New-York tribune., 1900-05-13
"a THIEF AND 4 ROBBEK. >"
TIE TALE OF \ PRECIOUS PAIR WHO
ENTERED not By THE DOOR
E.To TIE sHEEPFOLD"
INTO THE s
F-om - Pan 5IaU Gazette

This happened years ago. when there was no
var 70 hurry promotion and to cause raw boys
ID be busted out 20 Africa. with commissions
70 lead seasoned soldiers after a training OF Two
n TIA militia or ye0maurv. or q few months at
SandhursL There We're limited vacancies and
plenty 5f competition, while the invention Of
r-ies u thumb for the selection of IT soldiers 10
serve Fer Majesty afforded scope l0r the inse-
ru5ty u =z,--l-1ers and saved trouble.
IT'S 20 ta-g Use Tommy I practically can
see a thing with my left" The Hon. Har-
oid de H9el-1ied JosynGhame had been looking
q 4 card covered with black lines and spots. ar
ranged n various groups and confgurations he
had held II At al sorts Of distances from his face
and IL al sorus OF angles, and had closed his
r-ght eye as he DID so. He added word not
taught Dy army crammers-at least. not IN their
curriculum spun The card across the room,
where it f=u al the feet Of Tom Smith, who
looked Al II without interest and sighed
Z an aHfuLly sorry. Old chap said his bosom
friend. In q tone that hardly seemed 10 convey
quite a. the sympathy a friends tone should
he must have been conscious Of it, Tor he added
apoloretiel-ly- Tn awfully sorry. you know,
but Tn IN The same box. There's no help for It;
We cam pass The beastIy exam We could have
.H2ssed into Sandhurst SIX months ago straight
from school as lar Is the work goes, but we've
from now. ana We cant either Of Us do il; that's
a. w can't"
IT'S harder On ne than YOU" The Hon.
Harold Jozynghame looked On the point OF
tears after all. II ne was six feet high, he vas
Pr2cuca--y boy. and, T you took into consider
alton The De Hochepied interest at the Horse
Guards, had a career before him. Il could see
with bota eyes a year ago, bul you have always
been ssua4ay little beggar."
M Thomas smith walked 10 The window and
ooked out 1ooGily On Piccadiily. They We're in
he smok.t.g room ~ q club that gathers IN
many young men Of bla1-=Iess records and pub
Ic sch0a. education. ard welcomes them with
open arms L lhai- athletic repute has arrived
1tore them They had 5reakfasted early and
2Ad the room ro themselves.
Dunno" sand Tommy Smith stu inclined to
De unsyulE pathetic II you VIII take Z coal
HEAVIER you can't be surprised that he plugs you
Il the eye lr course ITS deuced bad luck II
The inJGr" turns out permanent, but you
Shouidn'r haze done it."
The Dru,s was licking . woman" retorted
Ire Hon Harold JozynEhame. and you'd have
done the same"
OF course should but then If am 700 short
Tor the army ay good quarter Of ar inch, I've
never been les-1 get and # 1 had got under
als guard
Then his wife wouId have fetched a fire
AAoYe ane taken you in the rear as she did me,
NE ungla--el. beast No Tommy you're as
-~1o as nails ana as strong Is z. bull and have
-lcE head 1ut you'd have been done too"
10 sooa arguing about IT," said Tommy stiu
-O"neas,. and added 7 thought you couldn't
44" tAe weight either Too light for your
height, en-.
oh' settled that al right" said his friend
-e'i on riding for three months. and took 10
-@'leiiins Diet I've put on nearly a stone
Z not as hard 4s I was Of course, but I shall
@ly .y me r=su atoms as far as weight goes-'
Dio u -Ert much al tie -ime2"
1Ae eye Pretty well: but I vas so sore all
's' Hardly knew and the whack with the
80 knocked me- nearly silly. I had a lump
|y mead as Zig as a hens egg"
Pretty good puck 4 you to take on a coal
7-'ef and IS family" grunt=d his friend, and
- '1cAy -Ae police came up I suppose your
= as bad y5u think"
'@inly -rs practically gone"
- MAKO nae Wonder II mines all right
- ne card and lgy me. JoskIn, there's a good
- 1 see aizrk spots buzzing about al over
ma Sometimes az night after nugging al
:, -4-ng N small print"
Sl1'd a. The other side 0f the room and
- questions as TO the groups Of lines
So Oh The card with fauItIess accuracy.
- '- lhey tell you 10 close one eye they eI-
'o- 10 pun your hand over it," said Mr.
S-@A'ei II course il makes no differ