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THE first man that heard me was
the docthor himself. who lives near
hand, and he came chasing up the
street as fast as his legs could carry
him. / had the door open for him on
the minute, and he went upstairs like
lampighter to the ould mans room.
The next moment the life was tuck
out of me be the shot Of gun in the
room. What was it but me bowld doc
thor that shot the dog clane and clever
with a revolver he CHANGED by the dent
of good luck to have in his pocket.
never knew that he carried the like
before.
When seen the dog was dead all out
beyont in the corner of the garden near
the big gooseberry bush. You can see
the spot from the back window.
Or Kilkaddy was as sore and sorry
a man as ever I knew when he seen
what had happened. The ould man
wanted to make light of it. But moth
ing would serve the other but to send
hot-foot for DR.. Molloy, that has the
best name of any docthor in the coun-
try side. TIL be answerable for the fee,
me dear SIR said our own docthor.
quietin' the ould miser.
"Bedad, afthsr that he did pretty we'll
for bit, and the cuts healed up fine.
But afther another while the red marks
Of them began to get itchy and sore
with him; then all of z suddint the
madness seized hould OF him terrible
hard. 1t would melt the heart of a
stone to see the state he was in. For
the most part he was lynn on his bed
moanin' and groanin' like a sick cow.
The way he'd howl and rampage was
like a lost sowl. DR.. Kilkaddy is a
strong man by nature and must have
seen a dale of sights in his time. But
I've seen him as white as that blind and
the tears rollin' down his cheeks at the
sight of the ould man when the fit was
hard on him.
ITO make a long story short. me
dear, the ould man died three days ago,
LAWN the docthor everything he had
in the world.
But there now. hear Mary's step on
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Beside O bombarfed church eat sShe ouey
four Of us left''-Casey. Sweeney, Tfank-
ard and the new American. Mock Trinkard
was killed year later. as aviator Swee-
ney stin survives. promoted to Captain
Mock was the last American legionary to
be killed in the French uniform Casey
has a charmed life" says Edgar. John
Jacob Casey, landscape painter when at
home three and one-half years at the
front, one wound and four citations"
Young and old; all the survivors are
transferred to the A. z. F.
Young, like Allen Richard Blount Of
Chicago. twenty-three years of age, vet
sran OF Verdur two wounds, one citation.
what Tor? For capturing. alone with his
own trench and taking them back, with
out splitting bean. to the French rear
OLD, like Q. L. Mcclellan of New Or
leans. the "doyen" of the American.
senator and aged sixty-ive years
When We entered the war he was re-
5ected as a volunteer on age, without
examination So he fastened to France.
Joined the legion, claiming. instructed
by experience. to be forty-two years
old and looking 1t.
Much has been written about the LEGION.
Let Gen. Verraux himself say a word
stopped before a boulevard news
paper stand, where a crowd was looking
at a picture he said. 1T represented
the cross of honor being conferred on
the nag of the Foreign Legion regi-
ment. which already wears the red
fourragere. Long stood dreaming
there Of the time when I belonged to
the glorious phalanx."
Romantic figures have belonged 10
ft?" I ventured. I'VE have heard Of q
former bishop, of two brothers of reign
ing or presumptive rulers, millionaires'
sons. bankrupts. broken men and men
with broken hearts and roughnecks OF
all lands adventuring together. Am
bassador RockhilI of the Cadwallader
family Of Philadelphia educated at St
Cyr, and United States representative
in China, Russia and Turkey, served
five years in the Foreign Legion in his
the war, defended 1t publicly against
German criticism"
They were good days!" exclaimed the
old general The names come back to
old companions. There was Berwick.
