Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-10-19
COLONEL OFF FOR HIS
HOME NEXT WEEK
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one a stranger to him. He seemed
to accept the shooting as a thing OF
the past 10 be dismissed. 1t was the
hour on the Milwaukee Auditorium
stage that most impressed him.
1T was exactly what any other man
would have done under the circum-
stances" he insisted. He was inter
rupted at this point while the steamer
rug which had been placed about his
feet to protect him from the brisk
breeze entering the window was
tucked in.
at was nothing nothing" he said.
u felt a little pain. but it was not
severe. When | stretched out my arm
or reached for my manuscript it made
me gasp a bit but that was all.
: AMUSED At MANUSCRIPT.
/ 1T was quite amusing" he went on.
when | reached for the manuscript.
TO see that il had hole in it from the
bullet: and there was a hole in my
spectacle case. too"
The colonel chuckled TO himself as he
recalled the surprise he had felt at his
discovery of the riddled articles.
Amusing. did you say, colonel"
asked one of his hearers.
i Well" he qualified, 1t was inter
esting."
At no time did the narrator show
any indication that he had experienced
the fear of death. He said he had no
means of knowing. as he delivered the
= speech he had promised to make,
=. whether he was wounded fatally, but
accepted as a matter of course that he
should go on until he had finished if
, his strength held out.
HARD TO KEEP TEMPER
81 found it hard to keep my temper.
though. when half a dozen men scram-
: bled over the edge of the platform to
shake hands,, he said with emphasis.
They wanted to shake hands" he
said. as though it still surprised him.
Didn't they know that it is impossible
for a man who has just been shot to
shake hands with genuine cordiality?"
In a matterof-fact way the colonel
spoke of his present condition and his
prospects of blood-poisoning or other
serious complications.
: The physicians tell me am getting
well, but they have also told me there
5 still remains a chance of a setback
, Isn't it a curious thing that little
J. spot can become infected and set the
: whole thing back"
i As he so questioned his hearers he
l. placed his thumb near the tip OF his
I forefinger to indicate how small a spot
he meant
Then, he said, there is the possibility
of. pleurisy or pneumonia. He insist
), ed that he felt no pain at all as he
spoke, but pointed out the spot on his
chest where he admitted occasional
i twinges of pain reminded him of the
> wound.
, GESTURE LESS ENERGETIC.
He moved his arms freely while
: talking. but was careful not to move
=. his body. He punctured his remarks
, with gestures, though not the same en-
:, ergetic gestures of his campaigning
6 He waved his hand or thrust forward
a finger with a quick dart where or
g dinarily he would bring down a Clench,
E ed fist upon an open palm with a
a thump.
q am still having some trouble with
l. the broken rib he admitted His
only apparent worry was lest the rib
: should not knit quickly enough to per
| nit campaigning before election day.
| He then went into a careful explana
] ton of how by deep breathing the
edges of the shattered bone were part.
ed and the beginning which nature had
made at her task of knitting them to-
gether would be all for naught
IF can get that rib knit so that the
edges hold and it doesn't pain me to
take a deep breath | hope to make
some speeches week after next" he
said
TALKS EAGERLY or CAMPAIGN.
That remark served to turn the col
onels mind TO the campaign Immed
lately his manner changed He forgot
cautions to guard against excitement
In a fash his face flushed and he was
gestculating with old-time vigor
They'll have TO be short speeches
at first, | suppose. but I'll make some
good ones" he warmed up.