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THE HURON SIGNAL FRIDAY, FEB. 21, 18''0.
r THE DESERTER.
By Capt. CHARLES LIIG, U. 1 1
...tueter .,f „!-mow.... Mane a,• "The (,`U40 -
wars DelialfRfer," Marion
Prior,' *t0., Ek.
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11 hJa •ad J sP b especial arrai ret
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PRELUDE
Jen strands mutely looking down ow Use
i sri/swi•g frame of his father's old friend.
Far up in the northwest. along the
banks of the broad, winding stream the
when the first t•wttiatebt *rived. sad
1\e game aodisg uAi.rr,reoogrh�ttblK gala
fraternity at a glance, tvarn.d thatttterd-
ade the limits of ramp that Week de-
clined their eereitete as volunteers on the
iispasdteg and treated them
with tench ca roam tate reatptWoo
of their tea obareedso that the eastern
prim war spbedily Aged with meeting
comment on the Itapalaaea a of ever sb-
duI.g the savyte tribes of the northwest,
when the gw.eranlant intrude the duty
to upstart odliesie of the regular service
whom 'tole eoueapliou of their functions
is to treat with insult and contempt the
hardy frontiersman whose mere presence
v. iU i.he cumulated would be of inaku-
lable benefit. **We have it trout indis-
putable authority," rays The Miner's
Light of Brandy ('ap, "that when our courtesy and geatle]em W wuwyp, sad
esteemed fellow citizen Hank Mulligan became a pet in social circle.. He was
and twenty gallant risotto and riders tike frank, free, uti handed w uh his amen
himself went in a body to (len. — at crates, spending lavishly, -testing"
the cantonment and offered their services with boyish ostentation on all occasions,
as volunteers against the Sioux now de- living quite en grand seigneur, for he
seemed to have a little money corrode
his pay -"a windfall from a good old
duffer of an uucle," aa he had expiataed
it.
to inquire Mao. Now, you might ask
Wile but I cooldb't, don't you know!
Hama, smiting amiably this
w hro the wrathful facie of hie to .
perior. Bi thews oily to maks the indig-
nant caPthe untie wrathful; and so
wonder. These has been no /eve lost b. -
twee, She two .too. Harm joined the
Mere ..4y the previous year. Ile atm
in from evil life, achebred boy, fresh
from college, toil at spirits, pranks, tun
of every kind; a waodertully keen hand
e Mt the Wised cue; a kmwing use at
cards and such games of olumeno ae col-
lege bye excel at; a musician at no
mean psetc done, and an irrrpresrible
ksa4sr in all the troika and frivolities of
his oomrade . He had kapott to popu-
larity from the .tart. Ile tease full of
mutating the botnestea.ls and settlements
of the Upper Missouri and Yellowswue
valleys. they were treated with haughty
and . .. refusal by that land -
box caricature of a soldier and threat- Ilia father, a s&boluly man who had
erred with arrest 1f they did not quit been 1 to an important under
the camp. When will the UnitedStates =office in the state . t during the
learn that its frontiers can never be war of the rebellion, had lived uut his
purged of the Indian scourges 'of .our honored life in Washington and died
civilizat o n until the conduct of affairs poor, as ouch wen oust ever die. It was
- in the flee." is intrusted to other hands - his with that his handsome, sphere,
than them martinets of the drill ground? brave hearted' key should enter the army,
It is needless to remark in this connection and long after the sod had hardened
that the expedition led by Oen. — has over the father's peaceful grave the
proved a ceempiric failure. and that the young fellow donned his first uniform
Indians easily edecaped his clumsily led 1 and went out to juin '•The Raiders."
forms.- High spirited, joyous, full of laughing
The g:upl.lers, though balled for the fun. he was "Pet" Rayne before he had
Ilicwz call the Elk, a train of white top- time being, of course "get square,- and been among there six months. But with -
ped army wagons is slowly crawling . more ten with tie unfortunate general in the year he had trade nee Mer two ens
in this sort of warfare, but they are a die- - wi.e. It could not be said of his that
gusted lot as they hang about the wagon = he thowed that deference to rank and
train as last of all it is being hitched in - station which was expected of a junior
to leave camp. Some victims, 01 course, - officer; and among the seniors were sew -
'battalion so that features are well nigh _ they have secured, and there are no de- end whom he speedily deugnatcdl "un -
indistinguishable. Four .. .. e of
stalwart, sinewy infantry. with their
brown rifles slung over the shoulder, are
deriding along in dispersed order. cover-
ing the exposed southern flank from sud-
den attack, while farther out along the
ridge line. and far to the trent and rear.
cavalry . and scouts are rid-
ing to and fro, searching every hollow
and ravine, peering cantiouely over
every divide." and signaling "halt" or
"forward' as the indications warrant.
