The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-03-27


- the seIlieR Dsys-
'swot 'er you sendin' 'em, Jirnnie.-.
"Oh. I'm sendin' Daring pewey's Dam
ger. an sn.ke Eyed Sam. the Scout.
I'm rsndin. SELF Help and q lot Q.
bet them fsliers know more about heipin
themselves than thai booiEA tell EN-"
They were two little chaps. standing On
the dock by the Rig iron ship Marion Chill
. cargo Of supplies and other things
for the soldier boys In the philippines
Au day long the boys and girls had been
passsHg down the dock with bundles OF
school cassdrsn have organized and are
collecting library 10 60 10 Manila
And such q library as IL viii De IL VIII
contain more books than weight the
shelves 81 the great libraries OF the world.
but it viii be fearfuiiy and wonderfully
made Dp.
For Instance. The two boys had hardly
ceased speaking when a young maid came
fsmfGIy down the wharf with a bundle.
glaneing left and right. as IL in search Of
Q guide to show her the big transport ship
that faonneG ur before her very eyes not a
dozen fset away. She saw no guide. but
she did spy al the moment another girl
with another bundle. who was standing
Just outside the doorway, looking help
iessiy around.
''Oh Mamie. Pm so glad you came ..
an hour. and don't know where 70 go
Lock out there. you girls" yelled a
deckhand. as the ships engine forward
snasched a sling fun OF boxes from almost
beneath their feet and swung them over
the yawning hatchway or deck.
Both girls jumped at the cry and re-
treated out Of danger, and then Mamie
said: II never In all my life saw such
rude men Why didn't they wait until we
got out Of the way Before pulling all
those ropes Hike THAR It's horfid mean
Of them. isn't it? But what are you send
aweil.' said her companion with a BIZ,
OF a blush. you know how VIII used TO
tease me about the cooking school. I'm
sending the poor fellow the cook beck we
used last term. You know the Simple Re-
cipes.' and I've marked In II all the things
nc likes. and-and. I'm sending some other
books. foo." and the blush became just a
little BIT brighter.
We are just sending cverythin.' said
Mamie. There's novels and books. and
magazines. and books. and-oh. just every
thing
But are you not sending Bob some
thing for his very own self?"
turn 10 blush. 1--WE packed few things
for him. Here they are and with a sigh
She deposited the ten-pound package she
had been holding with aching arms 10 her
heart for half an hour, because she didn't
know what else 70 do with IT,
An officer Of the ship who had a NOM
eEt before said to the little chaps Here
you Kids. chuck up those bundles and get
out Of this" advanced. touched his nat
end beeged the privilege OF relieving the
ladies of their burdens.
And so four more packages went on their
way To the men In the trenches under the
liistering sun OF the tropics.
But In that wonderful library on tho
cbiicott. one never TO be catalogued by
the hand OF man. will 60 other things than
the hair raising" novels of the small boy
or the cook book and marked q book OF
poems sent by his Older sister Mothers are
sending Bibles, whose bindings are
scratched and worn. with leaves turned
down here and there Fathers are sending
bonks better than self Help" in that
they tell their sons how best to care for
themselves. and with the library goes a
cargo OF gifts. and that other cargo, not
on the manifest. the cargo of love. of
hopes. OF fears, Of prayers.
IL viii be wonderful shipload when
the pipe Of the boatswain calls '.up an
chor, and never has a ship left Seattie's
port that carried half the love ard longing
that will 60 with the great transport
across the sea.