Show THE DOUGHTY COLONEL So Colonel PAGE was in a responsible position po-sition in Arkansas for eight years during tho reconstruction period There is an ineradicable in-eradicable impression throughout the country that the men from tho north who held office Ju the south during that period wero carpdtbaggers Does a changa of base of operations change tho distinctive marks of the genus carpet bagger But we dont hold this against tho colonel for no man is responsible for what GOD made h im that is if ono does not accept the doc trine of original sin but wo do hold it against the colonel that he tho only man who followed SHERIDAN from Winchester Win-chester twenty miles away with his large experience on the battlefield we are told ho was in a hundred battles although this is a few more than were foughtjincluding naval engagementsduring the war goes on the witness stand and after Kissing the Good Book and swearing with uplifted hands before Almi hty GOD to tell the truth the whole truth and nothing noth-ing but the truth and testifies and as expert aye a very expert that the farther a bullet goes the faster it goes All good Americans believe tho shot that was tired at Concord was heard around the world but the colonels testimony is too much too much ULut no such man be trusted |