| Article Title |
Greater Love Hath No Man. |
| Type |
article |
| Date |
1907-04-21 |
| Paper |
Inter-Mountain Republican |
| Language |
eng |
| City |
Salt Lake City |
| County |
Salt Lake |
| Page |
19 |
| OCR Text |
I Gle Greater ter Lov Love Hath no Man n Ji 11 Io Ihu Republican bi lea ii Special I Service Copyright 1907 j I They CICo a lying t h t J i. i ff c v 9 ib t swords and opened th their lr tunics tunics- To 10 think lk that Is Th the tho of oC 1 May ulay a and lucre here we are arc sweatIng eating like the tho devil and antl panting like mules Bellman HeHman his comrade smiled and nna ll h by humming a tune tulle praising the beauty of o the spring SU Suddenly his face f turned sad s and m as ils in Guem-in P playfully attempted to place his hand over his IT he sw shw saw that hl his ey eyes s were full of or tears tears' 9 o S 0 o S For four yea years re thi tIle two wo men l had d i r fought u ht side h by side I c in tin th Foreign Ic Legion lon tho ho joll jolly Pat and amid the di 11 earning Hollander Bellman In innumerable sl skirmishes a and battles bat bat- atties at- at tIes the they had stood 1 eo fo Shi tilder uJ- uJ der del In Madagascar Madagascar-in Ill j China an and in and neither of Ot them had hall ever eer been hen wounded b h by ord i spear JIU a ase- ase gal goal 01 or bullet hullet h both were cre ave hz-ave almost to fe X Now Nio tell n me IlIC what ls is ts the U thatter jold old ho boy said ald Guerin Guei Life is not hOt all it ft Is cracked up lo to I be be I lie short feeling that he c never r hope to find words to ox- ox pres tho the sympathy he ha folt rOlt In his Cress boyIsh he heart lt for his chum churn Bellman hOok d 1 up tip 0 a letter felt fell piT from hl his hand m and the tho photograph of or ora a johng sed e in white for her communion h. h slipped tl out Itty b said Bellman pickIng picking pick pick- ing log It lip hp Her mother writes writeR mo me that Nh she I Is to go to her r first communIon lon iOU tomorrow tomorrow I am nun here herc Do you OU understand er that I cr cry like lIko a fool I I do o r un understand old ola boy hor But what Is the us use Wipe a away avay a the thc t tears ar and como come rne al along s- s Bellman wont went to tp the tho Arab quarters to buy a fi brac bracelet lct for tOt his child at nt home while duOrin t rn wont went nt back to the barracks barrAck very vory much out of sorts It grew lat eleven Ia-eleven el eleven o'clock t o'clock and midnight antl and Bellman did not ret return rn Something must J have havo o a happened left his room scaled the wall and went into the theland land dark str streets et of or the native e quarters Suddenly lr he heard a noise Shutters Shutter Shutters Shut Shut- ter were cl closed se and nn all ail lights want out as Mt if It blo blown out b by a sudden gust Just I I i o of mind Guerin started to run ruin and saw Bellman Bell Bell- I. I man mal sworn in hand hand In the tho midst of or ofa ofa a crowd Ho Tic was fiN retreating keepIng keepIng keep keep- Ing the time mob noh off on wit sword A Aman man nuan fell to the tho ground mortally wounded h 1 by the Dutchman's Dutchman weapon Just as Guerin caln came caine running up u. You ha ha E e killed him him sp sp much the orso worse for for foj- him but hUl hUlen see seo thru that you get out Omit t l of or tte a way PO He lie ga gave gahs gah's his hs lend fm-lend a push and anil hold holti b ol the mob moh that tried tf t tp m follow ollow the 1 fleeing soldier lIe He fought them like n a lion lieu I using using- only his hail bare fists with toh tab of the tho trumP trun l kamin gamin JJ Ills and cap h Hl fallen to the ground arid add he ho did 1111 not pick them up o 0 0 o 0 a aThe e 0 eThe Th The c examination before LimO tho court- court martial was Wai brief The Tue ord bears henl's the number n r It i is mine thine And AnI the tile murderer Am I. I Sentence Va was rendered u on the Spot 1101 ri wi ift tt I bo hi- hish sh shot t. t Vh When n ho had h boon 1 taken l to his coll cell Jin Ju-i etched sti-etched himself on aim his hi ha hard l cot col to tn dream m. m Why 11 the te devil had ll Bellman lIman got ot lute Into that scrap He Ite ought to have ilave lund hart moro sonso Ho 1 ii had boon been like lil a lion lieu tuli turned n.