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Show U ' "GINERAL GEOGHEGAN. 1 So "GIneral Geoghegan" has resigned. re-signed. Ah, what a pity! Wo loved this gallant officer, this ox-member of tho Royal Irish .Fusl-leers. .Fusl-leers. who In TItnh's ilnrkpst hnnrs when the balance of the National Guard wore taking to the long grass, gallantly accepted a commission from Governor Cutler, drew his bright sword from its burnished sheath," and, crying, "Rally 'Round tho Flag, Boys," drew to his support Colonel H. M. H. Lund, Captain B. H. E. H. Lund, Color Sergeant A. R. U. I. N. Lund, and several other Lunds, and saved tho day. We loved him for his military presence, pres-ence, becauso ho looked the hero whether in tho toggery of carnage or with a carving knife In hand at the head of the table. We liked to see him use tho military tread as he placed both hands to his side and galloped gal-loped in double time after a street car. We used to yearn to watch him march with slow and measured step into a hack. Wo used to lay awake nights dreaming of him as ho stood under tho draped flags of his adopted country and watched tho boys "dhrlll." Wo loved him, too, because we had learned to look upon nlm as a sort of protector. We sbeddered as wo read of prospects of war with other nations na-tions until tho thought camo over us: "We havo 'Ginerel Geoghegan.' " Then our doubts fled to the tall and uncut and wo ate our pie in peace, realizing realiz-ing that tho destinies of tho nation were in safe hands. We loved him becauso of his euphonious eu-phonious titlo. Colorado had itb Sherman Bell and Pennsylvania its Stewart, Nebraska had its Colby and other states had theirs, whatever their names were, but nono of them had a Geoghegan. "Ginerel Geoghe-gan!" Geoghe-gan!" There was music in the sound. It rippled lightly over tho tongue like the sound of falllnc water In a snrlnir house or tho gurglo of tho cream In tho churn about the tlmo tho butter started to come. To lose him Is indeed a calamity. Wo will never forget him, however, and wo believe his namo and his famo will stand long after those who forced him to resign havo been forgotten. "Ginerel Geoghegan" resigned bo-cause bo-cause tho governor of tho state permitted per-mitted a banquet to take place In tho armory at Salt Lake on tho anniversary anniver-sary of tho birth of Lincoln. Tho governor was insistent nnd tho "Gin- ijh erel" was persistent. Let him rest in patience, however, because the namo of tho youth who fired tho Epho-sian Epho-sian dome Is Inscribed on tho pages of history while tho man who constructed con-structed It has no place In tho record. C. M. Jacksnn In State Journal. |