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Private O'Neil
By F. A. MITCHEL
Copyright by American Ptbm Aajo
. elation. 191L
I
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breakfast food you can have.
Cairo's Books.
Books printed In Cairo are read bf
the camp fires of the Sahara, in the
market of Timbuktu, under the very
shadows of the Kaaba and are treas
ured in the mosques of Java and west
ern China.
Wrong Bearings.
After spending the greater part of
the evening with friends John decided
that home was the place for him, and.
arriving there, he elected to sleep in
the front yard. Next morning, hap
pening to look up, he saw his wife ob
serving him from an open window.
"Shut that window!" he yelled. "Do
yon want me to catch niy death of
cold ?" Everybody's.
Don-t Have To.
"How are you. old chap?" ....
"Fine."
"What are you working at?"
"Working?"
"That's what I said."
"I don't work."
"Why?"
"Because my schemes do"
During the Spanish-American war
one morning Colonel Brewster of the
tto United States Infantry was sit
ting In his tent at Tampa, Fla when
a private a mere boy with rosy cheeks
and Jet black hair was brought up by
the corporal of the guard.
"Well, corporal," said the colonel,
not ceasing to wag a large palm leaf,
"what's he been doing?"
"Interfering with the guard in the
line of duty, sir." -
"How?"
"Private Thompson on being repri
manded by Lieutenant Bilster knock
ed the lieutenant down. We put
Thompson In the guard tent, and this
man lifted up the rear part of the tent
wall while the sentinel wasn't looking
and helped the prisoner out" .
""What did you do that for?" asked
the colonel of the prisoner.
"Why, they told me," said the boy in
a trembling voice, "that Thompson
would be shot for mutiny."
"What good would it do you to try
to save him that way?"
There was no reply to this, the pris
oner standing with eyes bent on the
floor.
"Do you think," Baid the colonel,
"that if I let you off this time you can
let the prisoners in charge of the guard
alone?"
- "I don't know, sir."
"Don't know!"
"I think 1 can, sir."
The colonel told the corporal to
march the boy back to his company en
campment and release him.
The- ntxt day the recruit was
marched to the colonel's tent again,
having committed the same offense.
"See here, young man," said the
colonel, "do you know that you are lia
ble to be shot for this?".
"No, sir." -
"Thompson's striking an officer was
outright mutiny; your helping the mu
tineer to escape from the guard Is the
next thing to it Do you want to get
yourself shot too?"
"Could I take Private Thompson's
place, sir?"
"Take his place in what?"
"Being shot"
"What in thunder do you want to do
that for?" asked the astonished colonel.
"I'd like to, if he has to be shot"
"How old are you?" asked the
colonel, hoping the boy was under age
and he conld discharge him from the
army.
"I'm twenty, sir."
"Twenty? Were you enlisted as
twenty? You're nothing but a child."
There was no reply to this. Tears
were standing in the boy's eyes.
' "Take him away." said the colonel to
the "corporal, "and tell his captain to
try and find some reason to get rid of
him."
The . commander beard no more of
the recruit Private O'Neil until after
the "first fight in Cuba. Then, on look
ing over some papers that had come up
to him . from D company, he noticed
that charges had been preferred
against one of the men for cowardice,
colonel, suspecting that some boy
had flinched under his baptism of fire
and needed to be carefully handled, di
rected that the accused man be brought
to his headquarters. Wben"-this was
done, who should appear but Private
O'Neil.
'.'You're the' man who was continu
ally trying to get another man away
from the guard when we were in
Tampa, aren't you?"
"Yes. sir." '
"And if I remember rightly you
wanted to be shot in bis place?"
- ;Yes. sir." .
"What's become of him?"
"He's Private Thompson, sir," ' the
corporal put in. . "Lieutenant Bilster
withdrew the charge of mutiny on the
ground that Thompson, being a recruit
didn't know any better than to strike
an officer. Thompson has distinguished
himself in the battle and has been
made a sergeant"
"I don't understand why this boy
was continually trying to save Thomp
son." . '
"They seemed to be great friends."
"Well, take him back where he came
from and order Thompson to report to
me in person." - -
"He won't tell you anything," said
O'Neil.
"You Impudent cowardly youngster,
what do you mean? Away with him."
Thompson reported with an arm In a
sling and a bandage around bis bead.
"I understand, my brave fellow,"
said his commander, "that you have
been promoted for gallantry in the bat
tle. Now. I wish you to tell me why
this little chap who is to be tried for
cowardice was constantly interfering
in your behalf with the guard when we
were at Tampa." -
"1 can't do that, colonel, unless you
erder me to tell yon."
"Very well: 1 order you to tell."
"O'Neil isn't n mini: he's a woman."
"Phew!" "
When I enlisted
and enlisted, too.
I tried to make her
hut she wouldn't. I
"She's my wife
"she followed me
dressed as a man.
go back to nnr kid.
wish you'd send her home."
"Orderly." -rietl the colonel, "go to
the captain commanding D company
and tell him to send Private O'Neil
here."
Private O'Neil came, evidently fear
ful that the cat was out of the bag.
