Show A MIDNIGHT CALL UPON METHUEN soldier i a sense of 0 human not destroyed by hard wort work the recent capture and release of lord methuen by the boers doers has given rise to a lumber nimber of stories relating to this unlucky commander commanders s career in the army says the cleveland plain dealer long before the boer war began lord methuen was campaign ing in south africa at the head of the famous band of rough riders known as methuen s horse A member of the regiment G L chesterton has since made a reputation as a worl er in the field of london journalism and he it is who tells this anecdote of cam pai gning on the borders of land when we were encamped on the big hill overlooking the Setla goll riv er not very far from mafeking Mafe king lord methuen used to occupy a common bell tent near to which slept a couple of his orderlies and myself his field trumpeter one dark night the hon hen dick cotton came stumbling into camp and endeavoring to discover the whereabouts of the commander ap pro preached ached us shouting in a high voice paul I 1 say paul where are youa presently from the inside of the tent came a more sonorous sound Is that you dick what do you want the jaded wayfarer remarked do you know paul that I 1 asked one of your men where I 1 could find you and he told me to go to 1 without a moment s hesitation lord methuen re plied come inside dick come in side |