The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1917-06-15
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- Pulp NoaaA had his Via ful-
1lled. Rueg f1lloW. he-rspented a his
.fslly. and thea. llkp man, Submitted
% to fAte - had asked for. He nsv-
- lntsnt1soel1y added b tho dlMculty
OF deliWey e Tie eAarBs q thoss Who
had him n hold Accidents would
happeA: bot they nsvsr happened from
his fault. Ueutenpnt Truxton told me
that when Texas was annexed. there
was q careful discussion among the
o0iceFA whether they should get hold
Of Nolan's Handsome set Of maps, and
cut TEXAS out Of It, from the map
a the world and the map Of Mexico.
The United States had been cut out
when the atlas was bought for him.
But II was voted rightly enough, that
to do this would be virtually to reveal
to him what had happened. or. as
Harry Cole said, to make him think
Old Burr had succeeded. 50 1t was
from no fault Of Nolan's that . great
botch happened at my own table. when,
for q short time, I was In command Of
the George Washington corvette, ON
the South American station. We were
lying in the La Plata, and some Of the
officers, who had been on shore, and
had just Joined again, were entertain
ing NJ with accounts Of their misad-
ventures In riding the half-wild horses
Of Buenos Aires. Nolan was at table.
and was in an unusually bright and
laxative mood. Some story Of tum-
BILE reminded him Of an adventure of
his own, when he was catching wild
horses In Texas with his brother Steph-
en-, at Q time when he must have been
quite q boy. He told the story with
q good deal Of spirit-so much 20. that
the silence which often follows q good
story hung over the table for an In
slant, to DO broken by Nolan himself.
For he asked. perfectly unconsciously.
sPray. what has become of Texasf
After the Nextcans got their independ-
ence, thought that province Of Texas
would come forward very fast. It II
really one Of the finest regions on
earth; 1t II the Italy Of this continent.
But ] have not seen or heard word
Il Texas for near twenty years."
There were two Texan officers at the
table. The reason he had never heard
Of TEXAS was that Texas and her at
fairs had been painfully ont Of his
newspapers since Austin began his
settlements; 20 that, while he read of
Honduras and Tamaulipas, and, till
butte lately, Of California, this virgin
provinces, in which his brother had
travelled 20 far and. ! believe, had died,
had ceased to be with him. Walters
and Williams. the two Texas men,
looked grimly at each other. and tried
not to laugh. Edward Norris had his
attention attracted BY the third link
In tie chain Of the captains chan
delier. Watrous was seized with con-
vulsion Of sneexing. Nolan himself
saw thatssomething was to pay, he did
not know what. And i, AZ master OF
the feast. had to say:
TEXAS u out Of the map, Mr.. No
Ian. Have you seen Captain Backs
curious account Of Sir Thomas Roe's
WelcomeT
After that cruise I never saw No
Ian again. wrote to him ut least
twice year. for in that voyage We
became even conndentially intimate
but he never wrote to me. The other
men tell me that In those fifteen years
he aged very fast, as well he might
indeed, but that he was still the same
gentleY accomplishing, silent sufferer
that he ever was, bearing a. best he
could his self-appointed punishment,
rather less social. perhaps, with new
men whom he did not know, but more
anxious, apparently, than ever to serve
and befriend and teach the boys, some
Of whom fairly seemed to worship him.
And now It seems the dear old fellow
10 dead. He has found Q home at
last. and q country.
Since writing this, and while con-
sideging whether or no ] would print
It, as warning to the young Of today
Of what II IL to throw away a country.
1 have received from Danforth. who 10
on board the Levant, q letter which
gives an account Of Nolan's last hours.
10 understand the first words Of the
letter, the nonprofessional reader
should remember that after 1917 the
position sof every oficer who had No
Ian In charge was one Of the greatest
delicacy. The government had failed
: to renew the order Of 1907 regarding
him. What was man to dot Should
he let him got What, then, if he
were called to account by the depart
ment Tor violating the order Of 1907
Should he keep hint What, then, IL
Nolan should be liberated some day,
and GlanRl1A hr4u0 an a~<inv, For f0luo