The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1899-05-04

Just behind the big curtaiu that shu 4
of lhe east end Of NJ 'discp Square Garden
is the most interesting space irom which
to watch Buff ,lo Bills Wild West show.
The fsvtrite spot for the rough ii iers is a
little mock Just 10 the s)nth OF the curtain,
where they can see oil that's going on.
There they lounge and discuss there own
Affairs and 0ee Of the show. 10 ali there
ere nearly . score OF them, cboeen ut ran
dom from flsreut troops OF the regiment.
Some ci the numbe didn't kuos each
other Len they first joined the stow, but
they are oil 0Lums now and call each oihe
Bud" with oil the freedom OF osmp life
Not yet has the old iostinet OF the orgsni
cation quite gone out OF them. Perhaps
II 10 the constant rt.ensctmeDt oi war
scenes aud the smell Of powder that keeps
il alive. A Sun reporter who stood be
hind the curt.in before the cue Tor the
rough riders entrance. one afternoon last
week, hesri some OF them t'lking about
the mimic charge.
There's something 10 the firing. said 9
heavy built six foo,er, that joggles mans
brains. / haven't got over getting kird Of
stirred up after the guns get fairly pop
ping, and wishing l had ball cartridge 10.
II don't ostoh me thst way, drswled an
other. Along wi the smell o. powder !
catch the stink Of the Cuban jungle and
feel the long grsss clutchin' at my legs.
Then get to thinkin' what / thought
down there, an' l iob't like II.
What's tLst. Buddy? asked one OF his
Q mpsniops. Didn't know you ever
though. Of anything down there except
grub.
Well, | did. then, returned the other
! used TO have . chill every time l thought
Of getting it in ths. long grass and having
the lsnd crabs come for me.
To "ges ~ is the rough riders 90
phemi m Tor perforatiou by . Manner
bullet
II they did this thing tight up to the
mark, suggested . fsif.hsired young fel
low. they d bring up some land crabs and
scstter 'em 10 the arena Just to go along
srh Us. Isvear, there wss q whole out
6t OF EN- ir,iled my troop ali the time W.
vas 10 Cubs.
Throw 10 = few scorpions Ter good
measure. suggested the little bow-legged
fellow whose heels cling so tight under a
horse that nothing Gao shake him eff. ]
have got the mark OF one on me now.
Whist catches me when we begin shoot
iog, said . rongh rider who was nothing
more than . boy. is that | always hesr my
voice like l hesrd it down
there.
Did be boiler when be got it? asked
somebody rstbtr oontemptuously.
Nc, sir. vas the quick response. BE
just gave one kind OF a gasp sDd rolled
over, and when ! stopped TO help him be
wore ut one and told me TO go ahesd and
get 6psnisrd to mske it even.
Whs, . cinch the whole show would
have been, ssid wiry little fellow With
swsrtby skin, il we'd had nice clear
sroupd TO I svel over like We hsve here.
Dum'd II don't sweat ike 8 horse every
time We come on. iust iememberiu' how ]
,ves'ed 10 thsi bis,t d tsoalin grace.
q res Deck,t With the msi, sproutc
sd the boJist.looking ve,,rin, spd imne
there vss srnsb iorssrd Tor letters
,pd . chorus OF esesf voices eslliog out
lhsrs Own names 10 the hope Of hetYipg
lhe reply, Here's ooe for you.
This 10 like camp, too, remarked one Oi
he mep, only there we didn't &c, daily
nsil.
We got N III jas. sbou, ss often ss We
didn't wef ssid stoihsr i3culsrly.
Ard thsi's What vs 90 tere.
There isr't much tine, hosever, after
he mail comes. beftrs the scene OF The
B tile Of 80 Juan. Oat &C The rough I
fiders along With . tumbsr oi Other en-
plo,ees 10 the same ubiiorm, snd also .
.ausd Of the coiofed cavalry men, ~ sibs
us "A no, Tine 10 the o.d Tosn' sDd
10 tie rythm. Shoats OF vel
some from the sudienee greet them, for
Ibis ia . isroriis nnnbsr OF the program.