Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-03-02

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and her Pig told backward Tha $3.50, - ~o'nah
ior Tue orderly, and the orderly wan, a. ss .a
captain, and The captain for H., i,.,',.a. s',s
anu Tue lieutenant for the sergeant tbaca,as
ropne being an order for the serpea,,,,s .is,.
10 leave the garrison. "'ie
IN ante bellum days there was a mil.
more from the fort. n row ~ a. ~ VI
houses fronting on Mill Creek. Tho cr.a,,
Twins tide. and tide water Ia s,,pnosod - =
CONDUCIVE to health. But at low watar ~
cfeek possessed dismal mud aat 80.
"n'cn ehe hot sun distilled miasma go.
,easohs turning typhoid into fever Ain ~
'yphus IL was in Mill Creek village that ~.
sergeant found home for his wife 81 -
was no wonder that every visit he msda ,.a..
'''o' easeu us Tear that loneliness and ma,ar;.
we're undermining both her spirits and heolti,
anu all the while their old quarters n ~.
lors were empty. and Mrs. McShane,s l.hor
vas not lesselted 'ooof
IL was rumored in the garrison that 81
'ergeaits wife was i'll, and the men in ~
company confirmed 1t by reporting that tha
sergeant looked worn and anxious His c.,.a;,,
discovered his trouble, and gave him as ,nnc,,
.'uer'y 10 be absent as l ,ssible. The concisa
no" Is your wife today, sergeantyo and tn,
.olihai salute with, Just che same. THANH th,,
captain, We're as full of sympathv and
sratitude as II time had been expended in in.
quhles ana minute statement NJ tho 49,.
| given VI 'uo case
ohe Jay the sergeant added to his stereo-
.yPeu answer, Il fear she'll never get well in
| that hole" VOL al
ana the captain said II am sorry to bea,
IL. And your old quarters are still vacant y
Does the captain think that the colo,.,
would let her returny, oe''''
4 can't see why not, since she il i'll a,,a
1he casemate empty. I'll say word for Won y
~ was most injudicicus, but to cheer his
whe the sergeant told her of the canta;n,s
sSolhise. The colonel was hasty and violent
oue piacapie, SO there was good hope that he
"ouio give the permis ZION she so lopped for
"A conValescent, especially from a low fever
~ apt 10 DC fanciful, and not over wise. and
.ne sergeant became uneasy, then frightened
| Tor the consequences If he thwarted his wifi.
| Ill her one great desire. So he took her ouiet-
" Dack 10 her old home, hoping day by day
| ~ receive the desired permission and feeling
| eoleraply sure that the colonel would be- kenl
III ignorance OF his move, at least until the
'ast OF the month-until inspection day,
his wifesquick response both In health and
cheerfulness after the coveted return lulled
all Tears OF coming events, which unhappily
cast no shadows before. Then, too, the SER
seants wife had suddenly become popular
with her nelghbors, partly because Of her i'll
ness and evident weakness, and also from
ner having learned in her sick, weary DAYS
the need OF sympathy and help. She was
anxious to give both literally to the sick and
sorrowful amongst her compeers, and they
received them gladly
Only Mrs. McShane was bullet proof
against the kindness of the sergeant's wife
Her own rude health needed no 0cockeripp >
she was proud to say. And as to the six Young
McShanes, no physical ills ever befell them
greater than the perhaps well merited pain
occasioned by the strap their mother kept
convenient for necessary discipline-a
leather torture, the neghbors said, of which
| Mike himself had felt the pain
The drum was beating for guard mounting
US Mrs. McShane walked among the live
oaks which gave the great parade ground the
appearance of a vast apple orchard. Her
basket of fair linen, blinking like a snow
drift in tue sunshine, pronounced her errand
to be harmless one. Perhaps she thought
SO herself. Surely she had no premonition
of what the end would be.
Yet she was SO far intent upon her griev-
ance that she did not give, as usual, h
friendly word to the sentry lounging at the
sallyport opposite the colonels gate If she
had, lie might have warned her that the
colonel was under his own fig bushes, flushed
to fever heat at finding they had been robbed
the night before If Mrs McShane had
known of her commanding officers proxim-
ity, she would have prevented a collision, and
| In yv,.ael of har haSlypt of elanu Imam
"Why, bless my soul! woman, where are
you running tol" called out the colonel, with
irritation, while Mrs. McShane, dumb with
horror, stopped to pick up the tumbled ar
| ticles and her own equanimity.
sits all Mikes FAULT she whimpered, in
consequently returning to first causes.
HAS Mike been drinkingF' asked the col
onel, severely. that being the one military
breach of conjugal duty on soldiers part.
Mikes sober enough" Mrs. McShane
nastened to say not wishing to have her
worse half shut up in the guard house when
she could give him employment at home,
"It's civil tongue that Mike is wanting
"Tutl tutl woman; men viii be nasty, and
no doubt you provoke him." and the colonel
turned to leave his plundered fig bushes,
IL never intended to trouble the colonel
with dignity ITS question about our
sergeant's wife I'd make free to ask your
honor"
Il know nothing about the sergeant's wife,
answered the colonel Il sent her out of the
garrison, but am not commanding officer of
Mill creek. If you are jealous of Mike
II Jealous of Miken interrupted Mrs. Nc
Shane, forgetting her manners in her supreme
| ,,ft la al MANAGE
that sort of thing without bothcring the
colonel, Mike knows better than to make u
fool of me- What laid out to ask is whether
the sergeant,s wife is back in her old quarters
by the colonel's permissionF
Mrs. McShane said afterward that the
coloners face as she dropped her petard was
n picture but she never described the sort OF
ncture. Indeed, she hastily lifted her bas-
,et of linen and walked toward the gate
rather than to the house, until commanded &c
return. Then she was obliged to stop and
explain her meaning.
The new guard was marching on ana tne
old one off to the gay music OF quicKs.ep
but Mrs. McShane's tongue ran raster tnai
tho music She was not one to be frightened
at burst of passion, especially II she "a'
ma, the offender. She felt an inward con
tempt for the choeric colonel, ana oeeii'eo
the orderly chicken hearted because he ap
naare,l Clustered at tho colonels peremptorS
summons. When she turned her face home
ward she knew something was up, Tor Tut
colonel had sent for the officer OF the DAY
md that meant business. The worst ina
could happen was the sergeant's wiie's haVii't
In return to her home at Mill Greek, ans
that Mrs. McShane was not inclined 10 aep
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