The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-07-21

LII. ScIHiTmann p1cktnB up an old fash
Toned carte de viste from desk.
Tie trite observation plainly Indicated
story ard here it Isl
In 1868 DIR. Schifrmann was n member
of the medical staff of the Fourth United
States cavalry, stationed in the outskirts
Of Little Rock, Ark, in the midst of a
country that was filled with people any
thing but satisfied with the presence of
the Union troops. Little Rock itself was
in bad way, for it had been made to
support a good many of the despised
Yankees. Most of the people Of the bet
ter class had gotten out of the place,
and the officers of the command then
quartered on the town had their choice
OF some very handsome residences.
Among the families whom the fortunes
of war had so reduced that fight was
practically impossible was one named
Hite. The members Of the family, beth
before and since the war, have attained
TO places of dignity and trust in the
public service. They were proud and
Sullen, after the manner of conquered
peoples. but, while a repellant pride may
stand before hunger and some of the
other vieissitudes Of the subjugated, it
Is likely to Wither when sickness opens
the way to the medicine chest of the enc
my. There was illness in the house Of
F11te. DR.. Schiffmann-a very young and
humble follower of Aesculapius then
had found his way past the barriers Of
the Hite pride, for he held the keys OF
the regimental medicine chest. He was
youngster lately from home, and he ap-
preciated the advantages of social inter-
course. So it happened that when his
regiment moved away from that section
his photograph, taken in the uniform of
the Federal soldier, ornamented a page
in the Hite album.
And in the course of time the doctor
sought the paths of peace, acquired a
family, riches and other things that go
to make life worth the living, and for
upwards of third of a century he never
saw or heard of the Hites.
Among the Doctors other acquisitions
there was, and is, scheduled a son who
is not unknown to fame in the politics OF
these parts. He laid up for himself, in
addition to a niche in the local temple
of fame, a case of the gout-the world
old enemy of successful politicians. SO
it came about that last spring Fred
Schiffmann went down into Arkansas
in pursuit of health-as his father had
some thirty-siX years before gone into
that same state in pursuit of rebels.
Fred had never heard of the Hite fam
lily, but that did not interfere with his
meeting and becoming very friendly with
family Of that name at Hot Springs.
After he had been at the health resort
down there to see Fred.
One day when the invalid had so far
overcome the enemy as to be able to
move about with the aid of a couple of
crutche$ and a few colored porters. he
remarked to the pater:
Father, there are some people here
named TIite who were kind to me and I
wish you'd go with me and see them"
The name was reminiscent of wartimes
and the doctor acquiesced. He was pre-
scented TO Nine. Rite. The lady was I'M
doubteG!y his wartime acquaintance. She
smiled as she shook hands.
You remember me, then?" asked the
doctor.
yes. and I was quite sure he was your
boy pointing to the bewhiskered 200
pound boy standing in the doorway on
his crutches., 'Ill show you how knew
him. And out of the album she ex-
tracted the old faded carte de vlsite the
doctor had placed there thlrty-siX years
before. Fred might easily enough have
been the original of the wartime photo
graph.
The story added some sort Of color to
the triteness OF the remark: It's small
world.
The condemned man was to die at morn
All was over. The end had come. He
had had his little fling in the world and
was now living in the past. NO more
crooks and evasions. No more agile
lodging and devious tergiversations. No
more sudden spasmodic leaps and bounds
to places of comparative, though tempo
rary, safety. The mailed hand of relent-
less law had landed him in a place from
which there was no escape. There would
be no more darts, dashes and fitful jumps
aside.
He was beyond the reach of the
scorcher.
"Say, what has become Of Highball?"
'Why, haven't you heard? He made
a lot of money last winter, and has gone
off this summer with the hay fever
push