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THE GOVERNOR'S PARDON.
My friend Ra. the governor' pri-;
Tiii s. r-.ary u.i-i me na ry
j.aa-r ia Al..aay. j
"Did you L..pSa " nt
1.- e etr.a aa V-U Da.-e i
e tin
.roua tie
i i..e. Jjveraui i ;-. -
Tate o :;! ti.a af.-ra.on?
I t.i n-;t..el ta-:u.
Ltf aaifcd.
Nvr.e i I
hem is dev
have helped tut aoti.-e
est mown-.ng: sad-mouthed aensi.ive.
motherly. gt;t. cbiJ lra tbit ta-y
were.
"1 r.ee
d re a of
ravfn are the entl-;
Id. Vu'j Bia. recall'
: dowa in Sins 'ittg
;ior.e
tf.e
st -a.
a h-.er of whom thy made
jto't a m-n-h :r the ra.i.-h
of tie Teat a Nat.oaal? And U- me
jf yo-.ioir.-.'e;- h tdn't c me W tg
tie governor w par in their dad. '
Rae Kav a (.hoit. harsn lam; a.
"Of al! ih!3J aat of ali nifn. to try
to be a puN.n of she governor of
New Y't.rk!" he resumed. Gad oat I
f-:t sorry tor litem. Why they had
about as r.i fii chance aa a snow tall
on a red-i.ut stote. You know y ur-
aeif what the governor K He' straight
honett aa the .Say ia tons '
aa a s r;nj a.mf as (
and juat ' it i- n t b a.-phemy--nxi
. k. .'i n ! .... n
to.a? 7
put tr.at v . -.
fte- it. Bi't 'hat i w:ie.-e everythi.iif '
en Is. He has no m .re human fem j the preseaite of tne niiatiesi. xuaa m
ta him thn a b.ock of granite riis j the state.
heart is fbi.iei iroa. Tales of dus ta; ! -Listen' I sai-I to the elder girl
irritate h.ra. Tears harden him. -yoti are a brave little woman; if I
"Old man Shaw the governor a Men-1 je .-o-i see the governor do you think
ojrrapher who .: a teigh!xr of the yitn f-an it jKt as I tell you? Above
jj.-hoMelil.-i. atoned the iroi.iiie. H" all don't be frightened. Srite. aay
ahonld hve known better. But the he ; a bard hard man. That ail de-
case r-i-.l.y waa a cmrerate one nd. ! pn(j upon what you say to him. You
I 8u5.-pi-.se he loat J idjment evea a j muatn't tell him what you heard Mr.
I di i. j Shaw tell me. It would anger him. Vo
"He came fn"o my cfice. one hand j nnt lry U) tea him how you loved your
on the shoulder of a pretty (t-nr.ie j papa an now you cried when your
little girl (he other holding the wax- m.-nima died. Talk to him in a dif-
like f. users of her e der Bister. j ferent way. Tell him you are al! all
' 'Major Rae' Shaw heztin Tve done ; ajone la the world with no one to pro-
a risay th'.ii. But I'm playinz lor a I
e thai mean 4 very mm h to thse
little women i hy are two very lone-
ly aid (h.liren. Their r.ante la Sc 10-
fce d. They want to see you berauae
I told them that in ali the world no
rne entiM ?lrv them. on'.V VOU."
Tt.. .!..) a r.M ih f.-refarv'a f..ri-(
heid depoene.!. He alowiy ahook b t
h' al. Then hs fo-ati.iue .:
"It'i bad enough to have a father
come to you and lay his moat-aerr.-t
fee ir.a bare to s e him aa he loo'ts
you hap lea ly in tr.e eyes wonder. ng
if you re jolnr to hit him when be a
down. I;'a tal f.rwiugh to have to la-
ten t the itory kitowlng all the fimi
you've fiT.pl rot to turn him down.
It's four t.nies worse to have a mother
come to you and tell you the innost
. aecre'a cf her aoul and to break into
ao'.a and tears and try to go oVjwn on
her knee and ki.- your hand. But
here were two ahy pretty fn no .tent
little gentle children!
