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The National tribune., 1906-03-22
From a Missouri Soldier.

Comrade Zeno r. Barker, Co. z,
49th Ohio, writes from Wellsville, No.
that THE National Tribune is truly
the ex-Federal soldiers friend. / am
a Missouri soldier. and suffered many
hardships as well as being a the siege
of Mobile for Il days. I was on the
march to Montgomery, Ala, and serv-
ed under Gems. Candy and 4. ]. Smith
to the end Of the war. We Missouri
soldiers feel proud OF our record. al
home putting down treason as much
as We do when We were called down
into the far-away South to put down
one of the worst and most bitter re-
bellions that country was ever cursed
with. But, all praise TO the Most
High, our labors came to an end al
last. Reunited, we hope, for all time
1 thank you for your efforts in behalf
of the S12-a-month pension act.'
The National tribune., 1906-03-22
The Truthful 9th n. Y.

George l.. Utter, Cincinnati, O.. has
been reading thrilling story of ad-
venture in the East Indian jungles,
where the writer saw an elephant that
had two heads. The writer claimed
to have served during the war in the
9th N. Y, and Comrade Utter wants
it understood that the 27th n. Y. was
so conspicuous for the absolute truth
of everything said by its members that
1t was known as the Truthful 27th n.
Y, and this impels him to doubt
whether the writer ever served in his
regiment.
The National tribune., 1906-03-22
The 5Oth Ill. Inf.

'Tn the Fall of 1863" writes Com
rade John Brown. Co. K, 50th ILL.,,
from Wayland Springs. Tenn, II went
to Tysonville, Tenn, where 1 Joined
Co. X, Goth H., Third Brigade, Fourth
Division, Sixteenth Corps, under Gen.
Sherman. After being ordered to sew
eral points we finally reached Rome,
Ga. We stayed there until the fight
was over at Atlanta. We then went
South Carolina and had fight at Co.
lumbia. Then we went to other places,
including Richmond and Washington.
would be glad to hear from some
members of our regiment"
Suggests Comprehensive Army Record.
"I have O suggestion for your con-
sideration," writes Comrade Samuel
Tuttle from Orange, Ind. 'It is this,
that you ask every subscriber to send
to The National Tribune a short sketch
OF service; for instance, something like
the one / send you. which is my own:
Samuel Tuttle was born on Oct.
12, 1910. at Passadumkeg. Penobscot
County, Me. Before eniisting he was
a harnessmaker. Enlisted at Terre
Haute, Ind, Aug. IL, 1861. Was In
Co. A, 1st battalion, 18th U. S. Inf.
Was in the battles of Shiloh, Stone
River and Chickamauga. Taken pris-
oner Sept. ~, 1868, at Chlckamauga,
and was held as n prisoner of war for
one year and was at Richmond and
Danville, Va. Was discharged at Fort
Wayne, Detroit. Mich. Arrived home
in February, 1866. Present occupa-
tion, Fourth-ciass Postmaster.
II think this plan would get The
National Tribune some new subscrib-
ers. After each report had been sent
in publish them in pamphlet form, and
charge enough per copy to defray the
expenses of publishing"
The National tribune., 1906-03-22
For II Service Pension,

j. w. Burnham. Sergeant, 10th
Mimi. who gave the country years OF
service carrying q musket and then
became an officer of colored troops,
saw altogether five years and so days
of army life, during which he took
part in every important battle or move
ment, except the battle OF Tupelo. when
he was in the hospital. He says that
the service of the enlisted men not
only saved the country, but made it
over into newer and manifoldly
greater country, the greatest in the
world. Fairly good pensions have been
given to the men who could show that
they We're broken down in the service.
but how about the great host of strong
men who came through victorious and
able, but have since been broken down
in the battle of life because disaDili-
ties really incurred in the service have
prevented them from holding their
own with their younger competitors ?
We ought to have a service pension
for them.
The National tribune., 1906-03-22

jeremiah w. Dornsife. Sergeant, Co.
l, 50th Pa, claims in the burlington
Uowa) News to be the youngest SOL
dier in the war. He was born Feb. 2S.
1S49, and enlisted Feb. 20, 1864. on
his 18th birthday, ana became a nom
commissioned officer. He IS mem
ber OF Stannard Post, ., Department
of Vermont. G. \. II.
The National tribune., 1906-03-22
PICKET SHOTS
From Alert Comrades Along the Whole
Line.
In the Youure,t Soldier Class.

