The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1901-12-06


proyost-nlarshal as gladly got rid of
him, for, despite the unwillingness
of the medical officers at the Quartet
de Meysic,- Connolly had been
trundled down to Ermita in spring.
ambulance and was patiently await
ing his turn.
The moment his coming was an
nounced, Connolly was ushered in and
Brick shut off short.
nurse and doctor were with the
sturdy little Irishman, and he need
ed but brief instruction as to what
was wanted. Taken to the trestle
and hidden to look upon the face Of
the deceased and say, if he could.
earnestly, and then turned feebly but
calmly to the attentive array.
eff it wasn't that this looks much
thinner" said he, I'D say it was a
man who listed with our detachment
at Denver last June, about the first
week. The name was Foster. He
disappeared somewhere between
Sacramento and Oakland, and never
saw him again"
Questioned as to whether there was
any mark by which the recruit could
be known, Connolly said that he was
present when Foster was physically
examined, and he never saw man
with whittier skin; there wasn't a
mark on him anywhere then that he
could remember. Bidden to tell what
he knew of Foster, the young art;l-
leryman was given a seat, and some
what feebly proceeded. Foster was
bound to enlist, he said, was of legal
age and looked it; gave his full name,
mis- home and business; said he
owned a ranch down in New Mexico
near Fort Averill; didn't know
enough to go in for a commission
and was determined to enlist and
serve as a private soldier in the cav
airy. He had good clothes and things
that he put in trunk and expressed
back to Averill, keeping only valise
full of underwear, etc., but that was
burned up on the car afterwards.
Two days later, before they started
for the west, a man who said his
name was Murray came to the rem
devious and asked for Foster, who
was then being drilled. A detach-
ment was to start the next day, and
anybody could see that Foster wasn't
glad to welcome Murray by any
means. but on that very evening Muir
ray said that he too wished to en-
list and go with his "friend." He
squeezed through the physical exam
nation somehow, and they took him
along, though nobody liked his looks.
Then Connolly told what he could
of the fire and of Fosters subsequent
Murray's misconduct. They asked
Connolly about Lieut.. Stuyvesant, and
here Connolly waxed almost eloquent,
certainly enthusiastic, in Stuyvesant's
praise. Somebody went so far, how
ever, as to ask whether he had ever
seen any manifestation of ill-will be-
tween Stuyvesant and Recruit Fos-
ter, whereat Connolly looked aston
ished, seemed to forget his fever, and
to show something akin to indigna-
ton.
"No, indeed!" said he. There was
nothing but goodwill of the heartiest
kind everywhere throughout the de-
tachment except for that; one black
guard, Murray. They all felt most
grateful to the lieutenant, and so far
as he knew they'd all do most any,
thing for him, all except Murray, but
he was a tough, he was bitter, and
here the sick man feebly uplifted his
hand and pointed to the bluish-pur-
pie marks at the base of the thumb.
Murray did that" said Connolly,
simply. "He was more like a beast
than a man."
But the examiners did not seem in
terested in Murray. Gen. Vinton, who
had again entered and was a close
listener, and was observed to he
studying the witness closely, present.
ly beckoned to one of the doctors and
said a word in undertone to him.
The medico shook his head. There
was a lull in the proceedings a mo-
ment. Connolly was too sick man
to be kept there long, and his doc
| tor plainly showed his anxiety to get
| him away. The crowd too wanted
him to go. He had told nothing espe-
| cially new except that Murray aud
Foster were acquainted, and Murray
enlisted because Foster had.
Everybody" said by this time this
must be Fosters body. What "every-
I body" wanted was to get Connolly
| out of the way now. then perhaps
another fever patient might be sum-
moned. for they couldn't expect to
| keep those remains another day.
There was widespread, if unspoken.
hope among the score OF correspond
ents that the provost-m, .ehal would
| feel that he must summon Miss Raw.