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THE CONTRITE COWARD.
O A STORY OF DECORATION DAY. O
For Thirty Odd Years Abel Hid Been tbe Scorn of the Town nd the Butt of the
O Children, but One Minute of Bravery Redeemed Him from Eterntl lonomlny. O
BY P. Y. BLACK,
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Abel went to war one day.
Dropped his sun nnd ran away!
Tho children cried after him tho jingling
doggerel. Abel Tutt went on his road and
would not look at them nor seem to hear
them. Tho insult was a very old one to
his oars. Theso wcro not the first children
to molest him In the vlllago street oa the
schools were dismissed. The parents of
ome of them had yelled at him years ago,
parents who were the first concoctors of
the rhyme. The older brothers and sisters
of these present babes had chanted It In
their turn and still tho mocking words were
relished by tho urchin mob. For nearly
thirty-four years the now gray-bearded
and solitary men had been the butt of his
native township. No girl had in that time
walked with hlra or danced with him, al
though ho had been a straight and hand
some youth, nor had ho been a sharer In
the sports of the young men. As he grew
older ho was allowed no part In the coun
cils of tho village. It be desired to voto at
a presidential election he did It only by
running tho gauntlet of a thousand sneers.
Manifestly It seemed absurd that a man
who had deserted In the face of bis coun
try's enemy should have a say In the choice
of hia country's chief. He was taboo. He
was ostracized. He was outsido tbe camp:
As the lonely years passed by and many
of tho soldiers who bad fought while he
ran dropped out of lite, his punishment
became softened to a great extent. He
lived eo consistently apart and was so long
suffering under torturo and also so many
new anil Interesting events happened that
people, began to forget If they never for
gave. For a largo part of tho year, there
fore, Abel Tutt could now come Into tho
market placo from his patch of a farm
and be contemptuously Ignored. But on
one day of each year, even of those years
when a new generation was springing up.
his humiliation was freshened and complete,
bis agony of shame peculiarly acute. This
always happened on Decoration day. ben
the schools were closed and flags were dis
played, when war-scarred veterans limped
to life and drum and roar cadets claimed
tholr father)' cheer, when wreaths of
laurel and the beat loved flowers were piled
on heroes' graves and tho modest monumont
on the green was surrounded by the sway
ing crowd who listened to the oratoie then
Abel hid himself away. May and spring
time were to him ro season for rejoicing,
but a period of penance and remorse. Then
the story of his shame was certain to bo
retold .arid if' he dared to go abroad his ears
must bear tho old refrain:
Abel went to war one day
Dropped his gun and ran away!
He aa a joung man when first he hid
ben called "coward" a lad of 18.
Now he was stooped and grayer than some
men older than he, but his hard worklnj
life in the open and aim -at necessitate!
abstention from all revels had kept him
strong and active. He had suffered In foul,
but not In body. Now, when he was over
fifty, an old, familiar call came to his soli
tude, a call unheard for many yeans, a call
which rang out until every citizen from tin
Atlantic to tho Taclflc beard It the bu;.e
call to arms. Abel beard in tho store and
saw In the papers what had occurred an1
ho fell on his kness In bis lonely bouse and
sobbed and prayed.
"If I am permitted another trial," he
cried, "glvo me strength, O Lord, give me
courage!"
There was a recruiting station In a largo
town not far from the village, and tbero
gathered many of tbe region who desired
to enlist for the war against Spain. Thither
went Abel Tutt, telling no man of his mis
sion. A sergeant, selected for tbe eervlco
because of his em art figure, stood at the
door of the offices and to htm Abel applied.
Many young fellows were hanging about
and when the graybeard arrived his presence
occasioned curiosity and smiles. The ser
geant, however, was sufficiently cordial in
his macnor.
"I've come to "list," said Abel, straighten
ing up.
"I guess," said the sergeant, not unkindly,
"this war can be flxod without calling on
tbe veterans. The doctor's only passing
young men and hearty. How old aro you J'
"Fifty odd."
"Grand Army?"
"No, sir."
"Thought maybe you'd been In the civil
war."
"I I was In the army."
"Well, It's great to see the way you vet
erans aro eager to fight again!" the ser
geant said with an approving smile. "You
shame lots of the young chape. Dut you
old hands at the trade have had your All
cf glory, so don't grudge tbe new boys
their chance."
"Glory!" cried a voice In the llttlo crowd,
and a youngster from Abel's township
pushed forward with a loud laugh. "Glory!
