El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-03-30
How the Colonel Lost Out J
By Henry Harmon.

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yes" said the colonel refiectively.
many queer things do happen-thinS5
that n man would have hard time in ex-
plaining if he were called on to do so. I'll
tell you, young gentlemen, that in this
life of mine l have had at least one cx-
perience that would drive some men to
drink And the colonel looked around
suggcstiveiy-
The colonel a one armed veteran of the
civil war, was the best raconteur of the
club. and as such was eagerly listened To
by the younger generation. n tap of the
hell brought a round OF his favorite b<v-
eragc. and. after samplinS II, with glass
o. i'm easy reach. We all settled back IN
| our chairs to listen to the story that was
sure to come.
you fellows have all heard how l lost
this arm at Pine Ridge? When enlist
ell i'm the Twentieth, like many another
young fellow, I left "a sweetheart at home
whose promise had been given mc-a
beautiful. high spirited girl who kissed
me 2oodby and saw the regiment march
AWAY with q cheer on her lips and but
few tears in her eyes. Before we parted
she slipped a ring my finger, and as l
left she said. Wear this, dear; bring 1t
back with you and be true to your dag
and me-
"WciI. I wore tie ring all through our
long. hard campaign until that Pine
Ridge cannon ball came along, took away
arm and ring and left me unconscious on
the battlefield. After hospital expert
ence l finally recovered sufficiently to he
sent home. with a coloners commission,
discharged as unfit for duty.
AT the old home l was, of course.
treated as a hero. The young ladies in
f,sf nj an
lions / was asked every where and was
quite the lion of the hour.
isabel, my fiancee, was as devoted as
before, l suppose but her nature was
such that she was too proud to show her
feelings plainly as my vanity some
times wished her to do, and as a conse-
quencc ] began to think that she had
changed toward me. 1t may he that an
other girl, a little. plump, black eyed
charmer had something to do with this
idea, but at any rate l soon began To no
tice other charms than lsabcrs.
Zone night my fiancec and l attended q
reception. and Sadie. the black eyed
charmer of whom i haze spoken. was
there also. Isabel and l had tired OF
minyling with the throng and had found
q secluded place in the conservatory. We
talked until weary and sat there in 81
lencc when Sadie came in She did not
see us. and she stood by the side of
large palm in an attitude OF unst"d'ed
grace 1 thought she iorneu tue i''''S'
beautiful picture mat ! hai ever seeni
Almost inVoiuh'ar,S ! con'ra , , uer
at my side. To my eyes the advantage
all lay with Sadie. Her beautifully
rounded figure seemed to be my ideal Of
ioveiiness, ana l wishe" 'na' i'ish,
clasp hcr IN my arms" ",e""
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