The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1917-06-09

iault uf Nolan thdt great bottH hap
ppued at my osu table when, for
short time. vas in command oi the
George Washington corvette. oh the
Suulh American station We were lying
Ia the La Plata, and some et the
officers. who had been on shore. and
had nlst joined again. we're entertain
!ug us Wtth accounts af their uils
ads cultures Ia riding the halt'wila
horses at lsacuos Aires, Nolan vas at
table. and was iH sh aaasaaIls bright
and laxative mood Some story of e
tumble reminded him OF an adventure
Of his uwn, when he Was catching aid
horrss ~ Texas with his brother
Stephen. at time when he must have
been quite bog he told the story
Wtth a good deal Of spirit so much SO
that the silence which often follows a
good story hung over the table for an
instant. 10 be broken by Nolan him
self For h. asked perfectly uncon'
sctuusIy
Pray. what has become Of Texas ?
After the Mexitans got their ihdepend
cnee. thought that province OF Texas
would coIue forward very fast II is
really one of the finest regions on
Garth, il ls the Italy al this continent
Rul | have not seen az heard word
81 Texas for near twenty years
There were tao Texan officers at the
liable The reason he had never heard
nf Texas vas that Texas and her
affairs had been painfully cut OF his
newspapers siace Austin began his
settlements, 81 that. while he read OF
Honduras and Tamaailpas, and, TIL
quite lately. of California. this virgin
province, IN which hia brother had
travelled SO far aHd, | believe had died,
had ceased 60 be with him Walters
aud Williams, the two Texas men
looked ertmly at each other, aud tried
not 60 laugh Edward Morris had his
attention attracted by the third link
ib the chain OF the captains chande'
lier Watrous vas seized with con
yuIston af sneesing. Nolan himself saw
that something vas to pay, he did not
know what And |. as master Of the
feast, had to say
Texas is ou1 of the Map, Mr.. Nolan
Have you seen Captain Backs curious
account of Sir Thomas Roe's Wei
come"
After that cruise never sas Nolan
aEain wrote to him at least twice a
yeaf for IN that voyage we became
even coahdentisi,y intimate but he
never wrote tn me The other men
tell me that In those iifleen years he
aged very fast, as well he might IA
deed. but that he saa still the same
gentle, accomplishing. silent sufferer
that he ever was. bearing as 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
aud bcfrlcud aud teach the boys some
Of whom fairly seemed 60 worship him
And now II seems the dear old fellow
is dead He hgs found home al last
and country.
Since writing this, and shtle eonsld
rrtng whether or na | would print Il
as warning to the young OF today al
ahat Il is Ia throw away country
/ have received from Danfofth. Who IL
oH hoard the l.esanl. a letter which
gives an account OF Nolan's last hours
/ II removes all my doubts about telling
T this story
IN understand the first words OF tht
letter, the uonprofesstoRal readei
should remember that after 1917 th,
/ position of every officer who had Nolan
IN charge vas one of The greatest
delicacy The government had failed "a
renew The order of 1897 regarding him
What WAS man 10 do should be lel
/ him Eo9 What, then, II he were called
+ to account by the department for
violating the order OF 1897 Should
he keep htma What, then II Nolan
should be liberated sone day, aad
should bring an action for false INT
prtsoumeHt or kidnapping against ever,
man who had had him IN charge?
urged and pressed this apon Soathard
aad ! have reason 10 think that othe7
officers did the same thing Hut ths
secretary always said. as they SCI ofter
eio IT Washington. that there we're Bt
special orders Ia give. aud that We
must act oh our own Judgment Tha
means. N you succeed, you will b,
sustained II you fail. you Sill be dis
avoWed Well. as mnfOrth says. al
that is over nov though | do not know
bat rxRose myself 10 a criminal pros