Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1910-01-27
STICK TO YOUR TRADE
BY q. cRlTTsNoeN LYLE.

we To buy him few cigars and the
wrappers will likely be paper colored,
10 look like tobacco leaf. Let n wife
ask her husband to hire a maid and,
though she may BE- oomely. she will
have TO be got rid of instanter.
One would suppose that all soldier
lax Is alike. Nothing of the kind. An
infantrynau knows nothing about can
non: nm artillerymau knows nothing
about the signal service.
There remarks are n preface 10 the
recital of an attempt TO make "A fighter
out Of II musician-an army musician.
jacob Gohcler WAS n bugler in one of
the regular regiments. When tho regi
ment wGs preparing TO go to Cuba at
iEe time ~ the Spanish American war
he became aubilious To be n real sol
der lrstcad Of tootcr Ills sergeant
buele. but Jacob said that when a
buglcr wa killed ~ battle there was
no glory In his death. lie preferred To
die with weapons IN biz hands Instead
OF bugic.
SO Jacob became II soldier aud was
Ia the first battle fought after the
troops landed near Santiago. nfortu-
nately II was his first fight, and he was
ratified. Men were being shot down
beside him by All enemy they could
not see some Of the corps were get
ting back; others were standing. ia
cob got Il into bis head that he should
sound retreat Putting his hand back
To grasp his buglc. h. found a revolver
instead. Putting the muzzle into his
mouth he tried 20 blow. In his ex-
element he must have pulled the trig-
ger for he was brought TO his senses
by feeling something warm on his jaw,
and. putting his hand there. ne found
blood pouring from n hole IN his cheek.
The wonder was that the bullet had
not gone throuyh tie vertebrae at the
back OF his neck and killed him. He
must have blown through a corner OF
bis mouth.
Jacob was Ia a hospital I'LL pretty
near the eud OF the war. II would
have been better for him to return To
the duties OF bugler. but the hole
In his cheek didn't close up. and an
attempt 20 blow a bugle would send
all the wind out at the side Of his
face instead OF through his bugle.
when Jacob returned TO duty he
found II impossible TO explain TO his
comrades how be came by the hole
In his cheek. The story got out. and
he was laughed at. This fired him
with n desire to redeem himself. He
longed for an opportunity. and the
opportunity came. There was no lack
OF fighting around Santiago. True. the
Spanish and American forces were
standing OF from one another. but
there were sorties aud charges. One
day Jacob was In some very thick
lighting. The colonel was racing about
with his bugler at his heels blowing
his orders when suddenly the bugle
dropped from his hand and he fell
bugler knocked out, looked about for
another. but there was none at hand.
The captain OF Jacobs company, real
izlng his predicament. cried out:
We've got bugler here. colonel
Gobeler. get up there on that horse"
Gobeler. obedient and forgetting that
he had been disqualified TO blow or
ders by his wound. picked up the
bugle. mounted the horse and placed
himself directly I'm the coloners rear.
The SpaniarAs were preparing TO crush
the American troops on that part OF
the field The colonel saw a brigade
Of the enemy swinging round on his
right to get in his rear and gave Jacob
an order TO signal change of front.
Jacob put his bugle to his lips and
blew. but there was no sound. All the
wind was going out through the hole
In his cheek.
The colonel looked at him in surprise
and anger. Jacob clapped his hand to
his cheek. but did not succeed I'm fore
ing the wind through the bugle. Shut
ting his mouth. he put the bugle TO the
hole In his cheek. Since no wind could
get out through his mouth II went
through his cheek. Al any rate,
VI ~ XVI Wv puSit w
family sound the colonels order. But
Jacobs delay gave the enemy an ad-
vantage that pretty nearly caused the
capture OF the regiment. II was saved
only by support coming In the nick
of time. When the fighting was over
the colonel called out to Jacobs cap
tain:
Keep that man In the ranks, cap
tain. He's no good for bugler."
"He was good bugler. colonel, but
he insisted on going into the ranks
The first thing he did was to try to
blow a signal on his pistol and shot
hole In his cheek. Now he's no good
for either n soldier or bugler."
After this episode Jacob was so ridi-
culed by the men that he tried TO get
himself killed In order To escape their
Jokes. To make matters worse II seem
ed that all the buglers In the army
were getting shot. and the command
Ing officers were always sending for
men who could sound the calls. II was
constantly: Say. Gobeler. you can
blow a bugle. can't you? oh. ! forgot.
You ruined your wind trying to blow
invrn tho ruuzzla NJ n DiStOl " These