And yet not a hostile Indian has bees
neem; not one, even an distant vedette,
has appeared in range of the binoculars,
sine the ecwutc rode in at daybreak to
nay that big bands were in the immediate
neighborhood. It has been a long. hard
work for the tempt, and the
• Indians hlsve been, to ell commands that
boasted strength or mediums, elusive as
the Irabman's flea of tradition. Only to
those whose numbers were weak or
whose movements were hampered have
:they appeared in fighting trim. But
combinations have been too much for
them, and at last they have been "herd-
ed" down to the Elk, have cringed, and
are now seeking to make their way. with
women, children, tepees. dugs. -travois."
and the great pray herds, to the fast -
meows of the Big Horn; and now comes
the opportunity for which an cid Indian
fighter las been anxiously waiting. In
a big cantontnent he has held- the main
body under his command, whde keeping
out constant scouting parties to the east
and north. Ile knows well that, true to
their policy, the Indians will hare scat-
tered into small bands capable of reas-
sembling anywhere that signal' smokes
may call them, and his orders are to
watch all the croesings of the Elk and
nab thew as they came into hie district
Ile watches, despite the fact that it is
his profound convict' that the Indians
will be no such ie1i014 as to come just
where they are wanted. and he is in no
wise astonished when a courier comes in
on jaded horse to tell him that they have
"double" un the other column and are
now two or three dame march away
down stream, "making for the big bund."
His own scouting parties are still out to
the eastwarel; be can pick theta up as
be goer He sends the main body of his
infantry, a regiment Ocularly known as
••The Riflers." to push for a landing
some fifty miles down stream, scouting
the lower valley of the Sweet Retie on
the 'way. }de sends his wagon train,
guarde.l by four companies of foot and
two of horsemen. by the only practi-
cable mal to the lend, while he, with
ten seasoned "truopi' of his pet regi-
ment, the -th cavalry. starts forthwith
on a long detour in which he lumpy to
"mune up" meth bands ane inay have
slipped away from the general rush.
Even as 'i.o4 and na.Wle•s" is sound-
ing. other couriers come riding in from
Lieut. Crane's party. Ile has sten k the
trail of a•hig band.
When the morning sun dawn* on the
turewtue valley in which the canteen-
menestle.' but the May before it illu-
mines an almost deserted village. and
brings no joy to the •souls of same two -
rte ore of embitter••l civilians who had ar-
rived °sly the day previous, and ere
unanimous verdict is that the arm is a
fraud and ought to be abolished. For
four montlue or more Sonne three reei-
tuente Mel been camping, Scenting,
neighing it thereabouts is with not a cent
of pay. Then tante the smelly exciting
tidings that a boat was: em the way up
the Missouri with a satrap orf the pay de-
partment, vast St,re of sIa.kela and a
strong guard, and an a ronwgquenCe there Piet carte lock from the front. and Capt.
woul.l be sense 2,000 men around the Hall directed as. to give you tela compli-
rantonment with pockets full of money wenn and w that we would ramp in
and no one to help th.•m Spehd it. and **hand yonder, sone he would like you
nothing suitable to spend it on.. It was to ped strong pickets sad have a double
a Baty all enemas owed to th.-teerittw'y gnarl to -night."
to hasten to the scene sine gather in foe "}lave me pet doulee guar.lte llow
local circulation ail that was obtainable Lhe devil 'ken 1►. riper' me to do that
of that di t, nth.•rwiew• the curse after marching all days'
of the army might get ahead eif them. "I did not inquire. sir, he might have
and the boys would gamble it away told me 'meta none d my business, don't
among 1 or Spend it for vik yogi know Y And Mr. Hays. has the in -
whisky rnanufartard for their Sole Sufferable hardihood to wink at the
benefit. Gallatin Valley was emptied of battalion ad,ut.MM-a Youth of two years
Its prominent practitioners in the gaaae Ioagrr ,trviot thew hi. own.
Ed poker. Tb. stream Was Waeh with - "Well, Mr. Hayne. this 1. no matter
w'll chino" bats and other ctwtt. - for levity." says Sayer". angrily. "What
Where was a reek for the t dose Capt. Hall meds to d° with hie own
abet rivaled the multitudes of the minims ruse. if I'm to oda the Ward,
Bari but all too late. "That is seethe petit. Capt. Rayner.
