Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-08-10


general Of McGlelan's staff pronounced
him physically unfit for further ser
vice. He was thereupon honorably dis
charged, and soon reached his home i'll
New York City.
The report of the young Z0uave's re-
turn spread like wildfire throughout
the great city, for his regiment, known
as The Avengers" organized to
avenge the death of Il. Il. Ellsworth,
colonel of Zouave regiment COM
posed of New York iiremen, who was
shot at Alexandria. Va, in 1851 was
very popular in the city; and It's terri
bic fate at the second battle of Bull
Run was deeply lamented. Ovation
after ovation in his honor followed
Horace Greeley Interested many of the
leading citizens of the metropolis in
his behalf, and soon Il handsome purse
was raised sufficient for the putcna Sc
of comfortable home for his widowed
mother and her future maintenance,
and for the education of her heroic
son.
Karl was naturally bright and quick
but his education had been neglected.
He had helped to support his mother
! by selling papers, and, at the time or
the. organization of The Avengers"
lie was the youngest fire laddie in the
city. But now with his natural gifts
and rich experience. and encouraged
by the gracious favors and kindly ad-
vice of his numerous friends, he re
solved to get a good education.
six years later he entered Yale Col
| lege. He had fully outgrown the re-
suits of his experience on the battle
field. With robust health and an in
nate courage he was not long in reach
ing the front rank in both scholarship
and athletics.
| His roommate was Ralph Erskine
| Edwards, of Alexandria, Va, most
| genial companion. Never were two
personalities more harmonious Their
| aims We're one, their social amenities
alike. and their attainments and posi-
bilities equally brilliant and promis-
ing. Their friendship. like that of pa
mon and Pythias, grew stronger as the
years advanced. Their ttachment for
each other. however, reached its acme
through the following incident that oc-
Cured In the early part Of their senior
year at college:
Karl was returning, one night, from
a visit to his mother. and, when the
the ELM City" in an uproar. One of
Yale's dormitorles was burning. With
lightning speed he rushed from the
depot to the campus, where a beauti-
full, sublime, an awe-inspiring,
though sad, scene was Transporting. The
largest dormitory was all ablaze. The
brilliant blaze, amid the columns of
curling smoke, lighted up the beauti-
full campus, and the sea of upturned
faces" of students and citizens, and
caused the famous old elms to cast
long, weird. dancing shadows. The
tiremen busily piled their engines,
which sent forth streams that spark led
like great strings Of diamonds. But
Karl stopped not to behold the beauty
nor to mediate upon the sadness of
the sight. He was thinking of his
roommate. Winding in and about
through the dense crowd of people, he
fairly flew, and called repeatedly,
Ralph. Ralph But no response
came. In n moment, almost. he dis
covered that, because of the direction
the wind was blowing, the fire had not
reached their room yet. Possibly Ralph
was still in the room. At any rate he
would find out. Selling a fireman's
ladder and swinging 1t into place, he
swiftly climbed to the window and
| entered-entered, as many supposed.
never to return. But he almost in
stantly appeared at the window, bear
ing in his arms the apparently lifeless
form of his friend With the assist
ance of firemen he bore his precious
burden safely to the ground through
sitting heat and smoke. while above
the din and confusion arose the deaf
ening shouts of the admlring throng.
In about week after his recovery
from the effects Of his semi-suffoca-
ton, experienced on the night of the
fire. Ralph came into their new room,
holding up letter and exclaiming ex-
citedly:
Say, Karl, the home folks send an
urgent request for you to spend your
holiday vacation with me. as they de-
sire to meet and personally thank you
for saving my life. Now don't refuse.
We will have a glorious time, anu
will introduce you to one of the sweet
est girls in Virginia, if she Is my
cousin"
ITS GO responded Karl. "If she
is anything like you, she must be a
| daisy"
In two weeks from that time Ralph
and Karl arrived at Alexandria with
light and happy hearts. A royal wei
come from former chums and ac-
quaintances awaited Ralph. His
cousin was also there. And what
surprise was In store for her and Karl
as the latter stepped from the cars.
"Why, KARL Where did you come
from?" merrily rang out voice that
| Karl had not forgotten
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