" 'io you've come to talk to me?" 1
asked.
"'Yeth' lisped the smaller one with
a covert ghnce at her elder sister n
Merthy too' she added.
"With full red M.Mi twitching and
tears in the dark blue eyes Mercy
looked me straight in the face. 'We
want our papa bark! Oh jrive us our
p.ipa bark!' she cried and burying ner
burning; cheek ae-alnef.my hand all
gelf-control fled the brave little soul
end she cried aa If her heart would
break.
"Shaw swallowed hard and came to
the rescue
" 'Give them a chance' he be?s'd. I
know the whole sa 1 story from end to
en I. Thee two little ones were born
rnd raided next door to me. If ever
the clutch of law fell sharper than
meant. It la In this case. Thin he told
the txr.ry.
"He be a with the happy home
emonz the cool maples and dusky
plns where all was peace and plenty
and sunshine. How dearly each loved
the other and how Impatient were all
when one was away he pictured n a
score of little scenes; and into these
he threw the sudden cloud the line
weary days when lauehter ceased
when a shadow fell back on the fa-
Iher'a face till it hurt to see film
smile and till he no longer played with
his wife's rol !en hair but drew her
close and held her tlsrht and hid her
face In his great fttronK bands is if
to shield her from a sight.
"Of the days when the mother stole
off by herself to err he told. When It
made her cry to see her children lauh.
When deep into thi nleht the murmur
of two anxkma vol.es penetrated to
the little white beds In the runra above
Then be told of the arrest at the Sun-
day dinner table how Schofleld beat
the fiherllT to the around when he in-
aulted hi wife and how the desperate
man atood proufly holding his wife
la Ion a; embrace whispering courage
Into almoH renoeiepn ears until at
laM he rently freed himself kissed his
lit'le ftlrls promising to return soon
and with a dry choking sob walked
out of the room with the atrange man
not to return.
"Of the gtrupRle aealnhi hope Shaw
told how the mother felt her ap--r.roa'hlnfr
end railed him to her laid
his hftda upon her babies' heads and.
y.ale and trembling In every limb U-ft
icem to his care.
"The old man'a voire sank low aa he
replied this cer-. and he blubbered
'ike an old crocodile. Two palm of
tiny hands clutched mine frae"Tl!y.
I myself ha1 to turn my ga: low
the rapitol hill.
" T.ea.e pier t don't say no!' caira
Ey A. V. ROLKER.
a dry ..!) that uncl as if it muat
s.j.-.t a little th-.-t ia two.
"Til not say' no. You shall see the
Joi-m.I'' I Sail.
However it iu a ta.l business
It maat my Job. But j-ist then. I
waa Ui.-j-iftfl c:ear tnr juh ai t d-da't
rare If it did or a-.t.
--that's the governor doinr I
a.ikej rnaw.
".'His vsaitin h-jurs are loQg pasfed.
rf a J:: tie arvr 5e M'ti . aai ces
s:zr.iag some paperi' he a.uj''ere 1.
-It s a ta.i day to try and see the
governor.' I f..r- .o-r.e 1 the ei ler
girl. "He baa be-n very busy ail day
rrt;T.: tae h:irru and rweiviSiS
imnortatt vt-ivrf. T'j-nir'ht he a go-
h wi'i i
have to ma.s a Ion? s;i-rh.
wi:l have to be v ry IrW ia
3o. vou
ill you
say.'
"A!l this tlaie I wa really tryin?
to find h.';w t snn?g!e the youa?.-.er
ini') the room for nothing I could
say would oa ;.e the governor to relent
u aa an.iirnt e. A la. icy Idea tnick
me. It waa a bit of tii berate atrat-
eiy even as Shaw bad payed nncoa-
a. iously oa me. Ad a.one tne tot
rvnA witHi-itir he!n r.r
; h!nimrd the r if her father
jii.jir. j.iu. -
or prelection I would send them Intu j
tect you. Ttl nun you nave no nouie.
Tell him you will lave to leave aciool
to go Into a factory to earn a living.
