Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-04-23

4GtAEs3 AuQ ~
the Distinguished Service
b order; and now an assist
ant game warden In Brit
" n ish East Africa.
I sf1rst saw the major IN South Al
d rtca, and L got to know him. as few
| other men know him. while we were
both serving the British East African
sgoyernmen This friendship between
us Is one, for my own part, which '
Y years can not lessen. B 4:
What history the man has back
!. OF his forty-odd years! What name
4 he has won for himself on the field
L 81 battle and IN police duties! It
1 seems almost imp ssible to tell all he
! has seen, ccomplish he'd and endured.
Perhaps one day some one will ven
ture stosrecord In book form the many
deeds Of daring this sfrail:l Joking Aus
stralians has ito his credit It would be
= mighty task, but the result should
be worthy sof the effort. for know Of
u nc! man who has more material to
SdrawSupo pom. vivid true-tolife happen
ings iin varied career Of excite
ment d 81 u 33F,3:,3 \.
Ross was born IN Australia way
4 back IN the seventies or may be the
sixties Emigrating to- America when
still hoy. he held first one post
and then another, until finally he drift
4 ID to Canada and enlisted in the
1 world famous, Canadian mounted po-
lice. s5}
s Some times, II you can get him into
4 z laxative mood. he will tell you Of
4 riding many miles toScapture danger
\ GUS criminals sing e-handed. Ross tells
with q smile that he was never known
ITO fail ON one OF these hazardous su II,
dertakings. II you look at his face,
\ you can understand why this is SO.
ut is not easy to get him to talk, but
fortunately his record is SO we'll
known that 1t is not q difhcu1t matter
to gather material on his life. Raj ,5
1remember one day when we went
I In camp together In East Africa
keeping law and order in a new dia-
mond field rush, which turned out q
nxzle Rosa began to talk after din
sner OF some OF his adventures with
the gunner and Illicit liquor men in
the northwest Of Canada. & ..g;
He told Jus OF ene day capturing 3
band Of four bandits, who were 5noto-
Srious for the number Of men they
had killed. Ross was sent odt with
~ trooper, to capture them alive II pos
asible. re gods! think OF It! Two
men to capture the four worst men
IN Canada! The two men rode ACROSS
4 the plains for several days until
they finally came upon the camp q
tfe~bandttA,- .55S
I'VE got 'em.,' ended Ross: Be.
ing pressed for further PARTICULAR he
reluctantly told us q Few details 81
the capture. ss:I
/ Our arrival was q surprise, he
continued. walked into their camp
accompanied by my trooper. Neither
Eof us had drawn q gun. Bandits OF
mo bandits, they all know they cant
fool the N. w. m. Police. One darn:
3ied fool drew a gun, but I'm mighty
quick with my pea-shooters and winged
!. him. The Others submitted; and we
brought 'em back to the chief. \, II
was sure some soft snap, that. II The
I poor fellow II had shot was buried
where he fell by his comrades. They
didn't like doing 1t, but a six-shoote1
Il covering you makes man do what
hes ordered. Leastwise. 1t always
has In my experiences. -
II Is only by looking into his eyel
and /! cate ching the lines Of his mouth
hidden partially by "a 2heavy mus
fache, that one can read that .behint
this hardened exterior Turks a hear
& fnll Of kindness for comrade in dis
tress. Strange ito relate he Is q pow
I 81. with women. b All women like him
4 ana he himself loves the society q
the gentler sex. IN the summer O
1910 Ross was happily married In Lon
don and has taken his wife back tt
\ East africa with him. Many = fail
saiady's heart will be Jealous OF the
Ii woman who has become Mrs. Ross.
One A day, when riding together
4 across the Athi Plains, Ross told me
that he: had spent some years u IL
Utah. i asked him IL he was {
Mormon. .tf n II Is
Sure thing. young Teller. I'm a bish
op IN the church, z he laughed, and the
merry twinkle in his eye warned ms
\ that q little coaxing might bring Out
u good story. And presently he
i told me about his stay In Salt Lake
4 City.
q IT gotten run out Of there n mis-
remember what for. The %Morm re
!. 1fg1on is sure some fine thing. Al
your wives save up all the yeller:leg
ged chickens to try and coax you t.
favor them. don't believe in nos
stfragette; Mormon ladies' for mine
Say, guess you better Join that out
Il 1T. All you gotta do is to stand NJ
one day in the Tabernacle and an
.nounce that you've had "a revelation
4 for Sister Jane, and she becomes /
number Ave or whatever number Ii
next; vacant in your catalogue. II sure
had some mighty fine revelations IL
Salt Lake City. Say, young Teller