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LITERARY NOTES.
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'thi morning, and we got the
fewf square meal in. a week. Harper's
Weekly.
A Russian military paper not long
ago informed its readers that the life
of the officers in the British army
was one of the utmost ease and lux
ury; every officer, even the humblest
subaltern, owned his yacht, bis race
horses, and his box atr the opera
when quartered, that is to say, where
such a luxury could 1 e obtained (the
yacht and the racing -tud were every
where) while the more wealthy pos
sessed their grousemoors, their deer
forests, etc, the majority playing
cards every night for enormous stakes
and spending large sums on presents
o actresses and other follies.
Such a description, is more pictur
esque than accurate, for although in
many corps the cost of living is hign,
yet foolish extravagance is the excep
tion rather 'than- the rule. In Her
Majesty's household brigade, for in
stance, which is the corps d'elite, a.
though the officers are nearly all
wealthy men yet the style of living
does not approach the magnificence
with which it is credited in the imag
ination of the foreign journalist and
by the facile pens of some of the
prominent lady novelists. Life in the
Guards is very pleasant, according to
the British officer who writes of "So
cial Life in the British Army" in Har
per's Magazine for oeptember, if the
member is blessed with good private
means; his mornings, and occasionally
the greater part of the day, are taken
up with the drills and routine duties
of his profession, which, are no great
the twelve, and his captain is eve
more fortunate, as -he can generally
count on six months leave in the year.
It naturally follows that the Guards
men are great travellers; the "British
officer" says, "that wherever the Brit
ish pioneer has penetrated, some mem
ber of the brigade has ventured also
at no considerable interval. The north
pole itself appears to be the only vir
gin soil to some of the -older spirits
of the brigade."
Notwithstanding this picture of en
joyment the actual surroundings of
his daily life are simple enougu, and
the necessary expenses are not nearly
so prohibitory as one migh suppose.
The Guardsman receives the same pay
as officers of corresponding rank in
line, with the addition of 70 a year
Guards pay, so that it is possible for
a youngster of an economical turn to
live in the Guards on an allowance of
300 a year in addition to his pay.
But it is only fair to admit that it is
not often done.
THE-GUARD PASSING DOWN THE EXBAK
KENT
tax on his intelligence or on'his phy
sique, and his spare time is devoted
those amusements common to young
sea of his .class and education. The
Troopers are usually great Taoe-goeni
aad there fore habitues at the meets
t Ascot, Newmarket, Goodwood, Liv
erpool, Manchester, and all the suburban-
meetings, such as Sandown and
Kemptoa, and, in addition, they have
a meeting of their own, usually held
at Hawthorne Hill, where, besides a
number of steeple chases and hurdle
races confined to members, there are
always some races open to the whole
of the army and a race for the far
mers. In summer there will be an- ex
odus from the battalion of all the
aaootiBg men who can by hook or
crook get leave for Scotland or iork
saire. In this matter of leave the Guardsman-
is ferraaate above his brethren,
ia the cavalry; the suoaltera of the
Guards rarely finds any difficulty ia
getting away for four months out of
The war articles in the September
Scribner's are led by Richard Hard
ing Davis' account of "The Rough Rid
ers'. Fight at Guasimas." There is no
information at second-hand' in this
article; Mr. Davis was in- the thick of
the fight and writes of what he saw.
When he crushes, once for all, the
story of a surprise, he does it with
positive knowledge of the previous or
ders given and received by General
Wheeler and Colonel Wood. The con
versation he had with the men in the
fight are vivid bits of dramatic dia
logue. The whole article is the fullest
as well as the most thrilling account
of the Guasimas fight yet published
and will stand as the historical pic
ture of that famous event. The illus
trations give many of the best known
men in the Rough Riders, and; views
of the country over which they
fought. There are also drawings from
life by the artists H. C. Christy, who
was there.
