Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-04-01

and that's why grabbed that ropes
end. Who'd have thought that a sail
or, even a SiciIian lubber on banana
coaster, would have fastened a line in
bOwknot Don't think I'm trying to
dodge the responsibility, captain. It's
my luck
There are men, Kearny,' said
gravely, who pass through life blam-
ing upon luck and chance the mistakes
that result from their own faults and
incOmpetency. I do not say that yOr
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.
at isn't the size Of the star that
counts said Kearny, 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 1t 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 and sent
me down one Of their wireless pieces
Of bad tuck could talk back and tell
EN- what | thought of em in suitable
terms. But you can't address such re-
marks to a Phoebe.
"Tt pleases you to make a joke of
it, Kearny, said l without smiling.
But 1t is no joke to me to think of my
Gatllng mIred in the river eOze.'
GAS to that, said Kearny abandon
Ing his light mood Mt once, I have al
ready done what l could. | have had
some experience in hosting stone in
quarries. Torres and / have already
spliced three hawsers and stretched
them from the steamers stern to a
tree on shore. We will rig tackle
and have the gun ON terra firma be-
fore noon tomorrow
zone could not remain long at outs
with Bad Luck Kearny.
"'0nce more, said | to him, we will
waive this question of luck. Have you
ever had experience in drilling raw
troops?
" 4 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 commandY
asked.
"'Shot down to a man. said Kearny
during the revolution against Balma-
ceda.'
Somehow the misfortunes of the
evil starred one seemed to turn to me
their comedy side. l lay back upon
my goats hide cot and laughed until
the woods echoed. Kearny grlnned.
I told you how it was, he said.
" Tomorrow l said, 4 shall detail
100 men under your command for man
ual of arms drill and company evoIu
tlOns. You will rank as lieutenant
Now, for Gods sake, Kearny,' | urged
him, try to combat this superstition il
it is one. Bad luck may be like any
other visitor-preferring to stop where
it is expected. Get your mind of
stars. Look upon Esperanto as YOU
planet of good fortune
II thank you, captain, said Kearny
quietly, I will try to make it the
best handicap ever ran.
"By noon the next day the submerg
ed Gatling was rescued, as Kearny haC
promised. Then Carlos and Manue
Ortiz and Kearny (my lieutenants) dis
tributed the rifles among the troop.
and put them through an incessan
rifle drill, We fired no shots. blank OF
solid, for of all coasts Esperanto i;
the stillest, and we had no desire tC
sound any warnings in the ear of thai
corrupt government until they should
carry with them the message Of liber
ty and the downfall of oppression.
''In the afternoon came a mule ridel
bearing a written message to me from
Don Rafael Valdevia in the capital
Aguas Frias.
Whenever that mans name come;
to my lips words of tribute to his
greatness, his noble simplicity and hi:
conspicuous genius follow irrepressibly
He was a traveller, a student Of peo
pies and governments, a master of sci
ences, a poet, an orator, leader, {
soldier critic OF the worlds cam
paigns and the idol of the people Of
Esperanto. l had been hOnored by
his friendship for years. 1t was | who
first turned his mind to the thought
that he should leave for his monument
a new Esperanto "a country freed
from the rule Of inscriptions tyrants
and a 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 Sc
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 We're begin
ming TO clamor publicly against Cruz's
mlsrule. Bands Of citizens In the CAPT
tai were even going about OF nights
hurting stones at public buildings and