The Record-courier. [volume] (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1904-current, 1905-07-14
A japanese Wooins


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81 appearance 4 power II the guB
faDd wzs Lot knd9 guiding tie Lorses
hat drasze-i Il aD0If Ike 4 toy. more
f.0u erfal than tie gun itsrlfa that she
straISAtway fell IN 1--we with him ku-
% Eo15ee-i The gifi standing beside tie
rad. ~ hand q the baby carriage
+ that contained hsr charge. and Wa IS
much -rruck with her as she With him
Therefore. when u dufy. he waited
AMI watched FOR her where he had seen
her. net her. and then and there was
love affair
But Min-ysMzs l5Fe lad been IL
Famed % kudo The gun driver rather
than knio IT, man- e0n-e4 ueatls
when kur0ta. < young sergeant ia tie
cavalry. came along with a brand nes
uniform he l09kei - splendid that
Mineysma AZ Onee transferred her a.
f-cti0us from the artillery u the cav
slry. The truth s that the same day
KurUta appeared with his fne clothes
and rrappings kudo came along after
driving over = muddy road all day.
dIngF anu h@spsttersf- Considering
The origin Of her love this vas quite
enough 70 turn The little nursegiri
affections IL vas all very well Tor
Mineyzma and tie cavalry sergeant.
FOR that matter. but II va death 70
the gun driver he declared that lie
would commit haraklri. bur Mineyama
only laughed at him and told him that
be had better 90 and get plume IA his
hat Ike that Of Kurota. then. II he
looked well. she might reconsider the
matter.
There had been a good deal OF talk
Of war with Russia. and that very
night the japanese feet attacked the
Russian vessels at Port Arthur Kudo
had no need 70 commit harakiri; the
Russians were quite willing 10 save
him ths trouble His battery was put
on a transport and landed IN Korea.
kndo Was In = number OF nghts, II
which his clothes-they could hardly
be called a uniform became 50 be.
grimed with powder and dirt that he
WAS Ia despair. III Mineyama were
10 see me today" be moaned. she
would spurn me more than ever" To
make matters worse. Kurota rode by
one day. and, being attached 10 the
headquarters OF a general officer. where
they Try to keep everything spick and
span, bis uniform was more snowy
than ever.
The great bate - tie war was com
ing on at LisOyang For several days
half million Of men shot ~ one an
other Then the affair took a decisive
turn. kndo was driving 4 gun In one
VI General NOdzIs batteries. who com
manded the center OF tie japanese
army All OF the gun drivers horses
were killed, and KuAo having nothing
10 drive. turned his attention TO his
gun one by one his com rades fell I'M
der the terrific IRE Of the enemy till
at last there was but one gun IN his
battery available aud one man TO work
it-Kudo. \ general rode by and saw
him putting a shot every few minutes
just where II WAS needed The officer
was so impressed with the drivers ef-
ficiency that he said 10 him.
When we have less to do report IN
person al my headquarters.
Well, the battle was over al last. and
kudO. remembering the generals or
der. reported at his tent.
All. you are the last man TO work
the last gun In your battery in the late
battle Well. you are promoted 10 be
lieutenant Is there any special desire
that you would like 10 have gratifiedf'
Kudo thought FOR awhile and then
said:
General. hear that the TIL in-
fantry i going back 10 Nsgasaki TO
recruit would like TO go with IT,"
'whatr' asked the general. surpris
ed. Are you tired OF war;
"Oh, no. general: | only wish 10
neIt day
In what capacity do you wish TO
go with the regiment"
"As drum major
The general laughed. And why, my
brave fellow, do you desire to go home
as drum MAJOR
81 love little nurseglrl named
Mlneyama who + much Impressed
with fine uniforms II she sees me
with all the god lace and trappings OF
q drum major, tossing my staff in the
cir. she will he much impressed and
perhaps will make me happy"
You shall have your desire, my good
man, and when you return | want you
on my stan You are the first man
have ever met who has tie sense to
properly WOO woman. and man
with 50 much brain in that respect
must be wise in others"
The next day kndo marched TO the
coast with tie ia infantry. boarded
fro