And teU him the little slater nere
will have to quit her books and go
to work Say to him that you want
your papa back to educate you od
make a fine v.'omaa of you. Remember
above all don't let him aee you cry.
Mr. Shaw will show you the govern-
or's room and open the door for you.
Yoa Just walk in with the little sis-
ter by the hand and walk right up
to the governor and tell him what you
have to say.'
"I think I would have given live
years of my life to have been able to
hand those youngsters the pardon
and for 20 minutes I sat on something
like warm coals gnaw rame la at the
end of that time. He looked hope-
less. " 'It's no use' he said 'I can aear
the governor raise hta voice in an-
ger.' "At best time waa up. It waa up to
me to cut the audience short. I stood
at the door and listened. I could hear
the governor's; deep bass voice. I eould
not understand what he waa aaytng
but I too made out that he was irri
tated. I hesitated no longer. I opened
the door and saw a picture I do not
wish to forget. Pale aa I never had
seen him his voice husky the gover-
nor leaned forward in his leather chair
and on his lap huddled close to his big
broad shoulder sat the littler girl sob-
bing softly while a great long arm
held her close as If Inside a citadel of
protection. leaning forward eyes
riveted on the governor's and both
little snowy hand? clasping his hairy
paw waa the elder little princess
pleading. His face was drawn. It
twitched about the cheeks. His eyes
were small and Intense. He was the
PUZZLE PICTURE "
V y . m) 1 1
(Locate ths fientleman who doesnt havt to go ta work for two ontirs
weeks.)
rt
Si
I
pi.-: are of a Eia Ce'huci a a oter-
waemans esiotioa. Ia aa iaataat it
Uce-l on tr.e I had male a hi mss-
taie. T'j caatei core aad the Utile
one wo-aid have woa. X It waa a:: I
spoiled.
Vo Br the cvernor a cte thaa c
he a rtuin.ie-! of bia otSce. aa.i ice .
- ... .n.l H fiisp. lL-ci i
t: aaad a if be were trapped ia tunw j
thins Erievju.ily wrong. Uou.y h
ir v
lif-eil the lu'le one from his lao aad j
ar and tra:satece.l thi lapel or c:-
fn A coat and wita that he was the
sarj.e cot.! juuii ial iceberg as of yore.
"I ll taxe the matter under consider-
ation little feiris; I'll taie the matter
under romideratioa" he siii ab--en-.y
w'.pia pt-rh'tiration from his rorettoaa.
ana win in-u my cari s.iua. i
what It meant u meant tne c.ean-
est cruellest 'So' aayne ever got out
of the astute polHcian. But the plead-
er mi.suni'ert-itood. She be'.Ieve't aa if
her father fca.l spijken. A joyous
scream escaped her. She clasped 'he
zovernor'a hand ia both her own
wrung it and pressed her child ISpi to
it in a burst of gr.aitu.ie.
" "Thank you! Oh thank you ro'.' ehe
cried grasping her Bister's hand and
were waiting for her on the far side.
But with the door knob In their hand
they were arrested. Sharply the gov-
ernor had snapped his fin-rsrs and
then he roughed. A fit of eoushinir
seized him so that he could not talk
and had to wipe the tears out of his
eyes. When he regained his voice he
said:
" 'Here little girls wait" and some-
thing like a smile lighted hit stern
sphinx-like features. 'You might as
well take the paper with you before
yoa go home. Meanwhile sit over
there near the window where you can
look down the green hill.
"'Rae' he said trrning to me 'ar-
range with the pardon clerk. Have
him make out the necessary papers.
See that you get the aignatnre or the
secretary of ttate and then bring them
here to me. I think these little girls
would sleep better with that pardon
tucked under their pillow to-night.
(Copyright 1M by Joseph B. Bowl.)
NO INCENTIVE.
Ifa Just
A wish
To go
And fish
That doth
Obseaa
Me now;
To alt.
And alt.
And ait.
And alt.
t'p tn
The to-
Ing prow .
Of some
Pmall boat.
And fish
And float
And watch
The dta-
Tar.t ahore:
Hut what'a
The use
I'd b
A goose
I don't
Drink in-
T more?
