The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-11-10
ROSEBUD GOES INTO SOCIETY
A FAIR SLY, a C~VAaDIAA"S MINT
AND A ron ,tNCE.
Fpnlln Aspirations That NiVed y YOunR
WOn;Nn Up tn the iOper war-Whnt s1s
MI. Found TheTo-Ais0 Another Instance
OG Feminine Uncertainty transcribed

r. Found T~herc-AisO Another Instance
SG Feminine Uncertainty Transcribed,
? '.'yo been In high society today al uuro
a. you ara a foot high AMI my n&mo 10
Rosebud
Now. Rosebud Is tho man who has bOen
called Ola Sport In n oolnmn not far from
this and by tho pruasa. huiable cEronlclcr.
That was a mistake,
Rosebud IL Mother old nor a. sport. hut
Inan arc sometimes wlilSi old In terms u
csdOarment. end Rosebud wa u sport.
Now, no In q GeAtlNmAR ~ lSlSura and 10
generally oallai Rosebud bsoauss he in-
vAriably wNars a oNst dover which often
10 a rose,
1T WAS IN ane L party ~ you'd SEQ bs-
tween tho two rivers, but n was twice as
fine for me because ~ the romance. love
romance, Its tho only truth worth ssek-
ing. But you've q way of doing yOur own
trimming, NOTICE, 30 III vet down to cGsss
n cut out tho fsn%cy'turls.
'It was a dozen yecTs HRo l should gay
h this tho BOer wGr wGs2- that an old
friend Of mine with whom I'd seen some
life died leavinR a tidy fortune and IL tldier
daughter. Both in my care! Well. why not?
He'd testei me. I'll testeA him. Cnd neither
IL US had lGck talk corning to US on that
layout. understand.
As for the girl. I knew her since she
was born and loved her az | hoped | would
a child Cf my own. ! have none. Nor wife.
Twas she first used TO pin flowers on my
coat and got me into tho habit the boys
have uscl for my name.
I'm not leery If Spinning you a yarn.
but am of having my right name in print.
I've known many a man get that fall they
say goes before pride because he wanted
TO be known TO more people than wanted
10 know him.
We'll. this here girl VS. living a. a fash
iOnsble school o. bit out Of town. and when
she was g~rbduIted l goes up there to see the
missus and le2ra what's this | should do
first with the girl.
$50 il seems that ore Of the lady teachers
was going over to foreign parts with four
or Ave of the pupils my little ward knew.
and the missus says. Let her go along
I put the proposition wen call her Betty.
II you pleasa-tO Betty and she wCs wild
with joy over il.
YOU'RE the sweetest rORs bud, she says.
that ever grew in the garden of my heart
and the missus called her down.
$50 ] sized mp the lady teacher a bit,
had her 10 lunch and the theatre with Betty
and her flock Of friends and she pans out
all TO the good. a steady going. clear eyed.
square gated woman. IL was astonishing
what she knew about foreign countries
past. present and 10 come.
We'll. away they sailed, me down TO the
wharf with a coupe full of flowers. candy
and books, not forgetting a map Of Man.
haitian in 1872. which thought would in
terest the lady teacher. IL did. She said
she'd read of IL in a catalogue and il was
unique. But ! think she meant no harm.
! paid 500 for it at an auction.
-Betty's letters were better than all the
printed books I own. That's more than
III ever read. | buy them TO read. but.
Lord! there's so much else. Lady teacher
came 20 time. TOO, with a beautiful note
about art and dodads of such sort that
was thinking Of going out 10 the Art Museum
n day. when all of a sudden | was bowled
over by two cables.
Zone from lady teacher: Betty has
gone 10 the Boer War. | am distracted.
Gable Instructions. One from Betty:
I'm going TO he a spy; father would have
approved; don worry; don't follow
Seeing how | was feeling my man fetches
me a glass Of brandy and says he'll run
for the doctor.
hNh TOT n can l sAYS. Gst "A good /
horse or I'll brain you
'~We had only half an hour and miss I'd
the boat, but caught it in IA rug. Oh. il
there had only been wireless wires thos,
daysl Seven days of such worry!
Her father had once jumped in front J
of me when a man with a gun-but no
matter. | knew then how | loved that little |
rascal. The darling.
THE first clue | got was az Durham. She'd
been arrested between the lines. but the
British officer who had tried her-and
who had a right TO hang her found a ship
in the harbor just smiling for Adelaide
and he bundled her aboard. She'd done
little harm. Then he lost the records in
the case. so he coulln't report il home.
A good chap, that.
well. there's cables all over the world.
I had her Intercepted at Adelaide by a
banker ! got into communication and asked
him to try and keep Betty till l arrived.
1t was easier 10 Cabl" than sail.
Il went 20 Cape Town for a ship. hut
before | got one my banker cabled me
TO wait for Mary Smith, Red Cross nurse
ON such a troop shin. The ship arrived
with Australian trooi =, doctors. nurses,
but no Mary Smith. No Betty. Such a
nurse had been aboard. IL was reported.
but had asked 10 90 ashore before any one
else in a lighter with some medical supplies
there was a hurry call for.
I'D seen in Cape Town an freshman one
of these here fellows you'd call visionary
I'd seen in New York , ] keep my business
TO myself when | ought TO, and he learned
nothing from Ame. But | learned some
thing about him, enough 10 make me watch !
him. now that Betty had slipped ire. !
We'll. to cut out lots that kept mo on the
edge Of my foot for a couple OF weeks, |
found BettyIor located her. IA tine cor say.
in a hospital not far from the lighting lire.
She was q nurse. all right.
In vhe hospital were officers not So
badly wounded hut they could go back
and get Wounded some more. Its easy
for a pretty nurse to get Information from
such cha pr.
Il wanted no explosion, You see. So did
not declare myself. But ! had some talks
with the chief surReon. n good man.
then when Betty was of duty I got !
90 hav some long chats with "A wounded
officer. doing well with his bullet broken
shoulder. Fretty al FIRST because he couldn't |
get back and stop some more Boer bull
lets. CAPT. Sir Crawford MCGOWAN ia his
name; IA handsome u %youngster as ever
wept because he couldn't fight.