Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1902-12-24

gasaki hosel. be saw that Nellie vas
standing at the window hooking out
I over the crowded barber and druEa-
ming impstieHsly upon the glass with
her nBggxs Now. the colonel had not
hecn the sArslian and sole mensur Of
that young lady since her tenfh gear
without learning the signs Of the tinses.
and he read in that drumming the ex-
Istenee Of nental condition that was
better permitted to work Itself OF
through the fingers than throuxh the
lips so be stole 10 as softly IS the
stiffness OF his cork leg would permit
and seated himself Ia o low bamboo
rocker TO await the turn Of events
| The col0nsl's other leg had been left
at Gettysburg. snd wkrn he was well
enough TO 30 home SeElis's mother.
who bad refused him whole before be
enlisted. married the remaining three.
fourtAs ef him aud sesmsd glad 20 set
the chance The colonel was glad also.
and when Nellie was born be was ssiIl
more gisd. IFS happiness continued
about ten years. and then the death Of
bis wife rubbed him % IL until the
budding Of his daughter into wetnsn-
hood, an exact counterpart IN form.
feature and disposition Of the lost
wife. restored Il 10 hla lie bad be-
come an sbJect slave of this imPnlsiye.
changcabie. pesulanf. warm hearted
copy 81 hls wife. and that was The
only reason why be was now s0o9
miles away fruFn his native land
Nellie had sa!d she absolutely must
go over 10 Japan 20 see those cunning
Japanese girls Ia their ogu hameS. and
the COLONEL had said, Yes. af course
though be VERY well knew that she
cared no more fer the cunning Jnpa-
usse girls fhan she did for the woman
who Is SUPPOSED TO Keep eotapany with
this man Ia the moon He knew she
simply wanted to xvt a. close a. po~sa.
bic 10 Lieutenant Jack Carter. who vas
lighting IN the Philippines and whom
she bad aatiy refused to marry.
lack Was The son Of the c0loneFs old
chuna, who bad becn 10 badly wuunde<i
at the time fhe COLONEL Iest hts les that
be only had lasted through few FEARS
Of suffering and thea had left his little
curly beaded boy an orphan IN the care
Of his eomrade In arms The two CAD
dren hnd grown up together and loved
each other. bat Nellie had some roman
tic notion about heroes. such as her "a
Their with bis curk les. which Jack did
not seem TO fll lie was only Jack so
she refused hlfa without knowing how
much Il hure her. aud be. wh~n the war
broke out. euiisicd, still witlogi know.
ing boss much II burt her.
Her pride at the fhoughi that per
haps Jack would become q h4fo after
all was mingled with fear that the
price Of the herossFn might De rnore than
d mere cork leg. and this idea the colo
mel stimulated upon every occasion that
offered. As time weat on nsws from
the Philippines became more startling.
and that Is why she told her father she
wanted TO see those cunning. little Jap
anese girls in their own homes and So
lecsed >agasaki. the nearest port 20
Manila. but the poorest fo~ sewing Jap.
anese life. as her point Of observation.
As Nellie stood at the window drum
ming she saw the satnpsns darling
about the harboT. the tnen-of.wRr lying
al anchor. the large merchant steam.
ers. the whaiers aud the many fshln.
boats and yust under the window the
long row o. jinrikishas backed up
against the SEA wall In front 81 the
hotel. the rickshaw men booking Ike
animated mushrooms In their sugar
bowl hats and knickeFbncksr trousefs-
She was especially interested ln an ar
my transport that had steamed slowly
into the harbor a few minutes before
with the stars and stripes uoatlng from
the stern, aud now as She watched the
group Of khaki clad officers diSegnlNrR
from a sarnpan and climb the long
stone steps 10 the bund she drumnesi
still more lfnpatIentiy and remarked
spi,efuily:
They make me tiredr
"whoy' queried the colonel from the
depths OF his chair
why. those officers with thesr uiCr,
clean uuiformsi What right nave tiH,s~
officers to come away from Maniia
when Jack is over there lighting those
horrid savagesf should think they'd
be ashamed 10 DO II
Perhaps they would II they knew
Jack was there NIL alone"
"Now. popsie. you stop making FUN.
You know they have no right 20 come
home unless Jack does. Just know
he's been sick all the time. None
OF them has been fighting night and
day as be has | wish Jon would
go over 10 the club and see IL those
good for nothing officers know bow
soon Jacks regiment is going to be
sent home. You'll ind them there. for
they are certain % be all standing in
front Of the bar drinking those horrid
Scotch soGas."
Every well. my dear" said the colo
mel. rising. hut ! want to call your at-
tention 10 the fact that young officer
who Is sick all the time could not be
fighting sSyages night and day. You'd