The sun., 1899-04-30

that hurdle In fact don't believe he knew
stopped short. but Bill didn't. He slid unt ~
horfes meek aYd Ihsr hs his eafS sSs 6f n the he u
with an exEression on his lace that De'oReh'''
idiOtc SURPRISE ,,
ed the Malor, contracting the ass @ @fa w1er I? % o.
0"s. of coarse n".ss You saE dant The poor fellow
un aGainst C2nfedfTrate. fec Tnte. hule6 less 'l'ah
that's R ISays Tvs the way with vorr, anecdotes.
Colonel You inyaTiaIly end BY Il Hg InS;sShi ThGre
reminds me, met old Jim Ward dAv before
sy yeaTlnE Year. re lie % was are real down Ese
TYPICAL Yankee. full Of ideas as olH Col ~ 'er.
started train Of ideas in hi- head that aiwas
ended 10 some new invention;
for the next day and J. IN put his feet up on th.'
table. halanced his chair on TWO legs ana thI'
over the door or Il was glass ransom with q.
heavy sash mounted on trunnions. so that u.
could be placed at any angle to regulate the'
Pretty soon we heard a tac. coming: o.
course you remember the chalacterlstic KNOCK
OF tao. Just one sharl rap An orderly GiNet oei
several raps anc cadet never knocks at AZ.
Hgt s40Vgs 10 IN ms neId t ahn b iys np ta"
inspected. They frequently inspected for each
ohe SO wSp we ho%sht s nSG.f nann Of IL
says Jim. And then, Jerking his head tow.Hi
the door. added: I think that transom NIL
-. 'iiow can transom hold water?' saysI: ~
Mhy yGn dSrned % immora says SAYS hei,n he; ~ ~
and sides an inch high formed by the SASH.
Lend hand Let's try it,
so We turned it horizontal and filed it With
water: 1t held abou bu"ketiul
:. Now that it's full said 1. how will You
ri let some one se do that. says he.
That the beauty Of this invention; it's Kind
50 he !ished a couple of tacks out of rs
table drawer ana drove one into a corner N
tie trSnsom and the other into the door near,
its uprer edge. Then closing the door. he tietN
neSSe Of slrna n m TO he the two tSSEs who ,o,,,s
he's "", Yy with the deluEe aer him II. T.
company tao had insected our company waA,'
that our own tac. had been invited out : to din
eSHected he % heuSht SS hed ook tt over his sc conn.,
I'VE had been waiting FIVE or ten minutes
for yicrim when we heard some one coming
wnks. Then came single sharp ran on the!
door. A tao. as you know, always waits u few
time to come to attention, Those few seconds
seemed like, twenty years, remember fet
reached ss for The HiG sfns s'1 With his Dentns
which he had left open on the table when he
the door swung open and down came the
water all oyer the tao and his best uniforms.
room orderly that week. and so both Of us pa
raded up and down the area on extra duty al
sentlnels for dozen or more Saturday after.
Whist do you think Of that. bOy?" asked
d,urlnE he si,Gory,, DO they DO that Find "t
II guess West Point Is much the samen%r
as it wa: in your tine I G30%nsI the
fIom now. The Academy is probably tho
most Interchangeable thing in America and the,
longer il, remains, unchanged the better I
Il
hnppeni ings there during my, four years So,
older officers, and l never sa " several Of you
get together aud lack topics Of conversation.
So. with your, permission. I'll remain a part Of
Heaven preserve u from thousand stories
at once. for my ribs always feel sore tls
inorninn after an evening At the mess, but ro.
ahead and give US 2 Gamble Of your monke\.
ne;xe nowdys @ az tey use used to I,t ha,e "'"
We'll. l.cant tell you a story artistically.
escapade Of one Of my class. .' which think nix
showed nerve. He had been sick, but was
eer"n and snr.y Il ws 0P The
pght before he was to leave the hospital. de-
'''1T fhs2 20 see hak boy always gets good
when M he's sick for while they insnect barracks
efs PsT be o r1 in
back window, OF the hosntal. broke int"
hs snd rI@9 Of sbsS S ny got MS
clothes bag. As soon az darkness had fairly
o aIS by the ty a1d hi his w c
reached the station safely and took train for
New York. There he took in a theatre. called
on some friends and enjoyed himself thor
oughly until long after midnight. Then 10
started for the station and Just missed the last
West shore train which would take him back
In time to avoid discovery,
hastened TO the Grand Central to get train
for Garrison'si He bought his ticket, and
learned thar the train was about To pull out.
SO he hurried out on the platform and seeing
train Just beginning 10 move sprang on board
and threw himself into seat.
After The train had travelled for some time
and no conductor had appeared to take his
ticket. as is customary on locals. he began to
get suspcious. and soon discovered that he
was on tho night express. and. worst OF all.
that II did not stop at Garrison's. Argument
and entreaty had no effect on the conductor.
Tho train was behind time and could stop for
They passed Garrson's about sixty miles
an hour and dashed through the tunnel and
out on the long trestle that cuts across tho
bend ot the river. The cadet walked care
eSslr oLt on the rear platform and without
being noticed sprang out into the night.
Fhcre was splash in tho river and the tra'u
whirled nwaV behind Constitution Island liza
swan ashore and after dismal search along
the river found boat and routed out "A man To
row him over. That morning every cadet was
aCcoun Jed for but, great thunder! there RoS
tattnol My wife said could run in for hall
an hour and I've been here an hour and a half
Good night. gentlemen"