siiiward. The October jun is hot at
aeolty, and the dust from the loose
soil rises like heavy smoke and powders
every face and form in the guarding
vices of commanding officers which can conscionable old duffers" and treated
protect their men against those sharks of . with as little semblance of respect as a
the prairie.; when the went are second lieutenant could exhibit and be
bound to tempt providence and play. pennittd to live. Rayner prophesied of
There are two scowling faces in the ear- - him that, as he had no balance and was
alry escort that has been left lack with burning his candleat both ends, he wiiuld
the train. and Capt. Hull, the command- come to grief in short order. Hays re-
ing officer, has reprimanded Sergts. I torted that the only balance that Rayner
Clancy and (lower in rouging terms for had any respect fur was one at the bank -
their absence from, the command during er's, and that it was notorious in Wa..h-
the night. There is little question where Ingtou that the captain's father had made
they epvut it, and both have been "clean- most of his money iu government con-
ed "rat." %%eat malice it worse, both - tracts., and that the captain's original
have 1e,4 money that beeeiged to other _ commission in the regulars was secured
:nen in the roi tuend, and they are in through well paid congressional influ-
badl odor acworlingly. en e. The fact that Ray ner had elevel-
The long day's march has tempered the oped into a good officer did not wipe out
joviality of the entirecotumn. Itis near the r•collectien of these facts; and he
.rundown •and still they keep plodding could have throttled Hayne for reviving
onward. waking fora greasy level on the - them. It wag '•a game(! it-. and take."
river bdhk a good mile farther. said the youngster; aria* "behaved
••Old hull ,Berme bound to leave the himself" to 'lime who were at ail decent
sports as far behind as possible, If he has in their manner to him.
to march us until midnight," growls the It was a thorn in Rayner's flesh. there -
battalion adjutant to his immediate emu. fore. when Ilavne joined from leave of
inlander. "11y thunder! one would think absence, after experiences not every
he was afraid they would get in a lick at officer would care to encounter in get -
leis own pile." ting back to his regiment. that Capt.
•• flow ouch did you say he was carry- Hull should hare induced the general w
ing'f' asks Capt. Rayner, checking his detail him in place of the invalided field
home for a moment to look lack over quartermaster when the cowman,' was
the valley at the long, dust enveloped divided. liayne would have Igen a
column. junior subaltern in Rayner's little bat -
"Nearly three thousand dollars in one talion but for that detail, and it annoy..l
wad " the captain more seriously than he would
-How does be happen to have such a confess.
sign "It r all an outrage and a blunder to
•• wry. Crane bet his pray accounts pick out a boy like that," he growls be -
with him. Ile drew all that was due his tweet) his set troth as Hayne canters
mei who are off with Crane -twenty of blithely away. "Here he's fern away
there -for they had signed the rolls be-
from the regiment all summer long,
fore going. and were expeckad track eo• having a big time and getting head over
Jay. Therm he heed sane six hundred dol-
lars couhpe ny fund; and the sten of his rc'p'we tl.ee put hire in charge u( time
troop asked him to take care of a good
train as field quartermaster. It's
deal weeks.. The old roan has, hero with putting a premium on being young and
theta son many years they look upon him cheeky - l sides abs.•uteeisw," he com-
as a father and trust him ata implicitly as tineas, crowing L�acker ecru minute.
they would a savings bank.-
captain, answers his adjutant,
"That's all very well." answer~ Ray- injudiciourly, ••I think you don't give
racer: 'but 1 wownl in't want to carry any Hayne credit for coming back on the
such awn with rate." Jump the moment we were ordered out.
It's different with Bull's ern, cap It was no fault of his he could nut reach
tain. They are ordered in through the ung Hr took chances I wouldn't talc."
poste and settlements. They have a "Oh. yes! you kidsa11swear by 'Layne
three week* march aloud of them when
because he's a g.sed fellow and sings a
they get through their "clot. and they idle eon.; and plays the piano -an -1
want their money on the way. It was poker. One of these days he'll swamis
only after they had drawn it that the you all, sure as sheeting. Hee in de -ie
news came of the indianea' ern -.sing, and now, and it'll fetch him before you know
of our taring to jump for the warpath. it. What he needs s t, be under a caps
Everybody thought yesterday morning roan who could discipline him a little.
that the campaign was about over so far By Jove. 1'd do it!" And Rayner's teeth
as we areeinicernol. Hallos! herr come emphasize the assertion.
young ilayue. Now, slat (love fit The young adjutant think• it advisable
want?'to say nothing that may provoke further
Riding a quick. ni'rvous little bay vehemence. .111 the sanu',ehe re -mem -
troop hors., a slim built officer. with berg Rayner'. hitternets of manner, and
boyish fare, laughing blue eves, and leas abundant cause to.
