The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-11
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this regiment was part Of the rough riders:
4 it wasn't hotter here than IN Cuba; where
welt was coming. 'aSi whether tho sentrv's
gun was loaded: how much days wages he got
y hot work carrying it; i he'd sesn the
G quest ae Gentleman friend riding hnt "a
by; where here ha e plosr.n@e SsR we're to
found; whether the horses were hired for
she d II ,sy s T.d tbs
was the best way back. by road Or BY boat III
ing UP from New YORK: whether a iei.
Ter lei had buy nag shlt intS S,t inc ,D
whether the sentry knew Guestioners friend
Jakey Muntzner down to Fort Hamilton;
wGse he MD fs9 sSs v w.s
OF all was little old lady In antiapeted bono5
net who trotted up to tho sentry. held out 90
Give me two 25-cent tickets, young man.
and want my seats In the shade
There Is certain trooper in the squadron.
young fellow who has had only few weeks
experience as cavalryman. whose wrath his
fellows rouse by saying. as they pass him:
Call the corporal OF the guard old man
here come some girls"
This refers to an incident OF Camp hoe at
Sing Sing, where 80 large crowd turned out
to see the troopers that guard lines were estab-
lished, Being pretty we'll UP toward one end OF
the camp the recruit wasn't bothered much BY
the crowd and was patrolling his post in peace
when there came along three girls who might
have been perhaps 10 or II years old and who
were Enthusiastically schoolgirls out on romp.
Lets go in here. girls" said the leader
VIII Hats iiS said the hsI recruit ttT nervousy
All three of the girls, turned their eyes iull
upon him and looked surprised and and little
could he ~ said the s ieadsr e' '
Not in such a tone as that. .snppIeme nted
The third, not at all soto voce' What loud
You cant got isn't-that is. It's against
orders for you to 60 through here.' STAN
Hesitation was fatal to him. Tho trio saw at
once that he, was ratified and at their mercy.
The girl who had commented ne, on his voice az.
was a moveme emit to hand his gun to her
bod u nss Hsrv she sd bnns
DE HF What p funny H trigger e I sot nA
:" Now. really. you musn t do that Step back,
please, I'll have to call the corporal OF tho
:" lie takes people to the s6ard house" OK
'ao56H and and that's where you live. suppose"
At this there came suspicion. choking
Of the staff officers we're sitting In the grass.
Said one to the other:
u
believe the regulations require him to defend
hi.mtTself n ~. o,,.r ",h,.
he's to shoot down any person touching his
There are men in this squadron said the
required standard"
Young ladies', said the sentry. who was
move along can't lei YOU stay here :.
Iistanpa fall. black -parDpd female figure
with an imposing presence Mt. -,
they fed she turned and flung smile over her
SHOULDER at the sentry. saying; wom,
you an invitation to commencement. because
you were so nice and polite
Presumably Miss Jemima was surprised az
in pursuit. The two stan officers weren't
They recognized it as mark of gratitude for
a louged-for deliverarce.
Luxury Row." where the tents OF general
Headquarters are pitched. is the coolest place
in camp. for there is a constant fall OF wind
down the high bluff Here the officers sit IN
der the shade trees in the hot afternoons. smok-
ing reading and doing. OF course. it is forbid
den ground to tho privates OF the squadron. but
further long tho BLUM. back OF the guard tent.
there is another patch Of shade. and here on
the edge Of the steep incline. which slopes to
the roadway 200 feet below. the soldiers come
in the of hours between and 4 to stretch ont
and read the papers and magazines or write
slumber Two troopers would come along. pick
out a spot Of shade. produce paper and pencil.
write line ~, two and hen become drenmily
Writing home, Billy"
Som / What did you find to say9"
| Damn hot"
FLATS what said, Guess I'll let 1t 60 at
Then they bH lie bs sS5nd and 81 4ssS
5"ff th% that blur there are e for sieeping. bHt
! comfort comes before safety, \ trooper
the attention OF caterpillar who lived
! in tho tree above. Every caterpier that ever
out Of an egg SS ssHras of T tn an
neck and this particular insect let go all an
| landed under tho sl-eper's ear. whereuron
oil OF and wriecle little biz near the
edge. Then spider came gallopng oyc5 tAe
a good view. ,whereupon there was another
wTisgle and the man slid gently over the
edG. and began t. roll: Fortunately one o Of
by HIS shout Of warning came. too late
70 wake the man upin time. Ten feet down
struck it, bounded of 10 one side and at that
moment his cumrnde dove headong upon him
" all" T nr"1nI the tree trunS. With Presence
Of mind and agility lcnrned on many hard,
| fought football Held. Iy TINS lime tho Other
/ was wide awake. and. the two clam bered with
! difficulty back to the top
| "Whnw = gasp"d the ex-slum herer looking
| down into the road 200 feet below. THAT was
narrow squeak for me, old man. You didn't
get me any too soon.
-" should say not. " said his comrade. Jus
| as likely ns not after you'd landed on that road
, The sentry would have come Looping up ant
| handed you in for trying to run the guard"
| From tho Hospital Corps's point OF Wow tn,
squadron has been almost beneath contempt
few men have had touches OF heat that landed
them in hospital, where they stayed on an aver
age about ono hour. declining positively to b.
reckoned as invads for n longer period. anc
there we're coupe of hopeful sprains &C
CURED in stable duty, which, however, didn'
| pan out from surgical standpoint. The onl,
: Two accidents Of any account were not suffered
in mo regular discharge of duty. One was III
Wrn'king Of "A small bone in n pryate's ankl
A, the man was running to catch trail
tu got up here. The ether was = mol
anchOly instance OF misplaced confidence
\ certain Sergeant. whose ramo Ia Withheld
out OF consideration tor his laccrated feelings
had n difference Of opinion with his horse
The Sergeant wished to saddl" the animal
aud the ANIMAL objected 10 the process.
" Come around here, Vampire shouted tn