The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1901-03-06

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I'm and knocks the Kid about good.
"Now," SAYS when was through,
"will we lick that blukc or will | pound
yc aguiny' So he hunts up that
blokc, who was Il heap bigger than
Sammy, and | seer it was Il uuarc do.
and Sammy knocked i'm out in the
tent round. See? If II hadn't been
for that lickin that | gave Sammy
owen that made i'm fight most dies.
pirate, that Kid would have been Il dis.
grace To the ward, 80 he would. | tell
We, ~fcllcrs, there won't be no monkey
business with Lieutenant Sammy Ow-
cn from West Point, cause | seen to
that when Sammy was so high and |
was champion lightweight of the ward.
| was the maxim of Sammy, and he
thinks the world Of me. seer"
In the long lingering twilight OF an
evening I'm midsummer Il number of
troopers sat on the long porch Of the
wooden barracks. out on the parade
ground, retreat being comfortably ovcr
and the days work done, the band was
gathered about the Flagstaff, playing
away the heat Of the sun and wclcom-
ing the cool shades of night. Spud
Aiti l'ls ~ NV tSlp''lil obltNl " "
tcrcst to the men I'm that n new lieu.
tenant had joined the troop that day,
n Spud was, 1t seemed, well ac-
quaintcd with the young officers fam
lily history. Even the first sergeant so
far RELAXED his dignity as to step out
from the orderly room and ask Il Qucs-
ton or two of the bullet headed, bright
eyed soldier from New York city.
this way said Murphy, "my
father and Sammy's father was pals
once, and when | was Il tough young
fellow, tghtln my way through the
old ward, | took Sammy, who was n
little kid, and educated him in the
ways and manners Of men as is men.
Twas me as learned him to put up his
little fists first. But say, old owen was
n lulu, he was. and went in for bein n
politician, and got made an alderman
and waltZcd in the Doodle for all he
was worth. My father hadn't that kind
OF get up. So when old mai Owen got
rich, we didn't mix no more with their
crowd. see! Sammy he goes away to a
dude school and his dad goes to con-
gross. and they pulls out from our
block ana moves up town, though, say,
''' Us - AWAY oul "ulb DONS
and ives proud of them, seer Then !
enlIStS in this here bloomin troop. Say,
that's nine years ago, but them boys
In New York remembers me still, and
what's the matter with the time they
give me whcn | go back on leave to see
them Say, twas great. Sammy goes
to West Point, and here he one He
thinks the world of me, does sammy"
y tall. thin man, with the straps OF n
second lieutenant, came out from the
last house, a bachelors quarters on Of
hccrS row, ana crossed the parade
ground, coming directly toward the
barracks.
ITS him. cried Murphy In suppress.
Ell excitement. ia know his meaSly
red hair Il mile Off. Gee. To think that
nttle Sammy would ever grow III to be
my lieutenant
The officer passed the length of the
porch, salutcd by the men, and entered
the orderly room, to which the first
sergeant preceded him. In n few min
utes Spud Murphy was called and left
his comrades complaccntly cxpectant.
"llow do you do, Murphyl' said
Owen. nodding, and Spud felt chilled.
NV "''iuNioh ol lnc orderly room
he thought, with II sense of apvrjcyc.
mcnt, the new lieutenant, his old
protegc OF tn" "block,' might have
condescendcd 10 shake hands. The
trooper stood, however, at atten-
ton and eyed the new Subaltcrn curl
ously. The lieutenant held himself
straight. -Four years of stern training
at the military academy had given him
that soldicrly bearing which n West
Pointer can never lose entirely. He
was well set up, but to Spud Murphy's
critical eye, accustomed to the clean
and wholesome face colors OF the plain
troopers, the dead dull gray Of Owens
cheeks, their sunken lcanness. the wa
teriness of his uncertain, nervous eyes,
were as a cold cloth on the soldiers
enthusiasm over his old friends rise
In station. Owen pricked at the blot
tin pad of the desk before which he
SAT, pr1cked aimlessly with long and
t"ntcilhg fingers.
Murphy said he, II have asked the
Bergean about detailing n man to look
hiler my lorses' ana SO on. He has
sussesteu you. Would you be will
ihs' IL VIII De a considerable help, Of
.ouise' a. i"r us money Is concerned,
So,
opuu squiinheu. Every officer has
V ioDoei, Il serVhh out such
20" "ie not .hose "hlch the smart
wv aspire W gam. Inere lS