The sun., 1899-02-05
w1plNG OUT OF SULKY SAM,
TAEB OF THE EVIL BFE IN TIE PIT
or THE FOUNDED.
ne Enjoyed tho Pain Of Others, and Trouble
Always Followed when He Was Offend.

Caney, KIND OF lane bank protected, there lay
a number Of soldiers wearing tags and ends OF
uniforms. Some we're regulars; some were
volunteers. Very few. indeed. boasted blouse,
Some had on blue shirts. but a large number
were in undershirts and trousers, go irreslsti-
bic had been the impulse to throw away every
possible weight on the march. But their clothes
did not matter. The men had been hauled in
from the Jungle where they had fallen by
dozens before the Mauser bullets while "a yet
they were unable to advance and return the
fire. Some were badly hurt. some mortally,
and some were dead There they lay together
waiting for the doctors with magnificent
equanimity. for the affair had been sudden
and the doctors not yet up to the front
This" said regular with a bullet in his
knee, would have made Sulky Sam laugh
lpud IL ever he could laugh loud"
who was Sulky SAM" said his nelGhbor.
nursing broken arm.
"sulky SAM" said the other. making him
sclf as comfortable as he could IN the bank.
"sulky Sam was tho naturally meanest-you
haven't got no tabac"
"No." said the other. IT told you twice 1
hadn't"
mot in the wrong pocket7 Fellers some
times leaves chew forgot In the wrong
pocket"
"There amt none I've felt ana felt. !" said the
bOluleI SOlhoNuut
A sharp cry OF pain came from the fallen
ranks near them.
He's bad." said the first man. "I guess he
won't last for the doc That was hot time"
why would sulky Sam have enjoyed thls
sort OF fun?"
Because he was a natural devil. He liked
to make fellers feel bad-durn him. Well he's
In hell anyhow. When our outfit was In wy
oming. he joined with a batch OF rockies.
They'd been three weeks marching up to tho
post and by the time they got to us every
rookie hated Sam, and was afraid OF him."
"a bruiser3"
"Bruiser be bowed! Sulky Sam never would
put up his fists, nor hardly open his mouth
either He was just mean all through. When
ho laughed you'd got mad II you heard him
nifty yards away. His laugh was like wolf
laughing When he spoke at all he'd no good
word to say for the country-he was furrin-
nor the army. nor his own people. nor nobody.
Yet he warn't sassy; he just-I dunno-sort Of
sneered. He was black haired and yeler-
faced. and had the damnedest eyes He didn't
often look at you, but when he did you felt like
giving him one for pursooming to be human.
Them eyes made the rockies afraid. Say. did
you ever hear tell of the evil eye? It's rot. of
course. All same Sulky Sam had the evil eye.
Way they found out was at Fort Laramie on
Tommy Oarroll-Apples Carroll. cause Of
slngin' as q baby with old shoe when he was
Sam he we Vent Tor him him Just as C quick as Sam
good, tGS W9t S hPrrenel? Why APPLES was vas
wouldn't have matterei, but this 'GGr9 beast
enjoyed IL. took an interest in 1t. damn him,
liked to look on. So one OF them rockies got
near ms 1SIS camp 'rGnH and there " Was an osr
went ont with sam and another man and
hsnke to sm In The "0ke in
says he was grinning oil the time; Offsir nal kcs
q litter of the blanket and two poles and orders
him He walked half drunk and went out Of
his road yard to find rock to trip over The
BE careful. my man. says the offsir.,
Soon the rookie screams out again and
~ ~ You're, an awkward lout.' says the ofrsir.
Rookie screams again.
60 You did that on purpose yells the offsir
and makes them lay the rookie, down, kicks
What happened2 Orsir shot a deer on the
march nsXt m day tried TO- load & it On sa mne and
round while they was dress ng him on the
ground, pretending to help. but his .sneerr and
and sn 1G gry Rf sn Sc h
Everything that dspleased that yellow. devil
was sure TO be reyenged very soon: Why.
rookie growled at h lin Tor not bringing in his
erinned and looked, at him, and next day q
There was heap of accidents in that batch
that came into Wyoming in the early eighties.
again The does long time coming. ] guess
he won't last, He was hit in the stomach. Say,
l wonder II, he's got any tabac. I've asked
everybody else near. but it seems rough to
Wait" said the man with the broken arm.
WV "Wee Def be W was sS s~ksr and sneernger than
dssefpTne @T Re kaa @ ri ana rhes ake
their punishment and, they're sulkier and
Sree months a before
| man in garrison avoided him. and what 8 more.
was afraid 9f him jHst IKE them r9okies Sam
he w6Gh Oto brssHs
Successful IN garrison as, on the march.
jun ped on him Tor not sweeping under his
bunk jumped on him savage. Sam looked and
6ansh 6e ss Rs DAY The The sEst bus Ts rh fh
marking, There was talk OF lynchng sulky
for thHt but bless y9T the ey eye racket
down on him ofrsrs, too, for i was creepy to
all alone sneering at everything. and the
| children running screaming from him.
| no ROL 70 pe u dRlbaUDT, .uO, nllu, JNOugn
| he, didn't drink much himself, he was
| tlckled to death TO see, other fellows get
srend hls money }} "a sqaks and on raw rookie
was robbinR ,'em right and lett, and egg em
| on to insubo2rdinatioH. Then the devil would go
through the bars. But 4 was h, the sight Of pain
that poor. chap there. He's screaming pga in
| wonder II he has got any tabnc. Sight OF pain,
| hollerin' pain. was what Sam loved II a feler'H
horse fell on him or there was an ampntation
| at the hosp tai. thereabouts would Sulky am
| be, listening to the gasps and groans. and nos:
| ing near to see the dying mans face. OH he'd
| have loved this, Sam would.
| There's man in the Book what Ind his
| hand against every one an every ones hand
| against him. He was own brother to Sam. But
| I'm burned II we weren't sort o. scared to be
rude tg him. either, Something would happen
| to us-it always did. though Of course all that
| talk OF the OWL eye you hear q tommyrot. Well
| anyhow. Sulky Sam cast gloom on the garrl-
son. he did. and the !offsirs felt 4. and they
| wanted him out Of 1t Just as much as we did
| When oifsirs want a thing very bad. all to-
Gether Enlng for 1t at once once they centrally gets
| Snm-no insubord;nation, no upheavine
la.