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THE BULLETIN.
WATERMAN * STACKHOUSE. Ed*.
father. :;iul through hi.* set Ups ^an- luiul «* Invit*- the off r> ar.«. the graduat-
jdy bravely spoke- ' ln* CWM 10 mrt‘ '* ,n' “nd 10 *tl for,h*
“Cnn't, major.
OEABY, - - - OKLAHOMA.
THE CHANCE GOD G.VES.
••I’ll pas* this way but once." :» fool cried
out.
••And therefore I will laugh un*l take mv
mm;
Let others toll and sweat and fret and
doubt.
And miss the chance God goes them. If
they please—
Hut 1 will Journey down the careless ways
And ope my eyes to none but happy days
•Til pass fhl* way but once." another said,
“Hence all that God laid out for me to do
I must be doing as 1 fure ahead.
That He may say: ‘Well done." wher. 1
am through—
By word and deed I'll do my best to spread
Good cheer along the pathways that 1
tread.”
The wise man did hi* work ar.d did it well.
And people blessed him as he went along.
Ar.d fewer tears, because be labored, fell
And higher swelled the chorus of the
song—
The sor.g of Joy God meant that tr.er
should raise.
The splendid song of brotherhood ar.d
praise.
The useless fool went dawdling here ar.d
there.
Vnmtndful of all feelings but his ow i :
What If men sang or sobbed? He didn’t
cart—
Ore morn he woke to ilnd all pleasure#
down!
ide tongue was thick and dry—he cursed
his lot—
And shriveled up—and passed—and wa*
torgot.
- F. K Ki.*er. In Chicago Record-Herald.
I swore otT to*
| d*»y!”
“All right, my boy, that emlx it!"
answered the major, heartily, while
Marion, her eyes brimming', barely
touched her Ups to the glass, and
longed to lx* on Sandy's side of the
table that she might steal a hand t<»
him in love and sympathy and sister-
ly pride. Hut he avoided even her
when dinner was over, and was busy,
he sent word, with troop papers
down between-decks. and she felt,
somehow, that that letter was nt the
bottom of his sudden resolution ami
I longed to *«•** it. yet eotild not ask.
At three bolls, half-past nine, she
saw him coining quickly along the
promenade deck, and she stopped her
escort and held out a detaining
hand.,
“You’ll come and have a little talk
with uie, won't you, Kandy?” she
pleaded. “I'll wait for you as long
as you like.”
“After I've seen Stuyvesant awhile.”
he answered, hurriedly. “He isn't so
well. I reckon he must have over-
» for years bail lx . n the Iashlon at V\ usli-
ir.gton, sin# arid pm.cn In abundance, and
ihe vtry c.ftirtrs cetulhd as our Inatructore
would laughingly Invite ano challenge th.
youngster# ».* Mien to sh'd the gray and
v,r the blue to ut :nk with them again
and again. 1 hr.\» *e*n dosens of the beat
ard rr«\.st of our fellows come reeling
and shouting back to barracks and a
thoughtless set ot boys laughing and ap-
plauding.
“1 was station'd .it the Point root, after
graduation, and th* nun who drank were
the rule, not the exception. Social visits
were rarely exchai.gtd without the Intro-
duction ot the decanter. The marvel is
that so many wrtv -temperate in our meat
and crink.' as ray father and grandfuther
u#ed to plead w hen. regularly every morn-
ing. the family and the negro servants were
mustered for prayer*. At every post where
1 was stationed, either in the east or where
1 was most at home—the far frontier-
whisky was the established custom, and
man after man, fellows who had made fine
records during the war, and bright boy?
with whom 1 had worn the gray at the
Point, fell by ihe wayside and were court-
martialed out oi service.
"In '70 urd '71 we had a board that swept
the army like a seine, and relegated scores
of tipplers to civil life, but that didn't
stop it. Little by little the sense and man-
hood of our people began to tell. Little
by little tbe feeling against stimulant be-
gan to develop at the Point. It was no
. .. ......... ----- '. ■; longer a joke to set a fledgling officer to
done it. ami away he went with Ins i Jasle the tempter—It was a crime. Four
springy step until he reached the years after 1 was commissioned we had
forward end of the promenade. on* abstalr.fr out of some 50 officer*
where he tapped at the stateroom
door. The siirffeon opened it and ad-
mitted him.
his ry.'? were "rave and anxious
when, ten minutes later, lie reap- i
R&Jf
mi
[Copyright J, 5900. by the J. B Lippincott Cc.,
CHAPTER IX. fox TIM 1?D.
