The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1903-04-17

It's a privilege never denied freeborn
American However, they became
friends in Manila because 1t was SO far
from home.
"Templeton was sergeant of yelun-
tecrs and Lomesiek soldier IL ever
there was one. He excited Jones' SYM
pathy, which became acute when
Joues learned tLat there was girl at
home who had stopped writing TO Tenn
pieton for an unknown reason. This
| Is q serious matter when fellow real
IL cares for the girl and she is 10000
miles away and there's no method OF
learning why she no longer writes.
! Fancy waiting for letter to so half
way around the world and for the re
ply to come lettering back or not to
come at all. Templeton was not nat
| urally sensitive, but the experience
had made him so. He told his secret
/ grudgingly because ii was forced out
of him, but he never revealed the name
! Of the girl.
an the latter part OF January Tenn
pleton's company was sent up into the
/
where there was peck of trouble. 4
mail steamer came in the day before
| the detachment marched. but it
brought no letter to Templeton. The
poor Eeliow revealed this misfortune 10
| Jones with tears in his eyes. He seemed
to think TINT this was his last chance.
az few days later Jones learned en-
I Nf-O1 he tl.nf 1a4t fn,-
Tesnpleton had really come on the
steamer and had been delivered by
| mistake to surgeon OF the same sur
uame- The addressed side of the letter
had been wet, and the ink was mere
blot, 50 tia, the word Templeton was
about all that could be deciphered
The surgeon. however. detected the
| given name OF George and did not
open the letter.
Jones had had 1t In his mind to try
to get through to this place where the
trouble was. He thought he saw a good
| story in 1t. He told the surgeon of his
Intention and was permitted to take
the letter. By pulling all kinds of
wires lie got leave TO join small par
ty that was going up with dispatches,
and the result was that he had adyen-
lures enough to Eli book The party
got through alive, but every man OF
| them was wounded, Including Jones,
who made the last forty miles of the
journey practically on one leg. But
Templeton's ietter-which he was
| morally convinced was the letter--re-
posed in his breast pocket when he
staggered into camp
lie found Templeton fat on his back
and raving with fever in quaint CEN
fury old church that had been turned
into hospital. TIE surgeon In charge
told Jones that 1t was practically al
over; the man was as good as dead.
win he be conscious againY asked
Jones. Aud the surgeon said that it
was possible
when is it likely to happen?'
Heaven knows. answered the sur
geon.
"f,l wait said Jones. And he sat
down on the foot of the bed. His
wound was dressed and he was fed
while he sat there. or course they
tried to take him away, but he wouldn't
go. and as everybody was pretty busy
be was presently forgotten
He sat there all night. sometimes in
that conscious sleep which is the prod
uct OF physical WEAKNESS and mea tai
concentration fighting for supremacy.
He was half crazy from a dozen
causes. and he held that letter In, his
asnd every minute.
1T seemed to lin that by continual
feeling OF 1t while in that peculiar men,
! tai state be gained an idea OF what
| was In It. and at times he felt ashamed
or knowing. The envelope was square,
and there was hard Enclosure TINT
! seemed like a small photograph. But