Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1900-02-07
MESSAGE TO GARCIA {"

In all this Cuban business there Is
one man stands out Oh the horizon of
my memory like Mars at perihelion.
=" hen war broke out between Spain
and the United States, il was very
necessary To communicate quickly
with the leader of the insurgents
Iareia Was somewhere in the monn
tam businesses of Cuba-no one knew
where. No mail nor telegraph mes
sage could Teach him. The Presi
dent must secure his co operation.
aud quickly.
What - 10,
Some one said To the President:
81 hers fellow bv the name of
RowS II who will find Garcia for Won.
It anybody can"
Rowan was sent for and gwen
ietter tO he delivered TO Garcia. How
''the fellow by the name of Rowan"
took the letter, sealed it up in an oil
skin pouch, strapped it over his
heart, in four days landed bv night
of the coast of Cuba from AN open
boat; disappeared into the Jungle.
and IN three weeks came out on The
other side of the island, having ira
verssd "a hostile country on foot, and
delivered his letter to Garcia. are
things | have no special desire now
TO tell in detail.
The point wish to make is this:
Mckinley gave Rowan letter to de.
liver to Garcia; Rowan took the le
ter and did not ask. "W Where is ne at"
BY the Eternal! there is a man " hose
form should be cast i'm deathless
bronze, and the statue placed in every
college of the laud. 1t is not book
learning young men need, nor in
strnction about this and that, but a
stitfeniag of n ,ertebrae which will
cause them to be loyal to trust. to
act promptly, concentrate the ener
zee; do the thing-''carry a message
o GarcIa!'
General Garcia is dead now, but
there are other Garcias.
No mau who has endeavorca To
carry Ou AN enterprise where many
hands were needed. but has been we'll
nigh appalled, ut times 10y the imbe
cility of the average man the ina
bility or uuwilliDgneSs to concentrate
Oh a thing and do 1t. Siipshod as
sistance. foolish inattention, dowdv
indi..eren, and half-hearted work
see the rule; aud 40 man succeeds,
unless hy hook or crook, or threat. he
| forces or tribes other men to assist
him; or may hap, God in his goodness
performs miracle, and sends him An
/ An9r' II Light for AN assistant. You,
Fralcr put this matter 10 test. You
are sitting ROW in your otlice-six
clerks are within call. Summon any
one aad make this request: please
look in the encyclopedia and make
uref memorandum for me concern
ing the life of Correggio."
Will the clerk quietly say, "Yes,
SIR. and go TO the task.
On your life, he will not. He will
look at you ont of ishy eve, and
ask one or more of the following
questions:
Who was ne?
Which encyclopedia?
Where is the encyclopedias:
Was hired for that?
Don't YOU mean Bismark?
What's the matter with Charlie
doing it?
is he dead?
Is there any hurry?
Shan't | bring you the book, and
let YOU look it up yourself?"
What do you want 10 know for?
And will lay you ten to one that
after you have answered the questions
and explained how to find the infor
nation, and why yOn want it, the
clerk will go off and get one of the
other clerks to help him try to find
Garcia-and then come back and tell
YOU there is no such man. OF course,
| may lose my bet. but, according to
the law of the average, | will not.
Now, if you are wise, you will not
bother To explain to your assistant
that Correggio is indexed under the
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