The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-09-26
"I'M THE MANI
An Incident in the Life of anFifth
Cavalry Officer.

FROM the Washington Herald.
1 came Gro Jack Hayes, lCapt. E.
M. Hayes. Fifth cavalry Familiarity so
called, one day last week at the war de-
partment, in Major Nickerson's Office,
and Jack, who has an inexhaustible
fund of "reminiscences of old officers of
the Fifth cavalry, In which regiment
he has served from boyhood, told the
following story Of Capt. Brown, whose
sad taking-off by his own hand at the
army and navy club in New York will
be remembered. 1 shall endeavor to
give the story as nearly as possible in
Capt. Hayes own words, his manner
being inimitabls:
One day in 1866, Brown and I were
in New Market, Va, our company be-
ing camped near that place, and Brown
was, IS usual, with him wherever he
went, the center of an admiring crowd.
He always called every one colonel
or judge, and adapted his conversation
readily to the mental capacity Of his
hearers.
He could talk horse with q Jockey,
law with ajudge, cards with a gambler,
ana reiigion WIN q preacner. on Inc
uay ~ question Tue conversation got ON
running races, and, as 1t was but a
step from.the f~our-footed to the biped,
IN old Virginian present, who was
ensaseo ~ .he conversation said DAN
'eiineiS 'oDio"n-
"a'e' = SHOW we nave
soeiis". neie' san' ~ enis oo"n Inc
49,. s"ieu yara rune Inai
:. .ne o'"''y' Sar' es' " ooo'
VIC nave
pe. you my ooliars' Judge
no"n iepi,eu' 'na' W O'CLOCK To-
molro" IN nave man mere MOI
Deas youf nnan
rus ~ saiu 'he Judge puiiing OUT
.ne oiu purse, DE-
nina whose s'rands OF SIX the yeiiow
soru VI long aso shone'
Inc STAKES were pun up, ana so SAN
suine were 'ne 'nginiahs present Oh
winning enas every IN "anted 10 pei.
nio"h accep'eu eacn oner wien smile
as long as MS money neid oat' ana then
months pay Oh me.
Ane Understanding was 1nHt brown
snou,u nave ms maj on the track'
Mnich was mesuieu ON IN iiont OF tne
Tavern 10 new Market, promptly at y
'ioch neA. lnolnihs' II ne oiu not
ne iorieiteu u pees. q
iancieo All .he 'ihhe' amos. up 10
MS porrowing the money 70 pei, tnat
10 was ouiy uoins ne wnoie thing ior
iun' lor tneir nian, ioreol ms name
-weh' eau mn onii'n-"as the cnam-
pioh runner Oh mat section
as Iooe 70 camp that evening, 1
askea Drown VINO ne was gong 70 put
against men man, anu ne replied,
never m'nu, Jack, he'i DC tnere' ana
heh WIZ too AZ.
"e'', 70 s'eep .hae h'gn' "ieh =
goou ueal u uoup. "a my nina aoon1
nro"n oeins "Die 70 "in- otii he was
80 ,er.'ie IN tnat ! pei'eVeo
III MN more 'nan most people.
Al ABOUT O'Clock next morning we
arrived ~ tne notei irom camp u
ai'ho"gh hao repeateoiy asked BROWN
"no NO was eo,ne 70 rup' couio not
&c. nm 'ei me- NC putting me On
VIII Nes.i you ninu' souii see
spore, you pe
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eisone ioi n'iies 'iouhu nao come N
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