Outing . the gave him the whole story, and,in company with the three upperclass-men, the old gentleman stole up to thechamber to gaze on the sleeping boy. The Senator stood very still, and aftera silent moment he gave a little sighthat was all pride and tenderness. Hesmiled, too, a little sadly, and there wasmoisture in his eyes. Sanborn, Denslowand Carmichael understood. They toosmiled at the sleepers ; and if they inthat moment wished, with a tinge ofregret, that their own days of Freshmanfoolishness were before and not behindthem, why that was surely their privi-lege as up
Outing . the gave him the whole story, and,in company with the three upperclass-men, the old gentleman stole up to thechamber to gaze on the sleeping boy. The Senator stood very still, and aftera silent moment he gave a little sighthat was all pride and tenderness. Hesmiled, too, a little sadly, and there wasmoisture in his eyes. Sanborn, Denslowand Carmichael understood. They toosmiled at the sleepers ; and if they inthat moment wished, with a tinge ofregret, that their own days of Freshmanfoolishness were before and not behindthem, why that was surely their privi-lege as upperclassmen. I am going in to Milwaukee to-night, the Colonels father whis-pered, and then back to the boy that I saw him, and givehim his fathers love. Thank Godthey are not under the ice ! Mayne stirred uneasily in his sleep,and began to mutter. The watchers bent forward. Courage ! he muttered. Stop that,you fools ! Give me your hand ; you,Dorey. Now ! Poor little devils ! said THe NATIONAL GUARD ©F THe STATI ©F i*\AHN! s H. Hall!,, 11(Continued.) AS showing the peculiar opinions onmilitary matters held way backin the thirties, we find the Adju-tant-General in 1839 opposingthe issue of arms by the State tothe militia on the ground the proba-bility is that in a very short timethey would be rendered useless fromwant of proper care, as it is usual forpeople to pay less regard to propertyfurnished in that way than to thatpurchased by themselves. Sometimeswhen inspecting arms and equipmentsI must say I have been inclined to thesame opinion, but of course none of usto-day can agree with this same Adju-tant-General when further on in his re-port he says, If the arms should bestored in an arsenal and the soldierspermitted their use only on days ofmilitary instruction, our militia wouldcease to be the yeomanry of a free re-public and become little better than theserfs and hirelings of despotic seemed to be a spirit in theLegislature of 1845, an
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