Show 7 i C y J J JA F A IMI ci fl L LI Q CG l Lf fi 9 c I I I 0 Y 0 rl i W d dI T To O o 0 oN I N all this thi Cuban business is b on onman 0 otis man stands oat out on the t e of my memory like Mars Man at perihelion When I war broke out between Spain Sp In and aA the United States State it Jt was Aas very necessary sart to communicate quickly with the leader Ider of the insurgents Garcia was some somewhere some somewhere where in the mountain fastnesses of Cuba Cub Cubano rno no noone one knew where No man mall nor telegraph D mes message mes message sage could reach reah him The president must r secure his and quickly What to do Go Some one O said to tot t the president pre fT There iere er Js is a fellow fallow f l lt by hi t bt R wa will find And nd Grei yo It if anybody ty y ean can Rowan Ronan o l was sent seat for and given iven a let letter letter letter ter to t be delivered to Garcia How the uthe f by the name taupe of f Rowan took the letter sealed It up in an oilskin pouch strapped trapped it over his hla h heart in ift four days da s landed J by night ight off the 1 coast out of Cuba Caba from an au open boat disappeared into the and aDd in lu three weeks reeks came out ou en Oft the other ot side Bide of oC the Island d g traversed a hostle country on foot and delivers letter Jetter to Garcia Gar are e things I have no special desire now nor to tell in Detail tan The point that I wish to mike make is this McI gave Rowan a letter to be delivered d to Garcia Garda Rowan Ronan took the letter and did not ask Where There is he at By the eternal et al there Is a aman man whose form should be cast in deathless bronze and the statue placed in every college cone e of or the land It is not young men need nor instruction about this and nd that but a stiffening stiff neng of the vertebrae which v will I cause them to be loyal to a trust to act promptly r concentrate their energies ener do the thing Carry a message e to Garcia Garca Gar General Garcia is dead dad now no but there tha are ether Garcia N Xe No man maD map who bat baz endeavored e to carry earry eat y out cutt nut an enterprise where ina haMs ha 1 ids were needed ed b bt bat i ihas a has been t appalled et t times Umes by the im int imbecility y of the average aera man the or itil H U to concentrate co on ott a thing and do it IL S Slipshod assistance foolish inattention dowdy in hi indifference I Idi difference di rene and ted work seem the tINt rule Nile and ad adno no man roan succeeds unless by hook ho k or crook or threat t h he forces or bribes other men to assist Mm him or may mar mayhap hap God in His goodness performs a miracle ate aid 1 sends Sf n sit a Angel A of Dt Light for an assistant tan tanY You Y r fd put pot this matter hastier to tit a e YH 1 e t sitting g 1 soar office six clerks elerk are within call gu y one and make male thie request Plea in the encyclopedia e and wake eke ke a r m u l for im HIL life Ufe of ef COlT r will the clerk derk quietly say Yes Yea sir and ge gu do 00 dothe dothe the task tack k kOn On your life he lie will not He will wilt took look at t of a fishy eye and aM ask uk one or o ire mare e of C tot tile t f following questions I Vrho was wag be he V VY 4 fA 1 VII Y ens ttO i t T w wW W Where here is i the f c Was Vas I hired f for r that l Dent Dont tt y you mean i v the matter with Ita Charlie c iti Is he dead z 7 r rIs r rIK IK Is there any hurry S Shant I bring you yon the book hook aJI aloes n let Jet Jeu you J II teak ilk it it wp p yourself What do you want t to know JIOw for forAnd forAnd forAnd And I will lay Jay you ten to o one e that alter after ier you yoa have I i the questions qu iong dud explained e how to And I the information and why you want it the clerk elerk wits will j i igo go off and get t one 0 e of ot the other clerks to too help him hi hittY try ttY to find Cor and then came back and tell you yo there is no ao such s ch man awn Of or course Bourse 1 I may lose loae Jo e my bej W bet but according to the tile law W 0 of average av ra I will III not Now If K you JOU are ae we wI e you yew yo will not bother to ex fx eLc I t tJ tr tJi k s Its R J r li 1 r r r Ji I I Ii Ir II v l i I S r r r r j I 4 tr J I i Z i jJ I i i l t ELBERT |