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Show g OLD SOLDI? H S STORV 1 Z- Regular I .ffeclunlly DeaiP'iu the Joy of !ucceasful E!5 J Meet I'd mi. ,u!ol 3 Tallin iiiili ilUliillili liliil llhl) i lain UliiiUiilUllUiUllli ! (In. of Hie . roi en I hi minutes ol West Point tells this story: ' I fell In with nil old lll'luy ofnier " l II xerelses. lie looked no' over mill asked me a irond many hiich; lions Ainniis oriera he avlietl how 1 came to he appointed and I told him thai It t nu e about In the fisunl way ' 'A r-'ciiumiciHlatiiiu doea not ihc-eu'iuilly ihc-eu'iuilly nunii merit. ' be hulil "1 assent, d to this. " I do nor think that passini; nn nniiTiuilon ulivnis nuiiiis meril,' he rt'lded q ft a . lusher. "I snlil I ioippiiseil not. I hid re-pelted re-pelted Unit I would not violate any of Ihe rules by .Milm; into nu argument nlili nn i ll! rcitiihir, now on the re-filed re-filed list. " I knew a youtm man who not here.- he continued, 'Jnsl after the civil v. nr. ,. . ause le was nientlnned by Ihe coiiiiiiatnlliir ofllier In an en-(-nctnoiit, r bravery, ami the younester neier Inteudeil to be brave he did It because he did not know wl'iil he was iIoIuk. or bet nils,, he could not help It. lb, Is denil now and I do n it mind telling you about It. "'lie was at heaibpmrleis In Ihe Army of the Potomac, and aa ho tana a kooiI sort of a fellow he got In with a kciumiiI of ni of the divisions ho lived pretty hiKh. Ho nml this young n.i.ii wt'i. t. on a Imt on one oernnlnn. Not to speak disrespectfully of tho in nii the young man got as drunk as a siillor on shore b-nve. "While ho ns In flint condition 'M-IIUidiiii got oidei-H to go tn the '"it mid llns young lool was put In ""'middle and told to go In the other ' f, Hon. Ilul the , iigni:einent came ! Qui' kly and the hoise on which 'at being like Jobs war charger, ""li.. I the ballle nml turning, (lash-'', (lash-'', hue the thick of the fight. "The voting ftsil win rode him Inul )nt en, nigh sense to hang on ami ll" horse plunged and neighed Itdo ""ftny. It was a miracle thnt horso ""I rl.ler i nine out of It alive. 'Tiie commander of the division wliin,.,l what I related, and In bis flirt to dam he made special men-""i! men-""i! the ilailin; of the fellow. Tho resit was Pint the fellow was ap-poir.tH ap-poir.tH H , inlet, lie was a graduate. I Ml. vc. of ihe Missouri university " he went Into the army, au ho a- H ie to p.iss here. " ftiu what I want In Impress upon yen b ung man. Is this, If this fellow had tei beeir drunk be would have kcp: h!-. horse from being bo reckless. And rn thai m.e he might not have Iksmi mentioned for bravery, and con-annually con-annually he would not have been ap-pclll'ad ap-pclll'ad a cadet. "'Ha was a g.Mid fellew pence to hit Bool - but be owed hia education by III government In his horse.' "'Aid to g.-ttlnn drunk.' I added. 'Weil.' said the old regular, 'you knew !,,it hi,,, in .aid when some-lusly some-lusly told him ('.rant got drunk.' "A'i will, that he turned away, ovl-dctiil ovl-dctiil fulidlcd with his lucturo." |