Show SERGT DAVISS COMRADE S 5 By Rcinette Lovcwoll It wan an orpeelnlly had plvo of lrl Rican uutnldo the little road that lay just pueblo of Monjuno nnd Lieut AYharlan l us luau horpe stumbled turned with nn J j I oath lo the nrffemt rldlni lay I hIs sid > The noncominiHSinnr I < jfllcerr however i I wan staring ahead with a look of wondor mont In bin cys The interpreter riding bobbed serenely behind on u native pony alone in another moment the Lleutin ant too iu nl forward In his saddle np Jmuueuutiy hiiening Clrar and pure a soprano voice wtis lending the vcaker ones of children in a familiar air LOUR may our land 1 > < bright With IYoodomn holy llclu Protect ux by i thy mlfiht Crent Oid our IOnS Where under the heavens Is that corn hug from the Lieu I CItt lit ejacmma ted striking hIs horxo with his xpur Again I the noncoinmlHsloiicd oillcer made no reply but lie too urged his horso lo a 1 quicker gaitS gait-S Llko many Porio Hlean towns this had one unif trcet only and half viy down its length the Stars and Stripes were heating from a judo oiiostory building whose tin t roof ami wcnth ° rhofiten wills Kllstcnul n tho nun Tarres a soiool p in that shed the seui ant runarliod I Holnlrifj their horses heloro thn door they aw iho ilgiiro of a tall younn woman vhose face was turned from them Thc I I L song finished time children wvrr saluting J thy I flag draped upon ono rough wnll of Limo room l I 1 pledge allegiance to my mig and the I Republic for which it stands one nation I ItKljvlsiblc with llbcTly mid Justice lor I I nl 5tVe give our heads nnd oiir hearts I to God mind our country one countrv ono I language one Hag MVna I Ditrla i 11171 I Idltmi nra bunderi time teachr repeated I re-peated a mil the equestrians listened an I with hnnd rai ol for silence File iok lo I I tin children in Spanish I want > ou to I love the line ns I do lo lIve for It numIo I llo for It KalBlng lur Hushed face a mud I vet MCM from thy Hag siut turned from tno gchool toward the door staring with I surprise nt thn nnoxptrtcd prcsonc of times time-s < ran crs Parting the llttlo group of pupils I pu-pils ilitit I iud clustLrr about a ga tidily colored clmrt she stepped forward to greet t S them OfllctT and men had removed their hats I anti their faca lioveo how thc act Just I witnessed had appealed lo thoin The of I llcer spoko his admiring eyes meeting those of time teacher Ve have no excuseS excuse-S for the Intrusion comm inusl pardon my I seeming rudencsg but It was such a Mir prle to set von her I vns timoiIy Unprepared Un-prepared to llnd an ncrllh teacher nn I Ainrlcan girl I She lurid recovered her compostirc and ffive thc Lloiitonint a frank smile My I imam > is Bramhall shr sold and I nm I as you have izuieeul nn Engiish teacher I And I nm Llout Whnrton I do not knot Llout Wharton whether I wheth-er you are aware of any colesilal radiI I radi-i ance emanating from your brow she said her eyes parkllnp addIng bcjoro ho could reply 1vo been hero Iwo months now and you oannol ronllzo what a glImpse of arm American means lo nic Suroly yju are not ulone amons these 1 laconic he < iM Rtluncd S s alone but I hnvo many friends ICe I-Ce you hnvr the Stato point of vl imw yet An you but of course yon are Iron slonts1 She lurnnJ to spoilt a silencing word to iho pupils f nm hero lie replied for time local election Tho prosonoe of milItary authority au-thority will la required for four days In this the Alcalde lallowln his eyes ihe saw a maim approaching with time charaolorlstlc mannorlpms o a Porte Klcan H was the Mayor Civilities x I changed through the livterproior ttmo of llior bide tho toaohor n omporuy Jare well and followed tho Aloallo As ho paiord nn ho iet tho eyes of time Borpeant and lomethlncr held tliom lo hlr face n brown strong faeo to whlh the military garb soornorl wtl Isltln r I aIM not like hat of the ollkvr1 tlmos o jrnud llnis had not wholly faded in his givcllmc to hor but n mice that carmiiI l imr talc to the hills nnd Molds rf Ntv KrKand gloaming Hint I moment with nuv and loe She had galictl enough InformavSmi enp cornlni mllllnrv olUpitto te know why lie noncomml slored ollloor had remained re-mained silent In le proson if his superior supe-rior hut nevertheless It vas his fioc that Interested hor the more The following morning Rita Bra mnlnhl mot th > Hergoant on hor wav to school She hesltutod a moment then Rteriid toward to-ward him with outslrithod hand f do not ixtpilro in Introdioiioii she nld Any American h10Si4ZkS thin attraction of a masnet for mo Tlmnl you Miss l Bramhall my namo Is Davis lime volco of the stgmnt plousod time slrl It unit a hearty liner that seemed sincere and trustworthy It is a great pleasure to lnd you hero ho continuorl But tell me lirry lo I you stand It Sue had