“Well, now. Miss Ray, don't you
ihink it was most discourteous, most
ungentleinanlv. in him to send such
l>enred. "Norris 1* with him." he said
in low ton*-, as he looked down into
th« sweet, serious. upturned face.
"He shouldn't have tried it. He
fooled the doctors completely. 1*11
tell vou more presently." he added,
noting that Mrs. Wells, with two or
three of th- band, wen- bearing! down
upon him for tiding; of the invalid,
nr>: Sandy had heart! a - who had
not?—the unfavorable opinions en-
tertained bv the sisterhood of
luckless, new-found friend.
"The doctor say* he mustn't
both—I mean disturbed—wants
"ct him t<> sleep, you know.'' was
at the mess, and hf was a man whose life
and honor depend*d on It. Three years
ago. when 1 went to see you. ih«re were
dozens at the tnts» who never drank at all.
only < ight who even smoked. Athletics and
rill" practice had much to do with this.
1 know, hut 'here has gradually ffcveloped
all over our land, notably In those co;ntnu-
ciths where the custom used to be rccs;
honored in the observance, a total revul-
sion of sentiment.
"Quarter of a century ago even among
man., gently nurtured women th* sight of
a n 111 overcome by liQU.^r excit'd only
- .rr w end sympathy: r.ow it commands
1.oil.leg I*ss than abhorrence. I and my
surviving contemporaries started in life
! urd*r the old sysum. You, my dear boy,
j art more fortunate in having begun with
. the rtvv Among the oid soldiers there are
' still some few votaries of Bacchus who
h<s have to court their cups most carefully
or risk ihi :r commissions. Among those
ant ' r 4»j our army has far more total ab-
stainers than ail the others in the world.
T° ard such soldiers ;..* Grant, t.’rook. M* rrit*
Hi* j ...r:d I'pton. of out s? vvice, ar.d Kitchener
hurriet! ami not too happy response of Khartoum, are on rvcord as saying that
, , ' * .. the staying powers of the teetotaller exceed
of the tnree. Matter j lfc(.s<, 'wen of the t* apt-rate mar. and
to the ipieri*
of business he
wanted to ask me
indignant young woman, one of the ,|U-,ries.
staying power is a thing to cultivate
about, that's all." he called back, as 1 -a* you know. 1 have never banished
a message?” demanded a flushed and >-p j roke ttwav and dodged other in- I wine from our table, my boy. Both jour
mother and 1 had bien accustomed to see-
ing it in daily use from childhood, yet she
'rarely touches it. even at our dinners. But.
Sanford. I sent John Barleycorn to the
right about the day your Dlesstd mother
promised to be my wife, and though 1 al-
ways kept it in the sideboard for old com-
rades whose heads ar.d stomachs are still
sound, and who tlnd it agrees with them
better than wine. 1 never offer it to the
your.g*ter*. They don't need it. Sandy, and
no more do you.
“But vou come ot a race that lived as
did their fellow men—to whom-cards, tha
bottle and betting were everyday affairs.
It would be remarkable if you never de-
veloped a tendency 'owards one or all
of them, and it was my duty to warn you
before. I mourn every hour I wasted over
cards ar.d every dollar I ever won from a
comrade more than—much more than—th*
many hundred dollars 1 lost in my sev-
eral years' apprenticeship to poker. It’s
just about the poorest investment of time
a soldier can devise.
“Knowing all I do. and looking back over
the path of my iife. strewn as it is with
the wrecks of fellow-men ruined by whisky.
I declare if 1 could live it over again it
most energetic of the sisterhood, as
they stood together on the prom-
enade deck in the shade of the canvas
awnings, shunning the glare of the
August sttn.
"Are you sure such a message was
sent?" was the serious reply.
"Sure? Why. certainly he did! and
by his own servant, too.'" was the
wrathful answer. “Didn't he. Miss
Porter ?"
And Miss Porter, the damsel ap-
pealed to. ami one of the two nurse?
who sent in their message from the
office, promptly assented. Miss Ray
looked unconvinced.
Once in the little Imin of a state-
room to which he ami a fellow
subaltern had been assigned, he
bolted the floor, turned on the elec-
tric light, and took from under his
pillow a packet of letters and «at
him down to read. There was one
from his mother, written on her way
hack to Leavenworth, which he pored
over intently and then reverently
kissed. I.atcr. and for the second
time, he unfolded and read the long-
est letter his father had ever penned.
