Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1889-08-10
CHAPTER x1v1
GECCEIT'Y

ETCEITY
The Elani:sllirc regiment w:s cif to the
east so suddenly that BIT It..c leave.
even Of few honrs' lea.G..,,.. could bc
gror:: cj 10 rs officers for ITO purpose Of
r,a!:in3 farcwelIs. Beautiful jim ks.d
been especially favored By tho colonel. &C
had been granted pcrE-iss:cl to lccyc
Elankkac.r.o:i only rrcr1 3 o'clock In TIC
afternoon un;l officers c:il tho following
morning
Naturally enough. all the c.-.ccrs wished
70 have tho same privilege. but young
Earle was not among those who pressed
for 1t. so. Us be was anything but favcr
lie with his commanding officer. he vac
not one of those who were singled out &c
receive IL
LII truth. the lad was anything but anx
iprs TO 60 to Earles Hope II his father
ard sister had been in town. it is probable
that he would have begged hard for leave
and have made his farewell to them and
other farewclls at the Same time I;ut
being at Carles Hope. and alone. Tommy
had no hcart for begging favor of his
colonel. whom he knew disliked him, that
he might go and face Nancy and all the
airs and graces she would give herself ON
account of what she knew about him
No, and besides that. the way out Of the
o,,i, W. -, 10 - % sc, rs, 49, 20 ;y,noss;
bla-and by not asking with much anxiety
for IL, he got passed oyer for those that
did. SO that II was I'LL easy matter to write
home that he was gricved nos to be able
to cone and say good by. but that leave
was un impossible favor TO Obtain with so
little service as he had
,iy o,'ui'a:cy ~ .ue ~, v. '';S ,';s
Wise caicuia' ,on, L.ausi,u' . 'ra sl~nt naS
a-r;r;,,n ,horo ia,a ~ 20 ava, ,1 md
h,v;m, bn, two Lonrs IN stov
All % !" ns,ror, .w 80 ,n tho ai2 ror.s ,rx
"rno;l iari,, L,d 40, ~ ros, ro,,o.o
ci,anco in N. ,xorld of ,-e+,;n@ evan s;x
hnurs. ,ooro on, of rl.,f, ,harn,on whilo
=" r,nc, la co,f;dod tho fac, Tho, hcr
~ hvo,har - Iod 30, oo, io,ra ,,.ca,'sa a h., ,,ad
" h;s ,,n",r,nJ're nJo 81 no, asl,oJ for;t
..n;d ho taiI ,o,, sr," shs astad ..D;d
ho c;ra yon anv esnoc;.i n,assoca 70 r,v
20, a,s.
No. h. dooros+. H.. rav.- sro.,c N
uo - Ia CON Ioln !, :. aud ro,, COZ, nndor
s,ond ,hot don't aract,v cool b;r, or,
NC nv friend linn answered No the
.ba y,ct ,ras I,hou~i,, not ho;pn r,,ch
of n favorita q with the ch;ef that he might
hova a cood dooI of d;1.;cu,tv in eating
,h,, or snv other nr;v;lnra 81 wha3 / ro7
n,;,,o ! M; in q VOID for lin, th,uSbt
xnmr father wonld certainly be vcrv anx
;ons 70 500 him Hnyavey tho colonel
c,,t NV Hint nrec;ons short 10 Corla
,var,s leave IN, La sold sb,rr,v he
can NJ ieast ask for II. md So Of Course
/ hadn't nnv more 70 saw tbomrh /
,,,assod fron, tbot that ,bo younr hecc.r
SSosn't koen IN coma Lor,n ~ oil
~. ,,nao.s,s s,od ,,ar h,o,hou,s to.,;r
~, .y n,y.umI. un s%o i,no,n ''V H., 10 ,aai.aS
corr,ra - ra, af.o- whnt h,d horncraJ ~
como NOME and foco h;S cailppt old IN
tSor's honast evos. sha lnew 'tb.t la did
Not S.ra ~ foc. l,sr ~ oil =
Il was tbercforc with . nonc ~ d;s
NOV tbot within ton r,;rntas ~ s.v;n,
rncd Inv IN her linn Mr. Earle camo ~ hc1
snd toid her that he had riven her mnii
md h;s r,an ord arc IN ho readv IN start
sor clart tLamnto, bv tho earliest train IN
tho r,ornin@ (which masses Morchton"
ctho;r ,aorast railway 81 tationI lat !, wantv
min,,tes mast a :" he ended brisklv'
Nancy stnrcl Mt him for n rnomcnt
s,nnlv snocchless with snrnr;sa LINT
father NV dear" sho cxclaiIned ..it will
knock VOL, mn o,torethcr Won are not fit
for ;t-yon"
"Nonsensc--nonsense. Nv onlv son
does not ro of to active service every