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Show A SOLDIER'S ROMANCE CAPT HAI1DY OF THE TWENTIETH TWEN-TIETH KANSAS l.o, I a I rettr !' and Tl er H,. fteerellf SUrrtel III, Urate Heels will. Hen. Icinstnni llrl( te II lll 1 lies. Sa lot Her who ha gone to the t hlllpplnea ha made greater alvanre ment than has Cat ) J Hardy nho enlisted at n private In company M of the now famous Twentieth Ksntai and who has ricently been promoted on account of bravery to he captain of company 1) of the same regiment II han risen step by step until he Is no credited with being one of the best officers of the famous Twentieth Kan ai llnmanro and a Ivrnture are In terworcn In the hlalnry of Cnpt Hardy He la the son of I) Ilarly division superintendent on tho Iron Mointaln road Mthough still qulto young he left the parental roof mvernl reus ago to make his own way In the worll He learnel telrgrnphy became an expert and at the breaking oil of the war with Spain he was operator for the Missouri I aclflc nt Satlnn Kan When the call for troops mine urged on by Will MISS Nl.TTIi: OIII It the Area of patriotism he quit hti po alllon with the railroad which at paying him (100 n month and enllited ai a prltato nt $15 CO per month and the chance of itopplng tome Mauser bullet He bat received a little mill tary training and while the regiment waa rnramicd at Topcka waiting to be mobilised Hardy went to work with a will to perfect hlmielf In tactics and ao great wai hit proficiency that he wai made first acigeant of hit com pany It waa over Ilirdy that Oen then Col I' unttnn and I leut Col Lit He had their falling out It happened at Ban rranclsco a few week! before the regiment wai ordered lo Manila Kuniton recommended the advance ment of Sergeant Major Dodge to a second lloutenancy whllo Little rec ommenled Hardy for the tamo place Oov Leedy had already promised liar dy 1 frlendt to promote htm to he fullowed the recommendation of I It 1U snA.lVii.v.1s..lMitMn lh two officers followed opt iisro nsiim of the famous twlmt for which the Twentieth Kama has been noted but ho hot received little credit for It through tho dlipatchei from Manila It waa at the Malolot river where tho Iniurgcnts were lying In a ditch on the further tide Hardy and a private In a I enntylvanla regiment swam the river, secured a raft and towed It 1 back for Puntton and tome of hit men to cross on ror this act Funiton, , rcconimcndcd hbi promotion to a firs lieutenancy a recommendation that waa promptly followed by Oov Slan ley When Pretldent McKlnlcy recently selected sereral officer! for the new Thirty tlxth volt nteer Infantry Cept Or Ik of company I) among the rett Cn Metcalf who li now In commtnd of 9 Kansas troops recommended 1 At Hardy be again adranccd to auc ceed Cnpt Orwlg and again the rec omniendatlon wai promptly acted on The romance In connection with Capt Hardy li as Interesting ai bli war record Several month! before there was a call for troopi In fact be foro a war with flj aln wai seriously thought of Hardy wai lecretly married mar-ried to Mlis Nettle Ober a pretty and accomplished society girl of Sallna and the daughter of one of the leading merchant! of that city For tome rea ion tho young couple preferred to keep evil iiAmn the marriage a secret and for months not econ tl elr Intimate frlen Is knew of It The brl le coutln led to appear In soilety as Mlas Ober aud Hardy continued with lilt railroad work up to the fie of bli cnllttmsnt When be enlisted In company M and mtrched away to go Into camp at Topeka the parting wai almoit heart breaking but the made no ilgn The regiment wn ordered to Ban Francisco and still rhey kept their secret bidden from the MMMfSWfJawMtsjMsisinatsaw' laws'si " IA world Dut when the order eama that H wis to place tbe great I arldo between H th loldler and hla brl 1 and perhaps H eparate them forever they coull nn M longer kewp silent Just before th H regiment started Mrs Hardy necom- H panlad by her uncle went to San I ranclsco an i took a last farewell of H her soldier husband and announced their marriage to the world Company H M In which (apt Hardy first enllited H haa made a record for Itself In the way H of advancement Iti captain W If H lllthop although commanding the lait IK company In the regiment won ad J vanccl over all other captains and Wt made mijor when Major Metcalf iuc am ceeded Col unttnn In command of tho M regiment an I he I as recently been yK nppolnted by President McKlnley as 61 senior major of tho new Thirty sixth BSj volunteer Infantry I leuta Olaigow O nnl gnc r, alto of company M liar Wk recently been made cat taint In th g rieventh cavalry 1 J Hardy and 9 Cla I Hamilton both of whom went out IQM ai private are now captains In the jtfl Twentieth Kansas anl the company JEJ hat furnished n half doien lieutenants M, for different companies The company MJ It ma le up largely nt college atu lent Rj from tho Kanta Wrileyan university EB and other colleges located at Sallna HE |