Him! Great Scott, but that's good, It's Abel
Tutt, tho deserter, who would have been
hot for running away If President Lincoln
hadn't pardoned him when Ills mother wert
to him crying. Him wanfto enlist! That's
good. You ain't as spry on your feet as
you used to be, Abel. You couldn't run
fast enough now to get away .safe. Dcit
stay at home." ' , ,
Abel went to war one day
Dropped his gun and ran away!
"Is that true?" the etrgeant askeJ
coldly, looking up and down tbe man's
lank form with a sneer.
"That's why I want to jeln," said Atel
with pathetlo appeal. "I want a chance to
wipe It out. Can I see the orilcer?"
"No good." the soldier answered, turn
ing sharply away. "The captain wouldn't
speak to you. He never lots up on a de
serter." Abel, with a white face and dnwn-lcok!ng
rhamed eye, slipped away through the Jeer
ing crowd and went back to his farm. Ho
sat there, silent and sorrowing, until losg
after dark, and then sprang to his fc:t.
"I must go!" he cried. "I can bear It no
longer. It Is ay only' chance I must go."
perlenced observer would have regretted
their unwarllke and vagabond looks, but
the passing officers, who knew their value,
watched then anxiously and with as lively
an Interest as tbey did the troops, for each
mule was laden down with ammunition,
and upon these coarse-looking, coarse
tongued mule whackers depended perhaps
tho fate of the army, should that ammuni
tion not be at hand at a critical moment.
These, also, took their lives In hand. Not
all heroes are dressed for the part.
Among them, doing his hard work silently
and without complaint under a glaring sun,
rode the coward, Abel Tutt. All his efforts
to enlist in the ranks had been absolutely
vain. Despairing of carrying a rifle then,
but determined to wipe out his disgrace by
soma means, he had gone down to Florida
and there at Tampa he had at last found
closed his teeth and prayed. The soul of
the man had at last succeeded in ruling the
body. ' I
HI.
The aide-de-camp spurred his horse an-1
rede at a wild gallop down the foroit road.
There tho shells were falling and bursting
among the trees, when they had finished
shrieking from tbe guns on tbe hill. As
tho staff officer rode on his life was mo
mentarily (threatened by Spanish sharp,
shootere In the bushy trestops.
The battle had stubbornly raged all the
morning and now, when the tropical sun
was at height, the weary, perspiring In
vaders of the isle were praying for night ,
or else the command to ruih the trenches. 1
As it was they were only grimly holding
their own, scattered In long lines of sklrm
II.
From many transports the American sol
diers poured Into Cuba. The regulars and
volunteers, white and black, paused but a
llttlo while and thon plunged Into the In
terior to do speedy battle. But besides there
wcrn others to be landed. With shouts and
' yells, the neighing of horses and the clam
orous orays or mutes, ine tour-rooted roi
lowers of the array were forced overboard
and guided ashore, swimming. With them
were their Immediate matters and attend-
HE GUIDED THE STAMPEDING . ACK MULE.
HELL IN FRONT OF HIM.
HE CHARGED THROUGH THE
ants, the necessary but far from ornamental
! muleteers. These wore no smart uniform,
nor did thty march on shore to sound of
band or bugle. They were, to the casual
I man of notes, a disfiguring blot on the
J picture. Tbey were rough and undisciplined
and shaggy-bearded and rude cf tongue.
Tbe trained battalions drew out In orderly
columns as though leaving the familiar
home parade. The mules followed, a tumul
tuous herd, ready to stampede, and In front
of and behind them and watching their
flanks rode the whackers, every van Karbed
( and equipped as he thought best. Tbe lnx-
means to follow the army he bad once de
serted, Ho knew llttlo cf the special wo.-k
of a mule packer, but he was accustomed
to horses and mules and bis persistency
gained him a place as assistant.
No one knew the misery tho man was In.
No one knew of the fear which oppressed
him. The vlllago boys were quite right In
their judgment of him. Abel was a coward
as people judge cowardice. 11U flesh shiv
ered at the mere thouaht cf a wound. Hs
' shrank and cowered instinctively at the
crack of a rifle or the distant roar of heavy
guns. In bis boyhood be bad not rcallzeu
the peril and carried away by tbe con
tagious enthusiasm of comrades had en
listed, only to run, panic-stricken, at tbe
first gleam of the enemy's bayonets. Now
be was walking up to death's domain with
I bis eyes open, knowing and understanding
I the Imminent danger and be was afraid,
I horribly afraid. Yet be followed on and
I ishera, hugging shelter, ralntd on by bul
, lets and shocked by shattering shell.
