Evening journal., 1905-02-23
CUPID WON A VICTORY
OVER CAPTAIN BUTLER
THE HERO FROM CHESTER COUNTY, PA, WHO
LAUGHED AT BULLETS IN CHINA SUR
RENDERED WHEN He MET ATTRACT
I'VE YOUNG WOMAN

permitted himself to be dragged along
the platform. He said il hurt badly
but 1t Strengthened the arm. After re-
peatlng this for two or three weeks
the arm gave q up and stayed straight
This kind of a boy was a genuine ac-
quisition to the Marine Corps. He was
not yet seventeen when first under fire
in Cuba, and not yet nineteen when he
won his lleutenant's regalia as a STRAIT
egist in the Philippines.
1t was here that his courage was put
to The severest of all tests. It was guer-
illa warfare, with unseen foes and ann
bushes-the sort of war that makes
cowards of the bravest. After what he
did in the Philippines they were glad to
take him to China, where the Boxers
were killing missionaries and threaten
ing the legations.
From China the cables flashed the
news that at the stOrming of Tien Tsin,
Lieutenant Butler was in the thick of
the fight I'm the face of severe fire
from the Boxers he rushed forward and
rescued a wounded cOn1rade and was
himself severely wounded. For this act
of gallantry young Butler was COM
mended to the British War Department
by General Dorwood.
1t is reported that when Butler fell,
shot through the thigh his brother
lieutenant picked him up from the
ground and carried him TO a place of
safety i'm the rear. The two youngsters
must have been pretty well to the
front on the firing line where Colonel
Liscum fell at the head of his troops.
It was probably his last words. Don't
retreat, boys. Keep on firmgl" that
added to their impetuosity.
Like a Story From Kipling.
When Butler went down i'm a heap,
Leonard was close at his side. They
We're ohums. 1t is not difficult to pic
ture these two, scarcely more than chill
dren, with the song of the Mauser in
their ears squirting them to superhuman
effort.
You remember Kipling's story "The
Drums of Fore and Aft?" Wen, this
was Jakin and Lew over again, with
different setting--only Jakin and Lew
were young blackguards. cockney
'Tommies" from the London slums.
while Butter and Leonard were the sons
Of gentlemen.
Leonard, staggering under the weight
OF his conirade, must have presented a
fine target for the enemy. When the
two boys reached the rear there were
two cases for the surgeon. Leonard
was shot in both arms, and one has
since been .amputated.
Notwithstanding his wound, Lieuten-
ant Butler went I'm with the allied alm-
les to Pekin, and participated in all the
engagements around that city. He was
again wounded here, but refused to go
to the rear, and was chosen to carry
a message to Minister Conger, a duty
which he successfully performed in the
face of the greatest danger and diff
Guilty.
soon after this he was attacked with
the dread disease. typhoid, and was in
the hospital many weeks. He was sent
heme finally. from the Philippines, with
other convalescents, on the transport
Grant
Having fully recovered his health,
when the revolution in Panama broke
out he was ready for active duty, and
was consequently Immediately dis
patched to the isthmus, where he did
much toward restoring order and incul-
eating a wholesome fear Of the Amer
lean soldier I'm the breasts of the ma
tives of that country.
Since Captain Buffers return from
the lsthmus of Panama he has been
stationed at League Island Navy Yard
and here is where Cupid's dart found
him.
Captain Butler is OF the type of hero
which women most admire and being
young and handsome as well. it is but
natural that, despite his youth, there
has been more than one rumor of hut-
terng feminine hearts on his account,
but they We're all promptly declared
without foundation until Miss Peters
appeared on the horizon. This is said
on good authority. to be a case Of love
at first sight, and a most romantic at
tachment which is sure to culminate
happily.