Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-05-29

green mixed bundle of paper, all pasted
together and strung out with pinned
copy Of his letter to his captain came
to the soldier He brought the thing
to Clancy at the first opportunity.
"Snakes!" said the young man. rs
that quite all? Conversational. amt
it? Well, let's see. Respectfully for
warded to the adjutant, Benicia bar
racks, with request that search he in
stituted for the purpose of finding the
clothing said to have been packed
away That's from your captain, and
they call it the first Endorsement.
Clancy turned and twisted the wad of
papers about until he found what he
was looking for, then read: 4.
"'Second Endorsement. The box lock-
err referred to was shipped, with all lta
contents, to Fort Leavenworth, Kan,
on Dec. s, 1899 and he says he knows
you might possibly get it If you ap.
piled to the quartcrmastcr at Fort
Leavenworth. That's good news.
Course they haven't made it take any
more journeys since. Now your cap
tain takes n hand. He's respectful, but
he puts his paw right down. ! see that,
request that the contents be forward
ed as soon rs practicable
"'Fourth Endorsement. Respectfully
referred to the quartermastcr.' That's
at Leavenworth. Now we're getting
warm. Fifth Endorsement. Respect
fully returned the adjutant, Fort
Lcavenworth. Kansas he says. Well,
he's found your stuff and wants au-
thorty to ship That's what we're
after. Sixth Endorsement. Respect
fully forwarded to the assistant adj
jutant general something or other de-
partment Of Missouri, requesting al-
thorty to forward Well, he just very
respectfully returns to the quartermas-
ter up there, who returns back to him.
and thcn lie returns it to somebody
else who tells the commanding officer
at Leavenworth that he can send you
your old pants if he wants to. William,
but he must be sure and send the pa
pers back" Clancy sighed seriously.
"'Tenth Endorsement. Fort Leavcn.
worth, Kansas. Respectfully REFEREED
Oh. respectfully referred, to the quar-
ternaster for his information and
guidance. Want to save the wear and
tear on the quartermasters brains. BE
cheaper to buy you new buds, should
say. Here's a few more. Eleventh
Endorsement Clancy paused. his
brows knitting. "Oh, this is good stuff"
he cried out. ut tells the story, all
of it. Listen:
Respectfully returned to the ad-
jutant, Fort Leavenworth, Kan.
with the report that under authority
Endorsed hereon and in conformity
with'-there's lot of dates and re-
quests that he has to conform to- but
he made out to pack your things in Il
box, and, William, they're a-coming.
There's more Endorsements. though:
Respectfully returned to Private VIII
liam Bowen, inviting attention.
guess so! Have you got the goods,
Willam?'
NO." said William. 81 been reading
this"
"And then the adjutant returns re-
specially to you, but you don't get it,
and then the captain returns respect
fully to you, and you do get it, thir-
teenth and fourteenth Endorsements,
good. and the box is on the way"
Clancy, though abashed. became sar
castle:
"Do you circulate round robin be.
fore they'll let you put on them pants!'
he asked.
And few weeks later he had entire
ly recovered from the shock. Young
Clancy Bowen was himself again.
you'd orter let me write out about
your things" he said.-New York Com.
mercial Advertiser.