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Show Description or Uenrral Hell. Judge Ben 11. Llndsey, tho Dcnvci Jurist, at n recent nddress to a civic body In this city, wns trying to give a fitting description of Adjutant-General Hell, the head of the military government govern-ment In the Cripple Creek district In Colorado n your ago. The Judge said ho did not want to use nny harsh terms, nnd, besides, the fcubject was a dllllcult one to handle nnd glvo exactly the right shade to the description. So finally, after making somo general com Dent, he snld that he believed the incident of a Scotchman he bad met In Victor one day would glvo his hear ers a very clear Idea of the man. "I met this man on the street one day," said tho Judge, "at tbo tlmo of tlio military control, nnd I asked him what ho thought of General Bell. The man pulled my car close to him and whispered this Interesting talc: "'I wns up yesterday morning nt dawii. The sun wns Just coming up nnd tho moon and stars wero Just getting dim. Over there on tlio peak of Straw Mountain I snw General Hell sitting. He had n sword in his hand 100 feet long. Ho watched the sun a while nnd looked over nt the planets. " 'All of a sudden he waved his sword around his head aud bellowed, so that tho mountain rang nnd reverberated with the tones. He shouted: '""Sun, moon, and stars! Hlght about facel Forward, march!"' "Then, the man snld, he watched the sun come up nnd tho Mars and moon go down, smiled to himself and went back to his quarters." Chicago Chronicle. Chron-icle. t . |