The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-08-17

Of West Texas deputy sheriffs onto
these Spaniards, and let MS eXonerate
them from the face Of the earthl l
never did. says I, care much about
lighting, by the Lord Chesterfield ring
rules, I'm going to hand in my resig-
nation and go home if anybody else
am personally acquainted with gets hurt
IN this war. If YOU can get somebody
III my place, Sam SAYS |, 'I'll quit the
first of next week L don't want TO
work in an army that don t give its
help chance. Never mind my wages,
says I; 'let the secretary Of the treas
ury keep EN-.
me, your allegations and estimations
triotism, guard mounting. and democ-
racy are all right. But I've looked
into the system of international arbi-
tration and the ethics of justlfable
slaughter a little closer, maybe. than
you have. Now, you can hand in
your resignation the first OF next week
if you are so minded But II you do,
says Sam, i II order corporal S guard
TO take you over by that limestone
bluff on the creek and shoot enough
lead into YOU TO ballast a submarine
air. ship, | m captain of this company,
and We swore allegiance TO the Anal
gamated States regardless of sectional,
secessional, and congressional differ
euces. Have you got any smoking to-
bacco7' winds up Sam. Mine GOT wet
when I swum the creek this morning
FThe reason ] drag all this non eX
parte evidence in is because Willie
Robbins was standing there listening
TO us. | was n second sergeant and
he was a private then. but among us
Texans and Westerners there never
was as much tactics aud subordi nation
as there was in the regular army. We
never called our captain anything but
Sam except when there was a lot Of
ma jor- generals and admirals around, so
as to preserve the discipline.
"And says Willie Robbins TO me, in
sharp construction of voice much un.
becoming to his light hair and previ.
GUS record:
Z" You ought TO be shot, Ben, for
emitting any such sentiments. 4 man
that won Z fight for his country is
worse than horse thief. Ii | was the
cap, "a put you in the guardhousa for
thirty days on round steak and ta-
males. War, says Willie, lis great and
glorious. | didn' Z know you were a
coward,
90 m not, says J. II I was, d
knock some of the palliduess of of
your marble brow. IN leuicut Will
YOU, I says. Just as ! am with the
Spanards, because YOU have always re
minded me OF something with mush-
rooms on the side. Why. YOU little
Lady Of Shslott. says /. you under
done leader OF cotllliOus, YOU CLASSY
fashion and nodded form. YOU white
pine soldier made in the Cisalpiuc Alps
in Germany for the late New Year
trade, DO you snow whom vou are
talking tot We 'yc been IN the same
social circle. saws !. aud I've put up
with YOU because YOU seemed 80 meek
and -elf-unsatisiying. ! don Z under
stand whv YOU have so sudden taken
personal interest in chivalrousncss
and murder. Your nature : undergone
complete revelation. Now. how is
% Well, YOU wouldn Z understand.
Ben. SAYS Willie. giving one Of his re
tined smiles and turning away.
.' Come back here, saws I, catching
him b. the tail OF BIS Khaki coat.
You 'vc made iue kind of mad, in spitc
Of the aloofuess IN which 7 have here.
tofore held you. You are out for max
ing success IN this hero business. and
I believe ! know What for. You are
doing IL either because you arc crazy
or because YOU expect 20 catch -or1c
girl by IL. Now. II II : a girl. I've cot
something here 90 show you.
- wouldn Z have done n but | was
plumb mad. ] pulled q Sen Augustine
paper out Of nv bip rocket. and
showed him an item. II was a half