The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1916-03-16

apouI thaC gun. Sne only neeueQ TO
be slowed two inches to clear the rail.
and that's why / grabbed that ropes
end. Who'd have thought that a sail
or, even u Sicilian lubber on q banana
coaster. would have fastened;a line I'm
bowknot Don't think I'm trying to
dodge the responsibility, captain. It's
my luck
"There are men. Kearny,' said 1
gravely. who pass through life blam-
ing upon luck and chance the mistakes
that result from their own faults anG
incompetency. I do not say that you
are such man. But If all your mis-
haps are traceable to that tiny star the
sooner we endow our colleges with
chairs of moral astronomy the better
1T isn't the size OF the star that
counts said Kcarny. it's the quality.
Just the way 1t is with women. That's
why they gave the biggest planets
masculine names and the little stars
feminine ones-to even things up
when it comes to getting their work
in. Suppose they had called my star
Agamemnon or Bill McCarty or some
thing like that instead of Phoebe.
Every time one of those old boys
touched their calamity button = sent
me down ore of their wireless pieces
OF bad luck could talk back and tell
'em what thought Of 'em in suitable
terms. But you can't address such re-
marks to Phoebe
1T pleases you to make joke of
1t. Kearny. said l without smiling.
But 1t is no Joke to me to think Of my
Gatling mired in the river ooze.'
"'As to that said Kearny abandon
ing his light mood ut once. I have al
ready done what 1 could. I have had
some experience In hosting stone I'm
quarrics. Torres and | have already
spliced three hawsers and stretched
them from the steamers stern to n
tree on shore. We will rig n tackle
and have the gun on terra firma be-
fore noon tomorrow
Zone could not remain long at outs
with Bad Luck Kearny.
"'Once more said to him. we will
waive this question Of luck Have YOU
ever had experience i'm drilling raw
troops?'
Il was first sergeant and drill mas
ter said Kearny. in the Chilean army
for one year and captain of artillery
for another
"'What became Of your commando
l asked.
Shot down to n man. said Kearny.
during the revolution against Balma-
ceda'
somehow the misfortunes of the
eFii starred one seemed to turn to me
thcir comedy side. lay back upon
my goats hide cot and laughed until
the woods echoed. Kcarny grinned.
1 told YOU how it was he said.
Tomorrow ] said. 4 shall detail
100 men under your command for man.
ual of arms drill and company evolu.
tons. You will rank as lieutenant
NOW. for Gods sake. Kearny.' urged
him. try to combat this superstition if
1t Is one. Bad luck may be like any
other visitor-preferring to stop where
it is expected. Get your mind Off
stars. Look upon Esperanto as your
planet of good fortune
~ thank you. captain said Kearny
quietly will try to make it the
best handicap ever ran
by noon the next day the submerg-
ell Gatling was rescued. as Kearny had
promised. Then Carlos and Manuel
ortiz and Kearny my lieutenants, dis
triDutcd the rifles among the troops
and put them through an incessant
rifle drill. We fired no shots. blank or
SOLID. for OF all coasts Esperanto is
the stillest. and we had no desire to
sound any warnings in the ear of that
corrupt government until they should
carry with them the message OF liber-
ty and the downfall Of oppression.
in the afternoon came a mule rider
bearing written message to me from
Don Rafael Valdevia i'm the capital.
Aguas Frias.
whenever that mans name comes
TO my lips words OF tribute to his
greatness. his noble simplicity and his
conspicuous genius follow irrepressibly
He was traveller q student Of peo-
pies and governments. master Of sci
ences. n poet, an orator. leader. a
soldier. n critic OF the worlds cam
paiSns and the idol of the people OF
Esperando. | had been honored by
'io i'iSiitohip ioi IL " as L WHO
first turned his mind to the thought
that he should leave for his monument
new Esperanto "a country freed
from the rule OF INSCRIPTIONS tyrants
and people made happy and prosper
Gus by wise and impartial legislation.
When he had consented he threw him
self into the cause with the undivided
zeal with which he endowed all Of his
acts. The Golfers OF his great fortune
were opened to those OF us to whom
were intrusted the secret moves Of the
game. His popularity was already so
great that he had practically forced
President Cruz to offer him the port
folio Of minister of war.
The time. Don Rafael said in his let
ter. was ripe. Success. he prophesied.
was certain. The people were begin
ming to clamor publicly against Cruz's
misrule. Bands OF citizens in the capt.
tai were even going about OF nights
hurting stones at public buildings and