The aide-de-camp broke out of the jungla
strip again and gained tbe open. Here
he found himself several hundred yardt
from his objective a battalion of regular
Infantry, which was slowly advancing up
a hill, pouring In a hot Are on the Span
iards, who held the entrenched ridge. Their
fire waa heavy, but tho Spanish Are, backet
by artillery, was a deadly one, and hire
ar.d there lay many blue-ccate4 asldltri
stiffening In the long grass. The aids
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I cnargeu turuu&u iuu uau auu utrw up De
cide the major In command.
"Tho brigade general's compliments, sir,"
he panted. "It Is vital that you kep tho
, enemy busy at this point for at least an
. other hour, when the reinforcements com
I Ing up will permit a general advance. Tho
, general desires to know If you can do tbU
with your present force. He can 111 spa-e
the men, but If necessary you can have
another company. What shall I tell him J"
"Tell him," said the major coolly, "that .
a company will make no difference. I've '
men enough, I guess, but wall a moment, j
please." ,
He walked along the rear of the skirmish ;
line as calmly as If drilling on the target
range and asked questions of a number of
non-commissioned officers and men while
bullets spattered around him. I
"Please ask tho general to not mind send- '
lng men," he told the atde, "but, for heav
en's sake, to send me ammunition. We
don't average twenty rounds left per man.
If he can't, why I must fall back."
"I can promise It in halt an hour," said '
the aide. "The pack mules have arrived."
Tho battalion continued Its dogged as
sault. creeping up by Inches, the men throw- !
lng aside one by one everything they dared, '
to lighten them and make the heat less In
tolerable. The minutes passed until ten,
fifteen, twenty had gone, and at last tho
bait hour. Tbe major chafed. 1
"Easy, boys, easy!" he cried. "Don't
throw away a shot. What's wrong. Corporal (
EadsT"
"Not a cartridge left, sir."
He fumed.
"If I fall back," he groaned, "those beg
gars will charge us and ah! Is that them?
Yes go It, boys, here comes more ammuni
tion! Non-commlssloned officers, fall out
and make ready to distribute ammunition."
At the edge of tbe Jungle strip appeared
two pack mules. Two men, mounted on
other mules, drove them forward. The
Americans cheered, but the sharp-eyed
Spaniards also saw the newcomers and at
onco realized on what errand they came.
The Are of three guns on the hill was di
rected Instantaneously upon the mules, who
were at once crazed by the shell and shrap
nel which screamed at them, while every
rlflo In the trench seemed to be aimed at the
devoted mule whackers.
One of the muleteers, a gray-beardeJ,
round-shouldered man, was white with
the agony of bis feor, but tbo other, a
dark, cannon ball-headed young fellow cf '
tho bulldog type, was aroused by his dinger
to passionate wrath and utterly unthinking
recklessness. As the tornado of Iron anl
lead broke upon him ho yelled to his com- j
rade with a clatter of crowded oaths to ccme ;
on. I
"You white-faced dummy!" cried he.
"What are you shaking about? Round up ,
that mule get a raovo oa you them '
cartridges havo got to get to tbe major. 1
see? They've got to. Ram your hoels Into
that brute of yours and follow me. or by the
saints I'll plug you so full of holes folks'll
take you for an open door! Come on!"
The coward's weaker part was nearly the
conqueror. Every norve In his h-dy, every
Instinct prompted him to turn and run to
shelter. He was In exactly tho same dc- :
plorablo physical condition as he w-as when '
years agone he slipped away from the
ranks, unnerved by the roar of guns. Hh
face was wet with cold persplrat'oa; his
hands were shaking; his knees gripped bis
mount's flanks convulsively. In another
moment he would have abandoned his truit
f and added greater disgrace to his nam,
1 when a good angel whispered to him. Hj
saw, by tbe light of one clear flash cf mo-n-ory
his village. He saw himself passing,
through more than thirty years. 0 dishon
ored life. He felt again the slow torturo
of shame. He heard tho mocking volcc-3 of
the children:
Abel went to war one day,
Dropped his gun and ran away!
Abol Tutt cried out aloud:
"Anrthlm; but that' S oner dotth! Glvo
me strength, O Lord! Give me courago!"
The Incident passed in less than a Jilnute.
Then tho two muleteers lathed on the pack
mules. Tho distance to tbe battalion Mas
but a few hundred yards, but thsse yards
wore each black with the shadow of grin
ning death. Tbo pack mules also were to
mad with tbe noise and the clouds of earth
shot up by shells that they ran here and
there and made the distance twice rs long.
