The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1903-01-30

tender their services. Selecting one, b,
soon trotted to the door of the Englisl
club, where, as predicted, he found {
double row of officers and Scotch ant
soda glasses aligned for business.
Upon invitation he joined them, bu
before he could ask any questions his
eye happened to catch sight Of some
clippings on the bulletin board. Ht
was soon absorbed in what they had t.
say. They were taken from the Manila
Freedom and had been brought on the
transport that morning. Briefly they
told of a treacherOus attempt to Kill
Americans under cover Of flag OF
truce. The American major, with his
adjutant and orderly, had gone out tC
meet the flag and when well away
from cover had been fired upon. The
orderly had been killed and the major
wounded by the volley. The adjutant
who had carried his wounded com
mander back to shelter under hail OF
bullets, was so severely wounded that
he was expected to die. The name
this gallant hero was Lieutenant CO
ter. Here was Nellie's hero at last, b
alas, not with q mere cork leg,
probably by this time sleeping bene;
the silent stars on Battery knoll.
The colonel hung his head in sorro8
How should he tell the news to that
tie girl whose very heart he kne
would break, all the more surely ID
cause Of remOrse for having sent JAG
to his death without knowledge of IL
love for which he had craved an
pleaded?
Slowly he passed out Of the club, e.
tered his rickshaw and was soon at Il
hotel. He stumped stiffiy along Il
hall to the parl0r where Nellie wf
waiting. She turned from the windo
as he entered, and glance showed he
that something was wrong. With
rush she was at his side.
"What Is it, father?" she asked e,
citedly.
Jack" was all he could answer &!
he sank into a chair and covered ha
face with his hands.
what, father? What about Jack ?
She sank on her knees at his side and
with a firm grasp took his hands away
from his face.
"A flag of truce! Jack and his majo,
went out! Fired upon by those mon
sters. Major wounded! Jack carried
him to safety, but was MORALLY wound
ed himself in doing it."
For an instant she remained kneelins
as though stunned by the news, ant
then she sprang into action. Jumping
to her feet, she almost lifted him out OF
the chair and dragged him toward the
door, exclaiming incoherently:
"Come, come quick! We must go tt
him. Oh, dear, wish hadn't let hin
go! How can we get there? He may
be dead! Oh, there's no steamer for 6
week! Won't that transport 90 bach
with us? l wish he had stayed al
home. l wish l had married him. IL
do it this minute if couldw
'Thats a go! reckon there's min
lister of some kind to be found in Ma.
gasaki," said voice in the doorway.
Nellie looked up at the figure stand
ing there clad in khaki; then, with q
cry of "Jackw she rushed forward and
threw her arms around his neck. A.
for Jack, he clasped her in his arms
and danced around the room with her
while the colonel, excited beyond recol
lection of his dignity, stumped about
the room like their shadow. Finally
Jack stopped to catch breath. and as
his grasp relaxed somewhat Nellie re.
leased herself, saying:
"Jack Carter, you're fraud. You've
never even been wounded"
"Never said was" he answered SEN
tentiously.
"Then who was that Lieutenant Car.
ter who was wounded under a flag of
truceY'
"He belonged to another regiment
Poor fellow, he died the day we sailed
That's my regiment out on the trans
port. But, say, I'm going out to hunt a
minister"
"Well, you needn't. I only said I'd
marry you because l was sorry for
yOu."
"Well, I'm sorry enough for you to
marry you too. So there's two of us.
Well mingle orr tears" And he picked
her up and took another spin arounu
the room.
The colonel stnmped around after
them again till he came to the window.
Then he stopped and looked out. He
did not even turn around when Jack
paused out Of breath a few minutes
later and shouted, "Say, colonel, it
pays to be shot, doesn't itY' He simply
continued to look out the window and
laughed softly.
A Marvellous Invention.