It was as follows:
“I havi sllrmeii away from camp ard its
court!"** inti rruptior.s ar.d taken a room
the hotel to-night, dear Sar.dy, for
“Servants, you know, sometimes dc- want to hav ■ a long talk with my boy-
liver messages that were never sent." a taik we ought to have had before, am.
, , • . 1 • • it A mv fault that we didn't. I shrank
she answered, with quiet decision. , fro|n u -fonwhow ^ now am i0rry for it.
"We have seen quite a little of that ' -your irar.k and manful letter, tellirg
in the armv. and it is mv father's me of vour severe loss am! of the weal-
rule to tret all the facts before pass- ! n«ss that followed, reached me two dayr.
. . , ... , , (go. lour mother s came yesterday, tona-
ing judgment. My brother thought ;r lhan ever and pleading for you as only
Mr. Stuyvesant‘s attendant garrulous mothers can. It is a matter that has
and meddlesome.
“But I asked him if he was sure
that was what Mr. Stuyvesant said."
persisted Miss Porter, bridling, “and
he answered they were just the very
words." ,
"And still I doubt hi* having sent
them as a message." said Miss Ray.
with slight access of color, and that
evenintr she walked the deck
• us a!! d*ar financially, but thanks to
that loving mother, you were promptly
enabled to cover the loss ar.d save you;
name. You know ard realize the yacr!-
tice* .-he had to make, and she tells it-
that you insisted or. knowing. I am glad
you did. my boy. 1 am going to leave in
your hands the whole matter of repayment.
“A your.g it How of Lt* can start in the
army with many a worse handicap than a
debt of bonot and a determination to work
it off. That steadies him. That matter
Ion" ! fvally gives me less care than you thought
. . , , ,, , for. It is the other—your giving way to
with a happy subaltern and added to n =mpulse l0 urirk-that SUs me with
her unpopularity. 1 concern. You come up like a man. ad-
There were several well-informed mil >our fauU- *nd sa> you d*.!e.r.ve
, , . . , expect my se*>re censure. Well. 1 vc
and unpleasant women, mauls and thought It all over. Sar.dy. My heart and
matrons both, in the little* sisterhood,
hut somehow "the boys" did not show
such avidity to walk or chat with
them as they did with Miss Ray. She
sorely wanted a talk with Sandy ihat
evening, but the llelgic had come in
from ’Frisco only six hours before
they sailed and huge hags of letters
and papers were transferred from
her to the Sacramento.
There were letters for Maidie and
Sandy both several—but there was
my arms go out to you in your distress and
humiliation, and—I have r.ot one word
of reproach or blame to give you.
“For now 1 shall tell you what I had
thought to say when your graduation drew
nigh, had we been able to master me-
chanics and molecules and other mathe-
matical rot not as useful to a cavalry offi-
cer as a binocular to a blind man. and that
I ought to have told you when you start-
I ed out for yotirself as a young rant-hero,
i but could not bring myself to it so long
i as you seemed to have r.o inclination that
1 way. Times, men. and customs have great-
I ly changed ir. the last 40 or 50 years. m>
; boy. ar.d greatly for the better. Looking
back over my boyhood. I can recall no da\
one bulky missive for him that she
knew to be from her father, from | when wire was not served on your grandfa-
far-awav Tampa, and the bov had j ther's table. The brightest minds and
come down late to dinner. They had ‘ b^v, s‘ ^ all Kentucky pledged each
• other day ar.d night ir. the cup that some-
seats nt the table of tlic commanding times churs aid ofttimes lnebriaUs. and
officer, a thing Maidie had really ; no public occasion was complete without
tried to avoid, as she felt that it dm- | champagne and whisky In abundance, no
. . . . aX personal or private transaction considered
criminated, somehow, against the : auspicious unless appropriately‘wet.*
other nurses, who. except Mrs. Dr. “Those were cays when our statesmen
Wells, their official head, were dis- ! reveled In sentiment ar.d sung, and drank
tributeil about the other tables, but | ?nd Bumbwd with the fervor of the fol-
, . . , , , , . , lowers of the races. 1 was a boy ot ten-
the major had long known and loved , (j,.,. years then, and often, with my play-
her father, and would have it. so. I mates, ! was caiLd from our merry games
This night, their first out from H0110- I '<> join the genthmen over their wine and
>"• >'»■' «» sk;,?
the long table and champagne served, j sandy. I knew ih> lust, ar.d possibly the
and when dinner was well-nitrh over j worst, whisky* made in Kentucky—we all
noticed for the first time that Hav ! ufd-and ‘he man or youth who could not
■ | stand his glass of liquor was looked upon
' as a milksop, or pitied, and yet. after all.
