The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-09-03

caused as much CONSERVATION he might have
stirred up al Kingston.
Cox didn't sing lato on this particular night
He and such OF his crowd as did not 20 to bed when
the singing was over. were watching the game be-
ioro 10 o'clock.
AT that time James had most OF the chips and q
big pile OF Spanish centens. English sovereigns
and American ivodollar gold pieces before him
lie had a big run OF luck. Also he had two dark
rings under his eyes two dark semicircles around
the corners OF his lips and dazed look and very
pale taco The crowd was interested in tho game
and hadn't noticed how badly he looked until ho
suddenly got up and said abruptly:
" I'm going to quit
What's the natter Cold fcctT queried the big
blonde staff captain. with Just touch OF sneer in
his voice
Maybe. said James, with some FIRE, but not
the Kind you thinking OF
Then. turning 10 Cox, he said:
Cox. you cash in Tor me. I'm going TO bed
With that he went off TO his room and Mason and
followed him.
"'There's only one kind OF fever that can produce
those circles and that dozed look Mason whisper
ed to me James went into his room. and it's the
kind that's always bad when II strikes a man OF
James build
90 Yes, I know. I said I have seen lot OF II
when this trouble came up
AS we entered the room, James crawling
into bed with his six shooter in his hand. He put
the gun carefully under his pillow, turned his face
toward the wall and muttered half TO himself and
halt TO us:
It's the real thing. Symptoms unmistakea-
bic, Crashing pain at the base OF the brain shoot
ing pains up nd down the back bone, dull aches in
the knee ioints-I know EN- but remember I'm
going TO stay here. They are hustlng the yellow
jack patients over 10 the island as last as they
catch the disease II kills the patient to be moved,
but il saves the town TO get him out OF the way.
One mans lite doesn't count Tor much when It's
balanced against the town. according to the way
they LOOK at things at the Palace but when IT, my
lite it counts with me To hell with the town. I'm
thinking oil James and II they try TO move me.
there will be bit OF a scrimmage in here
James tapped his pillow Significantly as he
spoke
Mason and agreed TO take a chance and not
say anything bout what allied James. We didn't
think the other fellows would be quite as expert
at diagnosing his trouble az we had been After
we had sent the last bottle OF champagne In the
ice chest into him went back TO the poker game.
The crowd had thinned out some another man was
in James chair and the cloud OF smoke hanging
over the table was bit heavier.
" III 'Ic h'Nt ucdll report vi ulc CCulIDdnulue
General, department Santiago contain the item:
James, civilian operator; yellow tever? asked one
OF the correspondents
I'm AFRAID So seid Mason Then the game
went on. Other men had dropped out oil it on other
days Just as James had done. and Tor the same
reason. 1t was no longer a novelty
James was dead when doctor and couple OF
ambulance stewards sent from the Palace the next
afternoon arrived 10 take him to the island so they
ordered him TO the cemetery instead and told us to
be quick in obcying the order or the Palace would
have TO take the job of our hands We bought
rough mahogany coffin with James poker win
ninEs and put him in II Just as we found him on the
bed sticking the six shooter under his head.
Don't be surprised at what said about
the mahogany coffin. The Santiago woods are
full Of mahogany timber. 1t is much cheaper
wood there than American hard pine Back in the
hills the natives Use II To cook with and the princi
pal wharf of the town is made of it, all but tho piles
James got more of n funeral than the average
stranger was getting in Santiago in those days
We whehad been messing and playing poker with
him at the club felt that 1t was up 10 us 10 do
thing out of the ordinary. We followed the body to
the cemetery in which they buried foreigners be
cause the Archbishop never allowed burying Of
herotics in the Catholic cemeteries There are
about two hundred graves in the cemetery, includ
who were with Capt Frye on the Nirginius ex-
petition and were shot there by order Of the Span
ish authorities more than twenty Ave years before
our arrival. We had 10 pass the old bull ring in
which Capt Frye and his men were shot Mason
pointed il out tous
THE ceremony was simple, but We couldn't carry
out our original programme. Mason. who had
been elected 10 read the ritual OF the Episcopal
Church in the absence Of a regular preacher
broke down before he had finished the first sentence
and passed the book 10 the big staff captain who
happened 10 he standing next to him. The staff
captain staggered through one line and gave il up
"'Cant do it. fellows. he said. just bit huskily
One Of the American correspondents finished it and
as soon as the grave filled and carefully bank
ed with stones to keep out the vuures and the wild
dogs, we started back. As we passed the old bull
ring Mason piucked the sleeve of the correspondent
who had read the service, ind said:
"'Old chap that is the first Protestant burial set
vice have heard since the Chaplain of tho British
warshp Niobc performed the last rites over Capt
Frye and his friends
There was no concert at the Anglo A merican
Club that night because Cox was away. but tho
poker game went on the Same over"