Houston: Post.
For Agricultural Studenta.
Educators and the public in general
are showing much Interest in the re-
cent opening of the Oread School of
Agriculture Manufactures and Com-
merce which occupies 4000 acres of
land some 18 miles from Baltimore
Md. Its founder and head Is Henry
D. Perky. From each state two stu-
dents will be admitted to work their
way through but the number of pay
students is unlimited. All will be
trained In actual cultivation and man-
agement of farms.
BRIGADE'S YOUNG-
.
EST CAPTAIN.!
Story Toid by Lieut. Col. J. A. Wat-
roa U. S. A of a M.cn.jan Boy.
! A letter from an old officer of tie
i Iron brigade ia X brasia says:
' -Whea you Wiseoas'.a buys go to
' Fond da LM to vUit our old ton-
1 ma- i-r C-a. i'ra? who has j-iat re-
' t. i-nd frcu Ch'na he s-ire aad lt i
' n-i know ia tiart so tht I can be j
; wi-h you." - j
1 le-'rr p.--'- "i'-
frota memory- J.--" ti-aact to re-
Ce-t uxa. A sturdy yrviaatrr
ia
il. - t.aa had a ra.sjudr
standi!:-?
a.V 1U
; a a rerruitias ur-r ia
a:.J It-ft bimw tor ULicao. ne
was
not enure 15 and tiie recruinng of-
a a . -' 1 Mm a n ; a. hf-n
litlI ur- li( ri.iijv - "
taid by the b.-y that he didn't know
his business the digniaed officer
threatened to have him arrested.
Twice he tried to enlist ia Chi-
cago. When word came that a few
recruit were needed to fill a Hciott
company he went to that city and
waa accepted for the state service
the captain telling him - that he
mUht tall to be sworn into the United
States service later on. He was
small for his age yet he scorned to
go as a flfer or drummer; be wanted
to carry a gun. like other men.
Our com.any had been mustered ia
and we were allowed to see the other
companies go through the ceremony.
When company G'a turn that was
the Beloit company came more
than 100 men who had become Inter-
ested in the little cbap stood around
to aee if he would paaa muster. He
had picked out a pair of large shoes
iutj which he stuffed insoles and
higher heels and thlcKer soles had
been added. The high-crowned cap
and thi; enlarged shoes lifted the lit-
tle fellow up as he thougbt so he
could squeeze through.
I can see him as he looked when
he started to walk past the mus'er-
ing officer. I caa also see Capt Mc-
Intyre of the regular army who mus-
tered In our regiment. The minute
the boy started down the line his
eyes were fixed upon him and . be
watched him until he reached the
left of the company. I can see the
captain's smile of approval as the lit-
tle fellow took his place. He had
won tho day. He was mustered Into
Uncle Sam's service for three years j
or during the war.
They called him the baby of com-
pany G. It happened this way: The
regiment participated in the Fourth
of July parade at Madison in IStil.
As company G rassed a young lady
called attention to the boy and said:
"Loot at the little fellow. He's only
a baby!"
At Gettysburg company G's baby
was a sergeant. He had been In the
battles of Gainesville Second Bull
Run South Mountain Antietam Fred
ericksburg Fitz-Hugh Crossing and
Chancellorsville. No soldier in the
regiment carried a larger knapsack
kept up better in a long march or
loaded and fired more rapidly than
the baby of company G or behaved
better under fire or ia camp.
When the campaiga of 1S64 began
he waa his company's first sergeant
and had got his growth though still
a. little fellow.
When the brigade was behind fort
ifications at the left of Petersburg
the fall of 1S64 a cluster of the boys
who had left home as privates were
promoted. In the package of com-
missions that came to headquarters
one evening was one making our
little friend first lieutenant of
company G. He was placed In
command of the company and
commanded it with great diaticctioa
In several battles.
Three months later he was made a
captain being then a little pa-it IS
years of age and In Gen. Grant's
closing campaign about Richmond
and Petersburg he was In command
most of H.e time of two companies
and part of the time of three.
So much for the baby of company
G as a soldier so much about Capt.