sunny hair. conies loping up the long When the next morninz len•aks, chill
prairie wave; he shouts cheery greeting and pallid.•a change has come in the as -
to one or t*o brother suhalternes who p.'t of affairs. (luring the earliest hour
are plelding thong beside their nu•n, and t•1 the dawn the rd light of a light
exchange* tonne taorry chuff with Lieut. draught river boat startled the outlying
Ruts. who is prone to growl at the luck pirk.ts down strewn, and the Far Wast,
which has kept him afoot and given to ,in.wering the muffled hail from shone,
this favored youngster a "mount" and a responded, thr ueli the medium of a
temporary 'staff position. The lsoy's mate's .t•nt►rian terms. '•News that'll
spirits anti fun s,s m to jar on Rayner's rout you fellows out. The sun is hardly
nerves. H. regards him blackly as he peeping over the jugged) outline of the
rides gracefully towards the battalion eastern Mlle when. with Rayner's entire
• and with der idedly non- battalion aboard, she is steamer; again
chal:tnt .ate• of manner wind au "oft- down stream. with order's to land at the
hand' salute that has an air *!gout it a meeuth of the Sweet Root. There the four
saying, "I do this wtrt of thing became (sermonise will disembark in readiness
one has to, but it doesn't really mean tse jib she net of the regiment.
anything. you know,".Mr.'Jayne women .%11 dray long again the wagon train
his superior:le eta nil wriggle thr,ugh :an *Men
"Ah, good evening. captain. I have eviction of Les Manvaiaos Terve. it is
a tedious, trying march for Hull's little
crnu►nand of troopers -all that is now
left to quant thee train. The captain is
conetaitly int on the exposed flank,
eagerly evanning the rough country to
the enuth. and exp e.-tnnt any moment of
an attack from that direction. He and
his men, ns well as the home, mules and
leamst re. are fairly tired tout when at
nightfall they park the wagons in a big
setiecirrlc, with the broad river forming
• Mining chord to the are of white can -
ow All the live stork are safely herded
within the inelnuure: a few reliable sol -
diem all potted well nut to the south
and east to toast against surprise, sad
the veteran i(ergt. Clancy is pat in com-
mand of the sentries. The oaptaia styes
drict in junoti.ne as to the Importance
of these duties. fer he le far frap es4
Command was ammo pa.khlg up which f bad not the regattas. effrontery sin his mind over the abutted'. The
Butts, he knows, bra over in the
of the Sweet Root 11e etthonervitaviea
Bgsur's men is fled up at the bank
soma five utiles hsbw, around tbs bead.
The -th are far off to the northward
across the Elk, as ordered, and must be
a psatiag on the morrow to make lar
the old Indian "ferry" opposite BatltU
Bulla. The main body at the Sioux are
reported farther down abteam, but he
feels it in his buses that Shen are num-
bers of them within algal, and he
wishes with all his heart the -t4 were
here. Still. the' general was more be
would a►ir up war parties os the other
shore. Individually, he has had very
little luck to scouting during the sum-
mer, and he cannot help waiving he
were with the'reet of the crowd instead
of herr, train guardutg.
Presently Mr. Mayne appears, elastic
and debonair as though he had mot leen meaning: -We have found a big party
working like a horse all day. Ilia voce of ha
how 's. They are in strong puaition,
sounds .o full of cheer and life that Ilull and hive us at disadvantage. Bayne*
!wits up smilingly.w with his four M hurrying te
••Well, , you seem to love _ us. Leave all wagons with the boat
this frontier life." under guard, and conte with every horse
"Every bit of it, captain. 1 was cut and man you can bring."
out for the army, as father thought." Before 7 o'clock the wagons are parked
"We used to talk it over a good deal ekww along the bank betide the liar
in the old days when 1 was stationed West, and Hall. with all the men he can
around Waehingtot ," answers Hull. muster -rune fifty- -is trotting ahead on
"Your father was the wannest friend I
had in civil circles, and he made it very
pleasant fur me. How little we thought
it would be my luck to have you for
"The fellows seemed' struck all of •
heap in the Riders at the ideate your ap-
plying for we, captain. I was ready to
swear it was all on father'i amount, and
would have told theta so only Rayner •
happened to be the tiro' nun to tackle
one on the rubjeet, and le war so crusty
alma" it I kept the whole thing to u►' self
rather than give him any satisfaction."
"Larry, my boy, I'm no preacher. but
I want te tet• the friend to you your
father was to me. You art- full ief en-
thusiasm and life and spirits, and you
love the army wars and hate made
yourself very popular with the young-
sters, but 1'w afraid you are too careless
and independent where the genion are
concerned. Rayner is a good soldier,
and you show him very scant respect,
I'm MM."
'• Well, he's such an interfering fellow.
