The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1900-08-24

cd about In the dusty moonllt plaza oI
Alphouro that night A small gr0uf
OF fagged and famlshed war scrlbci
were among them. and these men com
mented seriously upon the ugly and
thAntlcss proposition which life %
Now aud then a commissioned Officer
sWore loudly NJ his men. alternately
oMllng them blood-thirsty devils AMI
norVo-ahattered young ladies' The en-
listed men cursed back In half audible
growls. In the air was that queer muir
muring undertone. which can always
DO heard In the midst OF American
troops. Just after brush with tho
"nlggem" And straight above the
foul and ancient town hot white mid
night moon stared down tauntingly
Nevcr-tO-be- forgotten IL that last Jan
uary night ut Alphonfo. way down In
one " the lower provinces Of Luz1n.
dark Tor 10 ralnlosa days. feed u at
rare aud irregular Intervals upo1
bacon and bareback; charge II upon
live. smoking rebel trenches once or
twice every rs hours. and on the tenth
day keep up the program. except for
no bacon aud bareback then look a.
the battalion II you are interested At
all In dovllish moods or the causes OF
crime. You viii understand then the
necessity Of perdltlon hereafter, AMI
the likelihood Of ~ being crow
Tho service In Luzon teaches tnat II
n place Of fathomlefs mud during
the rains. and Of ierForizlng heat waei
tho rains are not Il also teaches a
man 10 truly sweat and to look at
tragedy without squirting. hut mor'
and most OF all In Luzon a man learns,
toe. what a gaunt. helpless animal he
b learns Il from the hittlng lesson
which a craving stomach teaches. AMI
this Ia lesson which Kills pride. pure
thourhta and dreams OF home.
The mon In the plaza o. dirty Alphon.
no learned this lesson that day. an !
that night II was Impressed upon them.
Suddenly the sentry on duty at tao
north end Of the town shouted. Tae
moh In the plaza jumped to their feet
and listened Then faint and Tar on
could be heard the tlnkio Of paek
trains bell-maro. The rations were
eomingl Never In proiane history OF
tho world did such a yell ascend as
from tho plaza OF Alphonso The near
est thing 10 me was vicious sun-cur-
ed pony which had loilod me shabbily
Cor ten hours that day. Rugged the
pony and the ugly beast. borcft OF ala
fine sentiments, kicked Ia the front OF
a bamboo shack. TO which | had te,h-
ured him. The soldiers slapped each
other facetlously and were men with
human hearts once more. Feed a dog
n you would have him follow you. Tor
therc IL something Of the man In him.
Not long after that there pounded la
60 the plaza a train OF the hardest toll.
ars. man and beast. In Uncle Sans
pay. They were marvellous to look NJ
-gaunt. shaggy. unklllable mules.
each standing up under 200 odd pouids
of government straights-a dozen tam
nod. haggard and Just a. unkillnble
packers. handling the big train with
an intense but whispered profanity.
for the day ana the trail and the mil 20
had killed the voices In their throlls.
The mules pushed the soldiers out OF
the plaza, swung into line aud emcllod
the necka OF their nclghbors. at the
same time wlplng clear the foam from
their mouths They seemed 10 be pass
tnE through the herd now. a gene al
inquiry a. TO how each other hal flfel
through the prolonged helllshucss o.
tho hyke. Meanwhile the packers as
sisted by splrit-willing. but neyorthe.
lass gutteral profanity. unloaded and
uncinched. and the pile OF provision.
grew high In the plaza. The soldier,
crowded near. and one otherwile one
spoiled the whole system by getting
into the boss packers way.
Get back. you d Infants. You've
grubhod twice since We have" The
voice OF the pack trains chief would
have been roar naturally. but a.
strength had gone from him that
night With towering Irony he finish
ed "Mammall have dinney for
babies IN a little while"
honestly the love boads which exist
between packers and lntantrymel
would he easily severed. And this Il
strange. too for few are the packers
who have not "soldlered" at one time
IN Uncle Sans service As a matter
OF fact what have these strong. strang,
rough men not done At one time In
their llyesI Old rad will tell you OF
the days In Uncle Sans cavalry when
II was the Drawn OF arm aud The
granite Of ones fists which beat II way
into the superiority Of non-com'i
stripes the days when troopers roll,
in tho homowest. hunted Geronimo
and the Apache Kld--rodo long. lived
hard and shot true. Scar Face. IN,
greaser, will tell you how he snug led
gallons OF Mexican mescal across th,
Rio Grande. when nobody was watch
ing but the man In the moon. AM
about the wads Of money he ma - out
OF the white soldiers on pay days
Dirty Ike. the cook OF the train. went
with Reno. when the squadrons OF N,
unlueky Seventh horse separated I,
corral sitting Bull IN the 7O's, Dirty
Ike win tell you how he helped 10 bury
the dead OF Clusters command In III,
cifcling shadows Of vulture wings, ant
how the dead men looked way out "a
Montana that no, June day. Broker
Foot BIZ. my. best OF friends In pael
train 70. will tell you how he hit an