The La Grange Journal. (La Grange, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 19, 1898 Page: 1 of 4
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CHAPTER X.
That night the rlflera, seven com-
panics, were whirled away by apeclal
train to the rescue of the railway
•hops. and roundhouaes at Cimmaron
Springs, a hundred miles to the north.
One of those unaccountable maniaathat
prompt men to appropriate other peo-
ple's property bad seized upon the em-
ployes of the road. The Valley division
had been forced to abandon all trains,
and It was only a question of time, said
fbe ringleaders, when the Mountain di-
vision would follow suit. Passenger
and cattle, fruit and freight trains were
blockaded. The malls, sent through ot
Brat with a single oar, were presently
belated, thea blocked entirely, and
Uncle Sam, who had been showing hla
teeth for twenty—four horurs, now
showed hla band. Ip the old days of
Sedgwick it was the cavalry that was
perpetually being bustled off on the
warpath, leaving tlhe Infantry to hold
(he fort, but of late the Indians had
kept the peace and the cavalry the post.
Then crane the sudden outbreak of
trouble on an eastern road, the swift
assurance of sympathy from brethren
In the weat, and then s strike that
speedily established the fact that there
were still savages In the valley of tlhe
Bravo, for men who tried to stand to
(heir duty were kicked and battered
into pulp, and helpless women and chil-
dren were burned out of house and
home.
The colonel was in no wise eager to
go on any such mtaalon. He kept at
the metaphorical front, but the actual
rear, of his men, secure in the pre-
caution that cool-headed Capt. Hayne
was forward on the pilot of the en-
gine. If the trestle work were sawed
away or bridges burned at inconvenient
points, HayDe would not be apt to let
the train stumble into the pitfall. It
was nearly dawn before the special
reached Santa Fe Junction, but the
riders marched thither soon after mid-
night, leaving tnuny weeping wives at
home. They had not the stoicism of
those women long schooled in such
calamities—the ladies of the cavalry.
Buxton succeeded to the command of
the post and its garrison, now made up
of one big squadron of the —th, four
troops, and Capt. fllinker’a battery pf
mounted artillery, ond what fairly pos-
tered Buxton was why the colonel
should have sent for Mr. Merrlam with-
in tCn minutes after the dispatches be-
gan coming In just after retreat, and
Mcrriam wouldn't tell.
The llrBt dispatch was from depart-
ment headquarters, and bade the
colonel hold Ills entire regiment ready
for instant duty and a journey by rail.
Bux was with him when it came, and
together they had gone to the office.
Then was handed In another, which the
oolonel read but did not pass over to
his seoond in command. On the con-
trary he thought a bit and sent for
Mr. Merrlam, and took him to one side
and bad a conversation with him of
live minutes’ duration that was inaudi-
ble to everybody else. Bux did catch
a word or two, but could make of it
nothing that did not stimulate hla curi-
osity. “Killed," “Mescnlero moun-
tains.” “written statement”—"McLane
—only 83," were some of them, and
when he took the commanding officer's
desk the next day he ransacked it to
find that dispatch, sqpposing It to be
something official. It was only semi-
official, said the operator. It came
from department headquarters, but
was addressed to the colonel personal-
ly, not In his capacity as post com-
mander, consequently it was not Bled,
and Bux couldn’t find it.
The guard had to be reduced, and
Buxton gave orders accordingly—a ser-
geant, three corporals, 12 sentries for
four posts, and the Inevitable and in-
dispensable orderly for the command-
ing officer being all now authorized,
since both battery and troop command-
ers had to keep up their stable guards,
lint Buxton insisted on a lieutenant «s
oflloer of the guard, and, as luok would
have It, the man direoted to relieve the
infantry sub starting off with hla regi-
ment was Randolph Merrlam.
lie had hastened home to let Florence
know It was the rlflera, not the cav-
alry, that were summoned thla time,
and instead of finding her somewhat
tranquillized was distressed to see
lraces of continued. If not greater,
agitation. Mrs. Hayne, of courae, had
been hurried home. Florenoe had left
tho sofa ond was nervously pacing the
little room. He heard her rapid foot-
steps as he let himself in pt the door
below, but as he bounded up the stairs
she hurried to the window and stood
U lining ngnlnst the sash, her back to-
ward him as entered.
Closing the door and hastening to
her, Merrlam took her In hla arms and
turned her face to his. It was hot ond
flushed. The eyea were atlll red with
weeping, the lids* swollen and dlaflg-
■ured.
me to come on'a matter entirely
business."
“Oh! what business have you to have
business of any kind with her—now?"