They =will all tell you I'm rtspcetful
enough to -to the captains 1 like --
"That's just it. Lawrence. So lone as
you like a man your inanner is what it
should be. What a young er►ldier aught
mimeo is to be oourteous and respectful
to senior officers whether he likes them
or not. 11 costa an effort . , . Pe o . ,
but it tells. You never know what
trouble you are laving up for yourself in
the army by buckin;; against mei roll
don't like. They may not be in pe
Thin to resent it at the time, but the time
is mighty apt to come when they will be.
and then you are helpless."
-Why. Capt. Hull. i don't see it that
way at all. It sterns to roe that so long
as an (!Neer attends to his duty, minds
hie own tweets -en, and behaves like a
gentleman. no one can harm him, es-
pecially when all the good fellows of the
regiment are his friends, as they are
dein, i think, in the Milers.
•'Ah. Ilavne. it is a hard thing to teach
a youngster that -that there are men
wisp And it very easy to make their ju-
nior. lives a burden to theist. and with-
out overstepping a regulation. it is
harder yet to say that friends in the
army are a good deal like friends out of
it -one only has to get into serious
trouble to find how few they are.
God grant you may never have to learn
it. my boy. as many another has had to,
by sharp experience! Now we must get
a good nigher rest. You step likes log,
1 see, and i can only take cat naps. Cos -
found this money! flow I wish I could
get rid of it r'
"Where do you keep it to -night?"
"Right here in my saddlebags under
my head. Nobody can touch them that
I do not wake; and my revolver is here
under the blanket. Hold on! Let's take
a kook and see if - thing he all right."
Ile holds a little camp lantern over the
b,c.gs, .'gena the flap, and peers, in. "Yes,
all serene. I got a big hunk of green
waling wax (rein the paymaster and
sealed it all up in one package with the
memorandum list inside. ICs all wale so
far, oven to the hunk of sealing wax.
-What is it. sergeant?"
A tall. soldierly, dark eyed trooper ap-
pears at the doorway of the little tent,
and raises hi* gauntleted hand in salute.
His language, though couched in the
p' , of the seedier, tells Moth in
choice of words and in the intonation of
every phrase that he is a man whose an-
tecedents have been far different from
thong of the majority of the rank and
tile:
"Will the captain permit me to take
my horse and those of three or (oder more
mem outside the corral? Sergi. Clancy
- rays he Mut no authority to allow it. We
hare found a patch of excellent gram,
air, and there is hardly any left inside. 1
will hep by my picket pin. and nue of
us will keep awake all one tier, if the
captain will permit."
"How far away is it.
"Not aeventy-flvc yard*, sir -close to
the river bank east of tu."
"Very well. Send Hergt Clancy here.,
and 111 give the necessary orders."
The giddier quietly salutes, and (limp -
pears in the gathering darkness
"That's what 1 like about that man
(lower." says the captain. after a mo-
ments silence. "He is always looking
out for his horse. if he were not such a
gambler and rake he wane make a
splendkd first sergeant. nes looking fel-
- low, isn't her
'Yee. Sir.rs ML
n.a1.I' t well forget Who was the other
eerwesit yew I for getting
!terror by those sharps at the canton-
mann-
"Clancy?
anton-" Clancy? He's on glnrd tonight A
very different charectier."
••1 don't know him by eight es yet
Well. good -night, sir. 1'11 take myself
- ti and go to my owe test. -
Daybreak again. and far to the east
the sky is all &blas.. The mitt le creep
rng taxa the hest shallows sailer She
blabs, but all le life arta vim along alas
s$. eWith sometime whip. huRi$g
es, ess.rwe iffetphemy, trod ringing
.hoot. the lung train it whirling aimed what W do with them --as 1 told you bet
almost at the run. All is *thrill with night."
excitement, and bearded faces have a Hamm only kooks iltapiohngiy at hila:
strange, set look about the )awe, and You are nut going W Mauve me here,
eyes glean with esger light and peer j captain?'
asarohingly tram wry rise tar over to ( •' Yes, Rayne. You can't go with ua
the seathsnal where Mande a tumbling Bark! Thereat W. right. Are
hemp of hills against the lightening sky. the packages all r*?'