For several years l have been read
ing The National Tribune" writes
Comrade Warren Blackburn, Co. +,
18th KY. from 1910 Prairie avenue.
Chicago, "and have seen in its columns
youngest soldier enlisted in the Union
army from 1861 to 1866. 1 herewith
hand YOU my record. and rs / have
never yet found any claim that is bet-
ter, l think L can safely knock the
chips off the shoulders of the other
fellows as being the youngest enlisted
man Cor boy) that has a credit mark
of more than three years service OPP
posite his name in the records OF his
regiment.
'T was born July 10, 1S4S. at Mount
Sterling, KY; enlisted in Co. =. 18th
ky., April 10, 1862; age. Is years. nine
months; served with the regiment dur
ing the war; mustered out June 20.
1865. having served three years, two
months and 13 days. During that time
l spent but two days on the sick list.
was with Gen. Rosecrans's army
when il was bottled up in Chatta-
nooga by Gen. Braggs forces: was
North and South Carolina and Geor-
gia: helped to spoil the suffers tents
in Manchester, Va; was in the Grand
Review at Washington in the Spring
of 1865: from there to Louisville, Ky,
for discharge by reason of General Or
ders. I am O. member of George II.
Thomas Post, ), 6. A. r., of Chicago,
Said am in favor of Il service pension
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-02
.VNGE

My next plan was TO scrape acquaintance with
her, and in this respect fortune favored me.
On the first day after her arrival I eontrived to
save her from falling as she was walking over
the polished floor of the corridor, and at table
d'hote, presuming on this slight service, | ven
tured to address her in an assumed foreign ac-
cent
Whether she was smarting under the sense of
her own wrongs, and was thus determined to
firt with the first man she met, / cannot say;
but know she received my advance, more gra-
ciously than / expected, and she actually al
lowed me to escort her to the pier.
[ must admit, that knowing myself to be her
husband, / recognized there no harm in Le-
more thus accepting my friendship But as our
acquaintance progressed l could not help feeling
a trihe uncomfortable that Lenore should re-
spond SO readily to what she thought were a
strangers advances.
Before ten days had elapsed Lenore and |
were in the midst of very pretty Irritation.
Morning, noon and night she allowed me to be-
come her cavalier, and to tell the truth l was
rapidly getting jealous of myself.
She certainly never wrote to me at home, for
| had given instructions that all letters were
to be forwarded to me at the postoffce. Evil
IDENTIFY Lenore was rapidly becoming Indifferent
to me. and / began to think / would test her
and discover If she had indeed forgotten her
own qhusband. Moreover, to tell the honest
truth, l was again overhead and in love
with my own wife, for never had Lenore seemed
so fascinating and piquant as when she allowed
me, as stranger, to pay her strikingly marked
attentions.
One night therefore, as we sat together on a
deserted platform that overlooked the sea,
resolved to bring matters to climax.
As we talked / edged closer to Lenore, and by
degrees my arm stole gently around her waist
The moonlight shone full on her face, and in
stead of the look of anger | expected to see, to
my intense secret annoyance Lenore absolutely
smiled.
Dearest" I said. trying to speak tenderly,
but scarcely being able to restrain my anger at
my wife's disgraceful laxity of conduct in thus
allowing me to embrace her, 'you know love
YOU" Here / almost choked, for at those
words Lenore sighed blissfully. "Be mine, my
darling love-"
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-02

~7OR the fortieth and last time we had
quarreled That is to say, benore'
- who was otherwise the most charming
lNxW9y wife a man could possess, had eXhlp-
tied again some of that absurd jeal-
ousv Inherited from her French moth
er, and had charged me with basely flirting
with our neighbor, Mrs. Meredith
81 will bear it no longer" cried Lenore my
wife of but twelve months standing You
have broken my heart with your treachery. Last
night at the Bulstrodes' ball, did you not sit
an hour in the conservatory with that woman !
Only last week warned you of the consequences
of your dsgraceful conduct. l said Harry,
take care. If / see you flirting again with that
creature will leave you for ever You have
ignored my words From today am no longer
your wife"
Here Ienore stamped her foot and drew up
her small form to as great height as possible.
Whenever she was angry she always looked pret
tier than usual Her large black eyes sparkled
so brightly, her cheeks became so pink, and her
curly hair seemed to take on such charming
extra curl with excitement, that in our previous
quarrels / had almost gone down on my knees
to ask for pardon But today resolved to APP
pear obdurate. In my mind had little STRAIT
agem by which l hoped to cure Lenore of her
constant upbraidings.
| threw myself down on her boudoir couch and
agected to yawn.
Very well, Lenore," I said indiferenty,
pretending to be absorbed in the aspect of my
finger-nas, "do as you please. Tomorrow we
separate forever"
So dumfounded was Lenore at this unexpect
ed readiness to meet her views that she alb
solutely speechless. | took up newspaper and
feigned to read its columns But in an opposite
mirror I clearly the reflection of IGNORES
face and figure.
For moment my wife stood with her pretty
mouth wide open in gaspng astonishment. Then
she clenched her slim fingers tightly, contracted
her eyebrows in an angle with which | was only
too familiar, and with eyes burning with rage
sped like lghtnngfas across the room, and
absolutely tore the paper from my grasp.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-02

