Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-01-06

earth so grand, so handsome 50 accom-
plished. She believed herself the mos
enYiable of daughters as the child of 81
fond and indulgent father She gloriet
in the pride which he manifested
IN her success at school: in
her budding beauty and graceful
ways. She welcomed his coming Will
infinite delight and was ever ready tt
| drop any other project when sfpapa 3
brief letters and kilograms summoned hel
to the city. Whatever their feeling
toward the doctor, her grandparents had
never betrayed them to her or sought tC
| undermine-or rather undeceive-heI
loyal devotion; but never had it occurred
TO them as a possibility that he would as
sert his paternal claim and bear
away with him the idol Of their hearts
the image of the cherished daughter he
had won from them so many years be-
fore. Proud old Judge and senator as he
was, the grandfather had never been so
sore stricken. He could not plead
could not humble himself to unbend and
ask Tor mercy. For good and sufficient
cause he had denied his son-in-law the
boon that he had so confidently de-
manded, and in his chagrin and exaspe--
alton DR.. Bayard had taken his revenge
1t was too late now TO prepare their little
Elinor for characteristics of which she
had never dreamed, too late TO warn her
that her superb father was not the hero
her fancy painted. In utter consterna-
ton, In wretchedness of spirit, the old
couple saw her borne away, fearful at
leaving them, yet bIissful at being with
papa and going once more to the army
and they could only pray heaven to guard
her and TO comfort them
II Flrs
being ordered to so distant a station as
Laramie, in the first place, his discomfort
was greatly augmented with the coming
of the new year. 1t was a crowded post
when he and Elinor arrived in the earlyt
winter, but long before the SHOWS Ii: PJ
begun to disappear all the cavalry 4ght; !.
all but two companies of infantrJ CO
on duty, were ordered northwarf tb ama
Sioux country, and hisr1Sentv, go M az
the older MAJ, MAJ tbe right assistant was
caring for the fam Column leaNihS 10
tees as well as III uilWetcoine TASK Oh
SaspitaI The c2IIlIes OF all the absen-
Iiza, bo.-.sKe o. for the few men in the
lstice sight of DR.. Bayard, dig
/ thur Meendsome, elegant in dress and
nleasser, tramping about in the deep
snow around the laundresses' quarters
4
malicious delight to a few of the deni-
zens of the club room at the store; but
the contemplation of his own misfOrtunes
was beginning to bring the doctor him.
self TO a state of mind still less justif1able.
All his life he had stunned the contem-
plation of poverty and distress. He was
now for the first time seeing sickness and
suffering in surroundings that had moth
ing of refinement, and he shrank like
the sensitive and selfish creature that he
was, from such contamination
1t was hard news for Laramie when the
telegraph flashed the tidings of the savage
fight up among the SHOWS in the Powder
river country, but it was comfort to DR..
BayaTd. He had begged for an assistant
TO replace the young surgeon who had
been taken to the front and his request
was declined on the ground that the size
of the present garrison did not warrant
the detail of an adsitional medical officer.
Bayard ground his teeth and swore when
that paper came back to him respect
fully transmitted with attention invited
to the endorsement of the medical direc-
tOr-whichi is approved. He could have
testified under oath now-so strong was
his conviction-that his father-in-law,
the surgeon general of the army and the
in league TO annoy and humiliate him to
the verge of distraction-or resignation
from the service. But the fight with
Crazy Horse 5 band of Sioux brought uD-
expected aid and comfort to the doctor in
greatly adding to his responsibilities:
large number of wounded and frozen SOL
diers were being brought in fast as am
balances and trayoiS could haul them
and now he was shrewd enough to know
an assistant would have to be sent, and
he did not even ask. The young doctor
who came back with the wounded was
himself so badly frozen when only two
days march away that he could be of no
further aid. Bayard went forward
through the snow drifts up the Platte to
meet his new patients, saw them safely
housed in hospital and gave himself up to
devoted efforts in their behalf. The mo-
ment the assistant arrived he was given
instructions to take entire charge of the
soldiers families and the changers on''
of the post.
And now the lst of May was come,
many of the wounded were well enough
to be hobbling around the fort in search
of air and sunshine; many additional
troops had passed Laramie on their way
up TO the fort and many more were ex-
DGNlCtA, Jul lltlC sun ICAilSlllitu OulS the
two infantry companies TO ''hold the
fort At the earliest intimation of
trouble there had come back from the
East, where he had been spending the
first long leave he had enjoyed in some
years of service, stalwart young lieu
tenant by the name of Mclean Border
warfare had no more charm for
him than it had for any other soldier who
that it was one in which the
Indian had every thing to win and moth
ing TO lose. He had seen not little of
It, with hard marching, scouting and
differing through winters cold aud sum
. er'S heat in more than one campaign in
- recent past 1t was hard to give up
- leave, but harder to have his regI-
- take the field without him. 1t was
4 sense of having been defrauded in
"a +bepeasure, therefore, that he found |
,aal, ~ retained at the fort, simply be-
m retuTs owa company happened TO be
,en1sncek as guard. The column had |
aaL, il, Jarl he succeeded in reaching the |
inass basiS chagrin was bitter when he |
no No II !, so far from following and |
10 III roonhem on the trail to the Big |
,on and ; ordered TO assume COM
have a tardy company in the place of |
ding No > has who, though, present at |
han usnal rapidly breaking down |
boned that the 'rouble that confined him |
Nf.T Lean went 70 no