Show JOINING THE NAVY LOYAL MINNESOTA BOY TRAINS FUR UNCLE SAMS SERVICE Girl Leaves His Girl at Rivals Mercy But She Remains Faithful and Freezes the Interloper Inter-loper Out Tho boy wan satisfied with life in the small country town until ho saw the picture of a nan ofWar In every American boys heart there Is some thing about tho picture of one of our floating lighting machines that starts within him all the torrents of latent patriotism and love of a good light nnd this boy was no exception to the rule relates the Minneapolis Tribune But to want to enlist was but tho mere beginning of the boys actual enlistment There were obstacles to overcome Ills father was a businessman r man and had made other plans for his son The village jokesmlth told now n-ow jolly ones about people getting d seasick to tho hunch of time brokers behind the harness shop and the cur lyhaired wonder with tho bright eye on the main chance who pushed dry goods across tho counter for the Inspection In-spection of the town belles made a mental calculation that with the boy out of the way a certain girl would have three more open nights a week which he might help to fill As for tho girl she seemed to take things very quietly in fact so quietly that a shrewd observer mlgat suspect her of harboring some Inside Information which gave her mind this unseemly peace The curlyhaired dry goods Juggler vas a little more disconcerting Three nights a week was n big opening open-ing to leave and four years a long while to bo gone but still ho resolved n to trust to an original scheme which had Hashed across his mind whon tho question of leaving the girl had first presented Itself Ho went to talk it I p over with the girl Thero wero somo moro calculations a half interest Inn In-n certain prosperous little hardware store was discussed a little house too Just across from where tho girl p lived was mentioned and the girl thought it was awful for anyone to marry at IS anyhow Then there must have been a promise prom-ise perhaps a sealed promise something some-thing anyway Tho boy left the house with a happy look and the curly haired dry goods artist whose net weekly Income had about as much show of rising above eight dollars a week as a New York Insurance director direc-tor has of reaching for more was effectually erased from his thoughts Three days later tho boy went to Minneapolis Ho passed a good examination ex-amination and was sent away to Frisco Fris-co the same night with four other boys with tho same ambition and destination The boy was sent shortly after to t toe training ship Peusacola where the young boys arc taught all sorts of things necessary to make them eln clout seamen For Instance he wrote that he was taught If t 1V canvas splice rope male I limits etc rite boy kept h ey < a upcn and soon saw that ho would U able to pass tho examination for seaman which would give him more pay and open the way to promotion Ills division officer encouraged en-couraged him In this effort as well as borne others of the bright boys and It wont be long before ho obtains his now rate About the time of his examination ex-amination the new cruiser California will bo commissioned This ship Is a line example of the new armoured cruiser of 13000 tons displacement The boy has hopes for a place aboard this latest product of tho Union Iron works where also was built tho famous Oregon especially as she will bo In the Asiatic licet If the clouds of war gather above China and break Into a storm tho boy will bo there to take part In It and acquit himself as Minnesota boys always do In tho meanwhile the curlyhaired beginning of a Marshall Field finish had been as astute as tho fox Not for a month did ho drop around to make his consolation call not he For that ho was too smart better by far to let tho out 0f sigld tat af unlnd theory provo itself and allow the pangs of tho boys departuro to ameliorate In dIe fair onos heart Then one night he lost himself in one of those broad sltouiderel effects that make J Jeffries look llko a bad case of ingrowing development changed the ends of his cuffs and dropped around just casually as It were When ho sat down In the parlor he noticed several pictures of tho Yuba Buena Island Training station on the piano and the belt around the glrl waist bore In gold letters U S S Peusacola When sho turned to show him borne picture postals from Filsco ho also observed her collar was fastened by a pin shaped U S No and above tho mantel piece which place ho hall thus far failed to see wns the framed photo of a young sailor around which somebody had draped the Amerlcai flagThe The curlyhaired ono saw ho had note u false start and realizing sadly that 16 and 7 mado 2i took the Hrst opening for a quiet exit As ho monrnlull mournfully traveled up the lane he gave one farewell glance back ward The blind was up a little In one of tho windows and through the opening he thought t ho saw the girl sitting at a desk busy with a pen Of course ho wasnt suro for thu blind was raised Just a little and ho didnt care anyhow |