Henry C. Matrau the younjest cap-
tain In the Iron brigade the young
est captain in any of the Wisconsin
regiments.
Capt. Matrau has been a railroad
man ever since the war. ' For 20
years he has been the Northwestern
representative at Norfolk. Neb.; has
served several terms as mayor as a
member of the school board and is
an honored member of he Nebraska
commandery of the Loyal Legion.
Chicago ' Journal.
Martha Waahington's Bible.
Martha Washington's Bible waa re
cently restored to Miss Mary Lee
daughter of Gen. Robert E. Lee. It
became the property of G-n. Lee by
descent through the Cnstis family and
wa? stolen from him by union soldiers
In 1861. Twenty-four years ago It was
purchased by a Philadelphia gentle-
man who declared his intention of
giving It to the Mount Vernon society
to be placed on exhibition as the
property of the nation. But finally be
gave it to Miss Lee. The Bible con
tains records of births and marriages
in the Custis family and the record of
the birth of Gen. Lee.
Just a Reminder.
Jack And after we are married.
darling the love light will still
linger In your eyes.
Eva Yes but the love lights won't
stop the gas bill from coming every
month my dear. Chicago News.
July Does Not Cent.
The astronomers who computed tl
distance of the sun at ninety-odd mil-
lion miles are fully corroborated by
t!:e testimony of the mercury ia Janu-
ary but never In July.
WILL NOT
PFF STINGS
if
t-p;t: U.
(i5 . v r p-J
LINCOLN AT MOODY'S CLASS.
X - . r .1
8 Old Settler leLi or Seea:2 ms
ElUe
"I saw Abraham Lincoln for the
first time at D. L. Moody's Bible class
or Sunday school ia the old North
Market hall which stood where the
county jail is now located" relates
a writer in the Chicago later Ocean.
This waa before the war when
Moody's school of more thaa l.OdO
was well orgaaize.1 and whea boys
and girls and young men and women
from all parts of the city were reg-
ular attendants. Moody .made It a
point to capture distinguished stran-
gers who ca'iie to the city and have
them visit his classes.
'I remember what a contra.it there
waa between the tall Mr. Lincoln n
ISM and the short. siocky Mr. Moody.
I never Quite understixid how Moody
managed his big clases but I know
that all tie youngsters hung on bis
words wherever they happened to be
in the hall and that they were very
demonstrative ia their devotion to
him. Lincoln before he wis Intro
duced had taken all this in and he
made a very striking little address
expressing his sympathy with Mr.
Moody's methods and his pleasure at
being among the young people who
were ao proud of Dwight L. Moody 'a
leadership.
"I did not see Lincoln again until
the third or fourth year of the war
when he came into a hospital where
there were a good many wounded
men. I had shaken hands with him
la .the old North Market hall and it
jeemed matter of course for him to
come and shake bandi with me in the
hospital. It did not seem strange
that the president of the Uni'ed
States after a few words with me.
should speak of Moody and hi work
imong the soldiers and enlarge upon
his way of getting hold of people and
never letting 50. There were four
years between the meeting In Chi-
cago and the meeting in the hospital
and yet Liaeoln snoke as if 1 bad
?eea me and Moody only the week
before. I never think of Linroln but
I think also r.t DwI.-ht L. Moody."
"Do you know" said the major
"that of all C:i soldier s'ories current
during the war the story of what a
Pennsylvania Du'rhmaa said after
Chanceilorsville 1 !ea-ed Mr. Lincoln
most? Early In t!te war the story of
the German who said be fought "mlt
Sigel' wa repeated again and again
but it seemed to Mr. Lincoln and a
good many others that the stry of
the Pennsylvania Dutchman was as
well worth the telling as that of the
man who foueht with Si re I.
"A Dutchman la a Pennsylvania
regiment was severely wounded at
Chanceilorsville and was left on the
field. After the battle a confederate
soldier Insisted that the wounded
man ought to surrender not only his
gun. but his blouse and hat. The
Dutchman protested that that j no
way to treat a wounded man. when
the confederate turned on him with
the question: 'What did you come
down here for. anyhow T The wound-
ed man replied that he came down
into Virginia to fight
"'Why In the devil' said the man
'didn't you fight in Pennsylvania?
