The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1910-12-08
TERMS 6 Months Fifty Cts.

l saw her over at II company this
morning, and she was bawling to
beat the band, never heard of that
old timer crying before generally
cusses.'
She was weeping on account of
her husband, no doubt" remarked
Sergeant Chester.
Don't understand how that is. =
says Benson, they used to fight
seven days in the week out in Mon
tana; beats me"
The grave quietly replied the
sergeant, hides all our faults and
dare say, Maggie remembers him
only as a kind, youth and loving
husband"
Sergeant Chester was an old sol
dier of a charitable disposition and
gentle nature.
But Benson was from Missouri.
Huh! | bet she's got something
up her sleeve, you can't fool me-
May amt no saint
Hello boys!''
Before could glance up. the rest
of the gang had performed some re-
markable acrobatic feats. Sergeant
Chester executed a backward somer-
sault from a sitting position and
landed on his feet faced to the rear
fully ten feet from where he was
sitting Benson, who was sitting on
the ground, did not want to get up
on his feet, but turned a backward
handspring, also faced to the rear
and running. Jordan, was sitting
on small table just in front of me.
i / was on a box that the sergeant
kept our refreshments in, Jordan
made high dive over my head and
fout under the back of the tent, pass
ing beneath an opening not more
than six inches high, but he touched
neither tent nor ground in making
his exit.
4 When / looked up and beheld
/ Corporal Stone standing before me,
| struck out to report the occurrence
to the adjutant. / also took the up
right pole in the rear of the tent, the
adjutant did not need the pole, nei-.
I ther did /, but it was in my way, and
as it was my duty to report any un-.
usual occurrence to the adjutant i'm
mediately, / did not propose to allow
a thing SO small as tent pole to in
{ terfere with the performing of my
! duty not /!
i / found the adjutant in his tent,
reading, he looked up in surprise at
my unceremonious intrusion. Well
sir?''
Corporal Stone has returned. !"
/ clustered.
Is that any excuse for your
| bursting into my tent with a haver-
; sack on your head?' Twas even so;
t in my haste to attend to my duty I
r had mistaken Sergeant Chester's
: haversack for my campaign hat and
slapped it on my head.
Tell the first sergeant of Corporal
Stones company to take him up on
the company Morning Report under
| the proper heading" continued the
e tadjutant and resumed his reading as
| if it was a common occurrence for a
dead man to return to duty.
? / retired. / had gone but a short
distance in the direction of H COM
pany when | perceived that Corporal
j Stone had preceded me--half of the
:, company tents were totally wrecked
= and ] saw the strange, not to say
: amazing spectacle of tent appar-
n emily running away.
!. 1t seems that the corporal had ap-
e peared in the front of a tent full Of
t, the boys engaged in game and il
their haste to get away they haG
=. torn the tent from its mooring and
e. taken it with them.
l. found the fret sergeant hiding
d under demolished tent and tolt
j him what the adjutant said, then
% went to my tent and turned in
t. About eleven o'clock heard M!
r name called and recognized b
o voice of H company's first sergeant
IT What do you want?v / inquiries
lg tirratably.
i Sergeant Major, what is th
lg proper 7headin' to take man u
g! fCo. ciuded Il. column s thus poi,e 5