“1 do not yet know, Florence,” he
answered, slowlyreleaslng her, and hla
tone changing to one In which pain and
reproach were mingling now, “I have
not seen her; Indeed she refused to
ace me.”
“You said Capt. Grafton purged you
to come. What right had he if she
didn’t mean to see you?” .
“That remains to be explained, Flor-
ence. I have had no time to inquire.
Indeed, I have not felt sufficient inter-
est. Mrs. Grafton said the lady had
declined to see anybody, and had gone
back to bed, prostrated again.iposslbly.
1 was most anxious to come to you,
my wife, little dreaming what welcome
was In store for me. Florence, dear, la
it possible—is it credible that you have
let that poor woman come as a torment
Into your life aud nftke you so unjust
to me? 0, my little soldier girl, is this
just to either of us?”
“Tell me this!" ehe demanded, sud-
denly facing him and looking into hit
troubled eyes. “Is there any buidness
—can there be any reason why she
should wish to see you—alone?’’
Merrlam hesitated. “Florence,” he
began, “there are matters sometimes
made known to a man that he must
divulge to no one. I do not know what
she desires of me, but I believe it Is
her wish to learn all I know about that
poor fellow who was killed up the
Mcscalero last June—nothing else.”
“And needs a private interview with
her rejeoted lover for that purpose!”
she Interrupted, her eyes flashing anew.
The child was Indeed a woman. “Oh.
1 hate her! 1 hate her!” she cried,
throwing herself passionately upon the
sofa, and then Merrlam cried: “Hush!"
for some one was knocking at the door.
It was the servant, their oblique-eyed
Chinaman, with a note. “My knockee
tlee times,” he grinned. “All time
talkee—talkee; no listen.”
It was a brief summons lo relieve
Lieut. Henry Id command of the guard
at once. Henry had to go with bis regi-
ment.
“Mrs. Hayne is coming back, le she
not?” he queried of Florenoe, but had
to repeat the query twice. She only
shook her head.
He waited a moment. “Listen, Flor-
ence, dear,” he presently said, as be
bent compassionately over her. “1 am
ordered on guard at once, and 1 must
go to relieve Henry. Even though I
cannot tell you what Mrs. McLane
wishes to see me about, this I will tell
you, dear. If 1 must see her, you shall
know i t first—from me, and not hear of
it through some meddling gossip.”
He was wondering as he walked away
who could have told his wife he had
called at Grafton’s and asked for Mrs.
McLane. He was too proud to inquire.
He had kissed her gently, forgivingly,
as he said to himself, before coming
away, and promised that he would be
with her again If only for a few min-
utes before the signal for lights out.
lie found Henry swearing with impa-
diaoomfortat all.
la no reason why
birth should be i.
of pain and dread,
anu months before
woman becomes a
mother she should
pvwpars herself tor
the critical ordeal.
There is a prepara-
tion made whichis
intended for thia
Purpose alone
The name of
this wonderful
preparation is
WF.
It is.
liniment
jXSrct
ternally.
It relaxes
the mus-
cles end re-
lieved the
organ con-
cerned ' in
childbirth, and
takes away all
danger nnd
nearly all Buffer-
ing. Best results
follow If the
remedy is need
daring the whole
pgtiod of preg-
nancy. It is the
only remedy of the
kind In the world
that le endorsed by
physicians.
$1 per bottle at all
drug stores, or sent
bv mail on receipt
or price.
r Hr* Boots oon
tabling invaluahle In-
formation for all women,
will be sent to any ad-
dress upon application to
Ike ■
'GhUdr i am as saner
tlence, aa the youngster-had a "raft”
of preparations to make, and It was
very late, nearly 11 o'clock, before he
bad reestablished the sentry posts aa
ordered by the new officer of the day.
The trumpets sounded “taps" to heed-
less ears, and the lights burned bright-
ly in all the barracks, and the troopers
who were not to go were chaffing the
“dough-boya” who were, and aO mix-
ing up not a Uttle In the work of prep-
aration. He had seen Hayne a moment
aud had been told that Mrs. Hayne
would run back to Florence again as
soon aa ahe had seen to the packing
oi hla mesa cheat end field kit. The
children were to be allowed to sit np
and see the regiment off. Merrlam sup-
posed when taps came that by this time
Mrs. Hayne waa with Florenoe, but all
the same be left the guard In charge
of the sergeant a few minutes and hur-
ried a way over the parade and up to
her room, and there he found berly^f
almost os he had left her—fa^e
ward upon the sofa, and qll alpnt^
Throwing aside hla ^eli) and i
Why, Florence, dear,” he began. In ^ _ .. .. - . ■j .___
tones of mingled reproof and distress.
