The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-11-29

.UN Ntu WITH II KEY. AS au-
uant. Capt. Swanson had
barge of certain funds of the
rern. ,. 1nd kept in the safe about
s-..p 30 one but himself and Rueff.
h.. l-, sergeant, had access to it. And
g.. EI.T proved an alibi the money
M. have been removed by an out
sJ.r The court martial gave Swanson
t. . til of the doubt and a repri-
ma. ..r not taking greater care of the
ks. md Swanson made good the
5000
S..n-,n did not think 1t was a bur-
r.,,U, had robbed the safe. He Thought
E.f lad robbed it, but he could not
l.. .'F prove that. At the time of the
r ~ I,uen was outside the Preside
' :rm, at moving picture show in
Francisco. y dozen people saw
lm .here
I'D :, Ruclf held an excellent rec
cfl lie was Silent. clerklike young
~. hotter at paper work than cam
rD-ang. but even as a soldier he had
never come upon the books. And he
Do. seen service in two campaigns, and
WIS supposed to cherish ambitions to-
ward commission, But as he kept
mach to- himself his fellow uon-coms
,.ud only guess that.
uu his captains account he was 10y
ally distressed over the court martial.
ami 90 his testimony tried to shield
swanson, by agreeing heartily that
hruu-h his own carelessness the keys
IN sht have fallen into the hands of
some one outside the post But his 10y
from what was a verdict virtually of
mot proven"
II was most distressing affair, and,
or account of the social prominence of
SvInson's people. his own popularity
and the name he had made at Batangas
and IN the Boxer busin IS, was much
comment. d upon not only in the SER
wee blt 10y the newspapers all over
tie United States.
Every one who knew Swanson knew
the court-martial was only matter OF
form Even his enemies ventured only
to sugs st that overnight h, might have
horrow, the money, meaning to re-
place O.. the next morning. And the
only reason for considering this ex-
ruuttion was that Swanson was known
To- be in debt. For he was a persist nj
gambler Just as at Pekn h, had gam
b'cd with death for his number, in
tines of peace he gamblcd for money
Il was always his own money.
From the start Swanson's own atti-
tId- toward the affair was one of blind
unreasoning rage. In it he saw nc
necessary routine of discipline, only
Grass. ignorant stupidity. That any one
should suspect him was so preposterous
- unintelligent, as to be nearly comic
And when. instantly. he demanded a
culr. # inquiry he could not believe il
VIE. De was summoned before court
m.it..,. I, sckened. wounded, deeply
anroLtod him. turned him quite savage
on the stand his attitude and an
swrr, were SO insolent that his old friend
and classmate Capt. Copley, who was
acting as his counsel, would gladly have
kicked HIM. The findings Of the court
martial that neither cleared nor con-
demned, and the reprimand were an in
t0!erable insult to his feelings and in a
f, Of bitter disgust with the service anc
every one in it Swanson resigned.
O. course the moment he had done sc
he was sorry Swanson's thought wa:
that he could no longer associate will
any one who could believe him capable
~ theft. It was his .d,a of showing hi:
own opinion of himself and the army.
But no one saw it in that light. OF
the cuntrary, people said: swanson ha
boon allowed to resign" In the arm.
voluntary resigning and being "allowe'
- resign" lest greater evils befall ar
two vastly different things. And whei
Il Vas too late no one saw that NOR
clearly than Swanson.
H., anger gave way to extreme NOR
>du -, lie believed that in res gninI
hr h4d assured every one of his guilt
In every friend and stranger he saw
man who doubted him. He imagined
Sau's r,buffs and GOODNESS His NOR
l.Iur~s fastened upon his mind like
parasite upon a tree and the brain sick
en-.
When men and women glanced at hi
a,oy' well set up figure and shoulders
t..' even when he Wore "cts' seemed
to support epaulets, aud smiled approx
.r-.y swanson thought they sneered
IN q week he longed To be back in tn
army with a homcsicknesS that mad
every ouo who belonged to it his enemy
d. ."tt San Francisco, where he va
k..'. to- all, and travelled sout'
'r.H-a Texas ana then to New or
," al Florida. He never could re
ca. 'h- period with clearuess. He re
m,n..r.I changing from one train T.
a from one hotel to the next
N..t impressed itself upon hin
l. what he had lost nothing coul
ISOLATION. Without honor lif
a, .. harm And he believed tina