MISREPRESENTATION OF the marshal,
great noble. twenty years my senior in
age. and who would say: Now. I'm go.
ing to talk to you like a father-lend
me 40 centsi' There was Won T.
former boche lieutenant. who commit
ted suicide because with his bleeding
feet he could not keep up with the coll
chamberlain OF Francis Joseph who
ruined himself for q circus girl. became
a performer to share her lot and DRIFT
ed to the legion. where he died N mo
was little =, only SON Of tho
Paris stock broker. heir to his ruiilioas.
who at seventeen made . false declare
ton. Joined and expired In the hot 49,
moaning. for his mamma
The old French general hsaa1nAs2
At know. he SAID, that thaos yuuY
Americans Joined the legion Tor $780,
He vas much moved. A tasr ssGlua
down his cheek. sss.s.s, -
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the Laygue that the ould man became
rala hitther aPin, him all out"

the Laygue that the ou1d man became
rale bitther agin' him all out"
'This Malachy is a young manT
Young, bedad, and handsome. Shure
you needn't take my word for it. You
see him at the funeral walking betune
the docthor and myself He had some
words, heard tell, with the docthor,
who trated him most polite. But the
best of US has our tempers. and small
blame to him to be habbergasted-left
widout farthin', and him goin' to be
married and all. Throth you wouldn't
know him for the same Malachy that
always had the kind word and the
smile for every crathure he met"
you were going to tell me how the old
man got hydrophobia? 2"
''Thrue for you, sir, told you. didn't I.
it was his own dogeen Jack that bit
him? This was the way of it. The next
found the ould man nursin' the dog as
before. The docthor sed nothin' agin' it,
good or bad, that time But when he was
goin' away he called the dog to himself.
and Jack came Vaughn his tail while the
docthor patted him. But all OF a suddin
the brute let a mad kind Of whelps out of
him and snapped at the docthor's hand
and then ran away cryin' to himself into a
corner.
but betther nor a month after that 1 no.
ticed the dogeen goin' more and more
astray in his mind. I was out in the
garden gatherin' some new pays one
hot day, when 1 heard a great scream
in and roarin' in ould Mihaufs room.
I ran in, and a purity sight met me
eyes when I opened the room door.
There in wan corner of the room was
the little dog Jackenn, with the foam
droppin' 'FRONT.' his mouth, and the ould
man had him by the scruff of the neck,
lambastin' him with a slipper. The
ould man was badly bit on the hand
and on the lip, and the blood was just
droppin' from him like rain on the
brute that had done it.
with that, me dear, I stuck me head
through the lobby window and roared
.murther' down the street.
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the stairs, and only hope tho things
She hustled about brfsk1y. Like tho
kindly housewife she was. You must
ate it while it's hot" she said to Mr..
Beck. and Mr.. Beck was nothing 10th.
Mrs. Muldoon was persuaded without
much difficulty to join him In q cup OF
tea. and under its influence grew quite
Malachy Kirwan and his sweetheart.
Mary Cassidy. 1.-The purtiest colleen in
the whole countryside and as good
hearted as she was good lookin'. God
bless her."
Mr. Beck slept like a top in his room
facing the open sea, and woke with the
fresh, healthy smack of the brine on
his tongue and in his nostrils.
He had a swim before his breakfast.
and after breakfast he set out for a
story Of the day before still feeling its
way blindly about his brain. He
bowled along all day, up hill and down
dale, over smooth switchback roads
back. and his shadow lay long before
him on the white road when at last he
came sailing easily down the long,
steep decline that overhung the town.
AS A short way down down. the hill dog sud.
wrenched the handle-bar sharply; It
came away in his hand. and he was al
most jerked from his seat as the ma
chine few down the decline. zigzagging
like a swallow. But he settled himself
evenly in the saddle and steadied the
machine by his weight, with his feet
pressed firmly on the 1eaping pedals.
While the road ran straight he was
safe. But halfway down it curved
sharply inland. and at the outer curve
the cliffs fell away sheer down to the
wrinkled sea hundred feet below. He
felt he could never turn that sharp
curve safely, steering by his weight
a It w Ia oh fnr
life. and he nerved himself for the
trial.
