The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1886-07-30

II U6i you nUW man can get a
worse wound from friend than ever
the bullet or sabre OF an enemy can
give him, and how he can wound him
self worse nor all.
"She were sixteen, as / said, and
well educated for her place in life,
We were In garrison then, and to fit
ner tor takin' care OF herself we let her
go into the town to learn the dress
makin'-and never a girl had the good
taste IN dress like her.
well, ther' were young leftenant
came to our troop, then, gay, hand
some, brave young chap as ever you
seen, Barton be name. | respected
him as an officer and | loved him as
son.
"It was some ten months after he
come, when one night went to my
quarters at the barricks and Mary
wasn't there to sit at the table with
me. That night, before went in, Lef-
tenant Barton came to me with his
bright smile and friendly way, holdin'
out his hand, Good by, sergeant
says he, I'm off to- night of where,
sir?' says !. i resigned two weeks ago
and my papers has just come in, says
he
THAT unsettled me. Pm hasty
tempered at times, and when / went
home the wife says, says she, Your
late, but there's the illigant stew for
you
{" The devil fly away with your
stew, Mrs. Delany, says /. Where's
my daughter?'
!" "'Taint any OF me knows, says
she, 4 'spose she's KEEP late. Ateyour
stew, man, and don't be cursin' me,
for l won't take it off you nor no
man.
"Tm fond OF Irish stew, sir, and no
woman makes it better nor Mrs. De-
lany, but with this and that / were so
put out never enjoyed bite less.
Eight o'clock came and was wor-
ried more and more. Then the wife
came out of the room where Mary
slept with a bit of note in her hand.
Tread it: Dear father and mother,
| have gone with my Barton, that
love with all my heart
II was struck cold, sir; saw it all.
Afore | could catch my breath there
were footsteps running the barracks
stairs, and Mary burst in, ali lii silks
and satins and velvet.
"Oh, fatherl daddyl Oh motherl',
she cried. Il couldn't go after all,
without seeiT your Her mother
would have rushed to her girl, but /
stepped between them.
You're no daughter of mine! says
]. Mrs. Delany, don't touch herl
Girl, go! I'll hear no word from her
mouth. Col before disgrace me uni
form by strikin' you, before break
my heart with cursing youl'
''She looked at me; she knew what
my temper WAS when it was up, and
she turned and went.
'Ah, sorrow like that is hard to bear.
It's the broken heart carried in my
breast them days, and long after.
Men tried to speak to me of her and
him, but / swore I'd kill the first man
named her name, and I've done it. /
could not face the men and officers
who'd known me so long. / had the
right to ask me discharge after that
length of service, and l did and got it,
and went where Id never see a face
that knew me.
''The wife never troubled me about
the hardness, but / knew no other
trade but the soldering, and things
didn't go well with us.
"Mary kept, somehow, knowledge of
all our changes, and every month
would come letter with fifty dollars
in notes TO me. No word--no way Il
could tell from where it came. Christ
mas times the notes would be for q
hundred, SO | knew she was not in
want.
1.-THE Bartons were rich and q high
family. Often swore to 60 to them
with the story of the ruin of my girl;
but theiove still had for her and me
own p1ide held me back from exposin'
the trouble. i Inever played the fife,
never thought of the ould thing after,
and it's hard life the wife had with
me tempers, but she bore it well.
'aThe wound me daughter, me of
ficers and meself had given me were
KILN me with anger and despair.
That would hurt me longer, hurt me
sorer and hurt me worse to the life
core than any ever got from Mex
leans, Injuns or rebels, and / got them
from all.
ssWell, sir, twas just five years from
the time got that deadly hurt, and we
were living in , with hard scratch
in to get along on me pension and
what / could m axe laborin,' for !
was gettin' ould. I'm past seventy
now.
came in rather late one night and
the wife says: You're wanted imme-
date to the Union Hotel says she;.
you've been sent for twice. Who
is it?' says |. 4 don't know
says she; but brush yourself and go at
onct, says she, 'and I'll have nice
stew for you when youget back. May
be it's good luck comm"