“ ){TsTK? % ! S3 rW-'r.Sfitf —
(he riders this time.”
For Oho tqoment there i
then a sudden outburst:
“1 wish we did gm I wish to heaven _ ... ,, , ..__
I had never again seen this hateful, «ng rery, very much ebneed for eome-
hateful post—or else that ehe bad not.”
“Have you no welcome for me now,
silence, ! my little girlT” he murmured. “Doyen
realize this is the first trouble that hae
ever come between us, and that I'm be-
"Sbe! Florence? Who?"
“The woman you went to see when I
waa out of the way after parade this
evening—and dare not tell me.”
■ “Florenoel Florenoal" fef pried, in
Mgr amaze afid distress. "Listen to
J»V dear,” he pleaded, for
thing that Is no fault of mine?” His
tone and manner were almost playful,
despite a certain soreness nt hwri h*
could not quite ignore, Pioy re-
sisted and was silent. "1 have only a
moment or two, my wife,” ha preaenUy
“I shall do very well," ahe answered,
coldly. “Mrs.- Hayne was here, and 1
told her not to stay’'—pause—then,
“neither need ^ou.”
At first he could not believe hie
senses. The wild outburst of a few
hours before was something easily ac-
counted for in one so young and pav
slonate, but this cold, repcllant, re-
morseless refusal, this practical dis-
missal of his proffer of love, comfort
and caresses, this was something ut-
terly unlike Florence. It not only
amazed, it stung him, and, rising slow-
ly to hla feet, he stood one moment look-
ing down at her In deep bewilderment,
and with no little effort curbing Us
tongue and temper. The pretty wrap-
per ahe wore had become disarranged,
and one slender, slippered foot that pro-
jected from beneath Its shelter was
lapping nervously the foot of the eofa.
Stifling a sigh, he looked about him,
took from a neighboring chair a heavy
shawl ahe had been using earlier in the
day, and, carefully spreading It over
her as to cover (even the rebellious foot,
he quietly picked up his saber and as
quietly walked to the door. There,
turning about, he looked beck at-her.
Without changing her position, ehe had
calmly stripped off the shawl with her
right hand and dropped it to the fioor.
The slippered foot waa still besting its
nervous, irreconcilable tattoo as be
slowly descended the stairs.
She beard him let himself out into the
night end the clonk of the scabbard
against the gatepost and the trump of
his cavalry boot as he crossed the rood.
He walked alowiy, heavily now, not
eagerly as he came. Florence beard
and noted, end then her pride and reso-
lution gave away, and again she wept
bitter, bitter, yet not wholly penitent
tears.
The waning moon was shining over
the dim, far-stretching desert to the
east, and a little torchlight procession
was forming at the band barracks, aa
Merrlam recrossed tbe parade. Each
musician wore attached to bis headgear
a bright little lamp, its reflector so ar-
ranged as to throw tbe light full upon
the sheet of music lo the. rack of kle
Instrument, It was nesrly ijme to form
tbe regiment, and though tbe band waa
not to go. It meant to “play the boys on
to tbe cars.” aa the sergeant said. Whit-
taker, longing for excitement of some
kind, had gone to Buxton and begged
permission to turn out bis troop, mount-
ed, and escort tbs rifles to the railway,
and Bux sold “no” with cheerful and
customary alacrity. All tbs same all
the poet was up and mostly outof doors,
thronging about tbe edge of the parade,
when adjutant's call sounded end tbs
two battalions came awlngiog out in
full Disrobing order—“campaign hats,
blankets rolled, great easts folded, hav-
ersacks, canteens sod crammed cart-
ridge belts.” There was but brief cere-
mony. Tbe oolonel whipped out hie
sword and gave "Column Of fours,” (be
rifles of tbe first company leaned to the
right shoulder, the band bhrst forth
Into Its ltvetteat strain, and. taking the
lead, the baton-beating drum majorat
Its bead, away they tramped for the
southeast gate, and all Fort Bedgwtck
seemed to follow. Tbe colonel spurred
hla way and jolted out In front of the
band, his adjutant at his heels. The
cadenced step and spirited music were
kept up until tbe hospital corps at'the
rear of column waa deer to the gets,
then route step was ordered, and then
by twos and threes and little squads
end parties the throng of escorts came
drifting beck, by far the HirgVr portion
veering off to the right sod taking the
pathway toward the barracks, while a
long string of women andehlldgeu. with
a few attendant officials, kept the direct
road, nearly westward, that: ran In
froot of the male line of officers’ quar-
ters. Over at the guardbause the Hide
handful of armed soldiers b*d stood
watching from afar tbe formation and
departure of the regiment, Mri now.
spreading'their blankets, werrtottllog
themselves for a brief nap before re
llevtng tbe sentries now slowly tramp
Ing their pasta, nod Merrinm. aftoFone
long look at tbn distant raw,
seeking for the bright light that
born In her parlor window
nights when ha was
Into the office of tbe
•heavy heart ai '
himself down
was strain!i
cry of tbooutly-
‘ time tbe sentry
aud challenged shsrp-
there?” '
officer and friends,”
r In Buxton’s growl,
ril the Guard—command-
friends,” answered No. 1,
ertiam sprang to hit feet, while
the corporal wens bounding out to ex-
amine and receive the party.