| tain trails. Her face was winter still when he
had finished his story, and her eyes were strain
ed and haggard.
eyes, she escaped from us, and we could not
find her again" She hesitated, and looked at
him miseraby "You know where we can go
to her%
Eyes. / do not think she has long to live
he added.
There was a moments silence, then she rose.
and he watched the soft trailing folds of her
gown as she moved towards him, remembering
the little tired gesture when she rested her hand
on each chair as she passed it. At his side
she paused and looked down into his eyes.
"You have forgiven me-you great enough
for that-for having doubted your"
''That! Oh! yes" His voice sounded dull
and tired.
He had done what he could, and rose to go.
Then he stood and looked at her. She was not
his Next week she would be less than ever
his And he had tried so hard to for other
women, and could not Life game of
cross-purposes-a stupid game-and his had
been blunder. He lifted his head with sharp
sigh Then he took her hand in his with his
old, gentle courtesy.
'If I can be of any service to you, command
me. And-you are to be married next week, she
tells me- You believe that / wish you every
happinessT
She gazed at him strangely, then faint pink
swept over her face and she turned from him.
"She told you that?" she said, in a low voice.
"Ah! how could she? Its not true"
'Not true?"
A chair creaked ominously in his muscular
eneers as he leaned forward and stared at her
And she turned with sudden passion, and looked
STRAIGHT in his eyes. There three long
Years of pain and weariness in their shadows
and she stretched out her arms to him with
broken cry.
lnen the mountain-hardened muscles weaken
ed suddenly, and he sat down dizziiy on the
| cba;r-but with the fair drawn close to
him and his head resting the laces at her
breast. and ner warm arms close around his
throat and the soft lips on his hair and eyes and
face.
loved you =" 4hN time, my dear-my bar
barian!" she whispered, TREMENDOUSLY. And the
Jasmine is there in my desk"
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-02

you've been away long time and things
have happened. Three years, isn't it? Buy me
a drink, Jack-for old times sake. I'm not
hungry, but I'm thirsty-and cold"
She shivered again, and pulled tawdry bead
ed cape closer Ser shoulders. Remington
turned without speaking, and led the way into
cafe She swallowed strong drink, then leaned
back and laughed heartily.
$50 it was your ticker / tried to pinch That
rich. The world is small place. When
did you come back, Jack? And-have you seen
any of the Sfolks?'
Remington's teeth closed suddenly on his cigar
and the woman laughed again.
Don't get ruffed, Johnny-Jack! 1t won't
spoil Helens plumage to mention her in my pres
ence, We are of the same mother, if her father
was a parson and her step-papa-my sire
bounder. I could not choose my parentage,
could I? Is it my fault that / loved the flow
ing bowl instead of the five O'Clock tea? Did
the hand of the Potter shake? Have you seen
her?'
mo"
Remington leaned forward on the table, and
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-02

