Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-07-26

come. Good heavens. could she never
leave Nita's side tha- harm did not be-
fall her! At the head of the broad fight
of stairs stood her brother-in-law, a
black frown on his brow.
go in and do what you can for her."
he briefly said Il thought-she'd be
glad to know that-that-fellow would
trouble her no more"
That fellow?"' she gasped. You
mean"
Il es-Latrobe-killed and
buried whole week ago."
And you told her." she cried clinch
ing her little hands in impotent wrath.
"You-brute!"
Another week rolled by. The tide of
battle had swept inland ard northwarG;
and all eyes were on the plucky advance
of MacArthur's strong division, while
far out to the south and east the
thinned and depleted lines of Anderson
held an insurgent force that forever
menaced but dare not attack. The
Primeval Dudes, sorely missing their
into a war of words with their nearest
neighbors on the firing line, a far west
ern regiment gifted with great com
mand of language and small regard for
style. The latter had crowed nightly
over their more vigorously disciplined
comrades because Of the compliments
bestowed on them in an official report,
wherein the Dudes received only honor
able mention. 1T was Capt. Stricken Of
the volunteers who had led the dash on
the rebel works across the Tripa to the
left Of Blockhouse p. 1t was their
Sergt. Finney who whacked Filipino
ma ior with the butt Of his Sprin gtield,
and tumbed out of him the batch of re-
ports and records that gave the num-
bers and positions Of every unit Of
! Pillars division on the southwark Zcre.
1t was their Corporal Norton who got
the Mauser through the shoulder Just
as, foremost in the rush. he baycneted
the last Tagal at the Krupp guns in the
river redoubt. 1t was his devoted
bunky. Private Latrobo. who volun-
tcered TO carry the division com
manders dispatch across the open rice
field and the yawninG Gitchss that sep
arated the staff from the rest of the
charging -teenth. ard who died Clo-
riously in the rush on the rebel works.
/ Man after man of the woolly westerners
had been referred to by name, while the
Dudes had nothing TO show but their
wounded colonel's modest report that
where every officer and man appeared
to DO his whole duty it would be I'M
just to make especial mention of even
limited few" The Dudes were getting
hot over the taunts of the "Toughs,
as some one had misnamed their neigh
bors; and one night when there was
more or less interchange of pointed
chaff in lieu of a fight with common
foe there was heard a shrill voice from
the flank of the rifle pit nearest the
westerners. and what it said was re-
peated in wouderment over the brigade
before the Dudes were another day
older.
well. dash your thievin' gang! We
made our record for ourselves, any
how We didn't have to rely on any
dashed deserters from the regulars-as
you did"
And that was why Sergt. Sterne, OF
the Dudes. was sent for by the field
officers of both regiments the follow
ing morning and hidden to explain
which he did in a few words. He was
ready TO answer that the wounded
Corporal Norton was the very same
young man he saw in the adjutant'
office of the -teenth regulars at Camp
Merritt. and was then called Morton
And that evening the veteran sergeant
major of the -teenth was hidden tC
report at the reserve hospital in Err
mita. close to the Malate line. was con
Quoted TO the bedside of a pallid young
soldier whose ticket bore the name o
Norton. and was asked TO tell whether
he had ever seen him before.
Il have. sir" said the veteran. sadly
and Cravely. He is a dcserter from thu
-teenth. His name on our rolls wa!
. Morton" And that night Col. Arm
strong cabled to 'Primate," New York
the single word Found" Nor was i
! likely the lad would soon be lost again
for a sentry. with fixed bayonet STOOD
within ten feet of his bed with order
not 10 let him out of his sight second
Mrs Garrison appeared at the hos
| pital that very evening ard heard OF tn
episode. and reached Billy Gray's bed
t side looking haraSsed, even bagCarG
: During the past three days she had beer
. accorded admission. for Gray was s.
, much improved there was no reason 4
: lo-,rer forbid. buraou inch occasion III,