Long Valley advocate. (Lardo, Idaho) 1904-1907, 1907-01-24

Copyright, by Daily Story Pub. Coz
By Frank H. Meloon

| o'Si " me civilized 1nf1l
ehces OF American arms, would hardl
nave borne repeating in the presenc
Vi MS superior officers of the Wa
department. a. Washington. d. c.. a
nc mused In front of his untemptin
quarters In the enervating afternoo,
neat Oh the little island village of Ma
jon.
Lieutenant, Captain, Major, Colo
mel General" the major kept repeat
,ns' well, he unused, he had reached
Inc halfway mark of the five grades
at very decent season of life. the
olher TWO being more often attained
by age than by merit
In Manila the majors battalion had
iounu lie endurable.- There were
means OF entertainment if one could
can IL by that name. In the Philip-
| pines anything that diverts ones at-
.entlon from the humdrum round of
uaiiy existence is termed entertain
iuene' out after sufficient time has
eiapsed, everything fails to turn tbe
inlno from its wearying contemnla+ion
OF the eternal sameness. Then II &c
'na' man goes out into the bush and
nusters himself out of service The
onlcial records are generally kind
enough to lay it to the natives
me major looked past a cIumn of
oamooos and saw Captain Manson
iounslng lazily on the ground. which
was BAKING around him like the Glow
MOUNDS in a brick kiln. Captain Man
son looked intolerably old and uo,u
ne was smoking misshapen Filinino
cigar. lie had been in the Philipnines
seven years. He had come as q coo
onu lieutenant, appointed from civil
me- with one of the first companies r.
GROSS the Pacific in a leaky transnort
aiCer Dewey's memorable Nav colo
oratlon In Manila Bay. After all re
lected Major Tracy, fortune had bean
. KIND to him than to Captain
Had not DR.. Carey whis-
'ereo only the day before that tbe
'ap.ain chances of living another
"eivemonth were slim? The can.
ain knew 1t, too. A weak heart LA
ne 10 be aggravated by excitement 8
not nice thing to have inside once )
ios III country where one is liable 6
De popped at from the scrappv hush :
any moment, like jackrabbit. 9
I've nothing to go home for. r. T E
Ad mad, would have gone long ago b
We got TO die soon, I'd as lief n =,
ouiu De here as anywhere" Captain Fl
anson had said. u
LII. carey had told the story RI +bo =,
aJor with an unfeeling brutality tba+
10 Jared upon his nerves rendoros =,
nse and irritable by the Internal a.
at of the sun. '"i a.
Assuredly, thought the major be d1
not IKE this DR.. Carey. who bod r,
me IRON no one knew where ~ 80
rey never volunteered any inforna.
u ABOUT his past life. His apnoint. 10,
'ne 10 the army, it was known bod IN.
en- due to civil service and ~, a.s
e pull in congress. DR.. Carev NO. o.,
ueniaoiy handsome. He had an III,
OF refinement which the major ad. d;i
-'eo TO himself jealousy. No ono Co.
IN the battalion could acquire ~ 60.
something to be born in one Dr :,
'ey mad cut wide swath amonn To-,
oelles OF Manila, and his evidar,. =
grin az having to depart tberefro,,,
been the one consolation 49, NJ ~
or officers of the mess had fonnd No
coming to Majon. Au wa
nd now Major Tracy's thoughts NV
i pack to the day from which he 49,
ever since computed time-tbe n
ne mad met Rita, who later bod ~
me his wife. Rita was s,ona.- =,
, Dl.o siri OF the East with a face nais
nsiteiy feminine in the Puritan no;r
'acy OF Its outlines and expression 49, -.