"You are to go north." said the cola
pel. "on the next train. You don't
need a discharge since no such person
exists. A1! I have to say to you Is that
you are a cowardly man and a brave
woman."
Etiquette. .
Frederick Townsend Martin at a din
ner In New York criticised American
manners.
"Kipling," he said, "declares that a
gentleman has manner, while a would
be gentleman has manners. We should
remember that We lay too much
stress on such details as taking off our
hats when we go up in the elevator
with a scrubwoman.
"In fact, in everything we seem to
search too uneasily for the correct, the
modish course. A society editor told
me the other day that he had just got
a letter from a young woman that ran
"Dear Editor Please state who should
keep up the installments on the ring when
the engagement is broken off."
The Lost Pull.
Mrs. Alley Your ' 'usband do wear 's
'air terrible short Mrs. Slumd Yes,
the coward -London Mail. -
FASHION ECHOES.
Furs Used In Millinery Hints About
- New Skirts.
Sealskin, lynx, sable, black marten.
ermine and mink are the millinery furs
Many of the new skirts are fitted
with a seam over the right hip and a
Jong straight dart over the left hip.
A few of the simpler coats are made
to fasten over the left shoulder.
The empire frock Is always a pretty
one for the younger girls. This one is
HOTEL ARRIVALS
The following are registered at the
Electric Hotel: D. H. Smith, W. A.
Hollenbeck, Portland; J. D. Harris,
Portland; G. A. Damon, Portland; Ed
ward Jacobson, Seattle; N. R. Joshi,
Aurora; E. EI Gordon, J. Vincent R.
E. McNeal, Woodland, Wash.; J. W.
Griffin, Sioux City,; M J. Ludwig, city;
J. F. Hastings, San Francisco; B F.
Wiseman, Gordon Lang, Portland; F.
W. Larson, Portland.
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England's First Snuff.
Snuff taking was practically unknown
in England until 1702. In that year
Sir George Rooke burnt the French
and Spanish shipping anchored in the
port of Vigo and sacked the town. Be
sides large quantities of bullion and
jewels, his booty included fifty tons of
the finest snuff, which was brought to
England and thrown on the market at
a very low price. This novel form of
taking tobacco rapidly caught on, and
in a few years the snuffbox had to a
large extent ousted the pipe. Con
noisseurs used to accumulate special
blends of snuff as nowadays they
hoard choice cigars. When George IV,
died the contents of his snuff cellar
were sold for $2,000. London Globe.
CORRESPONDENCE
LOGAN
- If "the voice of the people is the
voice of the court" there is a prospect
of a bridge across the Clackamas river
between Logan and Barlow In the near
future. A bridge at that place is a
much needed improvement and will
do much to stop company division or
seceding talk.
Some one was mistaken about wild
geese flying, it was only the stork,
who called on Mr. and Mrs. F. W.
Rlebhoff, leaving a son, Wednesday,
March 6. '
A good time and music, "the very
best" by Busch's orchestra was the
verdict of those who - attended the
young folk's hop Saturday night
Bruno Brederick started to Oregon
City Sunday when his horse became
frightened at an auto and ran away,
breaking and upsetting the buggy.
Autoists seem to enjoy this sort of a
thing and fuly half do not "toot" com
ing up behind teams. The river road
Is too narrow for teams and autos to
pass in most places, especially around
"Cape Horn." Some kind of court legis
lation or restriction should be made
for roads like this one. A warning
notice at either end of the grade com
pelling autoists to toot as they are
suposed to do but do not often do.
The Young People's entertainment
billed for March 16, at the Grange
hall has been postponed until April
some being sick and cannot practice
so they have decided 'to wait awhile:
Don't forget the Parent-Teacher
meeting at the Grange hall Saturday,
March 16. Come and help to make
the meting a success.
KELSO
A birthday party was given Wed
nesday March 6 at the home of C,. J.
Sindali in honor of his seventy-fifth
birthday. In spite of the number of
his years Mr. Sindali Is hale and
hearty and leads an active life. Those
present were: Mr. and Mrs. T. G. Jon
send, Mr. and Mrs. John Lind, Mr.
and Mrs. I. Scott, Mrs. Joel Jarl, and
Mrs. Robert Jonsend. A sumptuous
dinner was served, after which a pleas
ant social time was enjoyed by all
present
A pleasant surprise party was giv
en Mabel Jonsend Wednesday evening,
March 6, by her schoolmates. Games
and refreshments were enjoyed and all
had a fine time.
Mr Baumhach is fencing the Jon
send and Whipple tracts on the bluff.
Jas. Wil3on is building a new barn.
"H. Whipple and Mr. Shepperd are
each setting out orchards on their
bluff tracts, and will soon commence
building.
Gilbert Jonsend is building a new
barn. His brother is doing the work.
Ernest Bonett and Art Dickson have '
taken a contract to log for Jonsend
Bros.
F. W. Canning, Miss Elizabeth Can
ning, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Jonsend
and Mrs. Max Kligel attended the
Grange at Sandy last Saturday.
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