The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1904-09-16
Prescription:
New Mexico,
By One Year
PHILLIPS Copyright, 1901, by

The first joint "ncampmrnt of regrl-
slrS and organized state militia WAS
Avcr. The national guardsmen We're
fast deserving Camp Young Howard.
Ky, for home and mothers pies. All
morning troop trains had pulled up to
the platforms, received their burdens
of humanity and. >iJrtng the placid
Ohio, put1'Cd away through the green
and gold of the Muldraugh hills. bound
for Louisville and the north.
The First battalion. Fifth Michigan
infantry. consisting of four companies
of stalTart khaki clad fellows from the
interior towns of the state. Swarmed on
TO their train right willingly. Now, as
the wheels slowly revnlvetl, the men in
the tourist SlrrpcrS waved cheerful
gOouhyS To the soldiers still lining the
tracks. They sang. too. smile compel
ling du%grrcl on the depth and Sticki-
ness of Kentucky mud or OH the pro-
fanr uncertainty of their re-euliStmrnt
rs guar,lSArn.
GERS of the battalion We're little Quetrr
in demonstrating their satisfaction.
Sword belts were unbucklrd and flung
aside service blnusrS and campaign
hats stacked in vacant sections. Sand
witches were shared indiScriminately
among the members of the happy
group.
In, nrt m
ovprcoat wrapped about his tall figure,
although the sunlight was warm over
head. U'n$rrimgly lie %aZed out the
window. Il smile on his lips. 1t was Il
grave. sweet smile, not without Il GER
tain tolerant cynici>m in it. as one
smiles who can enjoy Il joke on him.
self
Nest men in the shoes of Captain
John Stewart. commanding Company
X, Fifth infantry. Michigan national
guard. would have smiled not ut all.
SighS. deep and dulorouS. would have
been their offering" But when Il man
fights his way up from Il foundling's
crib through successive stages of news
hoy. farm laborrr and college student
to Il place ut the bar of his county mis-
fortunes mildly amusr
Stewart WAS mcrrrmoniouSly drag
gcd into the hospital tent the last day
Of camp for examination.
There had been questions. Il thump-
Ing of back and chest with the sur
"run'S little hammer and divers appli
cations of the Stethnscupe. Then the
i,-it hn Inf oil
doctor. who had known and liked
Stewart for years. delivered himself.
You're Il sick man. captain; Sicllef
than you know. Lobe of the right
lungs affected. 1t isn't consumption
yet. but il will be if you don't get ont
of that Internal Michigan climate.
Stay up there three months, and you're
sure of Il nice military funeral Go to
New Mexico or Arizona for IL year,
and yuu'll die some time. but it'll be
of old age or anything else but CON
sumption"
The pallor on Captain Stewards
cheek dcrprnpd Il trilie. Il have
cousin down in the OScura mountains,
New Mexico. keeping books for Il min
in" company. | could 20 there" he
said quietly. He had felt the doc
tors verdict before it WAS uttered.
THE very thing" replied the other
enthusiastically.
50 Captain Stewart went back to
quarters. his decree of Punishment
hanging over him. He had II" fear.
for he felt the doctor spoke truly;
year beneath the balmy southern skies
would cure him. The affair of the
lungs did not bother, but the affair OF
:hc heart. That was another story.
There was girl-"there always is"
Stewart told himself grimly. as the
train bore him northward next day.
AMI he smiled cynically ut his own po-
Sitiom From every standpoint, its
the lest thing possible for me that
I'm going. suppose its human na-
turr To be contrary. though. and no
exile ever felt worse over leaving
home than i do"
Delightful are the va"arieS of love,
the lrvrlcr Stewart. who had
mighty pride, had fallen hopcl"sSly in
love with Marjorie Madison hcirrSS of
millions and c0urtrd aS$iduouSly by
crafty fortune hunters. young and old.
Stewart loved her not for her money.
but in spit" of it, Marjorie became
sin-ularly interested in the clear eyed
young lawyer with his wealth Of quiet
humor.
Now. To be in love. even when too
much money on one side and too much
Drid" on tn" other offer no obstacles. is
Il sufficiently uncertain and heart trying
business. SOmrIhim" within him drag
"rd the unwilling Stewart to the Madi-
son home about once in three weeks.
Being unable To forget the barrier be-
tween them. Stewart dcVOurpd the girl
with his eyes and came AWAY after hi;
GLIMPSE of paradise curSin% himself for
Il fool. He WAS Il different sort Of
caller from most. Marjorie discovered.
and as an antidute to the hunger Of
Stewards Chances size talked arrant
nonSrnSc To him. If she were only
poor" Stewart %roancd in secret daily.
Callahan appeared on the scene three
weeks before the Kentucky cncamp-
mrut. Callahan had curly blond hair.
almost as much money as Marjorie's
father and limitless audacity. He was
the junior member Of u northern Mich