Even that last hope left him when
the figure of a man started up suddenly
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Esteeming less the forfeit that he paid
Inan undishonored that his nag might hoat
over me towers Of liberty, he made
Another heroic figure is James Paul of
81 Louis. VINO was killed at Auberive In
Brooklyn and Frank Whitmore of Rich
mond. Va At the Chemin des Danes.
also. should be remembered the hero Of
the DAY, Dentng, who. believe. still
James Paul of St. Louis was great
grenade thrower and obtained his first
citation for hurting ESQ bombs in i've
q German Red Cross man ct the moment
when he (RANl9 had removed The safety
pin from . RenAda watch NJ Haa about
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their elders, 'the great dead" who
pointed out to them the road to honor.
I continue from the death of Alan
seegsr; who sang, their glorious death
Here. by devoted comrades Laid away,
Along our lines they slumber where They fen.
Beside the crater at the Ferme d'Al4ef
And up the bloody slopes Of Ia PompsIle.
And round the city whose cathedral toWW3
And in the mat Of multicolored flowers
That ciothe the sunny chalk na3ds Of Cham-
payne,
Under the little crosses where they rase.
Tho soldier rests Now round hin usdianayed
The cannon thundefs, and 1t night - Hes
"Any one who dos. not rscoSntss shnss
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comrade. Edgar Bouligny actually got
his third wound at this sort Of exercise.
and. wounded. brought back his wounded
friend. Later he went into the French
aviation He Is the man whom all the
Der, 1915. 'Sergt. Bouligny Of New Or
leans. one Of the Americans OF the For
eign Legion. killed in the fighting At Ma
warm farm" So ran the title to his half
Others Of the "older set' survive. mir
aculously. There In Nick Kornies OF New
York, twenty-five years old. three and one
half years canpaigns never once evaca-
ated either a. sick or woundAd and pos
sessed OF three citations, the last con
ferTing the military medA1. One day In
late 1915 Hnu1{xny senk M pAptegS1Dh
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TO throw and which was ready to explode.
The German Red Gross bullet paralyxed
his brain. 30 that he could not move his
arm; yet his last thought was for the
trenchful Of comrades and the danger to
them Of the timed bomb in his hand Cry
ing weakly, Grenade Grenade!" he
in time and hurled 1t at the Germans
That's how we do in the legion!" said
Guy Angostini Of San Francisco. killed at
Ver1un in August, 1917, while crawling
out between the lines to rescue a wounded
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settled thing he wasto-hAvez everyhn1f
penny when the ould man whit. He
was well liked be the people and done
his best to make things azy wild the
uncvie. The ould man-God forgive
hiua-was main hard ON the tenants.
He used always be sayin that Malachy
had a foolish drop IN him when he'd
try to get time for a tenant or that.
But it was not until Malachy Joined
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lines rs Do grzndest fight Of Engfish
poetry is q knock-need or soft boned
diplodfcua. whose brain was In. tho lower
extremity Of his spinal column" says
Bouligny. 'Every American ought to
know Alan Seegers great poem by heart
Every legionary does" And he contin-
ued. with reverence:
That other Gencfations might poGse-
From shame and menace fDee in years 10 come
A richer heritage Of happiness,
he marched to that heroic martyrdom.
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went Into business" at Bordeaux I'm
1916, and may be there yet, moro pros
those who remain, transferred to the
A e. F., are John r. Brown Of Boston
and James Bracey Of Newport, Va
Yet another. Henry Walker Of Phila-
delphia, was wounded in the Somme.
got the croix de guerre and was hon
orably discharged
Meanwhile the youngsters made
cult to collect the names and exploits of
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ence of ne Star.


PARIS, March Il, 1913.
lie FIRST American Of the French
Foreign Legion to be killed in
III the great war had an obscure
& fate.
Bouiigny of New Orleans wrote to=his
uncle. the late DR.. John Pike Of Paris.
about him. The American volunteers.
in August. 1914, found Duke. or Duca
(as the italian legionaries. very proud
Of him, sometimes called him) installed
as '+the American" prime favorite and
leader of comrades. in the second
marching regiment of the legion from
North Africa He hailed from Boston.
