The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-06-18
III Modern n1ercendry.


scored each trick with the same bland
smile Whenever the treasury of
Nassau was at a low ebb, Selpdorf
usually had a thirteenth card to las
upon the table, and as the nations eau
| tiously proceeded to Illustrate eacn
others purposes, royal remittances
from heaven knows where flowed in
abundantly to replenish the bankrupt
eXchequer of the state
When Major Counsellor expressed his
emphatic disapproval of the intended
| resignation of Hollywood a new de-
velopment was in the air. Hitherto
the load had mostly devolved upcn
Selpdorf; on this occasion he was
known to be hanging back, and the
question of who would take the initia-
tive was the question of the day. The
fact that Germany had lately accrel-
tied new representatives certain
Baron Won Eimur, to the court of Maa-
sau, an able man. whose reputation
rested mainly on the successful per-
Torrance of missions of a delicate Ia
ture, added to the tension of the nlo-
ment
SO you say they are getting steam
up in Maasau?" said Hollywood again.
Il have been out in the wilds for the
last SIN months, and don't know SO
much about events as l might"
Steam up?" growled Counsellor.
Steam enough to wreck Europe, L
almost wish I'd never godfathered YOU
into this blessed little stoke-hole Why
the deuce didn't you enlist at home,
instead of coming here?'
That was out of the question, of
course
Why? Isn't our army good enough
for you to fight in?"
IF it was only that, I could fight
in the ranks. God knows, but | couldn't
parade in themi Besides, the life here
suited me-then."
What's gone wrong with it now? !,
should have thought you would have
got used to it by this time" OBJ
served Counsellor. with the air of the
older man. 1t was not the first occa-
sion on which he had played the part
of elderly relative toward Hollywood
during the course of their queer. rough
grained Friendships friendship of a
type which exists only between man
and man, and even then is sufficiently
rare
Precisely. I'm too Internally used
to it! 1t was not half bad as long as
the newnesS lasted. but l can't stand it
any longer, I'm sick of the monotony.
Do you know old Fitzadams' criticism
on the service here? Dust and drill,
drill and dust, and fill in the chinks
with homicidal maneuvers."
Nassau only apes its betters. These
continental armies devote themselves
very assiduously to rehearsals. and
there is no end of waste about the
process" remarked the chancellor
They rehearse in summer and get
sunstroke; then they rehearse in VIM
ter, with rheumatisms and lung trou-
bles growing on every bush. The bill
for blank cartridges alone is enormous.
And all because they have no India
and no Africa, as we have, where we
can give our fellows a taste of the real
thing any day in the week. We carry
on small war with a regiment, or
despatch a youngster with half a COM |
pany to teach manners and honesty TO |
10000 niggers. The popularity of our |
army is that it is always at war. IN |
this way we escape the dangers of |
theory, and get practice with some |
thing for our money into the bargain.
Our plan has its advantages" agreed |
laZily. Il saw in South |
Africa what a little active service does
for man. The first time he is under !
fire he is persuaded that he is going to
be killed and that every shot must hit |
him. But after a trial or two he be- [
gins to think that the. odds are in his
favor and he becomes a much more |
effective fighting machine"
Necessarily he does. We don't half
realize the value of our colonies yet-as
4 training ground for our soldiers. The
out it remains to be seen what account
t will give of itself if it is ever brought
nto contact with these huge, peace
rained conscript Monsters
When the duke dies began Rally
wood, barking back to the former topic
If conversation.
The door was softly opened, and
waiter advanced into the room, bearing
letter for Hollywood. who took it and
h@ +al<l IL III.
hen looked at Counsellor for an an
wer to his half spoken question. Coun-
ellor shrugged his shoulders.
who can tell?" he replied. Mean
while take the gifts the gods have sent
-ou today" and he pointed to the long,
leavily-sealed envelope that lay at
elbow. "Selpdorf, ] see, al
eady has his finger upon you"
Hollywood broke the great seals, and.
aving read, he tossed the paper into
he others hands.
He wishes to see me at $3.50. What
an he want with me?' he asked
Probably he has heard You intend to
ut the service. 1t appears to me,
Haywood, that your chance has come
ut to meet you"
How could he have heard that 1
leant to go? And what can it matter
0 any one if 1 do?' went on Hollywood
lcredulously.
Counsellor shook his head, but made
o other reply. .
"A lieutenant on the frontier cav i
lry,' resumed Hollywood, lis merely /
superior make of excise officer,
You will be something more or some
ming else before 10, 1 expect. AS for I
hat he wants with you, that is for you ,
} find outfit you can" c
1T is to be hoped he may feel moved I
} let me have my arrears of pay" said {
relapsing into his usual tone I
Indifference; that is the chief con- $
Iteration with us on the frontier just
ow." I
He probably will if it suits him-or {
ather. perhaps, if you suit him. Come t
yer and dine with me presently at the !
Continental. There's generally a de- !
ant dinner to be had there" c
John Rallywood, one of the old Lin
1lnshire Rallywoods, had been born to
fortune. and moreover with an i'm
tense capacity for enjoying it after a
holesome fashion. Queens Fain had
allen in to him while still an infant G
pom the death of a great-uncle, and
it'll the old place were connected all
lose hundred untranslatable ties and d
which go TO make up a n
)y's dreams. He was a man of sup q
ressed, perhaps half unconscious but a
avertheless deep-rooted enthusiasms: v
ence when the blow fell which de- P
rived him not only of his inheritance, "
ut also cut short the life of his moth b
, the unexpected, almost intolerable
lguish he silently endured had left a v
eep, defacing scar upon his person in
it,. a
Up to p the record of his life, If not ~ ~
riking, had been clean and manly. ~
e had passed through SandhIlrSt and d.