The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-04-27
BY Capt. Charles King, U. S. A.
Author of "DUNRAvEN RANCH, - ssTHE CoLoNEL's
DAUGHTER, - ''NIARIoN's FAITH ETC.
Copyright by ]. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and
published by special arrangement with them.l

one felt the faintest sympathy; and that,
of course, was Buxton. With Rayner
gone, he hardly had an associate, though
the esprit de corps of the -th prompted
the cavalry officers to be civil to him
when he appeared at the billiard room.
As Mr.. Hurley was fond of the game,
an clement of awkwardness was mani
fest the first time the young officers ap-
peared with their engineer friend Havne
had not set foot in such place for five
years, and quietly declined all invitations
to take a cue again. 1t was remembered
of him that he played the prettiest game
of French carroms of all the officers at the
station when he joined the Rifers as a
boy. Hurley could only stay a very
short time, and the subalterns were do
ing their best to make it lively for him.
Some, indeed, showed strong inclination
to devote themselves to Mrs. Hurley;
but she was too busy with her brother
household affairs to detect their projects.
Hurley had turned very red and glared
at Buxton the first time the two met at
the club room, but the bulky captain
tire, and never again showed himself in
general society until the engineer with
the scientific attainments as a boxer as
well rs road builder was safely out of the
post.
And yet there came a day very soon
when Mr.. Hayne wished that he could 90
to Buxton's quarters. He had in no wise
changed his opinion of the man himself,
but the Rayners had not been gone fort
night before Mrs. Buxton began to tell
the ladies OF the charming letters she was
receiving from Mrs. Rayner-all about
their travels. There were many things
he longed to know, yet could not ask.
There came to him long and SORROW
full letter from the captain himself, but,
beyond few matters relating to the
company and the transfer of its prop
erty, it was all given up to recapitula-
ton of the troubles of the past few years
and to renewed expressions of his deep
regret. Of the ladies he made but cas-
ual mention. They were journeying
down the Mississippi on one of its big
steamers when he wrote, and Mrs. Ray
ner was able to enjoy the novelties of
the trip, and was getting better, but
J still required careful nursing. Miss
Travers was devoted to her. They
would go to New Orleans, then possibly
by sea around to New York, arriving
there about the 9th of June; that, how
ever, was undecided. He closed by ask
ing Hayne to remind Maj. Waldron that
his copy of Clancy's confession had not
/ yet reached him, and he was anxious to
see it in full.
''The one thing lacking to complete
the chain is Cover" said the major, as
he looked up over his spectacles. at
would be difficult to tell what became of
him. We get tidings of most of the de-
serters who were as prominent among
the men as he appears to have been; but
l have made inquiry, and so has the
colonel, and not a word has ever been
heard OF him since the night he appeared
before Mrs. Clancy and handed over the
money to her. He was a strange char
acter, from all accounts, and must have
had some conscience after ALL Do you
!
81 remember him we'll We made the
march from the Big Horn over to Battle
Butte together, and he was soldier one
could not help remarking. Of course 1
never had anything to say to him, but
we heard be was an expert gambler
when the troop was over there at Miners
Delight"
"Of course his testimony isn't neces-
sary. Clancy and his wife between them
have cleared you, after burying you alive
five years. But nothing but his story
could explain his singular conduct-plan-
ming the whole robbery, executing it with
all the skill of professional jailbird, de-
sorting and covering several hundred
miles with his plumber, then daring to go
to the old fort, find Mrs. Clancy, and sur
render every cent the moment he heard
of your trial. What iend that woman
was! no wonder she drove Clancy to
drink!'
''Win you send copies of her admission
with Clancy's affidavits?' asked Hay ne.
Here they are in full" answered the
major. The colonel talks of having
them printed and strewn broadcast as
warnings against snap judgment and
too confident testimony in FUTURE
Divested of the legal encumbrances
with which such documents are usually
weighted, Clancys story ran substantial
ly as follows:
Il was sergeant in K troop, and Cover
was in T. We had been stationed to-
gether six months or so when ordered
out on the Indian campaign that sum-
mer. was dead broke. All my money
was gone, and my wife kept bothering
me for moro. l owed q lot of money
around headquarters, too, and Cover
knew it, and sometimes asked me what
was going to do when we got back
from the campaign. We were not good
friends, him and l. There was money
dealings between us, and then there was
talk about Mrs. Clancy fancying him too
much. The paymaster came up with a
strong escort and paid off the boys late
In October, just as the expedition was
breaking up and going for home. and all
the officers and men got four months
pay. There was Lieut. Crane and twenty
men OF T troop out on a scout, but the
lieutenant had left his pay rolls with
Capt. Hull, and the men had all signed
before they started, and so the captain
he drew it all for them and put each
mans money in an envelope marked
with his name and the heutenant's too,
and then crowded Il all into some bigger
envelopes. I was there where could
see 1t all and Cover was Watching. him