drawn her watch from lieu belt and with1 t a quick glance replaced It I I am duo In oscuola now 1 you will come around to tho place of nv nbolr tonight 1 will tell yiu > Plit nlKht slie saw him coming u > Uie i narrow street followed Lv a crowd of J < nrlous natives and when he jolnoI her i upon the narrow balcony thy sivm wero1 entered Into one of tin many icm17 lalks that occurred hirlncr the fewlivs he was there Ti was wonderful the nrrnglh of Uie bond formed by the knowledcri1 t hat they were the only t two A merle ii u tu r the place JIo J spoke of imPs llrst landing upon t lie Island In the lato mtummneu r of 1 > < V and wlie led him on to upcik ti f hiIi part In the t war whereby Porto Rico hid beome a Tnlled States nfixesslon She listened breathless as he pointed I smiihvini to where he had tired his jrt diet In thai afterward hnrrlhlytiiutlliteil I rofrhneit Alphonso XII I I tho pride anl peof nil the Spanish troops And thev wore Pie hooking fellow he said and all he bluebloods of Spain The tears plis cued lu hT yes as he spoko of i rmn rade who luul fallen and his last spoken words Davis i broke the silence Uint followed Just think of up home now 1hev hul discovered that they en mo Croni ml loin tag Slabs Vo wouldnt be H1nRr iirounrl outdoors I In I F brujirv T vvoudnt tnlnil a sleljrhrlde tonight t How would It strike you7 It Is poslllvelv unfeeling of you toni to-ni nilon such a thine I she deelnrwl Wlnor huM always been a geut lyric t for MtMe rliins on the farm 1 reniein br > r how little t Stubby Morton i nnd I used to Kef up and hnul out our seds for n sit lo on I he orust boo breilcfost and how whoa father would en i elm us bed shmmut for via to com and feed thi t cave < Thire was one little I Jersey hHfer that wan always upuoltting time bucket of mlMc mlMcScrpt Scrpt Davis she said suddenly did you ever dijr ebeckeberrv leaven from under un-der lh < sn wT The mnn lauirhed con ten I elhv Time bond bplwopn fbem tis strenprthennp I have ho paid 1Ic si rick a nnfli upon time box In his hand and the llnh lit i > > his face as ho applid It I to t the ehctmm ir She watched him ourlouoly How Inns have you been in the army yhe qucntloncd Three years next month I get my ills chnrpe then I Another nleht they visited the hl rh wrMed remeltrv and retnrnltic walker nlowlv down th narrow path Th sun hud just sunk brMnd a western mountain moun-tain and lime sky above WPS flaunted with nuirveioun rotor yet so oulekly did It fade tjint before they had reached the IIOUHO cf Don Jo Hernnndr it vas nearly lark As thev soaietl th rnsolvc upon the narrow Inlcnny Mips Bramlnll became conscious of i the intensity of tho gaze tIme itrrgeant had Wed upon her and stirred uneasily Ho apologized quickly I beg your nardon but ever since 1 I llrct saw vAIl T hnve been tormented with a declro to recall whom von make mo think of and I cint get the least duo She laughed PerhapR wovo met In some other world who knows Mn tho gloaming O my darling she humnivd Botly ulo1 sudden lIght came to his face I remember re-member ho snId slowly Yes i Tell mo f nm ourlouj It wos over there he pointed westward west-ward near Ins Mnrlns whero we had a HklrmlPh with time Spaniards T rt chin trod Into another company ird 1 I foil In with a fellow that wan a different sort from the rest I look to him from tho first Some way he never crol down to the little tricks of the rest of us and I ho never drank Ho lia < < a mnj voice i nnd 1 remember hN singing lime sons you Just hummed nnd I guns there are a lot I of fellowrt In the company that will never forget ono Sunday night when ho sang hymns He had the most perfect control of himself too In splltf of u devilish tern per he went on with admiring recollec I tlon I never saw him loan It but once and that VHS when one of the men got bbastlv drunk nnd wont round showing I tho bovs his wifes picture One of the l boys called him deacon once whan he I i 1 refuser drinks Ti namo would havo I stuck to anybody else but It didnt lo I him Scorned as If Hom < way It was way 1 l down beneath hits notice and the I con 1 I tomptuoiiM way he looked at the fellow Just shriveled hlm up Aumol t remind vou or him ho looked like iuui V MlnH Bmmhall Interrupted Davis did not notice time aucstlon he was deep In hla narrative When we fellows would get to talking about V ur homes > and all that sort of tIming heil alt md llat < n bM never n word did we cvr her from lilm about rd < folks lie I ramo the neareBt to what Id llltu to t be of any inmn I ever saw He was abolulcy feartss nnd always rca ly t no ii i fellow a good turn though he I nevor caino down 10 i their level and1 I tell you h < > lovorl the old Hag Again l itlM iiauxed his listener uimut In I nllence II was near the beginning that I iii TWenl