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Show HE "SHOT" THE CAPTAIN. "When the soldiers at Fort Riley were waitintj for orders to either to the Philippines or Cuba, In the Spanish-American war, a small army of war correspondents descended upon the hip reservation. They wrote all Borts of military yawns, from guesses and estimates on where this regiment would go and when and how, to the number of times that a Gatlin pun could perforate a man before the said man was prone upon the. ground Among those war correspondents was Charles Barnes, now state superintendent super-intendent of Insurance. He.' was vork Ing on a Topeka newspaper at tho time, lie worked hard and got away 1 with some- pood stuff. Among tho officers whom ho met was Captain Wallace Randolph. Most of tho newspaper news-paper men who were at Riley during that time mt?t Randolph and every one of them liked him. Randolph came out of the Spanish-American war a brigadier general or something like that. Ho made those newspaper witters feel at home when they struck Riley. They told him frankly that they know nothing about the war game, and hem et them more than half way and helped them to "get onto the ropes" and learn war new? Rarnes liked Randolph and kept asking ask-ing blm for a photograph of himself. "I want to print it." tirgad liarnos. "Never had a picture taken-of myself my-self In all my life," said Raudolph. As they were taking together. Randolph Ran-dolph was ust climbing into an anoy backboard. The day was beastly hot. "Really, haven't you a picture of yourself?" asked Barnes again. "No, sir," said Randolph, "and I will give $25 to any nwu who takes one of me." Barnes had his coat ?lung across his shoulder. Just as Rancalph made thai offer of $25 he rather lifted his neai and turned full face on the newspaper man. Quickly Barnes jerked his voat aside. There was a click and Randolph Ran-dolph was look " The future superintendent super-intendent of Insui anco hail a 5xG camera cam-era under hU arm and he didn't let opportunity knock twice. "My hat Is off to yoj," said Randolph. Ran-dolph. "This war business Is your business," busi-ness," snid Barnes. "Newspaper business bus-iness i; mine. So Is t.nk'ng pictures this way. Now if you feel lhat I have outraged, the delightful hospitality which yem and the other officers have shown me while in this camp yon may take this machine with the plate in it. I ll give. It to you readily. But as I said before, the war game is your bulsness, nnd this is my way of earning earn-ing my bread and luitter." "You are welcome to the picture," replied Randolph, saluting. "My hat is off to you." Barnes had the plate developed immediately im-mediately and it proved a splendid picture of Randolph nnd was printed all over the country as the first photograph pho-tograph over publ'shctl of tho famous fam-ous fighter. "I never got the $25." said Barnes. "I have never seen Kandolph sinco that tl;ne." Kansa3 Cltv Journal. i |