Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-02-16

General Lee was as kind hearted as
he was brave. One gay he met. com
ing to the rear, gallant Georgian
whose right arm was badly shattered.
4 grieve for you. my poor fellow, "
said the kind hearted chief. Can |
do anything for your Yes. sir re-
piled the brave boy, with proud
smile you can shake hands with me.
general, if you will consent to take
| my left hand" General Lee cordially
gnasped the boys hand and spent some
minutes with hun, speaking all man,
ner of kind words. The feeling of ad-
miration for him was so sincere that
one night when company OF soldiers
was discussing atheism one of the men
exclaimed, We'll, boys. the rest of us
may have developed from monkeys,
! but | tell you none less than a God
could have made such u man as Rob
ert F.. Lee
Here Is notable case Of General
Lees magnanimity as related In the
Youths Companion:
lie was sitting on the yeranda OF
his Lexington home one afternoon. en-
| gagged In conversation with some
friends, when Il mau, Ill clothed and
covered with dust. appeared AT the
gate and timidly heckoned to the gen
eral. Apologizng 10 his friends. .ee
rose at once and went 10 the gate.
Very Soou his purse appeared. and he
\ was seen To give the man some money.
| Ills friends, knowing the extent of his
| charity in any case of suffering real
| or apparent, looked on with some impa-
| tience, for they knew how slender his
/ means We're then and how many calls
II the same Kind came to him.
General, who was that?' one Of
| them ventured when he had returned
! To his place
"One OF our boys IN trouble" WAS
the half smiling answer for the gen
eral knew the remonstrance which his
| friend was longing to make.
What regiment and company did he
belong to-" persisted his friend anx-
ious If possible to unearth the suspect
ed fraud.
'Oh, he fought on the other side. -"
was General Lees calm answer.
How the "AIRbanaa" Escaped.
The keel of mysterious vessel
known as the 300 had been laid ut the
Lalrds yards in Birkeuhead and Mr.
| Adams our minister to Great Britain
soon reported Capt. Bullochs interest
| In her following this with surprisingly
accurate details Of her construction aud
mission. but all the Investigations Of
! the English officials failed TO unearth
| what Mr.. Adams agents had readily
discovered, says +. r. Hin In Harper's
Magazine. The 300 It was admitted.
might possibly be adapted for war
vessel, but there We're no guns upon her
| and her mysterious numerals merely
Indicated her doekyard name, she be-
ing the 290th vessel constructed by the
| Lairds. Her real name, according 10
| the records, was the Enrica, by which
she had been regularly christened at
! her launching, and there was, 10 the
| official mtrd. no cause for her deten-
| ton.
All this was solemuly reported 10y
! the foreign office and ii was almost
! impossible for the American minister
| to appear unconscious of the yelled in
! sincerity OF these official communica-
! lions. But Mr., Adams shut his ears to
| all that rulled the temper and. keep
! ing his eyes wide open, began prepar-
/ ing a ease against Great Britain, know
ing that sooner or later there must be
| a day OF reckoning In order that
| there might he no mistake, however,
as Ia the legal bearing OF his proofs
he submitted them to an English jurlst
OF high authority, who expressed his
| opinion that the laws Of England were
| being violated
Fortified with this decision, he once
more visited the foreign office ami
called the facts aud the legal opinion
directly To Lord Russell's attention
! Representations Of this nature, Of
| course, could not we'll be disregarded
by the government. but 1t was slow
To act upon them, and Capt Bulloch,
receiving inside information that the
authorities were contemplating the
seizure Of his vessel. took advantage
of the delay to arrange trial trip"
for the Enrlca, which proved so emil
nauttv satisfactory TINT ghe never ra-
turned to her dock. After a short stay
at another British port she smiled for
the Azores where an English steamer
met her with her arms and equipment,
aud with an English crew she sped
away as the Alabama 10 capture aud
| destroy all the unarmed commercial
marine Of the United States that cross
ed her path.