HE READ THE LONGEST LETTER HIS
FATHER HAD EVER PENNED.
had turned his glass down.
"Why, Kandy," lu* cried, impulsive-
ly, “it is just ~'2 years ago this sum-
mer that your father made the ride
of his life through the Indian lines
to save Wayne's command on the
Cheyenne. Now. there are just of
us here nt table, and I wanted to pro-
pose .his health and promotion.
Won't you join us?"
The boy colored to the roots of hi*
dark hair, llis eyes halt filled. He
choked and stammered a moment and
then back went the head with the
nspccted. as a 'singed cat'—a fellow who
owned that John Barleycorn was too much
for him. and he did not dart a single round
with him.
"Then came the great war. and wars are
lw.ijs ir one way demoralizing. West
1'olr.t ir. the early sixties was utterly unlike
1 hi \Vt*i Point of to-day, and no worse
than a dozer, of our greatest colleges. Th-
. ap* still had its tales and traditions of
th* old-time Fourth of July dinners at the
mess hall, when everybody mace a dash
the decanters and drank everything ir
sight It was the only day in the year
t i: which wire wos served. It was in my
time the iv.varinbk- custom for the super-
Inteii.iert to receive the board of visitors
old. familiar tess that was so like liis len the day oJ tLir arrival at his quarters
would be with the determination never to
touch a card for money or a glass for liquor.
"And now. my ow n boy. let me bear the
blame of this—your first transgression.
You are more to us than we have ever told
you. You are r.ow your sister's guardian
and knight, for, though she goes under the
wir.g of Mrs. Dr. Wells, and. owing to her
intense desire to take a woman's part, we
could not deny her. both your mother and
1 are filled with anxiety as to the result.
To you we look to be her shield in every
possible way. We have never ceased to
thank God for the pride and joy He has
given us in our children. (You yourself
would delight ir. seeing w hat a tip-top little
soldier Will is making.) You have ever
been manful, truthful, and, I say It with
pride and thankfulness unutterable, square
as boy could be. Y’ou have our whole faith
and trust and love unspeakable. You have
the best and fondest mother in the world,
my son. And now 1 have not one more word
to urge or advise, Think and decide for
yourself. Y'our manhood under God will
do the rest.
"In love and confidence,
“FATHER."
When Marion came tapping titnidly
at the stateroom door there was for
a moment no answer. Sandy's face
was buried in his hands as he kneit
beside the little white berth. lie
presently arose, dashed some water
over his eyes and brows, then shot
back the bolt and took his sister :n
his arms.
CHAPTER X.
Not until the tenth day out from
Honolulu was Mr. Stuyvesant so far
recovered as to warrant the surgeons
in permitting his being lifted from
the hot and narrow In d to ft steamer
chair on tne Ktarhoard' side. Even
then it was with the caution to
everybody tliut he must not be dis-
turbed. The heat below and in many
of the staterooms was overpowering,
anti officers and soldiers in numbers
slept upon the deck, and not a few
of the Red Cross nurses spent night
after night in the bamboo and wicker
reclining chairs under the cunvuM
awnings.
Except for the tropic temperature,
the weather had been line and the
voyage smooth and uneventful. The
Sacramento rolled easily, lazily along.
The men had morning shower baths
and, a few at a time, salt water
plunges in big canvas tanks set fore
an«I aft on the main deck. On the
port or southern side of the promen-
ade deck the officers sported their
pajamas tiotli day and night, and
were expected to appear in khaki or
serge, and consequent discomfort,
only at table, on drill or duty, and
when visiting the starboard side,
which, abaft the captain's room, was
by common consent given up to the
women.
They were all on hand the morning
that the invalid officer was carefully
aided from his stateroom to a broad
reclining-ehair. which was then borne
to a shaded nook beneath the stair-
way leading to the bridge and there
securely lashed. The doctor and Mr.
Ray remained some minutes with
him.'and the steward came with it
cooling drink. Mrs. Wells, doctor by
courtesy and diploma, arose and
asked the surgeon if there were real-
ly nothing the ladies could do—"Mr.