- n. l loose in lii a herd of antelopes antIp II Ho lie huh had 1 killed one one one-a a m miserable Isra bl Italian Ital Ital- Jw ian lan hut hue ho liC might co ca caily My ny imn havo l killed t ten or ar r He lie wa wm a lighter fighter Well 11 it t was us-as a a. good l thing lit Iii had brul got nM o out of ol It it and us us 11 for himself lf he lie hun had n I foil felt or mOl at ease e T The Tho l joy literally from his hl- tel and Anal rul h ho he d n as 11 ho hue thru thought hl of t tho uhe hf rr PP of t c coli cohn- cohn 11 martini martial and death n t to I ii death en Lii Ht cry ha haul l mot t him he tIC II hl his il s at m tho the hack bark ho boy and slept under the tho bridge at arches in all kinds of weather ath I j That was ai what l and antI shells spears and n agals had screamed into litto hits his his ears a fa times Death Death meant freedom to him the parlan the nh always a scorned and he hue did dh not re regret ret to leave lea this life lite that tnt had hn always brought him only obly I and mitt Injustice UcC I 1 am LIm happy ho he said to the chaplain chap chap- lain I r E imagine I am a hi missionary and to to save ia tho tho UY 9 pf of rj th tbt children n of the JJ J t hu o l'- l' rt t by That happens once lii III n a a. walle does doe it not Or It at a tire liz tireo o 0 wOman woman baby In her hr arms and anti c Ics cries fo fot fOl help L 1 rush Into the thc names flames and an save savo the and her bab baby b it am burned hurne under un the thc crumbling walls One has heard L' L L- L of or SUl i And as lS the priest looked at h him bun maze amazed he said ald Anti And tile t little affat is set for tor tomorrow to tomorrow to- to morrow morning Yes Xe Xem m my poor boy bor You Yo t tel feel el sorry sorlY L be because ca atus you U know w wr i I r l 1 n not t dt death th this time He Ir smiled calm calmly calmi I and tho the chaplain asked t J Have UHn you any wishes before you youdie youdie OU die Me t Yes I would Uko to see sc Bellman m my from the flue Second company compan Y You u know now him lIm a a long fellow of more than siv feet he feet he s a man I r I tnt dirt rl sorry sory to in say It l I Is Impossible Sey Nev mind then After Afler a a moment he lie added d After Arter all Lull I 1 c can n tell it to you yoli n na asa as asa a c confession then f then then you OU will never toll tell any Y o one II He lie I t down and net when the tile chap chap- tam lain hir had bach l Jl him hin nl Ills Mis in said embarrassed for the fir first t tIme c You You o fc-o CP it H Is Is- this way oJ lite J one urH J li is toda ChIy ill dl in white whit lot for lother her hr l communion Now o ow h tile this tho sir hrit lown h hit family i is i- icel ce cel 1 In ing ng Hea lenly PI not let leta a such ch a I h happen I havo IHl mail r 1 if r f lIe hire ai 4 rr prefer pi cl to in and anti iio tue I other muller I 1 mean 1 m my 1113 chum ha has still li to lo fo fur fi I The I lint had sprung to h his ot fj-ot t t tIn In ii He lie understood the tho o o of nip c hal l My u ho toy boy you III moan to toay sn ay hat yort cf ce H not it guilty j hid Guc perfectly ly calm aim oahn ic- ic d Was Vas lS C ij js j-js i. i then guilty At t dawn ij a i l' l i sent semi till Iho hoes echoes ic Ing through h tIme iho hill hills Human 1111 Hu tin man ju iu hail had d. s h hen n the h ir hearse rf o hack back tho the bOd 1 of time tho dead id-ad ho time chaplain d 11 ul bl behind tt It tears tar s v aming rain from hl his t c hut but instead in oi ot It i 1 ading tire time PIt pray pray- ors rs f for fl l' l lh time time- dond 1011 h ho he v s u soft softly iy cJ cliant- cliant Ing Int ng the tho thern rn rno o of time tho inam I |
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https://newspapers.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s67h2gjk/3885444 |