thiten he went on more slowly vI didnt uny of un reullzc at least 1 dldn l what was before UH till the llrrpc commoncd Rnberts was perfectly cool and turned to mo with a amllo on his tteo when w fIrst hoard the builds l TLveryt iinir Is lust mixed in my mind un til I saw him faU I was Just behind him I imnd lie fell Inckward and aa 1 bent over hIm he rajil Just an calmly aa 1 ever hoard him speak Re sure to tell them Davis that whtn I wan lure of myself I should havo gone bark to them lie starred l then as if In pain and lost con sclousnecs andthXtB all He was hot through the hrcnpt and among the nap < T8 I we found there was no name or addrofB P nothing we never know anything more about the btst man company B ever knew J Rita drew in her breath with a quick sob and her eyes worn glistening with tears Shin did not notice that Davis was j I apparently searching In his pockets He I loaned me this Jun before time tight and Ive ahvays kept It lie held out something some-thing that gu imcd in the moonlight Thc girl iok It Indifferently She had been deeply touched with tIme narrative 4 Suddenly n tremor shook her entire frame In tht moonlight her fact seemed I ghastly Tell me ally cried out toll I mo his name Her voice sounded strangely H wa hoarre and strained Graham Roberts but why Davis had become lnf ctcd by her excitement Sho had burl d her face in her hands and Limo gleam of silver shone from between her lingers It Deemed hours to Dux Is hefon she again lifted her face It bore the sanii expression ho had ofttn seen unon that of hla fallen comrade and told or a m MUal struggle for control fought and won 1 game my brother this knife four years ago on Christmas day Her voice was hoary witim emotion For three years we havo supposed him dead that Vie died by i hlr own hand She drew in her breath and again she trembled but she so in continued with the same cam strength Davis so well reinembTcd In time foldler The circumstance that led up to hIs sepiratlon from his family I cannot I can-not now speak of ven to you who saw him dlo Jib1 love i of music was his strongest characteristic You know how I ho could put his soul Into his voice but you do not know what a careful training ho had received or what wo hoped for him Then In all the brightness oi hi w career ono of iho lightning strokes of fate fell upon him and he became pofxefsed with I an iirano reke > HnsH and and went awav from us with the declaration that his life was hopelessly ruined lie went Wettn time nr Vtxtand we liejxrd I from others of the life ho was lending and at last that he had ended It by sailing out Into San Francisco bay in ono of the I worst Kales that ever swept thc shores of California But J know now that whatever what-ever elf W may have been I never believed be-lieved thru ho was a coward Tho sergeant had listened with bowed head He was living over again the brief weeks he had known Oraham Roberts I cannot doubt now when 1 see this knife when you speak of our facial resemblance re-semblance that ho died as his father dlil In C3 for his countrys hag Da Is soke no word but lie caught the raFing of the bancony with his hand and grasped it so tightly that the veins In lila strong wrist somod bursting through thc brown skin I Yes she paid slowly I know It wax C Oraham Graham Roberts Bmmhall I thank Clod that I should know nt last I that ho was himself again and that had ho biii spared he would have come back lo us SorKt Davis rose to his fecet Thc life of asitkllir Is not such is to encourage n display of emotion Again the snatches of wlrd song cameTrofu the peon cabin At last ho tpoke 1 remember his iylng once that a man having once realized that every mrurrenee In real life Is a part I of a perfectly ordered unlyorMl plan he I bullevod every rrii who failed to credit I It a fool I ilm always find pleasure I n thinking Miss Hramhall that strange I as our neeetlug may < eem it was not a 1 chance contact a mere happening but apart I a-part of > that plan In I which your brother I had such pertcct filth Ho paused and I her eyes WOT raised to his I never ean I bo siilllclcntly thankful for having mot tho sister of the man I so greatly iul mIred or for limo privilege of telling her if time Influence ho uxcrted throughout the entire company H loft bet then but In the years that wern to come both reillzed that neither would forget that night When the voluble volu-ble Lieutenant returned and carried away with him all I races of military authority he was gresilly surprised to witness a parting bolweoii Sirgl Davl and the EiiBlIsh techr at Monjano d ins tram hall handed the soldier a silver handled knife and In a low voice whose Intensity tho Lieutenant 1 failed I to understand said You will kwp It for his sake and mine Orange Jmld i Farmer |