What right had yon to comv down
Into Virginia to fight? After a min-
ute the Pennsylvania Dutchman said:
'Veil. I fights mit Uncle Sam and
Uncle Sam he goes eferywhere.' This
struck the Inquisitive confederate as
being very good and the Dutchman
lived to tell the story of how he got
the best of a confederate to his own
too'-'iea. In one regiment at least
;V :: ing. 'I fights mit Uncle Sam'
ii u common as 'I fights mit Sigel'
was In others."
"I have often thought." said the ser-
geant "that the significance of cer-
STOP HIM
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n !. . (t . rnifl'tt't
rresueai i i-v6v -
Claii. 5
tain soldier expressions bas been lost
in the vears since the war. althougl
miny of thera have gone Into liter-
ature. Others that had a meaning for
certain brigades or divisions are ia
danger of beipg lost. For example
there waa "shelling the woods.' Ia
the Urst and second years of the war
many generals' commanding divisions
whea feeling the enemy rarely ad-
vanced into timber land without first
shelling the woo.ii.
"That Is to say they nude a great
noise firing Into woods that might
shelter an enemy but which rare-y
did and created a commotion In all
other divisions -ithia hearing dis-
tance. Thia occurred ao oftea that
whea the boys heard the sound or
heavy firing they were apt to say
"Negley shelling the woods' and U
on with their poker game. Whea
they came home an I heard a minis-
ter or a roll'Ieal speaker talk much
on mere assumption they were wont
to say 'He la shelling the woodi'
which meant a great deal to the ftl-
lowa who understood.
"One morning our brigade was ly-
ing in a wide stretch of timber land
when the enemy opened on ua with
shot and shell. Cannon balls rolled
through the ranks tree branches cut
off by smaller shot fell u;on ua and.
while not many nu n were hurt moef
of us we:e very uncomfortable and
even the poker players were cfla-
ttirtx'd. One man remarked: Tha
darnel fools are hhelling the woods
and they don't know we are here."
Hut this did not relieve the tension.
Finally our own bat'eries on the right
opened and the boys assuming that
they were siirply shelling the wood
took the matter qu'etiy.
"However when the aoval1
heavy firing moved rearwird. t
was no more j iking. The eaemy-
attacked in force and had drives
right back and The men who
laughed at being shelled In the wo.
waited with set teeth for the on.
taught that came too soon. The cu!y
consolation was that we were farthei
to the front than the enemy had ex
poctcd to find us were. In fact oa
the ground which they believed they
had cleared by shelling the woods."
DECORATING GLASS.
New Process by Which a Substituta
for Stained Class Has Been Found.
Cloisonne ghis Is a pet of modem
glass-makers. It Is not a wall decora
tion but a kind of substitute for
stained glass different In effect and In
quality from any of (he paper Imita-
tions. It is genuine glass. A sheet
id plain gliss lti put over the drawing
to be executed and on this the out-
lines of the design are traced in wire
black silver or gilt as the rase may
be. Those wire outlines which ate
semicircular In s-K-tlon are fixed firm-
ly to the background sheet and into
the cells formed by the cloisons are.
shoveled countless little glass beads
which are cemented on the ground
and the entire panel Is then covered
with a second sheet of glass. The
great point of the Invention Is that
along with a pleasant rarlety of sur-
face it Is possible and easy to get an
almost limitless variety of color as
well as the most delicate and gradual
shading. In which one color mtlts al-
most Imperceptibly into another.
Wobbly.
Yeast They say the moon doesn't
always travel la a straight line.
Crimsontieak I suppose they refer
to the times It is full; and the rule
doesn't apply alone to the mooa.
Yonkers Statesman.
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Evans, George H. Chickasha Daily Express. (Chickasha, Indian Terr.), Vol. 7, No. 220, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 6, 1906, newspaper, September 6, 1906; Chickasha, Indian Territory. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc731839/m1/2/: accessed April 24, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.