 | POOR SAM DUNCAN. Saratoga in 1901 |  |
POOR SAM DUNCAN.
“`Don't mention it,' said Sam,—`don't!' and then my old
friend Duncan turned away and looked sadly out of the window.
I slipped up to him, and said I, `Sam, won't you dine to-day in
Duncan Hall?'
“`No—no, Moon' stammered Sam, as he brushed a tear from
his eye, `I'm too poor now—I've lost everything. I'm stopping
at a quiet boarding-house in Ballston, but I thought I must come
and see the place where we had such good times before the war.'
“Lord!” said Moon, “how mean he made me feel!—and then
I took Sam Duncan's hand and pulled him into the old Duncan
dining-room, and I ordered the best dinner the boys could get
up. We had woodcock, trout, and champagne and Santa Cruz
rum out of the
| POOR SAM DUNCAN. Saratoga in 1901 | |