“1 want the officer of tbe guard,” sold
Bui too; impatient of etiquette or for-
mality aa bd bulged ahead. “Oh. Mr.
Merrlam, there must be at least a hun-
dred of oar men gone tagging along
with the ‘doughboys’ In hopes of a
round of drink* at the Junction, proba-
bly. I want a mounted patrol to go in
a* once and head ’em all back, otherwise
some of (luen will be carried away on
the train, sure as shooting. Just give
your stable sentry orders to let a dozen
horses out. I’U send Mr. Whittaker in
command; be wanted to turn OOtand go
as escort. Lota of your men are in there,
I suppose, Capt. Grafton,” hoconoluded,
as . he turned to the silent officer at hie
aide.
"Half e dozen, possibly, sir, though I
doubt It. Do you wish horses and mem
from my troop? If not, rir, I’ll rstlrs.”
“Yes, sir, I do. 1 went three men end
horses from each troop—good men, too.
If I send a squad from Just one1 troop,
those rnoagatsa will be down on just
that one oompany and we’ll be in hot
water for a whole year.”
Grafton ellsDhly touched bis cap and
turned away. Far off to the southeast
there waa the sound of cheering, and the
bend had struck up some rollicking
quickstep, whereat old Bux gritted ble
teeth end swore anew. “Damn those in-
fernal Idiots! Do you know what’ll be
tbe rezult of this? The regime cut will
get sway on the train, end then that
bend Instead pf coming back wlU go te
Miguel’s saloon, and there they’ll start
e belle and have that vfhole greaser
population h> there drinking mescal
and ’guardients, sod ripping aud fight-
ing until everybody’s beastly drunk. 1
won’t have it, olrt" and he glared at the
officer of tha guard aa though ha con-
sidered that silent official a cooonepira-
tor. "I won’t have It, I say. I wish Mr.
Whittaker to start at once and round
np tbs whole gang.”
And with that he strode portentously
away In the direction of headquarters,
the orderly .following with a grin. Cor-
poral Mahoney come In from hla round,
reporting three and four all right and
everything secure.
“But there’s one thing, sir: No. 2
can’t begin to see tbe length of his poet,
and with so many privatehorseeluthollt-
tkestables back of 1 be row what’s to pre-
vent them beggars from town running
off half a dozen head? Once across tbe
meu and Into the Santa Clara country
there’d be no catching them.”
“We must .takf the chances,” sold
Merrinm. briefly. “The commanding
officer will not permit any Increase ot
sentries.”
Yet the corporal'* warning mode him
think ot hit own fuvorite saddle horse
sod Floy's pretty bay. She rode so
well, so fearlessly, tirelessly, that one of
bis very first gift* to her hod been this
dainty little mare, swift and sure-foot-
ed aa a greyhound, and about as won-
derful a jumper, aud Florence gloried in
her and In tbe dashing rides they used
to take. They didn’t mind tbe lack ot
shqded bridle paths. Tlhey scoured the
plain full gallop, riding reckleisly after
the bounding jack-rabbits, and coming
borne all atbrill and aglow with tbe
glorious exercise. But of late the rides
had become more sedate and slow and
leas frequent, and then when Mrs. Mc-
Lene proposed being of tbe party Flor-
ence discovered Mlgnon to be suddenly
tame, and hod a shoe removed aud a
boot poulticed, and Randy smiled bet
said nothing. Mlgnon was surprised,
perhaps, but not Mr. Merrlam. Ho was
thinking of tbe onprotected condition
of those stables back of officers’ row,
wtbero those gentlemen who owned pri-
vate stock were required to keeptbeira.
Instead of. at had been customary un-
der s previous-administration, at tbs
cavalry or qua rterinaster'a corrals. The
colooel of the Riflers bad once been
knUckle-rapped for allowing public
forego to be fed to private “mount*” of
some garrison ladles, and now he had
his eyes open. Tbe Freemana, nay net,
Grafton* and Merrlam*. as well as the
doctor, all had private horses for ladles'
use; so did certain others; and, al-
though every mounted officer could
draw forage for two horses, not a peck
of oatn could he get beyond that, and
whvti It cattle’ to forage for ladles'
horses—animsis aever ridden or driven
except by ledlea. end too light for gov-
tnunent service, the colonel drew the
line ai that entirely, end was sustained
by a virtuous congress.
