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BlackPebbles
By SARAH BAXTER
"Bob, my dear boy. I congratulate
you heartily on your engagement to
Clara Dearie."
'Thank you. Dave. I appreciate
your congratulations more than those
of any other of my f riends.'
These two sentences were spoken by
two cadets of the graduating class of
182 at the Military academy at West
Point Robert Harker did not know
what the congratulations cost his friend
David Warfield. Both cadets had been
attentive to the same girl, but neither
knew that the other had proposed to
her. She did not tell the one she ac
cepted that she bad been obliged to
decide between him and his friend.
And so it was that the woman was
the only one who knew the fact.
Eighteen years passed, during which
time the two officers had not ser.ved at
the same military station, though once
they met at Washington. Barker's
family was not with him. and War
field was still unmarried. Nineteen
years after they had graduated the
Mexican war broke out. and both were
ordered south Harker to the Rio
Grande with General Taylor. Warfleld
to Vera Crnz with General Scott
During Scott's advance to Mexico
City, Involving a series of battles in
which the Americans were always vic
torious, Warfield was of great value to
the commanding general in all matters
pertaining to the science of engineer
ing. When the army approached the
City of Mexico, desiring to get a view
of the enemy's defenses, he appropriat
ed the uniform of a Mexican officer
who had been made a prisoner and
worked his way to the rear of the
Mexican army. He took with him a
young soldier barely eighteen years of
age with a view of sending back any
information he might acquire, in case
he could not get back himself. The
youngster put on the uniform of a
dead Mexican corporal. It was ar
ranged between the two that they
should address each other as "captain"
and "corporal" only.
One day Captain Warfleld was stand
ing on the edge of a wood, behind a
tree against which he was resting a
spyglass which he had leveled at the
fortifications of the City of Mexico
The corporal stood behind, walking to
and fro in the wood with a view to
warning the captain against surprise.
Suddenly a troop of Mexican horsemen
came galloping toward them. The cor
poral gave a warning signal, but too
late. From a distance the Mexicans
saw a man examining their fortifica
tions through a spyglass.
Riding up to the captain, the com
mander of the troop questioned him.
Warfield spoke but little Spanish and
could give no satisfactory account of
himself. Both he and the corporal
were taken into the capital and
brought before the Mexican command
er. After an examination a drum
head court martial was convened, and
they were tried as spies. They were
soon convicted and sentenced to be
garroted. but owing to the fact that
they were Americans, where garrot
ing was not practiced, the sentence
was commuted to shooting.
The two were confined in the same
prison. The night before their exe
cution the corporal called for writing
material that he might write a letter
of farewell to his mother. He had
finished and addressed It when Cap
tain Warfield saw it and read the ad
dress.
"Great heavens!" he exclaimed, pal
ing. "What is it captain?" asked the
other.
"You are a son of Robert Harker of
the th cavalry?"
"I am."
"And your mother as a girl wat.
Clara Deane?"
"She was."
The dialogue was interrupted by the
entrance of a Mexican officer, who said
to the two condemned men:
"Our commander has decided' that
but one need buffer in order to carry
out the necessity of striking terror into
an enemy for such illegitimate war
fare. He has directed that you two
men draw lots to determine which
shall be shot 1 have a white and a
black pebble here which I place in m
bat The one drawing the white peb
ble will be exchanged as a prisoner of
war: the other will be immediately ex
ecuted." "Being a commissioned officer," said
the captain, "while my fellow prisoner
is a private. I demand the right to
draw the pebble to decide which of us
is to suffer."
The officer held out the hat to him;
he thrust in his hand and immediately
drew it out clinched. Going to a win
dow, with the other hand he drew
"forth a pebble and held it up to the
light It was black. s
The Mexican officer in the excite
ment of the moment of life and death
forgot he other pebble and placed bis
hat on his head without withdraw
ing it
A platoon of soldiers was waitinp
without for the loser, and Captain War
field was immediately led out and
6hot A few minutes -later the man
who had placed the pebbles In the hat
remembered the white stone. Taking
off his hat. he did not' find it He
searched for it and at last found it in
the dead officer's pocket. Warfield ban
taken out both stones and showed onlv
the black one.
In the Harker family Captain War
field's name was ever after spoken
with a great depth of reverence, bin
anly Mrs. Harker knew nil the rpasu"
for the sacrifice be had made.
Forget-Me-Not.
"Ah, yes, there are still true
and loyal souls in this sad world,
murmured the. solemn individual
in the tortoise-shell fglasses. "I
used to know a dear girl it was
ten years ago and not a year
has passed since that she hasn't
written me a birthday letter.
Alwaysiwhat she writes is about
the same; Dear Alfred, I can't
ever forget, not if I live to be a
hundred, this day of all the days
in the year. Let me once again
wish you long life and happiness
with all my heart, etc.
"Very sweet of the girl, said
the stout young man with the
amazing waistcoat, very sweet
of her, indeed.
"Very, replied the solemn in
dividual; only, you see, she
writes that dashed letter to me
on a different day every year."
Rockets and Crackers.
A wet fourth makes a lean
graveyard.
The fool and his digits are
soon parted.
The sticks fall alike on the
just and the unjust..
A thumb on the hand is worth
two in the alcohol.
It is better not to take a dare
than to get your hand scorched.
Thejboy who doesn't get too
gay may celebrate another day.
It isn't always the firecracker
with the longest fuse that makes
the most noise.
Remember that the giant fire
cracker is 'always just getting
ready to go off when you bend
over it to see what is the matter.
Let us then be up and shoot
ing, with a heart for any fate,
lightning fuses and then scoot
ing learn to stand aside and
wait.
Short Stops.
Pew men recognize good luck
when they meet it.
Their fickleness is what makes
Bomefgirlslinteresting.
The perfect husband always
belongsjto another woman.
Ulster is as quiet as Vera Cruz
andjfor the same reasons.
No man is so poor that he
can't afford to smile occasional
ly. Many a man hasn't half a
chance after acquiring a better
half.
Somelof the tolls speeches are
sound while lothers are mere
sound.
Most of the free advice is
handedfout by people who want
to get ridof it.
Huerta is said to have received
1,800,000 rounds of amunition.
Bourbon or rye?
There might be more concord
at Niagra if all hands would
drink only grape juice.
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