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Show Tho Army Mulo ami Ills Ilrlrrr. , Tho management of the regular a.rmy 'in tho flold Is almost sordidly businesslike business-like but in tio ond ll makes for the plqtttresmic. tho baegngo tjaln, for example, as It tolls down tho highway, high-way, la superb. Tho wagons nro of a faded blue color and a bit bettered, but thoy aro llkq those voterahs you somotlmoa' eco at encampments. Tho old nrmy overcoat thoy have resurrected resur-rected for tho occasion has faded to tho palost of. blues, nud tho wearer is a bit battered. He Is sound at the coro, though, anij bo aro those lumbering lumber-ing carayan? that' havo como nil tho way froin' Fort Itono and farther. Thoy lurch through the sand and over tho rocka of tho Florida highway, and nothing gives. Thoy are plied high with tcnta and Kroasv camn cnutnnirn And boxes' of ammunition. Six mules draw them, nnd tho mules aro admonished admon-ished unceasingly In a profano monotone mono-tone by powerful person, who haa, loarnprt. to drlyo with ouq rln, The most poetlo and scductlvo names np-poar np-poar with wnat might at first blush seem startling lrrelovaucy, considering the gonernl context of tho driver's ro marks. One is surprlsod to hear hhn couple tho names of Lena, Paulina and Sadlo with his frantic exhortations as U'tho rights or. tho roai and tho propor conduct of. an nrmy mule. Still, I soo no reason why ovon on army mule should not bo gracod with a romantic namo. Life at best can hold bo llttlo for an army mule. Chloa.no Journal, |