So Handy had to bay forage foi
Mlgnon, and luckily forage was cheap,
with nil thbke ranches of Rnnta Clara
dose at hand. Be had often thongh'
how eaay U would be for grennera-
nafural bone thieves—to si.ruk In on
that southern froot of n dark night nod
mekeoffwlthfourorflve fuvorite horses
and the colooel used to keep three sen
tries along fibers. Now they had only
one. “All the more reason for nn
keeping personal wstcb on that front.'
thought Kandy, "and that will give m<
OX occasional chance to look in oi.
Florence.”
One o’clock came, end the chit hu<’
igeafi from aeotry to aentry, thunks t
tbe breath leas kt illness of the air. am
the moon was climbing high, ai d Bus
was still up and swearing. A “wire’’
came out from the Junction that th<
“special” would aot be there for Gris,
hoars, so tbe Rlflera had stacked arms
uosluog pecks, and were snoozing oi
skylarking as suitod their humor.
i| had given permission
may send you after the stragglers la
town."
"Then I reckon TT1 start ana stake
the rounds and get out of the way,”
said Randy. “By the way, captain. I
hope yoor prize to stable is well secured.
We have only one aentry on that whole
front now, and that matched team of
yours Is a powerful temptation to Bravo
boras fanciers. I mean, to make two or
three tripe around the row to-night.”
“Well, then I can save you several
hundred yards, Merrlam,” said Oraf-
ton, fumbling In hit pocket. "Take the
short out through my yard. Thera ore
no private horses between me and the
east end ot the line, you know. Here's
the key to the rear gate.”
Merrlam took It and thanked him
heartily.
“I’ll go to tbe corrals first,” said he,
“and then come over your way. Good
night.”
Tho lights were still burning dimly
In the parlor ax Grafton reached his
quarters, but the slender form of a
woman stood between him and the door.
It wm Mrs. McLane, and she began at
once.
"I have been' waiting anxiously for
you, captain. Dear Harriet has gone to
her room tired out, and I thought Mr.
Whittaker would never go—1 fairly bad
to send him. Mr. Merrlam Is officer of
the guard. Could I see him—could you
taka me to him for just a minute? If
1 can talk with him three minutes It
will be ample, and I cannot real now
until 1 do."
Grafton was on the point of bidding
her remember that ahe bad refused e
chance of talking with him earlier that
night, but refrained. He looked back
across tha sallow, moonlit surface of the
parade to where tbe oil lamps were
burning blearily In the guardroom. “He
is not there,” sold he. “He has gone
down to the corral*. But"—a happy
thought striking him—“in lose then ten
minutes he will be earning through here
on hie rounds. I gave him the key of
our rear gate. It’s warm and pleasant
out here. Yon might hail and halt him
aa he enters."
Meantime there had been a sore, sore-
hearted young wife farther up tbe row.
As wrath and passion sobbed them-
selves away end the devil of jealousy
wore Itself out, and the thought of
Itandy’e patience and gentleness and
of all that Mrs. Hayne had raid of his
unflagging tenderness end love, poor
Florenoe began to wonder If ahe had not
angered him beyond repair. Ills last
set bad been one of fond, thoughtful
care. He bad spread the shawl over her
and lingered over It as though he loved
to touch her, mad, miserable, ugly,
hateful aa she had beeD, and she had
spitefully thrown It off. '8be picked It
up uow and strove to arrange It as be
bad done, but could not. She arose
and bathed her face and eyea, and gazed
ont over the now deserted parade. 8he
hod not even stirred when the Rlflera
marched nwuy. She paced tbe floor
again and felt that ahe was weak, and
became conscious that she was most
unromanticelly hungry, aod then—Oh.
heavens! bow eould she!—bow could
she bare forgotten? Here vAas Randy
on guard, up all night, ond never before
sIdcc they come back from tbelr wed-
ding tour hod she failed when be wan
officer of tbe guard to have a delightful
little chafing dlnh supper all ready for
him at 18 o’clock, and be uaed to come
over from bis duties'for half an hour
end eat with such an appetite end pruUe
her Welsh rarebit, or her oysters, and
then take her In bis arms with such love
and delight In hie fond eyes, and here
—and here It was one o’clock nod she'd
utterly forgotten IL Oh, poor Randy
must be starrlnrl
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