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

fslkafive mood Some story % tum.
bile reminded him of an adventure OF
his own. when he was catching wild
horses in Texas with his brother S,eph-
en-. at n time when lie must have bcea
quite boy. He told the story with
q good deal Of splrit-so much SO. that
the silence which often follows a good
story hung over the table for an Ia
stanf. TO be broken by Nolan himself.
For he asked. perfectly unconseiously.
~Prsy. what has become of Texas:
After the Ae1icsns got their indepeud-
snc-. I thought that province of Texas
would come forward very fast. II is
really one OF the finest regions on
earth II Is The italy of this continent.
But have not seen or hsard n word
OF Texas for near twenty years.
There were Two Texan officers at the
table. The reason lac had never heart
"f Texas wRs that Texas and her sf.
fairs had been painfully out Of his
newspapers since Austin began his
settlements; so that. while he read Of
Honduras and 1ainauiipas, and. ulI
quite lntely. OF California. this virgin
province. in which his brother had
Travelled so far and. believe. had died,
had censsd to be vita him. Walters
and Williams. the two Texas men,
looked grsmly ut each other, and tried
not to laugh. Edward Norris had his
attention attracted by the third link
N the chain OF the captains chan
teller. Wairous was seized with con.
yulsion Of sneening. Nolan himself
law that something was TO pay, be did
not know what And ]. as master Of
the feast. had 70 say:
Texas Is out of the map. Mr.. No
Ian. Have You seen Captain Backs
curious account OF Sir Thomas Roe's
welcomeT'
After thnt cruise I never saw No
Ian again. ] wrote to him at least
twice a year, for In that voyage wc
became even contidcntiaily intimatc-
but he never wrote to me. The other
Men tell me that in those fifteen years
he aged very fast, us well he might
lndecds but that he was stiIi the same
gentle. uneomplalning. silent sufferer
that he ever was. bearing as best he
could his seifsnpointed punishment.
rather less social. perhaps. with neav
ni.fa whom he did not know hut mare
anxious. apparently, than ever to serve
and befriend and teach the boys. some
of whom fairly seemed TO worship him
And now II seems the dear old fellow
is dead. He has found n home at
last. and a country.
Since writing this. and while con-
sidering whether or no / would print
il. ny n warning to The young of today
of what IL IS 10 throw away n country.
have received from Danforth. who is
on board the Lssvant. letter which
gives an account of Nolan's last hours
II removes all ny doubts about telling
this story.
To understand the first words Of the
icttcr. the nonprofcssional reader
should remember that after 1917 the
position of every officer who had No
Ian In charge was one OF the greatest
delicncy. The government hnd failed
20 renew the order of 1907 regarding
him. What wns man tu do7 Should
he let him gof What. then, n he
were called TO account by the depart
ment for violating the order OF 1907
should he keep him? What, then. II
Nolan should be liberated some dny.
and should bring nm action for false
Imprisonment or kidnapping against ev-
cry man who had had him In chargc2
! urged aLd pressed this upon South
ard. aud ! have reason to think TINT
other officers did the same thing But
the secretary always said, as they 80
often do at Washington, that there
were NO special orslers TO give. and