The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1922-04-27

| tIN'INlUHEN UUu 0liUiS'tE pltuip''tUli'
AIRY ~ long and tried experience.
William W Russell
| NV, this introduction IL written be-
cause one wants to tell some stories
about this servant " Uncle sam. who
Is grave diplomat. hut with n Hight
in his eye that neither gravity nor
place can eNtlnguish. lie was not al.
ways grave one burdcned with the
affairs OF state. Dncc upon u time he
/ was Pete" Russell. midSliipman ~
the United States Naval academy.
William was changed into Pete" the
the years long gone 10y. bur truth com.
pels the statement that neither the
official archives nor the cadets rec.
ords disclose the reason for turning
William into Pete suffice II to- know
that the middrs would have II that
WAY and that way II went
William W RuSSrllS memory IL
cherished ~ the Naval academy Ills
name il held in remembrance ~
strongly that ne midshipuan named
Russell who has entered the academy
IN the nearly forty years that have
elapsed since our Dominican envoy
left there. has escaped the nicknan.
of Pete"
Not long ago had dinner with n
graduate uf Annapolis who had known
William " Russell in his Pete days
NJ the academy. Russell had u way
with him and the middirs and the au-
thoriticS were iot long in finding II
out Pete had difficulty in restraining
himself on occasion as witness
Too Much Sermon and Solo for Pete
one sunday ~ Annapolis the chap
lain preached long and druuinely The
listening mddirS we're tired out with
the heat nf the day and the burden IL
the sermon. which lasted nm hour Tie
sermon over u SolniSi in the choir I'm
deferred and undiSuayed by the length
Of the chaplnin's discourse. started In
~ sing sun uf Nv Soul" lie went
through the first line untrippingly aud
then struck into the second 1T il not
night" he sang 7 zen he repeated 1t
i not night" and repeated IL again
after the manner Of snlosts who don't
know when the listeners have had
enough and. having n hold are loath
tn lcf 90
Under the strain Of the thing Pete
stood up. whistled melodiously but
very loudly the tune accompanying
me third and fourth lines of the first
Stnnza " "Sun ~ Ny Soul" and then
before the bewildered and shocked o.
hrers could put IN an Interference, ha
calmly commanded the soluist To get
n move on him
They grabbed Pete out from the
middle pew seat and marched him
down the aisle under guard when
the corps was dismissed and was
marching back 20 barracks Pete was
going In the opposite objection headed
for the prison hip Santee. with his
books and his blanket swung over his
shoulder
As he passed the marching middies
and the officers in command he was
heard loudly soliloquIzIng. with head
well down In counterfeit shjectness
right under poor Pete's bow"
His Boxing Skeleton.
once upon time Pete set to work
during his idle hours and constructed
n skeleton more fearfully and wonder
fully made than any man. Pete knew
the peculiarities Of certain inspect
ing officer whose habit Il was on en-
tering a midshipman's room to see II
all was well and orderly. To pull the
door back with sudden jerk and 10
look behind IL for traces of sweepings |
Pete finished his skeleton and by the |
exercise of nothing less than devilish |
ingenuity he succeeded In ~ adjust |
ing IL that when the door was given a |
sharp. quick Jerk. the thing would |
drive It's fist straight into the eye " |
the man who did the jerking. He went |
to recitation the morning that the |
skeleton had been put up and left his |
roommate who didn't know that the
skeleton behind the door was In exist
ence, to suffer any consequence that
might come.
The inspecting officer came and gave
the door jerk and was promptly |
poked In the eye by the bony hand OF
Pete's skeleton.
The officer instantly marched Pete's
roommate TO the Santee. where he
was locked up. In three hours the
roommate heard some shutting steps
outside his prison door. Looking out
he saw Pete with his books and his
blanket coming to share his durance.
What's the matter. Peter he
asked
Nothing" said Pete. "only forgot
to take that Internal skeleton down"
The roommate was released
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