Show LORD KITCHENER kitchener Is a man who while not cruel for the mere delight ot being cruel apparently has no soft side to his nature on one occasion an officer who had been away tor some days on a delicate and dangerous mission which he successfully accomplished returned to headquarters early in the morning without waiting to wash cr change his uniform travel stained and with a weeks growth of beard on his face he reported to the commander in chiet listened in silence until he had finished and ithen his only comment was the officers of my company do noi wear beards despite this no officer anxious to distinguish hesitates tor a moment when offered an opportunity to serve with kitchener they know that he does things and they admire him for his ability his Om durman campaign was not so burih a military triumph as it was the triumph of organization the obstacles to be overcome were at times seemingly and the question ot finance was a serious one yet the difficulties were successfully met and the expenses of the war kept within the limits of the appropriation there was no haste no anxiety about his pre lohs he waited until everything was ready and then be struck it Is told of him that one day a drunken egyptian soldier was arrested and locked up there were other egyptian soldiers and civilians in the prison and they talked of many to which the soldier listened ha was released later on an girder from kitchener some days later kitchener astonished bis chief intelligence office by imparting certain information how be ob it no one knew but long after warda it came out that kitchener was the drunken soldier and had himself arrested to find out what the natives talked about among themselves harpers weekly |