The younger muleteer was atlamo with tagn
and excitement. He rodo like a h.nse
breaker. He circled like an Indian. Hi
kept hie pack mule pretty straight, shout
ing, cursing and cheering with every
breath. Abel followed silently, hut he was
no expert. His charge broke hither and
thither and every moment tho bullot
seemed to fall faster. At la.u the young
man rose In his stirrups with n triumphant
yell and waved his hat at tho Spanleh with
a gesturo of contempt. Tod soon he
crowed. .Ho was but seventy or eighty
yards from a bluff which would shelter him,
where the soldiers were eagerly waltlnK
and cheerlne hlra on. Tho pack mulo was
immediately In front of him and Abol many
yards behind. The ordained shell arrived.
It crashed fairly Into tho boxes of aramu-
8v
rltlon. That last dash was grand, magnifi
cent! You're a hero, and the folks at home
shall know pf It, I promise you,"
Abel fried to speak.
"Please, sir," he gasped. "Will you will
you tell the children?"
I He lived awhile and was sent home, and
1 in the vlllago which had mocked him died
jot his wound. Thero was no, mocking then,
but much honor was paid the coward, for
I tho major made good his word, and tho
! newspapers spoke much of the obscure mulo-
ter's timely bravery.
; Decoration day camo after Abel was laid
in his grave. For long, long lonely years
tho day had been the unhapplest day to him
of all. Now tho veterans of the civil war
and the returned volunteers of the Spanish
war (topped remorsefully at his headstone
and sorrowed that they bad Jeered at him.
And the children came In little crowds, si
lent and tearful, and tho scornful rhyme
was forever banished from their lips and
Abel Tutt's mound was hidden by very
many best loved flowers. Thus he, too, was
permitted at last to take part In the solemn
celebration.
There aro divers sorts of bravery, but he
who is bravest of all is tbe coward who
conquers his cowardice.
"ABEL WENT TO WAR ONE DAY.
DROPPED HIS GUN AND RAN AWAY."
nltlon packed on the mule. A rock-rending
cxplosltlon followed. When tho earth cloud
vanished tho mules and the muleteer lay
In a ghtstly heap and the ammunition was
scattered far and meet of it had taken part
explosion followed. When the earth cloud
men were aghast with horror and disap
pointment and a moan of sorrow swept the
; ranks. They turned tholr eye3 to Abel,
their only hope. The coward had seen and
his pulses almost ceaxd to beat. Round
him the missiles were falling thick. In
another minute he would be like that un
happy fellow cf his torn, b'oodv and mu
tilated. Ho turned faint and his Impulse
was to drop from his Middle and creep away
In the long grass and hldo and shelter his
poor coward flesh. Roaring nolsei were In
his ears. Things ewam before his eyes.
. With a mighty effort he broke away and
cried again with a martyr's cry:
"Give me strength, Oh, Lord! Give mo
couragcl"
I Ho received It. Hn spurred his mule; he
guided the stampeding pack mule. Ho
charged through tho hell In front of blm.
I He saw the cheering soldiers beforo him
J and very near. Then something ohrlekcd In
, the air, fell and burat.and, as the pack mule
I was caught by the soldiers and the all-needful
cartridges were torn from Its back, Abel
' sank, grievously torn by a piece of the
bursting shell. Into the arms of tbe major.
I "Thank you, thank you, my man!" cried
I the Jubilant .officer. "You've saved the ro-
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to stand alone about a foot in front of this
scrocn. To show the audience that there is
no perron or apparatus behind this screen
to secretly help the stick to stand when
commanded, the performer can take tho
screen away for a few minutes until all ore
satisfied that there Is no hidden apparatus
there. Pars tbo cane around among tbe
audience to 'let them see there Is no pin
In the cane's ferrule, and that It la an
ordinary cane, absolutely without life.'
When tbe screen is again In place the stick
can be hypnotized by a few mysterious
mumblings, which will bo certain to keep
the audience guessing in tho wrong direc
tion. Then the stick will stand alono for
as long as the performer may deslro. Tho
secret of tho hypnotizing is bo simple that
the audience will never euspect it; It Is to
previously tie a yard of black thread from
tho top of one of the front legs of an
ordinary chair to the top of tho other front
leg, letting tho 'bag' of the thread fall
to the ground until ready for tho "hyro
tlzlng.' Careleaily placo the stock within
the 'bag' of tho thread, planting the stl"k
upright six Inches frrro the chair, making
It appear that It Is only by tho merest
accident that the performer selects this
particular spot. Now take your ham's
away, and of course tho stick will stand
where you place It, Tbe supporting thread
will not be seen on account of the dark
background. This and many other feats
any amateur can perform after a lltt'.e
prr.ctlce."
CASTOR I A
For Infanta and Children.
fne Kind Ycc Have Always Bought
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