Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-07-31

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finementl Of her features. Just be-
hind the elder lady stood q e silk
halted dignitary IN. the prime of life,
and behind him q footman OF valet,
to whom the. porter was handing
Miss Rays belongings. ~; az. = :.
And what the vice president SO
much resented was that Miss Ray
had not only never mentioned her
purpose of leaving the train at Sacra-
n,ento, but never so much as intro
| d1ced her friends, at whom the vice
president smiled invitingly while &C
cepting Miss. Rays courteous but
| brief thanks for 80 much attention
during the afternoon" but who mere
ly bowed in acknowledgment when
she would have addressed them on
the subject of Miss Rays being of 80
much help to- her when help was SO
much needed, and who spirited the
young lady away to the handsome
carriage awaiting her.
The vice president was distinctly
of the opinion that folks didn't need
to stink off in that way unless they
were ashamed of where they were
going or afraid of being found out,
whereat Stuyvesant found himself
gritting his teeth with wrath. and so
wh;rled about and left her.
It was after midnight when they
reached the pier at Oakland. There,
under the great train-shed, track aft
er track was covered with troop cars
and a full regiment lay sleeping.
An alert young officer OF the guard
raised his hand in salute as Stuyve-
sent addressed him. No, there were
no ombulances, NO soldiers from the
Presidio. They might be waiting
across the ferry.
But how was he to get the injured
men across the ferry, thought Stuy-
vesant. Two of them would have to
be carried.
The long train, except that recruit
car, was now emptied. The throng
of passengers had gone on through
the waiting-rooms and up the stair
way to the saloon deck of the huge
ferry-boat. If he purposed going, no
time was to be lost, and the porter
bearing his hand-luggage ventured a
word to that effect.
Stuyvesant looked back. There
were protruding heads at many of
the windows of the recruit car, but,
obedient to the instructions given by
Connolly, no man, apparently, had
left his place, and Connolly, though
suffering, had evidently resumed con-
troll, much benefited by the services
of another physician who had board
ed the train in the late afternoon and
renewed the bandages and dressings
of the injured men. Then Stuyvesant
suddenly became aware of a messen-
ger-boy with a telegram. 1t was adj
dressed to Lieut.. Stuyvesant, A. D..
c., Train No. 2, Oakland" Tearing it
open, he read as follows:
Report by wire condition of Re-
cruit Foster. If serious, have him
conveyed to St. Paul's hospital. Com
mission as lieutenant and signal Of
fcer awaits him here"
1t was signed by the adjuta1it gen.
,,
San Francisco.
But the boy had still another. This
too he held forth to Stuyvesant, and
the latter, not noticing that it was
addressed commanding Officer U. S.
Troops, Train No. ~ mechanically
opened and read and made spring
for the car.
The message was from Port Costa,
barely 30 miles away, and briefly
said: "Any your men missing? Sol
der left car here believed jumped
overheard return trip ferry-boat.'
One man was missing. Recruit
Foster, for whom a commission as
lieutenant and signal officer was
waiting at department headquarters,
could not be found.