Stuyvesant looks so very pale and
weak" am! the sisterhood strained
their cars for tne reply, v.nich. as
tha surgeon regarded the lady's re-
mark as reflecting upon the results
of his treatment, might well be ex-
pected to be somewhat tart.
“Nothing to-day, Mrs.—er—Dr
Wells," said the army man, half
vexed, also, at being detained on wax
to hospital. "The ever has gone and
lie will soon recuperate now. pro-
vided he can rest and sleep. It is
much cooler on deck and—if it's only
quiet—”
"Oh. ho shan’t tie bothered, if tlint’s
what you mean,” interposed Dr.
Wells, with proper spirit. “I’m sure
nobody desires to intrude in the leart.
I asked for my associates from a
sense of duty. Most of them are
capable of fanning or even reading
aloud 10 a patient without danger of
overexciting him.”
“Unquestionably, madam,” respond-
ed the surgeon, affably, "and when
such ministrations are needed I * i 1 let
you know. Good morning.” And.
lifting his stiff helmet, the doctor
darted down the companionway.
“Brute!” *aid the lady doctor. ">'o
wonder that poor boy doesn't -r-t
well. Miss Ray. T marvel that your
brother can stand him.”
Miss Ray glanced quietly up from
her book and smiled. “Y\e have
known Dr. Sturgis many years.” *he
said. He is brusque, yet very much
thought of in the army.”
But at this stage of the colloquy
there came interruption most merci-
ful—for the surgeon. The deep
whistle of the steamer sounded three
quick blasts. There was instant rush
and scurry on the lower deck. J lie
cavalry trumpets fort? and aft rang
out the assembly.
It was the signal for boat drill, and
while the men of certain companies
sprang to ranks and stood in silence
at attention awaiting orders, other
detachments rushed to their sta-
tions at the life-rafts, ar.d other*
swarmed up the stairways or clam-
bered over the rails, and in less than
a minute every man was at his post.
Quickly the staff officers made the
rounds, received the reports of the
detachment commanders and the boat
crews, and returning, with soldierly
salute, gave the result to the com-
manding officer, who had taken po-
sition with the captain on the bridge.
For five or ten minutes the upper
deck was dotted by squads of blue-
xhirted soldiers, grouped in disci-
plined silence about the boats. Then
the recall was sounded, and slowly
and quietly the commands dispersed
and went below.
v [To Be Continued ]
How He Wo* Kent.
Several ladies and tNv c.illdren v.cr*
strolling throng 1 m c/netei) i<.idir.g in-
fecripliona.
"Qh, 'mamma,’’ <"iel btllt: anc - -u>;.
ping at a grave, !;■ rc'» aonie one
(!. {) D "
The horrified ran h<r turned 10 “hide her
daughter, but psu**d ass >• read ".Iain*"
Brown, Co. 1).," on the headstone, (at
cago Daily New*.
— •
What’* in n Annie.
"Ah!" he sighed, after she had bltnliing
Jv whispered ‘‘Yes in his bosom "My own
Mehilauel! O! that name’s so formal. Sure
Jy your friends use some gborter one: »onu
pet name."
"Well," she murmured, "the girls nt
hoarding school used toc.i'l me'l’iekles.’
Philadelphia Press.
“This ancient umbrella,” remarked Squik
dig. “belonged to my grandfather.” “Ah!
One of the shades of your ancestor*,” added
MeSwilligen.—Pittsburgh ('hromele.
An Old Cnatom in Cloyne.
I have known two or three old
priests in Cloyne diocese break up and
distribute among the poor girls of
their respective parishes their old and
worn vestments, for the purpose of
being made into “Saint Patrick’s
crosses.” The cross thus'made (from
a priest’s vestment) to people of sim-
ple faith was an object of veneration,
and 1 have known many such forward-
ed by their owners to their kindred
in America, where they were doubtless
received as welcome souvenirs of an
ancient custom in the land of their fa
thers. Not a little curiosity is tilt
etiquette of those children’s “Saint
Patrick’s Crosses.” for whereas it
would be considered effeminate of a
little boy to wear “a girl’s cross,” it
would be considered most unbecoming
on the part of the little miss to dor.
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Stackhouse, Alfred C. & Waterman, W. W. Geary Bulletin. (Geary, Okla.), Vol. 3, No. 15, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 3, 1901, newspaper, October 3, 1901; Geary, Oklahoma Territory. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1078418/m1/6/: accessed May 7, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.