| Show A YOUTH YOUTHA A youthful war correspondent walked Into Col Cot MacArthurs tent tnt one day daye arid anti after otter some preliminary remarks I asked I Colonel what Is le the tho best hest place for tor fora torI I a I correspondent nt to hang out When hon the tha lead Is l flying lard Hard question replied Col MooAr Mil oAr thur When I was willi In tho pro Civil War during the tho battle of ot Missionary Ridge fudge What I you y q were not hero then surely exclaimed the young oung corre corra correspondent Why Wh there thero th ro is not a II gray hair In do your OUt head I was a II second lieutenant way WRY back In those times continued Col Mac MIO MacArthur MacArthur Arthur and antI right out there thera on the stump of n a tree you soo 80 on that hilltop I remember Joo Joe McCullagh stood pen pencil penell ell cil and paper in hand and shot and shell flying around him Ho stood there thero for tor several hours hourc and saw Ba hundreds of ot men full fall before the fire but he re ro remained roo uninjured and had a n Rood good story of ot the right light in lit in lil hla hili paper and more of the names ot of the tho dead and wounded than any other correspondent About half a n mile mila away awny in that old stone teno house on 00 the tho opposite kill hill an another another other and a n less less lucky correspondent dent waif wag viewing tho light fight out of ot n a window A bullet hit tilt him straight In the tOle fora head hend and ho dropped dead a pointer for tor you The best beat place o for tor a correspondent Id Is In the middle of ot the UIt trouble Next Net week the tho young correspondent went away awny to Cuba and he Ire took Mac Arthurs with whit Him Detroit Journal |