''(,M then, are they?" says 1B beady Syne. with tldmgad facdtMu, think -
trooper, dismounting heathy to *him ing dilly of the obeli. ba kap to make
up the "chit*" of his weather beaten I --trot of the one he has to keep -replies
saddle. ' • W e can make it quick enough, be knows not what. There is a ringing
's soon as we get rid of these blasted bugle call far off among the rocks to the
wagons." Mute. swinging into saddle I westward; a rousing cheer; a rattling
again, he goes wintering duwn the slope, volley. Rayner wings off S his aura
his charger srwrtiug w ith exhilaration is an the hillside. Hull spun iP front of
the keen weenies air. bis eager troop, bolding high bis
Before dawn a courier has galloped hand:
Wm camp, bearing a dispatch from the "Now, men, follow till 1 drop;
wmuutnding oflicer of the Riders. It then keep ahead! Conte our
rams but few words, but they are full of There is a furious sputter of hoofs, a
rush of excited steeds up the gentle slope,
a glad outburst of eheera *s they sweep
across the ridge and out of sight then
the claimer and yell of frantic battle;
and when at last it diem away, the rulers
are patting over the hard won position
and shaking hands with some few silent
They have carried tete
ridge, captured the migrating vddt�a,
squaws, ponies, travois, and pappooses;'
their "long Toms" have sent many •
the trail of Rayner'e battalion. With stalwart warrior to tie mythical billet -
hint rider )Ir. Hayne, eager and en- ing grounds, and the peppery winners
thusiastie. Before 10 o'ekx•k, far up triumph is complete.
Meng the slimes they see the blue line of But Lawrence Hayne, with all the
skirtuislters. and the knots a rem -ryes light gone from his brave young face,
farther down. all at a nand. In ten stands mutely looking down upon the
minutes they ride with foaming reins in stiffening frame's( his father's old friend,
behind -a km= ridge on which. fiat on and hi* who lies shot through the LL. "
their face% and cautioualy peering over
the crest. sine hundred infantrymen
are dirpusedl. Others, ootfcers and Ale
clusters, are moving to and Iry in rear.
They aro of Rayner's battalion. Far-
ther lack, down in a ravine, a donut
fortes are . 1 upon the turf,
and others are bending over thew, min-
istering to the nerds of those who are
not pmt help already. Several officers
crowd around the leading le irvenien and
Hull orders: •'Balt. diwtunt and Memo
girths." The grave face "how that the
infantry has had poor luck. and the min
uation 1. summarized in a few words,
The Indians are in force .. , tbs
ravines and ridges opposite theta and
confronting the six c.aatpanies farther
over to the west. Two attacks have been
made, but the Indian tire swept every
approach. and both were I.
Se•serel *Milers were shot dead, others
severely wounded. Lieut Warren's leg
is shattered below the knee; Capt. Blount
is killod.
"Whore a Itayners" asks Hull, with
grave face.
.lu"t gone off with the chief to kern Ir Leers Kelleher S..ap is a deliele -
at things over on the othter front. The fel sh.mt..se• It cleaners the scalp and
colonel is hopping. He is bound to have darkens very hair. lm
those Indiana out of there or drop a -try-
ing. They'll be bank in a Minnie. The
general had a rousing fight with Dull
Knife's people down the river last even-
ing. You missed it again. Hall; all the
-th were there but F and K. and. of
course. old Firewater wants to make as
big a hit here."
"The -th fighting down the river last
night' asks Hull, in amase.
"Yes -swept clean round them and
ran 'em into the stream, they say. 1
wish we heel them where we could see
'em at all. You don't get the g'' pee of
a head, even; but all those rocks are
lined with the beggars. Ihsn i them!"
rays the adjutant, feelingly.
-Weill get our chance Mee. then,'. re-
plies !lull, reflectively. • I'll creep up
awl taro• :f look at it. Take tuy horse.
He hi back in two minutes, graver
than before. but has bearing Is spirited
and fitm. 11ay1w watches hits with
kindling eye.
••You'll take me in with you when you
charge':" be ask+.
"It is nu place to charge there. The.
ground is alt rut up with- rat hies and
gullies. and they've got :► cr.-. tire that
sweeps it clean. We'll probably go in
on the other thank; it'e metre open there.
Here conics the chief mw."
Twooficers come riding hastily around
a prej..•ting paint of the slope and spur
To az
ODDS AND ENDS.
A utile le.Vase, flew dad Ines, 1. Re
Ialed by the wigwag et nes.
Nest ton dere , fur solid
.omfort give us an old boot.
r/aard's tads a '.t turas ssandrss.
An Indirect was .-f wetness a drink of
Water at many • house is to ask for a
third cup .d tea.
Small Sugar -Coated Burdock P.1!s do
set gripe or eiekeu. 'Prey are mild and
.*0taal. feu
T • Orator --••What s it, mrd
'bearers• that drives 'nen to drink,"
Voice from the back east) --"Balt Ube'
Pale. weak women used • tonic,
strength ¢so me. teeth building medicine
like Milburn's Beef, iron and t4ine. 1m
"What can rine such a finish to a
num as a tender woman's face T' asks a
enter. A tender w.,mat'a scrabbisg
brash.
A Chinese newspaper has entered up
on its two -thousandth volume. It has
met p retty much all its original sutturit
ere.
A 141. nava/.
