The Mena weekly star., 1910-11-10
A Singular Bet
a. ALLAN C. LAMOND
.-,ebt. 1910. by American Press
ccps''s Association.

,...r wines, liquors nor cigars. we
"a n.,,' brought supply with us.
p' 49, erery man of the six-the COM
.s.nt didn't play poker-had been
'''.nsd out half dozen times, pro-
' I'.asd ION tab" and cleaned out every
o. man half a dozen times. Carter.
que 'u,s,u Of my company. remarked:
'' ~ offer SO to any man OF this
Tho will give me new sensa-
tiou.' .,.a,s NIL w.
All second lieutenant Of e company.
ar an, make 1t a hundred If you sue
...a YOU to pay me hundred II you
don't" -,
whos TO decide who winsT asked
Carter
Alan y replied Kendall. 'I'll bet you
,s.t an or about tomorrow morning l
mil old Toms nose"
ala Tom was the major. thirty eight
v.srs old. bald. dignified. even pomp-
ms, martinez, and his proper name
VAS Thomas Ordway.
aGreat Scott. You'll be court mar
tsled and shot"
40 you take meT
81 certainly do, but the money will
| 40 YOU no good except to pay for your
| funeral"
arl risk that: put up the funds
sesbury. captain Of f company. was
made stakeholder, and he, with the
Two 6rst Ileutenants, were appointed
mnIres. The rest of the day was
usnt In wondering how Kendall was
ming to get out Of losing his bet. for
10 pulling the majors nose one
ulsht as well pull the nose Of the Sec
rtsry Of war, the highest official an
pticer considers. except the president.
who Is only supposed to figure in par
aous But since no one could guess
what Billy was up to, we finally drift
d into vignt ct I'M and were obliged
b be content with this for the rest OF
he day and evening.
That night the surgeon was called
10 to treat Nose, the majors colored
striker. He found Nose throwing up
is supper of pork and hard tack. The
sst morning Nose remained in bed.
The surgeon could not see that any
Ting was the matter with him. but
Nose persuaded him to report to the
major that his striker was unable for
be present to perform his duties.
Just before guard mounting Kendall
Rnt an orderly to Captain Seabury to
NJ that as soon as the old guard had
marched Of some one Of the umpires
we're to be at Old Toms quarters
nAay 10 observe the pulling Of his
hose.
The major was In a bad humor that
mfning In consequence OF the alb
krce Of his body servant and being
kqulred to get ready his own bath
nd perform other mental duties that
we're usually attended to by Nose.
When the umpires heard the tramp Of
@ guard that had been twenty.four
hgs on duty going to their quarters
n three OF them moved, at different
mes, so as not to attract attention.
Y headquarters. Near the door they
aHed on the center and conferred.
vas agreed that Seabury should
un an excuse to go in. stay as long
ne could, then come out, to be re-
aeed by one Of the others. Seabury
Nered. asked the major some trivial
stlion on matter of duty and came
" reporting that the major had his
Ny on and his collar unbuttoned,
que Kendall was stropping razor.
! lew minutes went in and came
e report report that the major was in
chair In which Nose usually
e''a him. Kendall was iathering
eommandant's face. Here comes
&u'enant Sykes, who had entered In
urn, laughing and slapping his
hnat Is it?" asked the others,
Rsding around him.
0u sykes was so full of laughter
y DC couldn't go on. Finally. when
covered somewhat, he said:
naen went in old Tom said apol-
Ssuea'y, That internal striker of
u mad to get sick last night. and
surgeon reports that he can't
y me this morning. Mr.. Kendall
naoly come to the rescue. and
saaer an eternal obligation to him,
~ Is Il you wantY
asnoali.' Sykes went on. "as soon
'as major had finished speaking.
! u0ld OF old Toms nose with the
4aser and thumb of his left hand
pulllng II first to one side then
O'ner, looked up at me. winked
Nsan to shave the commandant.
ler has LOST
reelleve." said Brown, "that ras.
= x ssnoall bribed Nose to be sick"
~ ~ enough chimed In Seabury.
. = 80 and find Carter"
0arters quarters they told the
= ana the captain agreed that the
'ss worth the stake. In little
- Aendall came in and told how
~ ny pribed Nose with a ten dol
J = 70 take an emetic. to fool the
49, I'M ana stay In bed the next
ss. knowing how old Tom
Ess' s % go without shave and
~ shave himself, Kendall had
~'u nim to let him do the fob.
sloo Reward, Sloo
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