The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-12-16
Prescriptions:
New Mexico,
c, Gsle rear
PHILIPS CupHti.hs, tso4 %,
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Tie first JOINT cnrampnieut OF resu-
lars M. or-au,zea state militia WAS
over Tie national guardSuen Were
fs~t dc>ertins Camp NounS, Howard,
Ky. Tor l,onae II s.otler's pies. All
morning troop tritns had pulled up to
tie rll,tormS. yre Il their tardcns
of hpmstn..s am, s&ir,iAg lie PLACID
Chic, pLsed AWAY through the green
and gold Of the Muidrangh hills. bound
fer Louisville and the no til.
The FEST ps.ttalion. tiftn Michigan
infantry, consistilg o. four co.npanics
of stalwart khaki clad fellows from the
interior towns of the state. swarlned on
TO their train right Willingly. Now. rs
the wheels slowly rcvJlycd, the men in
tile tourist slcepers waved cheerful
goodbys TO the soldiers still lining the
tracks. They sang. too, smile compel
ling doggerel ON the depth and stickl-
ness Of Kentucky mud or ON the pro-
faue uncertainty of their re-enlistment
as guardsmen.
Back in the Pullman the dozen oth-
GERS of the battalion were little quieter
in demonstrating their satisfaction.
Sword belts We're %unbuckled and flung
aside. service blouses and campaign
hats stacked in aca sections. Sand
witches We're shared indiscriminately
| nnnpnp the. tnnInftrs nf thn hunnp
group.
There was n who sat apart. an
overcoat wrapped about his tall figure
although the sunlight was warm over
head. Jnseeingly he gazed out the
window. n smile on his lips. 1t was o
grave, sweet smile, not without q GER
tain tolerant eynicism in it, as one
smiles who can enjoy a joke on him
self.
Most men in the shoes of Captain
John Stewart. commanding Company
X, Fifth infantry, Michigan national
guard. would have smiled not at all.
Signs. deep and d%olorous. would have
been their offering. But when n man
fights his way up from a foundling's
crib through successive stages of news
boy. farm laborer and college student
to n place at the bar of his county mis-
fortunes mildly amuse.
Stewart was unceremoniously drag
ged into the hospital tent the last day
Of camp for examination.
There had been questions. a thump-
ing of back and chest With the sur.
geon's little hammer, and divers appli-
cations of the ste hoscope. Then the
activity was relaxed, and the bluff old
doctor. who had known and liked
Stewart for Years. delivered himself.
You're Il sick man, captain; sicker
than you know. Lobe of the right
lungs affected. 1t isn't consumption
yet, but it will be if you don't get out
Of that Internal Michigan climate.
Stay up there three months, and you're
sure Of n nice military funeral. G TIC
New Mexico Or Arizona for a year
and you'll die some time, but It'll be
Of old age or anything else but con
sumption"
The pallor on Captain Stewards
cheek deepcned n trihe. II have q
cousin down in the Oscura mountains
New Mexico. keeping books for a min
ing company. l could go there" he
said quietly. He had felt the doc.
tors verdict before 1t was uttered.
1.-The very thing!" replied the Other
enthusiastically.
So Captain Stewart went back t.
quarters, his deer g of banishmen'
hanging over him. He had no 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. hut the affair OF
the heart! That vas another story.
There was a girl-"there always is
Stewart told himself grimly, as the
train bore him northward next day
and he smiled cynically at his own pc
sition. From every standpoint, it.
the best thing possible for me tina
I'm going. | suppose it's human ma
ture to be contrary, though. and NJ
exile ever felt worse over leaving
home than l do"
Delightful are the vagaries Of love
IQe leNeleF. WHO uuu
mighty pride, had fallen hopelessly il
love with Marjorie Madison, helress O
millions and courted %assiduously b,
crafty fortune hunters. young and old
Stewart loved her not for her money
but in spite OF it. Marjorie became
singularly Interested in the clear eyet
young lawyer with his wealth Of quie
humor.
Now. to be In love, even when to,
much money on one side and too mucl
pride on the other offer no obstacles. Il
a sufficiently uncertain and heart trying
business. Something within him drag
ged the unwilling Stewart to the Madi
son home about once in three weeks
Being unable to forget the barrier be
tween them. Stewart devoured the cir
with his eyes and came away after hi
glimpse OF paradise cursing himself 70
a fool. He was a different sort o
caller from most, Marjorie discovered
and as an untidote to the hunger o
Stewards glances she talked arran
tt- a.