The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1901-07-26
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by c. E. wcIsali.
D THEIR fruits shall We know
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''stlll TO ourselves IN every place consigned.
Our W felicity we make or nnd.'
lie lay on his bed-cot and looked at
the stars through n cbink in the roof
between window aud cnnvas.
II was a very hot night. of that
breathless. lurid deafness that makes
a Malta summer II WEAKNESS OF the
flesh. Inside his tent - sturdy souls
were snoring. under their brown
blankets. the sleep Of the just; but
the fourteenth. Gunner Amherst. had
been awake since Lights out" and
sleep would probably moi visit his eyes
At all until the little bugler sounded
r%evcillc from the guard-room steps at
fisnc fort.
He was thinking, aud perhaps there
was some cScuse for the deep concen.
tratiuu necessary for such n purpose,
for Amherst d.d not often indulge in
an art 10 purely imaginative.
The tramp Of the sentry up and
down acruss the square on his eternal
round, the sob of the tide under the
sheer elm. the call Of n distant siren
from n ship In the grand hnrbor,
were the only sounds that broke the
stiffness of the night.
In the daytime Gunner Amherst had
no time for thought. Drills aud
fatigues. drinks in the cantccn. crick.
ct or football. as the season might al
low; bathing. q further pint in the
caniccn with a chum, and then Last
Post" did not leave much time In
which u man might develop original
traits ar even n habit ~ thought, for In
his set the rcudinp.roum was not The
fashion.
His face wa. purkerrd into a frown
that marrcd he usual good temper of
its daredevil expression. lie bad
something un hl, mind. and that some.
thing led HIM at last to rise from hi,
bed-coi. aud don the few clothes nrcrs.
sGry TO dcccncy. quietly %tipiocing at
last out Of the tent.
Keeping In the shadow Of the
buildings. away from rar-hot nt the
sentry, he skirtcd the camp till he
came out beyond the gray walls og the
fort above the sea. There he sa, him
down among the short. sunburnt stub
BILE and sand. and barred his great chest
to the cool night wind Of heaven that
blew from the dead Sirocco quarter.
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an, IN. how nretty nigb. ar n niece
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bollday.mnking. when there wns n
choice of o.yone To 90. lem was nj.
WAYS chosen. But | Vas never one tc
feel Jealous like. Same as when e
went of with my gpl Molly Mnioney-
'oo could feel lenious of LEM"
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