• I had been tr.uh'ed for about 35
pears with biliousness and liter
plaint, aria after using •begot th
isottka ,1 Burdock Blood Bitten I fee
entirely relieved, and have tett lied an
attack fur two years.-
Josiiie GAMEY,
2 -
Maxwell, Ont
sargtwt laeeatta apes a Lieseas.
The other morn.,,g Keeper Havens, of
the Ones zoo, performed a very delicate
e.pe rot ten.
114. silver lents, Mollie, chewed ep
• piece 4.1 raw beef, which the butcher
had ch.•pped up with a cleaver, leaving
✓ eme fragments of boas in the flesh. !tit
is nut the cu.:om of the keeper to sire
the stun,*:& flesh that contains any bone
at alt. in this ioatance • large sliver
• if 14 ns pierced the lioness guru on the
..ergine . f the jaw, tett to *hi cheek.
just hel•ow the left eye.
The plats swelled ep and festered, and
the animal plaited a Rraat deal of pair.
Her head was &rotten and she was ut
ab'e to eat.
Yesterday meriting Keeper havens
went to the ease, and by coating the
Ilene ow he sot her to lie down, and he
at rapid gait to s trds the ape where the then slipped Tepee over her fore feet,
cavalry lace dismounted atm are breath- stretching them toe either side of the cage
ing their Meows. There is hardly thee and tying them securely.
Meows.forsalutations. A gray 'wade!. keen Mollie kicked and 'traveled totil the
eyed. florid facet! old soldier is the col-
keeperf •ndled her awhile After she
cert, and he is snapping with electricity, was secured he referred the cage •11 alone,
apparently:. and, taking her head between his knees.
-This way, Hull. Come right here, and he cat • small iaciucn in the cheek.
took his lance and drew not the ahver,au
show you what you are to doe' And, inrh in knvth.
followed hr Rayner, (lull and Hayne, He did the work all seine, and no one
the chief rides sharply over to the ex- e1.e was present during the
teem- left of the position and points to of the operation.
the frowning ridge across the Yesterday afternoon, •f ser she had
rwnlr' been released 'event' hours, he visite.
"There. (lull; there are twenty or the cage, and she met tnm with a gran
y rho ascals to therewho get a red lo•.k, hwiding the wound up to th
flank firof on usrwhen we attack 00 ear hen -.f the rage as it she were glad that
side. What 1 want you to do is to mount h. had performed the •operation that re -
moor amen, let them draw pistol and he Hewed her, and she appeared at docile
all ready. Rayner. here, will line the and kindly as a kitten, although she had
ridge to keep them down in front. 111 born fierce and resentful before. -Allen
go hark to the right and order the attack to Cowtitution.
at once. The moment we begin and you -
hear our shote, you give a yell, andThe worldwide reputation of Ayer s
chart. n, full tilt acmes there. toas t+drive i Saruparilla w the natural meet ei its
out these fellows In that ravine. We can value as a blood medIcint,
do the rest. Do yon I?•' clothing, in the whole t ia,
"1 understand, colonel; but —i it your .Rents more aatoni.h.ng result., in sera•
order that I attempt to chs,;e ntoanted fula. rheuma:isn, general debility, and
acres* that ground?" 'all firms of blood disease, than this rem-
•' Why, eertainlyl It isn't the best in edy.
the world, but you can 'Rieke it They
easel do very 'much damage to your men Mn Wm Di Ken, Hr.eefield, died on
before yon reach thein. It's got to be
Wednesday, 6t\ haat., at the ate n( 63
done: it's the only way." es-
teem. Kith was i11 about three weeks.
"Very gond. sir; that en.lt itr "i. um in her death the village has Met an es-
caln, ud.lierty reply; and the eoton."' timahle citizen, mobs was widely knotrn
fee her kindly, houpitahler and sheritshle
goes bounding away.
A moment Tater the troop 1s in saddle, disposition She leaves a husband and
eager. wiry, bmn*ed feA.wa every one,!side Ices of s faithisl wife and ever kind
rwn and daerbtwr M swerve the imps:-
and the revolvers are in hand and being
arefully rxsminrtl. Tl►en t ;agar. Hell and loving mother. The remains were
c
signal. t Ray net and interred is the Chants cemetery on the
gra1 e . to ayrte, while three
Thursday folio* ing.
or four soldier% sit in ailerons• watching i
the man who in to Mad the . harge. ire To Ter gime . -Pliant inform year
dismounts at a little knoll a few feet I much. that i hart •esiiive rssaedy
away, tomes his Heim to the trumpeter fe'r the ahov. nulled Jima m By Ste
and Sheri to his addle hams_ l tame, too, tensely use dummied* of bop.i.se arm
dsa°u'bta have hear nermasseellp eared. i tut be
Taking hit watch and chain from the sled to •end two buttes mai fay fundy
pocket of his hunting chart, he opens the ' mai t, .57 dr , malars who have
saddle bag on the sear aide anti take. ! pitie•u if flay win sage two thaw two packets -oat heavily and P. 0 adhesive.malls!{-which N Mai is Rayne lady, De T. hAb000s,
olio case 1 -don't muse back, yea MOW jp 144 N. Adelaide at, Taunts, Ost
NEWS OF Til
u.nn. sear
Mi....pihr muse. gum
kat.
