Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-22

campaigns in the Shenandoah and the
west, listening with dilated eyes and parted
lips, the campaigner himself was captivatel,
and she had her will. A great senator had
told him how she had come thither to nurse
a gallant young officer in her husbands reg
iment, how she had pulled the boy through
the peris of brain fever until he was now
convalescent and going on to rejOin his COM
rades in Manila, and she. she was pining
to reach her husband now serving on Cen
eral Draytons staff. Other women were
aboard the Queen; could not General Crabb
find room for her? 1t is hard for a soldier
to refuse a pretty woman-or prominent
member Of the committee on military al
fairs. There was not vacant stateroom on
the ship Officers were sleeping three or
four in a room, so were the Red Cross
nurses; and the two army wives already
aboard had been assigned a little Cubby-h hole
of a cabin in which only one could dress
at a time. There We're only two apartments
on the big craft that were not filled to their
capacity-the room occupied by that sea
monarch, the captain, and that which, from
having been the Ladies Boudoir," had
been fitted up for the accommodation of tn
general. The piano had been wheeled out
on deck, the writing table slowed away,
u,
dainty white curtains and mosquito bar, n
large bureau and a washstand had been
moved in, and these, with easy
chairs, electric fans, electric lights and
abundant air, made it the most de-
sirable room on the ship. Even Arms trong,
colonel commanding the troops aboard,
was compelled to share his little cabin with
his adjutant, and the generals aides were
bundled into skinny" box between decks.
There really seemed no place for Mrs. Gar
rison aboard, especially when it was found
that the passenger list was to be increased
by three, a surgeon and two officers going
forward from Honolulu; and one of these
was our old friend and once light hearted
Billy Gray, now nearly Convalescent, but
weak and, as all could see, feverishly eager
to get on to Manila.
All this was explained to the senator 1t
was even suggested that there was room
for Mrs. Garrison on the Louisiana, safe
old tub, If she was slow, but Mrs Frank
, looked so pathetic and resigned when this
arrangement was suggested that no one had
the hardihood, to actually dwell upon it, and
the senator said it was a shame to think
of 1t. With whom of her own sex could
she associate on that long, hot voyage
ahead of them? Why not transfer some of
the Red Cross nurses to the Louisiana
Mrs. Garrison had no objections, but they
had, and the surgeon in charge made
prompt and vigorous protest. He knew
Mrs. Frank, and she knew him and did not
in the least despair. She still had plan.
! There was a coy dinner one eyening-just
the evening before the departure OF the
queen, and the gallant captain of the ship,
the veteran general, the quartermaster in
charge of transportation, the member OF
the senate military committee, some charm
ing girls-but none so charming as Mrs.
Garrison-were of the party There was
some sentiment and much champagne as a
result of which at / a. m the big hearted
sea monarch aforementioned swore by the
bones OF his ancestors in the
Shiny grasp OF Davy Jones that
that sweet little woman shouldn't have to go