clasped her tightly round the waist, but
there was a good deal Of fierceness in the en-
brace To add to my disgust Lenore actually
dropped her head on my shoulder
ATLAS" she whispered, gently "T cannot be
yours IT here the shameless woman put
her handkerchief to her eyes" my husband is
still alive"
AT her regretful tone my blood boiled fercely.
But ! would carry the farce TO the bitter end.
But you have left him." | said, swallowing
lump of anger in my throat you love him
no longer. Come away with me, my darling.
Say you love me best and let, us fly together
from England"
"But what would my husband do If he met
you" asked Lenore Historically. "He would
kill you; then what would become of me?
should die also"
"Then you do love me?' I asked fercely.
"Never mind your husband; | will deal with
him. You agree, then to come away with me
this very night. Will you, darling?
"I will come with you to the end of the
end of the world she said tenderly, and once
more her head dropped on my shoulders.
No longer could | restrain my wrath un-
clasped myself from her embrace, and, jumping
up from my seat, | confronted her fiercely.
$50. madam, you would elope with me?" |
cried in my natural voice and throwing off my
dark wig. "You, who never frt, allowed
stranger to embrace you and to make love to
you But ! have found you out How dare
you behave so dsgracefully~
"And why shouldn't firt" she said, au-
dacously, "What is sauce for the gander is sauce
for the goose"
"Flrt." / calculated, tempestuously "But
you consented to elope with me. Do you call
that firtng?"
"And why shouldn't I elope with my own hus-
band?" said Lenore, bursting into a peal of
laughter. Gwen you can't convict me of wrong.
Do you think l didn't recognize you all the
time, you foolish boy? Haven't | had lovely
revenge?"
Thereupon she threw herself in my arms and
kissed me again and again. We made the quar-
rel up, for / was too much in love to leave her.
But to this day have uneasy doubts. Did my
wife really recognize me all the time, or was it
merely a pretense because ] found her out?
shall never know the real truth But l take
good care that Lenore never goes away again
by herself
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-02
Ignores

Brute" she hissed between her white
teeth "I see it all. You are anxious to get rid
of me. You think then you will be free to go
to that woman. But you shall not cast me off
like this / refuse to leave the house"
Her emotion choled her utterance. She stop
ped short, her bosom heaving tumultuously with
passion
surveyed her languidly.
REALLY, my dear Lenore," / drawled, calmly,
why all this foolish temper? Do as you please.
Stay leave, it is all one to me-"
My calmness acted upon Lenore with the same
effect as cold water upon fire. She Missed again
with rage. and called me by every name in her
vocabulary.
'I will go this moment" she cried, hysterical-
ly. Never will see your home again. Had
firted as much as you should be ashamed to
look you in the face But you shall treat me no
longer in this cruel way. Nothing-no, moth
ing, g,"-she emphasized her words with stamp
of her little foot-"would induce me to come
back to you Unless" she added, slowly, ''you
ask my pardon this moment"
Well, | was just little tired of always con-
Tossing myself in the wrong, so i remained OBJ
durate. | coolly shrugged my shoulders and Le-
more, after an anxious pause, suddenly flew out
of the room and banged the door violently.
As she was well supplied with money, knew
that my injured wife would not require to come
to me for pecuniary aid. l thought her most
probable plan would be to go away for short
time to some seaside resort and l resolved to
follow her in disguise.
Accordingly while she busily engaged in pack-
ing up, l went to Clarkson's, and got him to
transform me from fair clean-shaven man to
an oliveslnned foreigner, with a waxed mus
tache and dark wig.
In this disguise my own mother could not
have recognized me, and when l returned to the
square in which my house was situated l knew
that Lenore, whose cab, laden with luggage,
passed me in the street. never dreamed that the
foreigner who stared so hard at her was her
own husband.
As | surmised, she had chosen Brighton; and
it was the easiest thing in the world for me to
follow her and take quarters in the same hotel.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-02
HER BARB ARIAN

laugh and she thrust her haggard face with Its
ghastly paint, close to his.
"Do you think there is anything left that l
fear-excepting thirst? Do you think you have
suffered one fraction what L have? They were
going to put me in a retreat and | ran away.
And it is morpha now. And l would le-steal-
murder!"
She leaned back and laughed again, loud and
harshly.
'It's a grim jest, this life of ours, isn't it?
How loved YOU in those old days Loved you,
while the thirst was tearing at my throat, and l
was fighting it, and no one knew. Perhaps, if
you had cared-but you didn't And-Helen's to
be married next week Did you know?"
Her eyes narrowed evilly as he turned sharply
and looked away.
"Hurts, eh? Engagements in yesterdays pa
per. She's marrying swell, of course. Push
the button, Jack I'm thirsty"
Remington was white and weary when he
bowed low before the other woman whom he
had not seen for three years, yet whose face he
had carried with him over many lonely noun
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-02

brought the ache back with him. The crimson
and purple and black in the window ran into
each other strangely for moment, and his eye
lids stung. Then he set his teeth, and stared
hard at dark muffer
The stare was unseeing at first, but soon it
changed to gaze vaguely curious. Between him
and the muffer, on the glass, there foated a
ghostly hand, shadowy, indistinct. He watched
it ntenty and his face hardened. Then he
drew his lett hand from his pocket, and his
fingers closed around wrist. Taking his
watch-fob from the slim fingers, he looked down
into the womans face. She twisted her wrist,
then stood still.
LET me go, for Gods sake! l was-hungry." +"
The voice was sullen, and he laughed
"Old story, my dear. If you-Mnnie!"
The hard painted face lifted to his and she
grinned. Then she pulled her wrist from his
loosened grasp, and ierked down her town red
satin sleeve.
"Well, what of it? | was Minnie I'm Pearl
now-Pearl Meredith. It's fancier, eh?'
She grinned again, then shiveredt as a chill
wind swept down the street.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-02

