Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1910-09-16


mary companion very careless Of the
march.
"What's this, sergeantT he sputter-
ed. "This Is quite irregular. sergeant
Irregular The parade ground. A
| ID thing with wings and V type
engines! And no passes? Some one
will sweat for this. Highly irregu-
iarr'
Pardon me,"- said Theodore. "Wv
name is Carson. miscalculated my
speed. know Colonel Krimnitz. and
if
Colonel Krimnitz. SIR" said Captain
Bolger, lis temporarily on leave. am
the officer of the day. sir. You will
produce pass for your COMPOUNDED
aeronef or shall order YOU
II feel sure" said Mr.. Carson. that
Colonel Krimnitz"-
Colonel Krimnitz be hanged" re-
torted Captain Bolger You can't
come the Krimnitz game. sir, while he
is on leave. Sergeant"
Captain said the sergeant, salut-
ing.
.'See what that thing Is I'm the fel-
lows hand" pointing to Mr.. Waddy's
camera. Take Ii. and if it's bomb
explode 1t at sea. III it's camera
turn it over to me instantly and cOnfine
these men. My compliments to Major
Fathers, and say 10 him that ] have
confined three men who ran the guard
In an airship. with bombs or cameras,
as the case may be: that | have the
airship ,lnder guard and await his in
structiols at headquarters"
Aud Captain Bolger hippety- hopped
to headquarters. followed by soldier
With camera. The three interfOpers
went into the guardhouse. while Cap
tain Bnirer's message went TO Major
Fathers, commandment in the absence
of Colonel krimnitZ,
II Won't stand it, Mr.. Waddy shout
ed. Il want tn wire John ii. Gum!
want To wire Washington. tell you
John H. tsunn. speaker of the house!
Hen allke snniebody chew hay for
thS~
Mr. Craighead began humming ITS
Tweaty Miles tn Vassar." evidently a
West Point ditty. paced the guard
house, turning corners with military
precision or stood accurately with GER
tain fingers on certain seams of his
trousers as precise as tin soldier.
The atmosphere had peRpaeated his
system, and when a eoYporaPs guard
called for them his stride might have
been offered as u model
Access to Major i.hthers' desk was
opened for them BIZ orderlies described
by Mr. Waddy as state prison look
ing fethowa armed to iue teeth. The
major Was thin. Solelnn. bilious look
ing, as If he had bad liver from serv-;
bee In the tropics; naughty. as If the
liver had overiowed his temper.
"WhO are your said Major Flathers.
"Who are we?" cried Mr. Waddy.
"Who are we? American citizens. sir!
Citizens and taxpayers, before you was
ever born, sir Wirej John II. Gum
at Washington that Cyrus Waddys
shut up in Jail. ami you'll find out!
YOU'LL
1T would seem an. economy Of time,
Mr.. Wadssy." said the major. after
quellinS him with yellow glover,
HOT sv uUuupIe ME-. sdunu the presi-
dent. who might find 1t inconvenient
to attend for purposes Of identification.
What can YOU say. sir?"
This queryF wasI directed at Craig
head.
"Most high and dllustrious One." said
he. the world Is wide, its population
some sixteen hundred millions. OF
this considerable force we are but
three. You ask us. o serenity. to set
ourselves apart from the others by
brands and marks. How can the thing
be proved! 1t Is hard saying, and
ret didst ever see that serrated nose?
Give me pen, and let me mark 1t
Exhibit A."
The uiajO-. arose with pronounced
absence of haste. adjusted a pair OF
rfrnless glasses to his precipitOus beak
by clasp of special construction, ex-
amiued Craighead'S nose critically and
imnrsonally. as If looking at speci-
men ina case, slowly removed the
glasses and deliberately reseated him
self
II have observed such a nose In but
one case" said he, ''but its introduc-
ton In evidence does not establish it's
identity with the only snout Of similar
symmetry recorded. Exhibit A will
be considered for what it is worth-as
evidence. Proceed"
81 will now render song. which /
beg this honorable body to receive as
Exhibit B.
Though this declaration made dis
tinct sensation among the officers ana
orderlies, and though the sergeant.
who was a shorthand reporter, broke
three pencils In his agitation, Major
Fathers never let down by even one
degree the saturnine dignity OF his
presence. Craighead sang with nne
independence of tune but with an
air and style of tone emission when
reminded all hearers of basso pro-
fundo laboriug in the trough of the
heaviest vOcal,sea. 4
Oh. it's twenty. miles to Vassar. and the
Hudson for to cross '
There's regulations to be broke at both
ends of the route,
But Relinda,s eyes are like the sky. Be-
linda IS /hair Isl floss,
And Jim is black and plagued withtlove
and doesn't care a boot.
Oh, it's twenty miles to Vassar,
But it's fifty smiles at Vassar,
And It's other loveY dovey things In hosts
beyond compare!
Oh, the love of dear Belinder burns his
iptz nf,,do