The Dillon tribune. [volume] (Dillon, Mont.) 1881-1941, 1886-02-20
i'll regiment daring so long a space of time.
A very graceful poet sings touchingly and
tenderly upon that theme:

i'll regiment daring so long space OF time.
A very graceful poet sings touchingly and
tenderly upon that theme:
All are scattered now, and fled;
Some are married, some are dead.
1t was true Of the Scarlet Lancers, rs Of
the circle ut i,fe-and amoug the married
ones was B..:tiss!
But the tale Of Bottles love and marriage
has been told already in the story called
"Bootles Baby" 1t is enough to say here
tina. he married the widow of a blother-ofi.
Ger, a lady, who bad o.le little child, whom,
for other reasons than lor the mothers sake,
BOTTLES loved as his own flesh. But though
We married he did not Leave the service: he
was. in fact, too thoroughly en-, re- lily at
t,rar. soldier to entertain that idea ior Il
moment. and his wife, Mrs. Bcotle: as all
the Scarlet LancGrs called her. was norS
Iran content to DO whatever pleased he,
god and handsome husband Jest.
Lacy was still in the regiment; in COM
mand of a troop now, but otherwise un-
changed. The sorne soft speech. the same
gentle manners, the same kind hei15--lot
married. but waiting, As he always said
little ''Miguon." Terry was.still Capt. Fer
lively not grown an inch.
And then there arose throughout the
length AMI breadth of the civilized world
rumocs that affairs were what the young
s,lbaltc,ns in tho Scarlet Laucers called
''unconl:nonly groggy in the east" and
very so;n. from being thus lightly and care
lessly termed livery r1oggy," affairs in the
east Logan to assume a serious aspect; il-
deed, SO serious, in truth, that they soon re-
solved themselves into orders for that regi.
ment to hold itself in readiness for active
service.
Next came the news If the bombardment
of Alexandria, and then the Scarlet Lam
GERS got their final orders, aud the whole
repiment was in state 0f exultation and
delight
ii is true that down in the very lowest
depths OF their hearts there lay many an
anxious thought and care for those who
must b. left behind; many a doubt il the
glory which might come was worth all the
blOctl she'd aud misery which it must cost;
tut Oh the surface, the bearing Of each and
all was fearless and gay; hope rose upper
most. and cost was set aside As a thing of
nauglt.
There was vast amount at chat over the
first appearance of the new uniforms-the
serge TUNES, with their heavily wadded
spine protectors; the rough boots. with
their ample leg bandages. AMI all the other
raraphernalia ingenio,lslv contrived to ward
OF the i'll effects of the treacherous Egyptian
climate.
Lacy expressed himself a. most highly de
lighted with his great google spectacles, and
walked about the barrack square wearing
them for hours after they came into his pos.
session-by way, no said, Of getting used to
the feeling OF them.
And tn II came the last awful morning, a
morning dull and gray with drizz!ing mist
and rain, tho Scarlet Lancers sailed away
to the mockingly gay strains of '''rhe Girl
Leave Behind Me, ;" some to- win honor and
glory, indeed. hut all to RIM the risk of COM
ing home again mairnel AMI 81, TERED, on,
PERHAPS, when tn, var should be all over.
to lie. thu very flcwc: a great nation,
rotting III Egyptian soil