Episodes of the Santiago campaign
are given in brief and exciting narra
tives. Edward Marshall, .'he hero.c
correspondent who insisted on- dictat
ing his account of the fight while sup
posed to be dying on the field, is now
in a New York hospital and has writ
ten his recollections of the Guasimas
fight. What it means to be shot and
to be in a field- 'hospital expecting
deatn has never been presented so feel
ingly before. What most affected Mr.
Marshall was the unselfishness and
kindness of other wounded men
around him.
Another correspondent, J. E. Cham
berlin of the New York Evening Post,
was in the thick of the fight, and de
scribes "How the Spaniards Fought at
Caney." It is a generous recognition
of what so many officers In the regu
lar army "have commented upon the
brave fighting of the Spanish in the
trenches.
H. C. Christy; an artist represent
ing Scribner's, was on the hill with
Grimes' battery during the San Juan
fight. He writes his personal impressions-
and illustrates em with his
own drawings and photographs.
How "A Warship Community" lives
is described -by W. J. Henderson; the
welL known writer, who is a member
of the Naval Reserves. The illustra
tions are from photographs between
decks of the most famous vessels in'
Sampson's squadron.
The wife of a naval officer, Anna
story of the fleet at anchor at Old
Point.
C. D. Gibson draws the second chap
ter of the story in pictures of "A mew
York Day" giving characteristic
scenes at- noon in the Waldorf, on the
sidewalks and in the park.
The great serial features of Scrib
ner's are continued. Mr. WyckofTa
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THE RUNAWAYS.
At first it was fun, as Dick had
prophesied, but as the darkness closed
about and the stars pricked. one by
one through the purple dusk, their
spirits felt and Meggie clutched nerv
ously ct her protector's arm.
"How far is it," she whispered, con
scious of -much drowsiness. It was her
bed time hour.
If Dick had been alone he would,
perhaps, have cried at this stage. But
Meggie's small, moist fist in his, and
the pathetic sound of her laboring
breath, placed upon him a terrific
sense of responsibility. When he tried
to deny it by scolding her soundly
when she stumbled, her self-restrained
whimper made him feel a brute, and
he gave her -their last sandwich. But
to see 'her munch it made him hungry.
The moon came out. Dick, casting
fearful glances over the dim-lit fields,
found the need of breaking silence.
"It's orful nice, ain't it,!' he said
mournfully.
"Orful," agreed Meggie, and a tear
rolled down her cheek. After that the
conversation lagged.
Meggie was only three, but some day
she would be a woman. Thus it was
that a torn frock and of her best leg
horn, nothing but a remembrance left,
entailed greater woe -than the dark
ness. Dick was five, and a man, and
he thought of bears. So they were
neither of them -happy.
As they toiled through rough stub
ble and broken fields they did not
often pause to rest.
Movement, Dick had found, dulled
the keen terror of sliding shadow
shapes. Meggie now wept openly and
with a vague gratitude that Dick
should have lent her his pocket handkerchief.-Later
she drowsed and dozed
on his shoulder, and if he found her
weight irksome he bore it with few
shrugs.
Presently, however, she was reeling
like one intoxicated, and he, capitu
lating to fate, lowered her to the
ground, covered her with his jacket,
and sat down to reflect. It was a very
awful thirsty minutes. In the moon
light and the lateness of the hour, his
crime assumed proportions that over
whelmed him, and caused him to for
get the bears But weariness overpow
ered him at length. The lanterns of
the searchers discovered the two
curled up like kittens, with their faces
to the moon, their lashes long on their
cheeks, and briar scratches, marks of
conflict, on their tightly curled fin
gers. Dick opened his eyes full on the yel
low glare and saw his father's face.
An impulse rose strong in him to
stretch out his arms crying, "Papa!
Papa!" but he curbed it nobly. Thrust
ing his hands with careful carelessness
into his small pockets he rose, he met
the situation with a gallant readiness
"We took a walk," he asserted.
Meggie got tired."
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