The sun., 1904-05-22

Of the day and . good deal Of the nAgn'
reelng of the big letter and In making ne
most complete tabulation Of tho tougl
places OF Rochester 1t was simply fine bt'
OF work In the memory line when the e1'
sergeant got through with IL. covering nve
fooiscap size typewriter pages. and WIZ
names and addresses reproduced Win
faithfulness for which the ex -serg cam
vouched upon his honor as an ex-soiohe'
and a man.
The high Official inclosed the tabulator
with his letter TO the lady in Rochester
He made a note at the bottom OF the tabn
lstion, TO the general eject that be thoug n
that he would make out little list lot ne,
attention He thought that II she wouIe
address herself to the rernedying OF con,
ditions in those Rochester institutions Oh
vice she would be too busy to cons'del
affairs in the Philippines for good man!
years TO come. " . p
About three months later the high civi
Official was summoned one morning 70 uit
military headquarters at Manila he founo
Gems. Wheaton and Otis and a number o.
other hig h men OF the military outfit eeatec
around the big receiving ofhce tn theii
white uniforms Smiles lurked around The
crannies Of the fanes OF all Of them;
by the way. old man; said Gen. wheaton
TO the high civil oficial. after the eompL-
Ynents Of the morning had been exchanged
.uh-er-did YOU ever write letter 10
ladv in Rochester, =,
.Shucks yes. replied the high csii
oticial IN reply TO sc some WINS! inrsEh'Ai n0n'
-Oh. nothing. said Gen. Wheaton. only
she's sent me a copy Of il. Great letter
too spent half OF last night reading 1t
Other fellows have read IL, too kr-tha'
Was a swell list YOU sent her, oio man
Phenomenal bit Of memory for a man OF
your age Look what she says OF the list,
and he pointed 10 the bottom OF the hoches-
ter lady's communication 10 the military
departrnent Her comment on the list was
this
The venerable Mr. Blank appears to
Possess an amazing fund OF HhoSieoee
But that he should have exposed himself
by admitting his possession OF tins fund o.
knowledge is something that L can only
account for on the ground OF advancing
senilitv on his part
All Of the officers in the room were rocking (
with laughter bv the time the high official,
with a firio,isly blushing countenance, mao
finished reading the Rochester ladys com
ment upon his list. They were stall roarlhe
when be darted out Of the Office 10 get the
din out Of his ears.
about tha. Rochester list. and their passlns 8
OF the word Of il has made the e1.hish
Official of the Insular Government OF the
Philippines more or less miserable ever
since All hands. OF high enough degree
10 take such familiarity vith him' nave
had something to saw about Rochester 10
him every time they've met him since the
thing occurred
When Secretary Taft met him. upon hie
return from the Philippines, the first thins
he said TO the venerable ana dlenine1,
travelling passenger agent Of a great rail-
road system, was:
Been in Rochester lately: my bow They
tell me it's a beautiful place They tell
me. too, that you possess a posiuFeiy en-
cyclops-dic knowledge Of all the raminca-
tions and ins and outs OF it, and 90 on
Bu, he's getting into a mood Of revolt
nowadays. so thar some Of his high friends
had better watch out