Arizona republican., 1902-05-18

lie and the cook beyond expressing sympathy with the former and con- demnation of the latter, so he was re- leased with a lecture to be more cir cumspect in the future.
 Onre friends left the presence of the military justice and reported to the first sergeant of their troop for duty They were warmly congratulated pS 1 their adherents in the troop upon com ing out of the scrape so luckily and as l3linkie had predicted, they were looked upon as heroes for having been la the guard house.
 That evening Willie and his compan- ion were detailed for guard duty but as no equipments had as yet been ls- sued to the troops, guard duty was sinecure, and the friends having no previous Knowledge Of what sentry'S duties were supposed to be. were in structed by the sergeant of the guard as to their general and special orders how to walk post in a military manner; to challenge after taps. and call for the corporal of the guard when anything occurred on or near their posts in which they had not been instructed At guard mount the friends were told off in the same relief and then t was their turn for sentry duty were placed on posts numbers two and three They were specially instructed to walk their posts continually and not loiter, and as they as yet had been issued no arms they were given couple of sticks in lieu thereof. Willie had been used to firearms all his life and looked at his club disdainfully. soliloquizing, 'Yu air a pretty gun fer CT sojer n cow puncher tu ffte Greasers with" He flung the stick away from him and paced his post with his arms hanging listlessly by his side.
 Willie had been walking his post about an hour and the steady tramp back and forth was getting irksome; he was thinking that a soldiers life was not as full of activity as he thought it ought to be. when his refac- tions were disturbed by the voice of Blinkie
 ''S-say, J-Jones. this w-walking is g-getting t-t-tiresome.'
 Willie answered that he had come to the same conclusion and asked Blinkie if he could suggest anything to relieve the monotony.
 'I w-Was about to p-propose that we p-play a g-game of c-cards. I h-have a d-deck in m-my pocket a-and a c-candle'
 Now Willie studied the proposition for an instant and thought he knew that it would be an infraction of mili- tary regulations: he thought that as ! they were not in the enemy'S country and. moreover, that they were as yet only playing at soldering, there would be no great harm in passing the time dgreeably until their relief came on post. He therefore answered that he was willing and joined Blinkie at the point where their posts met.
 Blinkie lighted the candle and, pull Ing a well thumbed deck of cards from his pocket, the troopers sat down on the ground and soon forgot everything but thei interest in the game.
 They to0k no note of the flight of time and were intent upon what they were doing that they did not hear the approach of the corporal and the relief guard. It happened that the officer of the day was making his rounds with the corporal and the relief. to ques- tiOn the sentries as to their duties. and was thunderstruck to discover two Of his sentIies sitting on the ground play ing a game of draw poker instead of ' walking their pests.
 What are you men doing here?" he demanded.
 Both men looked up startled. but Willie was the first to recover and nonchalantly replied that they were playing poker. and asked the officer if he wanted a hand in the game. Willie did not stand in awe of the officer. but the corporal of the guard, who had been soldier before. fairly gasped at .he audacity of a sentry being caught red-handed in one of the most serious infracti0ns of military discipline. coolly asking the officer of the day to join in the game.
 The only reply that the officer made to the invitation was to order both men placed under arrest and taken to the guard house. Willie was at first in c1ined to display his temper, but a sharp punch in the ribs administered by Blinkie recalled him to his senses The culprits fell in between the weaponless guard and were marched back to the post prison. which they had but quilted that day.
 The day following their confinement orders were received from Washington that the Arizona squadron proceed without delay to San Antonio. Texas. to join the other squadrOns of the reg iment Most of the prisoners in the guard house. detained for trivial of lenses. were released from confinement to make preparations for departure, but the charges against the cowboy and the printer were serious and they were held under guard until the troops were ready to march to the train.
 All being in readiness for departure : Willie and Blinkie were taken from the guard house and ordered to fall in be- tween two armed guards. Willie took no heed of what was going on around him until one of the guards gruffiy or | dered him to wal<e>up and step lively At the sound of the voice Willie looked up quickly and gazed straight into the face of his enemy Morris Gro be continued next Sunday) Send your family to The Rosslyn Hotel in Los Angeles.