New-York tribune., 1909-05-30

tered tICt found the landlord = two daugh-
itTS-t1nE things they We're whose father
dwelt On one floor OF his own build1ng-co1n-
iortably enSConsed II the Coloneis palace
listening 10 the marvellous tales he told
ust about that time had q windfan on the
fifteenth ot February. ! remember. because an
InpeCunIous engineer dCcSn forget ms first
blC 1ob Il took me 70 Boston and on the way
back rode the Pullman with my new en-
ploycr man who had lust been elected 70 Con-
EresS and Was rather proud 81 Il He bored me
after awhile and ! gained a respite by porIng
over the morning newspaper which boy
brought IN Really nothing much III II that
Was more interesting than the conversation -
same old rng politics funny incident II a
p,ECe court where an eX- Iudgc had been fined
-lT fast driving tITe where unknown man
had proved great herolsm by rcscuIng some one
over 81 reLha1 tre escape and SO forth
SANE old gun bat as ] threw the paper
down my chent sighted n, staring Hero
headlines and somehow the conversation
turned o. u.r stores He having been a sol
l-e- -alG ID star story Il valoT about = Colonel
who led charge Qt such desperation that hrs
shattered regiment after having saved the iav
was able = muster only . few score OF men AZ
TolcaN ! sat mp IL my seat with q bounce
when he mentioned the name Howe { "
] suppose he was rewarded sand by way
II urging Erm on
No He came 10 Boston after the w4r
went ln-o business and after many wears was
- ms friends
Oh. friendship s "a thing that has 70 - ap-
pealcd g. rs -, ! rn;cr1ectod
lie WaS serlcwh hat embarrassed by nv covert
accusation .ut was game enough = admit the
truth les m sorry = say that sometime
Z - o1tuso u e were al T. blame We thought
ne was dong well. uucil one day he vanished.
an then i was too late
OF course ua one could blame his friends
for uCt w.-.aruC more closely and reasoning
g-1t that D., wae slowly drowning responded
Tho- ,ou.ln De e,gusured inr not seeing that
--e LIT s: esol-t-.1-lf~ul -was breaking ue-
meath ms --r-ate hold 10 leave hun Al best q
Ge-eI-et on no. G.u coulGr auv q YOU
help him Some men arsu = built that wav
They hzv, hearts i.t they prefer 10 blurbeT
sentiment over the dead rather tHan get IN and 1
boost t-r the l.r-ur
Tins post saarcc-n sympathy made me o. -ritle /
bitter when mentally pictured a white haired |
ez-Colauel sLuve-lug coal under MulhEau fgT
t---v q month
Wei would help nm now and could my
new client r.'.-tD- with some aeQe-ltY showing
that the probe had struck q nerve 'Coloue. .
Howe ls -ur--l,l g. a. pension that would enable .
hiu o. live ie.,uttv and the accrued a1rears .
would buy him O. home Il / could only ind /
hsn
Have yau looked for hlm-ve1y hard,
Tes and SD have others who nave known /
hl-u al H.s lie You InferentsaIly II q sweep /
ING a--a--nultut. accuse Us all Of
But what would be Necessary Tor thIs-eT- !
act q sacrifice on the part q you gentlemen |
who have suddenly wakened 20 your duties as /
ms friends. as fellow parts IT blg struggling /.
lar reaching humanity
He dIiu answer tor q moment and II that /
time too cooled down
Nothing more than ms discharge papers
sat and thought for "a few moments and /
then told hrm al knew e Howe il was ms
turn O. be surprised. but ms sincerity Wa
shown rv hIs announcing that We should lose no .
time whatever u VISITING the Colonel II III, .
Grand Central station he engaged q taNIcab.- /
something .an : a.tortl.-ani was as elarcd /
as be was because Il was almost the same Is b: |
] myself was about 70 present Howe 7 { with |
. few thousands back pension and get HIM out
ot the coalbia for life ! pictured the 10Y that
would come over hun ~ this unexpected for
tune. ! prepared q speech for the occasion
tuhtl5ng over with lot q slush about ancient
heroes and al that sort q stuff
THE tazi slidded round the corner INTO my
street and came 70 q stop that was startling
looked out 70 learn the cause Great Scott
Where nay house had stood was nothing but q
pile 4 tlre hlacEened debris some totterIug
walls and a tre patrol working round the stll
steaInlng rl1Ius think spoke more eneT-
gerl,allv than ToveTcntally Il The tTlcks 81
Fate. anywav. I made my companion under
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