Of supposedly Italian-American parent
age, but speaking Italian badly and OBJ
viously American born. He had Joined
In Agiers, three years previously, for
adventure or to forget some girl. re-
ceived money from Boston periodically,
spent and loaned it literally. and was
man of education, about three
years old
He was my adjutant" said Bouligny
land chief of bombardiers of our COM
pany in those first days after the
Marine, when trench war scarcely ex-
isted- In trying a makeshift trench
mortar (you might say piece of stove
pipe) y burst and a scrap hit him just
but he did not know ft-just bound up
the wound and went about his bust
ness The next day / took his photo
graph You see. he is laughing. An
as mySteriously as he had lived, the fine,
hard fellow"
The first American Iegionary-aye,
the first AmericanI-to be killed In the
great war;
The last American of the legion killed
In French uniform was Ivan Ffnney
Mock of Baltimore, who fell January
., 1918
Bill Puringheld Immediately preceded
him.
First and last!
Let US honor them, and all who fell
between them, at this moment. when
the remaining American DICTIONARIES are
being transferred to our own forces.
Inese nrst American volunteers pointed
out the road to honor. They make an
almost vital chapter of the war
Mock was twenty-five years old. Civil
engineer, he quit brilliant situation
70 tight for France. In January, 1916.
he enlisted II cannot remain neutral
any longer" he said Wounded at Au-
Derive. in Champagne. he received the
following citation: ''Grenadier of re-
markable courage. wounded April 20.
1917, by a ball In the head After hay-
ing laid low his fifth adversary, he
cried: I won't quit till I get my sixth
bocheP and kept his word"
Curq4, Mock returned quickly to the
'front.' He was cited second time, at
psrdpn, In August. 1917. and a second
tim& wounded. Scarcely cured again,
be toined his corps and volunteered for
: asky surprise attack In small num-
< e1(1 on January s. 1913. vitality
11n4ed. he was brought hack inside
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One. H. G. Harris Of Kansas City, vet
eran machine gun Handler Of 1915. Vas
about Paris some time after his hon
orable discharge from wounds. An
other, Ellis Lampwood Of Philadelphia, q
having Two wounds and ono .-cita ton,
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coded him. In August; Edmond Clint &C.
net Of New York fell in April. 1917;
Paul Pavelka Of Chicago. In November.
1917. and Charles Trinkard-he Of Bou-
hgny's only four OF MS remAining--
went into the French aviation and was
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bright and shining. and had music and
stories until after dark Barry had
brought his harmonica When Mock
asked the proprietress for the bill she
handed him slip with $50 francs (Szs)
added up on It That Int bad for =
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PersuTIala.

W H. Coblp Of CLAYTON. N 49,.
who has been here for fhc past tive
weeks. has returned 90 clayton Mr.
Cublc s hru.Ucr-in uV of G. q
Davis. 1908 Lincoln street Mr.
Coblc has been % The So ANTHONY
aniiarium for fHr past three weeks
Vs. G. ToWue 10 this ,if has o..
copted position ts draft mau BOO OBJ"
valuation department I'd th, Santa
Fc railroad general office.
T. S Nudge 0I ,0l Fillmore street
is recovering from q severe case uf
pneumonia
Bob Duke. manager cf The n ] q
ranch land estate and who lives boo
ualhait was u .le city yesterl
Miss Narrar POWELL s lha e..
tiriout new assistant clerk 60 N"
Cora avery uu 0H local board
j llarlo Atef ont 90 Austin oH
important uu.ir matters Oh
m0rnur
Attorney Cr.r. Tinlc, Of Chicago
attorney Tor 90. . o. = ranch lands
estate. I. BOO IN. '. ON business ol
uoricd with THAI. ate
g. j Gown ~ . ibunc. Ka. and
/ 3D. e. Wayne n. Horace. kas erp
100 thn ..ir 1H.I. on busino
/ j s. Sharp H NJ n EuGs u
Turkey were u .He CITY TuD...s
looking after business
~ D. Chamber. Oklahoma ..fs.
e. special ascent .r the GRO. r.