, looked at her. His face was gray in the gas
light.
Minnie, in Gods name, what has done this!'
"Its long story, jack She reached out
and took his glass "You don't want it, Ell!
And talking's thirsty work. You remember
when the mother died. and L was living on Hell
ems bounty? You came to see her in those days,
and fell in love with you. Oh! no, you didn't
know it. You big men never can see farther
than your nose and you could only see Helen
Do you remember that night you found me drink
ing and took me home? Well, | reckless,
and there was a pain where the heart is sup
posed to bel knew you did not care and the
drink curse was in me, aud II lied to Helen,
Jack"
"And what?" asked Remington.
She drained the glass, and then looked at him.
81 told her it was you I was with that night.
She saw you bring me home"
+ The veins of Remingtons forehead rose like
whipchords, and he breathed heavily"
"You are a-woman!'
His words died beneath her short mirthless
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-02

0VEN three years away from the World
| makes one a stranger Remington 1elC
tempted to go to the Canadian Pacific
B&adiSSI office instead of the opera, and return
back to the familiar wilds that had lat
terlv been his home. He sat out one
act of Carmen" then muttered profane word
in his mustache, and went out to the street.
There was no particular reason why he should
feel irrtated at the strange faces There were
men-and women-who would have gladly well
coined him home again to civilization, had he
hunted them up Yet there but one woman
whose welcome he wanted, and she had none for
him.
So he strobe moodily down the brilliantly light
ed street scowled at the cheerfully noisy throng,
swallowed some more profanity as a Salvation
Army gathering blocked his way, and swung INTO
a ouieter street that led to his hotel. Halfway
to that refuge for homeless bachelors, he paused
before haberdasher's window in the Strand,
and. stood staring drearily at elaborate and
thoroughly correct display of the newest things
in linen and neckties
With his hands thrust deep in his trousers
pockets, his head bent forward, and his eyes
fixed upon a group Of neckwear, his thoughts
travelled back to the time when he last listened
TO Carmen seeing the toreador and his fire
Av sweetheart, but only conscious -keenly con-
sc;ous-of the woman beside him in the box, her
white shoulders touching his sleeve as he leaned
against her chair, her perfumed hair near his
cheek.
He loved her then-that fair, gracious woman,
with her delicate face and dusky eyes filled with
vague dreams. And he loved her still. He
loved her, and his life had been empty-hideous-
lv empty-and hopelessly purposeless since He
had sent her a bunch of jasmine that night-she
had always made him think of jasmine herself
and il was her favorte flower. She had not
worn it, after all, and an ~ mpalpaoe able wal had
1rSv II was. But it was there And against the
chill of it, the words that burned on his lips
died unsaid
Then he had gone abroad into the wilds, and
worked savagely to numb the dull ache in his
breast. But it had all been of no use, and he
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-02
Card Playing With the King

@7HE King is very fond of she game Of
bridge, and bridge parties always
great feature whenever he is being
I&ksl9Nl entertained.
There is an exceedingly strict eti
ouette observed in all card games played with
his Majesty taking hand. One cast-iron rule
il that the host must never win money from his
rovar guest, and for that reason, should there
he no lady present, he invariably seats himself
opposite his Majesty
Another rule is that the stakes-which are
always low when the King is playing-must al
ways be paid out in newly mnted coins or notes
freshly issued by the Bank Of England, the rea-
son being that his Majesty never handles money
which has been in general circulation. The host
therefore, has to procure good supply Of new
coins and notes, which he shares among his guests
Ia exchange for their old money.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-02

TY=NN England they collect tram tickets; so
ANl they do in France, but for quite other
A@k1 reasons 1t is not to publish the num-
I0n9DI Der so that the reading public may be
ts.szssS benefited by the generosity of the news
paper, but TO make an instrument OF
the toilet of it. In the public schools OF France
especially in the girls schools, the mstresses pass