Tran bas been a Leavy
▪ The Union Naar rail.
with alder,
Awn LLL, lase nearly let
within its bdxdua
itod^beArr was viitsd b;
aagratloa Thursday.
The goods in Ongun ail
ars sow pad
Negri, residents of lar
*ration to Africa..
Mx Muumuu' people ane
Rev. Ur. Talmage in It
Four man were tautly fly hi
of gasoline at Altoona, I's
An Amerkan stoicism. r
sad crew .d a foundering
Fire ddwtn,yel the big
by dal Ames bun Mattiat
The water (runt at
swept by Are, the dater!
The old k*uinotivr *or
1'. were bk.wu down
Burt
&mem men, .4 whom
were whipped at Norma
Jay.
A clerk in the expiring
pocketed WAG and rkil
day.
Nine mingle.' bodies 1
from a railway work r
t ►regia,
Ruta Wads died at
tnat.rdny, at the well •
III: yam.
The Anterims Buildlnl
t esu of Minneapolis, has
up Its affairs
The Novae. tedious
up to revolt and threat
white settle s.
Cowed IS. Jordan Wu
deet of the Lennox Bill
1eaA littlechilded. end w
from era aaean woman%
late cream drupe.
Hos. W. P. Nichols,
been elected amiseta.t b
pal diet.. of California'
4.barw.w of drunk. -tine
ben& 1iI.-d against the .r
Mates revenue eutt•r k
Frank M. Clark, a I
1 proceedings
worth of property to 1*
Report., that Serretar
was abut lu rt.+ign v
kt•aabtugU,a. 11.- i -'.uu
Use brawcb of the !
Lure las k•galia d a t
whereat there is excite
-Iter case which mine
4 the aoarehlets at 1
before the United Dtste
review.
Me Abeam shaft, t
Reading Coal and 1re,
oddlirry chord down, ar
ant out.
taut• attorney lith
the .tatenuat that an a
to obtain the rename ue
ens penitentiary, raid
-The rumour, as the p
brought before the Chip
Tbrre was a very e
Pas Au nose Cu&gre
Friday. when the Jen
complained of the Woe
tailing. and thngtenet
twine the date for ad).N
1114.4.1.
r, ins
heir (Tsars 1.)111e bad
The Hank of Paris w.
siau loss of $101.,0111,1111
(ire. Selamada. ,apt
land of l'uba, i.• deed
1 rinse Henry of Rat
his retoru 4. liuglusi.
Signor Ifer:ukrt'u..
d Kar liar peesome
A roinmer•ml trre!
toren l:ermauy-amt T
The Australian le
.exernd in Melbourne b
There ba a likelihood
evtor tieing appointed
i:witserlsnd bar. so
onvitatiot to as turet
ewe.
The Frmcla Warr..
ailed upon t, explain
CM -
During the peat you
Pmyinr•Isl Hanka 11
tl5n.
Thr rrensier of Vic
president .if the Awed
!arrear
The number of k
YonmoutWairr, mine
at W0
The Queen Dowel
Portugal have agreed
inn, two parts.
German Afatsimen
ratifkatiree of the
American Renate.
The British (l,erern
tit .f:LS pi- .ret. fens
-deer sorest
The poste leer' tl
• is tafate. end
t .r•• isw7arp:1
The r.rebb>lshi• a of
;.arks y t ,entreat fun
trued• fent in ryery D
A p1.* has been fr
)wet of which was 4i
and hand htnlgaria e,
Kir Otto Trevelya
1*nreehirr, declared
r*'47 dsreuki ap,IIsi
A decree& by the
bury in the camel 11
eroded a prof•t
Merck*
A ogler of Tel
faatry, earl tatteri-
are• to be called out I
lions.
The Frnn.h ( lost
lin aline of the a ran
t..ry row'iits/a, and
pt4ae.e with ab.srttp
n►arkat
111. repel -tali tin
has ragas ted the
Eagle* squadron to
vel mar evrea.
its reported tba
Is a victim of mal
debts tremble ►1m in
Iia has to M ekrsly
Asti-lesgtii dna
various parts of Pea
le aauaad a rine Pis
repeldiese impure a
The h•Ilr. *Mew
Text nee Dec. St
beam bra Law w1
Outs Calms. 110
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