Scruggs con p1ut fire iusUH
company WIfH h. uaricrs u u....
/ humi GUS U bee city luu. b
after some ur. oil Tor that com
pauy
h WiIlms N uuit tho H4r
business iu fhs r' Tuesday ST.
! Williams bias been ne dairy bod.
ness here for the H. two YEAR D.
cattle. and barn. bong on land s
miles west ~ town Ne il shipnir
lif milCh cow O.. N lahoma Cify
Mrs Mulhull OF lia Was amorf
the out Of town pie who came
here 10 SEQ the planes TuesBa,
and Wednesday 81 ul}o In "a. CTS
/ Nr MulhuH asli Mrs HattI.
/ Lyman corner OF p 81 and FuImp-
streets
Mrs w. a VIII us OF san An
tonic and Mrs Hall of Cole
man we're in me TUESDAY ar.
N cinesdIt pu busir
\ fea OF tho luf rivals a. ff
tll hotel this co.. uesday. Wer
geo HaH. of pamur Jim Robinaaf
Dr. Of lubbock So Edwarl. f.
p 'iFeripu " Edy of Louis J
. Watts Of shattuct sia. " q
rfldor. 0f CanaHiar T. Bohre~
d 81 PARMA " I'VE 81 shar
man Nrs John l.i. H aGd d.
f'. ~ Forf worth o. Lnitreu .
claude ~ g Ion ~ Lltr-frr
joI1 . q Codvr Fort va.fh
Morris Fine Of padur He Chan
I hrr Dallas ~ Hunt DaIla
2 A s0rihuer of o.. Ireles
o. s Collin ~ Ch. rlnF. a prnn
Irenf caff'enar ard hani ~ fh.
rify ir Amarillo or .rsiness TODAY
Nr % r Anslev 0f 'isinvlevr az.
hor fhr. f1ufhfers 81 rs Della. Re
tecca aH1 1niia asr ting In fF
Won tueisy home af sos Tavio
street
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THREE AIRPLANES PAY VISIT T0CITY,
TWO LEAVING FOR DENVER BUT THIRD
WILL co BACK TOW ICHITA FALLS TODAY

ne and Sorgeau. Ward made the
ascent at g.30 OrIoc. in the morn
mg and bombed ,be city with this
l,herty lLoan literature Tkia. in
spite of q lively wind. which. while
not considered dangerous. made fly-
INK difficult and stunt living
hazardous.
The first Of the planes from Ellng-
ton field en- route .0 Denver reached
the city about noon and immediately
landed. Us occupants being served
refreshments ON the ground hy mem
hers OF the local Rgd eros. chapter
The second plane was sighted
making toward thD Clty shortly after
noon. hut was compelled Go descend
several miles east lf Amarillo be-
cause of shortage of luhricatmg oil
The mechanic IN ,gnautomobllc made
record time to Old Town. where the
particular Lubricant used for planes
was secured from the Texas com
pany's truck. and Within short time
the second plane had been landed hy
the other two. Tho last piloted by
Lieutenant McAllen dId @ number
of thrilling aerial stunts before MAX
Ing final .andina
After q brief Stop BOO ibe CITY tho
Denver hound plane resumed their
flight northwarl toward nalhart.
whore they wcrH expected iO land
cnd later in the afternoon Lieutenant
Booth made the trip io Panhandle
Hundreds Of people from ont of
town were here iO witness me air
plane demonstration The landing
field was half surrounded hv auto.
mobiles Throughout most of the day
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CIRCUS ANNOUNCES
SHOW WILL Be HELD;
MAY Be NO PARADE

Definite announcement was made
last night by Manager Mcclure. OF
Gentry brothcr circus. that the show
would be- held today al the regularly
announced hours uussidc OF the city
limits
Whether there will be- a parade or
not had not been decided at 10
O'Clock in the evening. Mr.. McGuirc
uting over the tclcphou, that he
had Offered 90 donate 500 60 the Red
Gross provided the members Of the
rily commission would permit IT, but
That 40 that hour Dee had received no
definite reply.
