
Cnff hi o1n hol
Like Putnam, he left his team standing
in furrow and hastened to respond to
his countrys call. But his dreams of
martial glory were doomed to fade
away into nothingness. Although his
regiment has been fighting it's way to
undying fame in the Philippines, Pri-
vate Roy Sutton never heard the crack
of rifle or inhaled the intoxicating
odor of powder smoke. He went to the
PresidiO in San Francisco with his
regiment and there fell ill., The raw
winds and dense fogs from the Pacific
which are now threatening to wipe out
the returned soldiers encamped there
preyed upon his lungs and he devel-
oped pneumonia. In the camp hospital
the surgeons shook their heads grave
ly and said his parents would best
be notified, and when the message
came flashing over the wires to Farm
er Sutton that his boy had gone for a
soldier and was lying close to death
In the camp he hurried across the con-
tinent to aid him. He got trained
nurses and furlough for the suffering
lad. He cared for him tenderly as the
shepherd does for the stray lamb which
has wandered from the fold into the
rain and mist without, and when he
was strong enough to be moved he OBJ
tanned an honorable discharge, for the
lad was under age for enlistment and
they could not hold him if they would.
and brought him home. And so Roy
Sutton came back, but without the
wealth and leaving undone the great
things he had vaguely planned to do,
and he sought out his old sweetheart,
Leona Elmore. She was still heart
free and Roy told himself that it was
for him she had waited All this was
in August of last year, and the atten-
tions begun in boyhood were renewed.
His father then bought grain ele-
vator and the son was stationed there.
His suit for the hand of the young
girl became pressing. Her parents OBJ
jected to her marrying so young.
Sutton proposed an elopement, but
his fiancee wished to obey her mother.
He was forbidden the house of the Ell
mores, but one day Miss Elmore re-
ceiyed a note from her lover. He