Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-10

to Washington, and the job handed him
was an appointment to the Academy.
Now, you go around and find any
other naval officer who'll admit he went
into the navy because he wanted a
Government job!' Try and find him!
That's honesty, isn't 1t? Hutch Cone
is real honest"
Hes human, too" another friend of
his early days puts in. HE belonged to
the class of '94 at the Academy and that
sure was a wild class. It spent most OF
its time on the prison ship" 49,.
"And made great officers afterward.
another murmurs.
Il remember" says another Of his
friends, well known navy doctor who
is famous himself for many things, IN.
GLIDING his love and knowledge OF
horses. ST remember the time we were
riding In the Green Spring Valley Hunt
in Maryland.
"We were going right along and we
got over a bad fence when suddenly q
beautiful girl who was following did
flipflop-and there she was, uncon.
scious. on the ground. Being medical
man, I naturally took charge.
"sWhat shall do?' says Cone.
"'You 60 get some water said. 50
he went after some water. BY the
time he got back the. beautiful girl hao
come TO life. And was kneeling there
on one knee. resting her beautiful head
on my other knee and she was LOOKING
I'D into my face with her beautiful eyes.
Now know why you sent me after
the waterl' he says, and jumped on nls
horse and rode off.
"He married lovely girl himself later
on. and their life together was beautiful
- 80 0ay
when he said he was going to get mar
ried asked him to introduce me. put ne
+ said: No stree. I'm afraid you'll senc
me after some water!"
"But you're going to get this all
wrong" another man puts In. II YOU
| go telling things like that youu give
| entirely the wrong impression. You
| can't wise-crack about Cone. He's Dig
| fellow. 1 know-I'm in the shipping
| business. Look at his record! why
| look at his medals alone!"
| ~ ~ II " \ X
GO listened to the shipping mar
- and went down hopefully in search
| of the record and the medals.
I found finely built man, prema-
turely white-haired, with faint traces Of
| old suffering about the mouth. But
looked in vain for any sign OF q medal
| upon the blue coat winch covered nls
powerful chest. It took not many min
utes to discover that this was not q
man who showed his medals or dis
cussed his record or his ideas, or even
himself.
But already knew about that record
and knew that the knees which were
| hidden under the big mahogany desk
f, had been shattered-both Of them
| when the ship upon which he was cross
ing the Irish Channel, in the line Of
| duty during the war, was torpedoed.
Two torpedoes went home into thai
| ship. the Lienster. Cone was on deck
helping to lower the boats after the
| first one struck, when the second tor.
pedo hit just under the deck where HI
| was standing. He was dashed into The
water, with both legs smashed. HI
found himself near a floating piece o.
debris and somehow, in all that anguish
and confusion, he managed to lash him
self to that piece Of debris. And there
he loated with both legs fractured
nearly submerged In the Icy waters FOL
hours before q rescue party pulled hin
!. out and put him into the hospital ir
Dublin.
1t must have been constitution o