The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-03-28
A WHITE BLACK SHEEP
(Literarv Digest.)

Giterarv Digest.)
Walter Creenway educated and able man
who went dead wrong from choice He had
ceived excellent education and was a we'll
trained and capable clerk, with an uncommonly
good knowledge of foreign languages, but he had
an Unborn love of mischief, and took to second story
work for pure love of it. Cireenway arrested
on charge of felony, says the London Public
opinion, quoting Backwood's Magazine, but when
he brought before the court he pretended to be
deaf-mute. After his release he asked to be sent
to sea. says the officer who tells the story
II shall never do any good where there are
houses with attics with any other sort of upper
story said Greenway
Il should be out of all temptation on sailing
ship could climb the rigging and do harm to
anybody Or an Indian wigwam village might do,
or a Bodouin oncampmcnt--no attics there, l IN
derstand
Send me somewhere ont of the country, to sea
| for choice; shall be at my accomplishments again
| if stay in Il civilized community.'
! He sailed sailing ship and for a year moth
| ing but good was heard OF him. Then the Old
| Adam broke out again and he deserted. Two years
later his friend in England received letter from
| him which is printed in Rackwood's-
| 1t most difficult to arrange and follow be-
ing written fivc-and- twenty different scraps &C
faded yellow rapor, in scrawl with blunt lead
| pencil. often illcgihlo. that words had to be
guessed at and filled in.
| He had become Erdonin, and had married a
woman OF Arabia. OF his wife and three honny
| children he speaks in cndcarng terms. But the
war comes to his adopted land. and once more he
becomes dcaf-mute as in England that he may
learn what his Mohammcdan countrymon, their
Turkish masters, and the German superbosscs' are
about. knowing German, he hears all they say
while they think hcS is deaf. He goes from camr
to camp, kindly treated afflicted by Allah
Then he enters the British lines.
But when he returns to the Turkish army it is
known that he has been in the British camp ant
here quote from his letter, which tells the story
indirectly.
"A dcsort"r who came into lines told how
the mutcs visit to camp had become known t.
the enemy, and how he was received back by hi
brethren with some suspicion. They fired rifle
Immediately behind his to if he would star
ut the sound; they marched him up to big gu,
and stood beside it til the air conclusion of .
explosions caused him to bleed from ears and nos
tris. He was deaf a stone; it evident h
heard not the scmhlancc of sound. They wcr
satisfied about his hearing; but could he speak
after all?
Hot irons arl lied to various tender parts wer
rockonod good means for proving this Thes
Ihcing ineffective, though he will their scar
, to his grave they tried tearing out finger
or two; tears raincd down his cheeks but he ut
tered no more than cultural moan. They wcr
t convinced.
~ week later the mute turned M in our line
is for the last time. Gangrcnc had succeeded thu
J., wrenching out of fingor-nas. The doctors ha
to take off his left Then n marvel haprene
He began to speak. Vengeance fell heavily uro
X those miserable followers of the true prophet f,
III their lack of charity. He gave away all the
plans, describing their positions and batteries ar
er cncaml m"nts With precision and accuracy
OF should never have thought possible in simp
\. | child of the desert.
nd Tho black sheep had proved he was clear viii
MS inside and had done his bit England at the co
of torture and mutilation. His work done
wanted to go home, not to England but TO his wi
Dol in Arabia. His letter in BlaCkwood's continu,
set still partly in the third person.
~, Il have slip away quietly I came cor
. do not moro good there bit of n wreck physical
" and my spy game was played out. But somcbo
ne is waiting for mo at home, thank Cod 7 wi
II everyone were sure of such n welcome rs I sh
nor get. II viii pay for all.
'That Rodoun mute I told you ahout-he had
job to get hone. The windows Of heaven W,