The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-04-16

fashionable and wealthy people OF the
tsgreat5 Western metropolis, and curiosity
stood Nfp-toe- to see the colonel whose
Efame asa fighter had preceded him.
And none were more curious than a
certain young lady-SShe expected to find
an ideal soldier, man of great shoulders.
commanding presence. eagle eye. speak
ln&x With the voice of thunder. whose
I tIefa box the earth. Sweet girl grad
-usse dreams.
And / found him" she said laughingly
to friend, "a pocket Mars. with soft,
ssWset. vSice, a. kind, gentle manner. q
very bright red head, and a short cropped
beard But his eyes, my; dear. they are
/ snialI rSund, black eyes that look right
through you. but
sWen?." questioned the friend.
Eou shaI see him yourself He asked
permission to call, and, Of course, as he
Is the Colonel, I could only say, YES"
Col. Funston called. Like Desdemona.
she. heard the story. modestly told. Of
war nsguba, of the Mauser bullet, of the
bursting SHE'LL of the broken thigh and,
weu-her. pocket Mars grew bigger and
stfongefS and nobler, and she, well, she
aid what Desdemona did, she straightway
Tell head over ears in love.
For two months the regiment remained
In camp In Oakland, and then the news
came that the troopship should sail The
colonel walked on the broad piazza with
the fair young girl; beneath them shone
In the pale moonlight, the snowy tents of
the Twentieth Kansas and near by swung
the Transport at anchor The Philippines
lay way off to the eastward, oh, how far
of And they now were so near, in
thought. in feeling, in sympathy.
I VIII you be my wife and come with
me. way over there?' asked the colonel
In his low, soft, sweet voice.
What did she reply? Well, she told
the friend: Il could only say yes y
The ship was to sail on the morrow:
the. colonel had to join his regiment.
Calm and cool and quick had Funston
been when his life was in peril: now
when his. happiness was at stake, should
he be not equally calm. cool and quick?
Certainly. clergyman was sent for,
and when the colonel returned to camp
he left wife behind him.
The ship is about to SAIL The troops
march up the broad plank and enter
the transports. The colonel watches the
men; he orders, directs: he is too busy
to think of brides and wedding days and
weeping wives. He notices a handsome
lad in the uniform Of trumpeter; he
orders him to follow the company. The
beardless,a seft-cheeked, big-eyed young
ster passes on board.
What cool, brave little. colonel"
the women who have heard of his mar
riage say; This thoughts are all for his
country" -
Z TheSlast company is on board. The
iseolqpel Squares his shoulders, marches
up The plank, the ropes are cast off and
the band plays 1.-THE Girl I Left Behind
Me-"
On board the troopship. pointing her
nose sea4iard the Acolonel turns. He no
tees theilad. You shall look after, my
things fn' my cabin"
He takes the youngster to his cabin,
ShutS ha ho
that youhgster.
:. The GOOD ship is gliding through the
gates to- the Pacific and the strains of
: the bband are waited through the win
dow, playing Hail to the Chief"
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CHAPTER ~.
The ship has gone. Two days have
passed and Brig. Gen. Harrison G. Otis
is getting ready to sail. A story comes
to him that the wife Of Col. Fred Funston
hass my seriously disappeared The gen
eral has the highest regard for his dare
devil colonel, and he orders questions to
be asked. He receives answers. The
general laughs, scowls. ,frowns and
orders: Have two women taken off and
held until the Twentieth Kansas has
sailed The general has solved s.the
mysterious disappearance"
These orders are sent by passenger YES
sci to Honolulu and arrive before the
troopship.
..The~coionelsa and Captain were outwitted
|tby their general in strategy.
+ And 50 as the course of true love never
srsfns snaepth, Gem 5Ods's orders disturbed
the ahoaeyneoa. Of EoL land Mrs. F'uns
ton. The colonel Proceeded with his regi-
ment and tie brave. beautiful little
woman. now arrayed In her own dainty
gowns, fololwedsm sailing vessel They
were reunited msManila
Col. Fred Funston at the head Of the
Twentieth Kansas. had pushed his men
to the front. They have earned the fight
ing. name of the Kansas Demons" and
news dispatched from the Philippines
almost daily chronicles their deeds of
valor. Day by day, they are making
their reputation, and that of their com
mander; and this chapter can only be
properly written when they return
crowned with the laurels Of victory.
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