Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-06-13

lie ran away 10 sCd NHNA ~
was q boy of on only eleven. "A lit
tie Scotch-Irish lad with a vast
desire to see tho world, brought to
a sudden determination because
his father gave him a beating Tor
playing hockey. That ended it. He
packed his carpet bag, tossed it out
Of the window, and climbing down
the blind early in the gray dawn,
set off for Liverpool on foot with
six other youngsters.
out of the seven he was the only
lad to reach Liverpool, l52 miles
away, and there on weary even
ing he sat forlornly on doorstep,
with n few tears wandering down
his cheeks, when q ships captain,
going by, stopped. He picked MN
up. took him off to the ship and
fed him, then set him ashore. But
SANDY" was not to be LETT ana
whom the ship was we'll out to sea
they found they had a small stow
away aboard. -,
Instead OF getting the usual
beating we read of, the ships com,
pany made a pet and q mascot OF
sandy. And so he sailed to many
ports, and became acquainted
with many types of men which
helped him in later years When nc
was out soul saving.
But that's getting bit ahead
of the story. Anyway, capt. Alex
shannon Of the Salvation Army
cav quite a bit of the world be-
fore he camo to Albuquerque. tor
eight years he was in British
south Africa, and for six years or
lthercabouts he was in service IN
India. He started trip around
tho world to write for n big Lon
don syndicate, but tho poor cap
tain could have the adventures
he couldn't write about them Anu
so he gave that up. .,..-..
His career has been written up
in long and thrilling instailmen1s
NV many papers, and it reads as
we'll as any tale OF the sea ana inc
city you could wish.
When Sandy slowed away he
thought he waJ going to fight IN
dams in America, and he was nov
a little disappointed when after
eighteen months on shlppoare,
thcv locked at New orleans ana
thev found no Indians, But thel
were other things. on November
q, 1889, he was in Brazil When i.
was made a republic, ana ne was
in the Transvaal and in MozaIl-
hioue in the days of trouble there,
He was about twenty years ola
+ben and q confirmed wanderer
We first met the salvation Army
thero. lust before this time ne
had Maid q visit to his home. GU
Geo This broken front tooth, salu
tbe cantain, well, it's false, but
never could keep it in, even wheH
II was NV own. Well, | walked W
10 tho front door of the house my
IN milv had lived in for about Sly
hundred years, and went IN an ny
there was my little sister tiia' y
"She saw the initials on my bae
and she said, Mama, they're the
same as mine, and my mothei
looked at me but didn't know me
60 I laughed and when she saw Jaw
that broken gold tooth she Khe"
rs right off" .ht
sandy handled negroes in th'
THO nsvaal and learned their dia'
ioct Recently he said he saw
south-African negro in Albuquer,
n,,a and smoke to him in his owl
tongue. Quite number are III I'm
country getting an educauoh' ser
nv some corporation, VINO niuS
h0nd them to the goVernliiiiieIi
ogainst their return. Captain Shah
non came back in '98 or w am
"tied up" with the Salvation Atm!
in Galveston. &c.,. 49, +,
IT was about this time that m
was employed by London ia bi.
70 take a trip around the Woli.
cIad in a suit made of the gree
covers of the magazine, ana Wrlt
IN his experiences. But the cap
tain was no literary light, ne say
and when he got about to hansa
he lost his Job.
In 1902 he returned to LONDON
went through the training co!ies
they had him" then-and tne'
into the field as an officer. II
enent ten years in church WoIh
n
and held the most successful ue
vival meetings ever held in Tn
northwest. "a 80,
Guild me tabernacle, Ia tel
thcm. and I'll get into it peopl
who'll never come to churche
first" -,
He had to take years res
but he doesn't mention that Inc
back with the army. j,
CAPTAIN Shannon has been
Albuquerque six months. me
sent him here because Albuquel
que was a hard nut to crack. yer
, few people seem to know that; -
. runs his own Ford and Is pqs s
from early morning till late. n
is a member Of the local sis
painters union. and a good one.
us there much need for IN
Army here?" said the Captain I'd
! other night. "Well, I'll say ther
, is. Not a day but some huma
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