The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1882-06-03

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ton iolt
We he'd jisi hnfrtrd o. lnir supper
ahl ha'lHH dfaNh elt thnlr' about t'
Nllr hIe rll"' hhl hllrl nuf pipes rfe
lIHofN ~ hHllRlhF W 2 "i smoke.
lhrrn Wefr % lufeh ~ uH in woo funn.
hi 'Scrpl myself wearing Uncle sam
'h"n"r'd blue was hi mot tim,
,"In pohi'nl Tor nn Eastern paper. and
hNn p'rh ordered tn lho lfnnli'f "
"wfilr up lho campaign winch u'h.
ornl 'rook Wn' about lo undertake
against ihc 'hrirnhr4 Nhp bal broken
AWAY nom NOR ro'er'nlioh FINDING
hN detachment lfd 10y captain
nihu1oy the Commander ot old
fott ithhl W was nNpenleh u
m'hf lh' bruht OF The work !
lolhcd my fortunes withii accompanied
u on u prfilohN Scout oiiuuriocn hundred
MUGS ana We hnl but lnHt returned %
we lof> we hnl got back too, lnst m
uIlo ~ escape Whh western men eau
u oll.faiu Ahl what n ihhl' II Is
nm old-la'hiohol New England snow
storm = dozen times intensified Tho
wlnd blows as u would sweep every
lhlng before w. the cold Is SO piercing
'hnt one shifcrs over tho hottest IRE,
anu inc an u hllcd' not with snow, but
WIN sharp needles 81 Ice which sccm
70 threaten destruction to every living
thlng exposed to Us fury. We were all
snngly housed our iadcd horses were
nu"on'ug tpolI onrley III lhe'r warm
eu','c,' ,no s'ntil's "oI H'ahulhg grim
w snon' ~ .nulI poNcS' anu 'nosoo ~ Us
T "oI' onongh 10 nave no
"u.y o"' Us OUT ih'o the storm,
.piod' o"t n"nu' u.o, 'n' cheeiinl
woou mu anu Congratulated ourselves
oh 'nr ,aie ehulng OF our tedious scout
sa'a ,',te was U uoheh OF Us IN me
r,%on, o"' nus no lorgot TO mention
.ap.anm o,ailcl : poul -glarl' Tour
"ns.n".o"V o'u,'n "~eef-houhus, whlch
~ a'..'ouVu ou' W iFoht % iho nre'
~! W., my snaREt hh'ulhi'' WIN
"m"".'Su poh' NJ" WlseIo' hhu bore on
n,,, pV'lcs numerous evidences oi the
ya.'loS .nIough Wh'ch tiey had passed.
my wsro terrible hgh'crs, aud the
ny VIZ Wnich tney ooulu o'enakc
nnu pun uo"h III antelope was slrpris-
ns, lhs{ accompanied US ON The
SCOUT, anu could not imagine why II
"aa unvy NvIo 'r'a,eu WIN SO
muvn n'nunoss ana consideration by
NY me'lpor OF lhe command. Tn
's particular n'gnt l was TO lind out
nov the WIN blows exclaimed n
young Lieutenant from his seat In tho
CHIMNEY corner II declare, II will
''ar the slockade up ny tho roofs
les u Is 2 Wild night; and ! hadn't
pccn on the plains as long Ms You have,
JACK. sald The Captain, addressing
himself To the Lieutenant, "bcforc ! was
vailcu upon TO lace Just such u storm rs
uhlS, without shelter Of any kind, cx.
eopt what was To be found in tho hills.
anu unue circumstances that were cal
cuia'el TO freeze the blood In the wins
oi inc ornNcst man that ever stepped.
muse hours oil horror turned my hair
while As YOU see II now. and made me
an oii man before my time. cannot
rccall them without shnddcring."
The Captain pulled vigorously ut his
Northumberland brier-root for n few min
u'cs' and after making surc that Il wa
wen lighted continued;
81 always was fond Of horses. dogs
and guns, and ] can scarcely remember
The time when did not own some Of
ihe very best. My pointers could not
oe beaten, my pony would take n fence
almost as well rs any Of my fathers
moroughbrcds, and my little fowling
piece was surc death 10 any bird that
co. up within any reasonable distance.
u almost broke my heart 10 part from
my pets but my uncle. who was an mr..
dent sportsman, assured me that n |
would pass n crrditahle examination al
inc end OF my school term. h. would pre-
sent me with n pack Of dogs that would
moro than take the place Of tho one |
LETT behind; my father, n veteran OF the
Mexican war, and n great admircr Of
the cavalry, told me that II I would III
myself TO enter that branch Of the sery-
ice. he would give me the finest horse
IN HIS stable, aud my mother said she
would give me another. Encouraged
by these promises. and ambitious IN
distinguish myself In my chosen PROBES.
sion, worked hard. and stood among
the first five nj the end Of the course
Here arc phc dogs my uncle gave met
said the Captain. his stern face soften.
ing as he gazcd almost lovingly at Inc
splendid animals before him. land The
horses-well. one was Killed during a
fight on the Sweetwaier, and the other
poor Gypsy. She was nv moth,r,s
gift.
AS . rs 7 received my commits.
sion | was ordered 10 report Ia the com.
manding officer Of Fort Scott for duty.
The officers were all lovers Of the chase
and at the sight Of my horses and hound,
they received me with omen arms. In
company with the neiehboripg ranch.
men. we hunted almost constantly,
there was little scouting 10 be done. ar
the Indians were quietly settled ON their