The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1917-07-26

Apsu WIS ~ pay Hoih'-
where. Even the negroes themselves
stoprcd bowling as they saw Solan's
agony. and vauglian's almost equal
agony of sympathy. As quick as he
ooh!d get words. he said:
Tell them yes. yes; tell them they
thali go to the Mountains Of the Moon,
n they will. II l sail the schooner
through the Great White Desert, theS
shall go home :" .
And after some fashion Nolan said
~ And then they all fell 20 kissing
him again and wanted to rub his nose
with theirs
But he could not s;nnd ~ long: and
getting Vaughan to say he might go
back. he beekoned me down into our
boat. As We lay back In the stern
sheets and the men gave way. he said
10 me: "Youngster. let that show Won
what II Is 20 be without a family. with
out home. and without n country.
And ~ YOU are ever tempted to say n
tword or 10 do a thing that shall put
har between you and your family.
your home. and your country. pray
God in his mercy 10 tnke you that In
slant home 10 his own heaven. Stick
by,.your' family, boy: forget you have
IN Neif. while you 10 evcryih.n; for
then. Think 81 your home, boy; write
and send. and talk about H. Let II
lie nearer and nearer 10 your thought,
.le farther you have to travel from IL Z;
aud rush Ia H.. when you are free. as
iiGf poor black slave is doing now.
And for your country. boy and the
words ratified in his throat. "and for
. ihit Tag and he pointed 10 the ship.
"ncver dream drrafn but of serving
her as she bids you. though the E@T=-
Ice carry You through n thousand nells.
No matter what happens TO you. no
matter who fiatiers ,on or who abuses
you. never look Mt another nnr. never
let night pass but you pray God TO
bless that nag. Remember. boy, that
cbchlnd all ;h.--e men you have TO do
with, behind oficers. and government.
mad people even. there IL the country
herself. your country. and TINT you
belong TO her you belong 10 your
owu mother. Stand by her. hoy, AZ
YOU would stand by yonr mother. If
+: those devils there had got hold Of her
today"
was frightened TO death by his
'cnirn. hard passion: but I biunJered
out thai would. ~ all tina; was holy.
and that / had never thought OF doing
anything else. He hardly seemed TO
hear me: hut he did. almost In
whisper. say: "oh. II anybody had
said 80 TO me when ! was Of your agci'
] think 4, was this hnlf-conGdoncc OF
his. which I never abused. for | never
told this story TIL now. which after
ward made US great friends. lie wns
very Kind to me. Often he sal mp. ct
even got up. nj night to walk the deck
with me when Il was my watch He
explained to me great deal Of my
mathematics. lie i.ut mo books. and
helped me about my reading. He new
or alluded 50 directly io his story
lrnin: hut from one and another Off
tssr ! have learned. In thirty years.
what ! am telling when we parted
from him In 81. Thomas hnri,or. nj the
.ud of our cruise. l WAS mere sorry
than can tell I was very glad TO
meet him again In 1890; and later In
: life. when thought I lad some In
fluence IN Washington. I moved heav-
en and earth 10 have him discharged.
Bui II was Ike getting Ehosf out of
prison. They pretended there was no
such man. and never WIS such man.
They Will say SO at the department
now! Perhaps they do not know. II
Will not be the FIRST thing In the serv-
ice OF which the department appears
TO know nuihlnc,
There is story thnt Nolan met
Burr once on one Of our vessels. when
party of Americans came on board
in the Mediterranean. But this 1 be-
Ile,e to be a lie: or rnther, ~ Is "A
: myth. ben trovnfo, involving tre-
rn,pdous biowinr-up with which he
sank Burr. asking him how he liked
TO be without "a country" But 1t is
clenr, from Burr's life, that nothing
4 of the sort could have happened; and
mention this only as an Illustration
of the stories which get n-Eoing where
tbsr. IL the least mystery at bottom.
So Philip Nolan had his wish full
filed. Poor fellow. lie rcpented OF his
folly, aud then, like man, submitted
TO the fate he hnd asked for. He new
er Intentionally added TO the difficulty
Or dcilcncy OF the charge OF those who
had him in hold. Accidents would
happen; but they never happened from
his fault. Lieutenant Truxton told me
that when ToSas WINS annexed. there
was careful discussion among the
officers whether they should get hold
OF Noinn's handsome yet Of maps. and
cut Texas out of II. from the map
OF the world and the map Of Mexico.
The United States had been cut out
when the atlas was bought for him
sBut IL was voted rightly enough. that
to do this would be virtually to reveal
10 him what had happened. or, m