10 the kids miss the parade. he
said. 20 don't want the people TO
blame the show
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iiItT. \. VI. OtEH~IiEET
AND WIZ VISIT CITY

L.# A 80 O.er.ircct and wife
arrived boo fhis city from san Fran
cisco laH sunday Mrs Oyrrstrect
Ra formerly Ns. Ada Graham of
fo' Worth. bu Nhp had been max
Iug uer home iOr the past tUo years
'NIb Mrs Myrtle Powell at l.0N
Tyler street. thi. city
Mrs Diversified HI. married to
pr pFerstrcet on the eighth of lasl
september iu San Francisco Lieu.
tenant diversified is e puartermasfm
u Do. urp. u Camp Fremont DaI
auI u.W auur to Robe. en- ~ i
Nr fr'.f NI' remain here
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++++++*%@4 %+@%%%++*%%4

Three airplauos spent part of
yesterday In Amarillo one went to
Panhandle and returned 10 this city
for the night and viii leave for
Wichita Falls af % O'Clock this morn
ins. Will" The two others. which had
come from Ellington field at Hous-
tom continued ou their way toward
Denver Colo intending To spend the
uleht at clayton q ".
The iiIi ascent of The day wit
messed nv local people. hundreds Of
whom crowded about the landing
field boo O'd Town. was that OF Lieut.
a. - polth assistant officer In
charge Of Gyine from Cali field at
Wichita Falls With hundreds of
libcrtX Loan pamphlets In his plane,
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Ray the President
GEORGE v. GIBSON FIRST
10 PjRCHASE ROND

George "a Gibson. The merchant
ON fub trcet between Taylor and
Firth 'r'ets. Wa. the irt ono 10 buy
bonds 900 the Potter county court
house yesterday morning Mr. Glib
son 500 put down Tor 500. but he
bought $500 worth OF Liberty bonds
iIo De- ,u'siorod 900 The last reristra-
lion and Viii probably be- lu Glass I
aud have to 20 10 wat lic said II
be- could clos, ou' Dos business Do,
would bIN more bond.
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ONE PLANE WREC kED;
OCCUPANTS AltE lNHIRr

According 20 reports which :
reached the city by telephone Z
from nallart late last evening. :
one ol the machines en- route 10 :
Denver pilotpd by Lieutenant :
NcAilen. crashed 20 the ground Z
+ who rising and az the time Z
; turn was attempted. The ma
, chine fen q distance OF 20 feet. :
was wrecked. but neither Lieu
, tenaurMcAllcn nor his compan-
, ion was injured in the fall The
, machine and ayiators viii re
, turn TO Houston by train
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KENNERLY SERIOUSLY
INJURED RESULT Of
RUNAWAY WITH RAKE

County COMMISSIONS kcnuorly
was seriously and pcrhap. fatally in
jured Yesterday when lhc team which
he was driving o. rake ran away
with him. overturned the rake and
broke several of DIS ribs. some OF
which are believed boy ur . r.
Wrather. who attended bIm. 90 have
penetrated the mnl Mr. konnrrly
resides 10 miles east Of town near
Folsom station
Mr. Kenncrly was brought fo ST.
Anthonys sanitarium for treatment
Pneumonia Ia nov feared as com
plication lie has q host Of friends
In this city
PAY the President
Lieut.. Watson Return, Ia Camp Pike.
lieut. G. n. Watson has rctnruco
to Camp pihe. Art after ,.s
with his wife anlr<.Sm,s here
-uy -fffe eifuidOnt -