The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1899-08-10

turc Of winter, Siiu .nsrNeled thef wa
ter rose up to the skies and then fell
like -four. Surely !, was cold enough AZ
night In Cuba, without having II No bit
ter both day and nigh, that you had TO
shut all the doors and make big FIRE.
WHY. the only WAY she kept warm here
AZ night was by keeping very close TO
her little cousins bodies No palms
there. but many other and beautiful
trees. Aud such vast country. such
cities. How wonderful! She al
WAYS thought the United States WINS
"a little smaller than Spain.
"Arc the American ladies rs bcanti-
ful ns the mem" inquired GOOd-by at
length. rather bashfully.
We laughed In our sleeves nj this
question, aud informed Good-hy that
American women were thousand
times superior to the men In every re-
spcct.
"Nh!" she cried. ~ would like 60 wee
one Of those american scRorus."
Here you are" said liUutcllc. twink
ling-cycd. producing small photo
graph from his inside pocket, There's
an American young lady. What do
you think Of herr"
Cood-by gazed long and earnestly al
the photograph.
'She ii very beautiful indeed" she
sighed, "Your-your friend, Senior
liouicllc?'
Boutclle changed color bit, and re-
spondoa:
Yes, Good-by; we're pretty good
friends"
When We had finished the meal. the
little heggnrs from outside came in and
collected In their tin cans what was left
on our plates, then we had 20 disirib-
ute "oon cent" apiece 60 them. We
parted from GoOd.hy after giving her
dollar Tor her aunt, and promising to
call on the family.
Things went on rather monoionnus-
~ In cnmp-the usual round Of drill
and guard duty; sometimes a skirmish
and mock engagement through the
nrighb0ring hills. Once we had real
skirmish with band Of guerillgs, and
captured them after killing two. For
amusement We explored thu adjacent
country 10y twos and ihrres, or made
excursions to the SEA coast al Marirl.
eight miles away. some took Kodak
pictures, others collected Spanish rel.
les: some made pctsof chamcleons dogs,
hghting.cucks AID parrots; othrrs
passed away the time by writing end
less letters Finally word came that
Uncle sam considered We had done par
stint, and that the regiment wns a. be
day arrived about the same time. The
double rNhildratiuu Of money md
,upnrlatnrly good news for awhile
rather destroyed discipline. regret
so say that among the many incuEcrr-
Etcd in the gulrdhousc was my tent
mate Buuicllc.
uood-by trudRcd up to camp the next
afternoon. 81" stood Ia til, blazing Suu
los the side Of the road 'ur half an hour
before >hr found courage To ask the
hrrar-whl,kcr,d sentry No. 10 lei her
pas the line She carried. well wrapped
up iu paper Cuban mnchetr, her late
uuclr's, which she intended TO pre-
sent 10 Senior Hputcllr.
"No," bid the sentry, "yow can't pass.
The officer Of the Hrd emerged
from one Of the guar,lhouse tents AZ
this moment, and saw the little girl.
He knew some spanish, and asked her
what she wanted.
II want to see she soldier Senior Bou-
trllr." she falicrtd.
The yuung lieutenant WAS a roguish
fellow, aud amused himself by drawing
out the child.
SO" he said, Anita GoOd-hy. Fri.
,atr linutolle IL your friend. am cx.
trrmcly sorry 10 inform you that Fri.
waite lIoulcllr is prisoner. He was
found nslcep on his post last night lie
will be- shot in the morning. lies dig.
Eiug sink now, 50 lou can't see him.
Come again. at sunset"
The officer chucklcd M hc was called
away to attend TO some business.
GOod-By crcpt back To the road with
fac, hlauched and her little heart
frozen with horror. She wandered
slowly up aud down the long white
in front Of camp shading her
eyes from the runs reflected glare with
q small brown hand. The full enor
nifty of the intelligence seemed to he
more than she could grasp. yet she
rould appreciate enough to fill her with
dreadful stunning grief. neE.h she had
seen; AN Old, cmaciatrd woman gasp
ronyulsively a few times, aud then turn
white and rigid. That was not much;
he old woman was scarcely diffrrcn;
lead than alive. Death she had heard
closely described rs IL happened In
the ambush when Spaniard and Cuban
met. That had not sunk deeply In her
mind. HeEe was full-bloodcd, hand
some young man of the superior race.
whose vivacious kind spirit was to be
shot out OF him, his fine, strong body
turned 10 montionleSS earth In the
winkling of an eye by lead bullets dis
charged by his own comrades. And
he was her friend. Her friendi
FEARS could not express her grief and
horror. She knew just how the Span
ards conducted military executions.
flashed back and forth In
Fiery eolorS on the canvas Of the mind
he whole dreadful scene a. IL would be
'nacted next day, the unspenkablc Geld
murder Of man by his c3mrudes-her
Iriend'spublic assassination. To he shot
IA the morning! Blackcst OF human
leedsi Tears could not cxpreSa her
agony.
Good-by's frenzy of wee lasted for
,Ume couple Of hours. Then she bcgun
10 think practically little. and finally
translated her meditation into action aa
'ollows:
The colonel sat in front Of his tent
smoking q pipe. He consulted his watch
q see how far II was from time for the
iugle-cail for drrsa parade. and when
he locked up again there stood before
him ragged little bare-headed hrg-
EAR Girl very male nna hana fi,yhftt