Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1890-04-19


Within the week succeeding the de-
eture OF the Rayners and Miss Travers,
1Dut. Haynes brother-in-law and his re.
Arkably attractive sister were with
IN in garrison and helping him fit up
4 - new quarters which the colonel had
eher insisted on his moving into and
& ocupying, even though two unmarried
Gbalterns had to move out and make
1Ay for him. This they seemed rather
y 1lighted to do. There was prevailing
ntiment at Warrener that nothing was
80 good for Hayne nowadays; and he
6ok all his adulation 80 quietly and
8 fpdestly that there was difficulty in tell
|yog just how it affected him. Towards
hose who had known him well in the
$Ays of his early service he still main
@ained dignity and reserve of manner
ms kept them at some distance. To
1hen, especially to tho youngsters in
~ --th as well as to those in the Rifers,
y unbent entirely. and was frank, un-
ected and warm hearted. He seemed
< - bask in the sunshine OF the respect
"a consideration accorded him on every
1de. Yet no one could say he seemed
|nppy. Courteous, grave far beyond his
oars, silent and thoughtful, he impressed
bem all as man who had suffered too
nch ever again to be light hearted.
LEN It was moro than believed he had
Hen deeply in love with Nellie Travers;
"a that explained the rarity and sad
- Of his smile. To the women he was
- center Of intense and romantic in
osest.
k Ms. Waldron was an object Of jeal-
10y because of the priority of her claims
- his regard. Mrs. Hurley--the sweet
Ter who so strongly resembled him
eD the recipient of universal attention
4 knm both sexes. Hayne and the Hur-
! lVA indeed, would have been invited to
sarAl places IN evening could they have
pcepted. And yet, with 1t all, Mr.. Hayne
emed at times greatly preoccupied. He.
"a great deal to think. of.
40 begin with, the widow Clancy had
IA captured in one Of the mining towns,
eres she had sought refuge, and brought
ck by the civil authorities, nearly 81, 600
Ereenbacks having been found In her
oession. She had fought like q fury
~ proved too much for the sheriff's
80 when first arrested. and not until
ne days after her incarceration was the
(1re amount brought to light. There
- no question what ought to be done
III II.
{2ancy's confession established the
~ that almost tho entire amount was
olen from Capt. Hull nearly six years
lore, the night previous TO his tragic
18th at Battle Butte. Mrs. Clancy at
~ had furiously declared it all a lie;
mt Waldron's and Billings precaution
4 having Clancy's entire story taken
Spwn by q notary public and sworn to
e3cre him eventually broke her down.
4 - made her miserable, whining ad-
lsHions to the ,sheriffs officers in town
the colonel would not have her on the
- even rs prisoner--and there she
80 still held awaiting further disclos-
1ee. while little Kate was lovingly
V9ered for at Mrs. Waldron's. Poor old
oncy was buried and on the way to be
kgotten.
What proved tho hardest problem for
- garrison to solve was the fact that,
4tle Mr.. Hayne kept several Of his old
ociates at distance, he had openly
cred his hand to Rayner. This was
nething the Riflers could not account
The intensity of his feeling at the
~ tlxn rvf III 4
s the vehcmence of his denunciation
the captain was still fresh in the
nory Of those who heard it. Then
oEo were all those years in which Ray
- had continued to crowd him to the
~; and finally there was tho almost
tic episode of Buxton's midnight
o1tation, in which Rayner, willingly or
ets had been in attendance. Was it not
~ that in the face Of all these consider
pns the first man to whom Mr.. Hayne
onld have offered his hand was Capt.
1yner? Odd indeed! But then only one
two were made acquainted with the
" particulars of Clancy's confession,
~ none had heard Nellie Travers' re-
oest Touched as he was by the sight
l. Rayner's haggard and trouble.worn
80, relieved as he was by Clancy's re-
e1ation of the web that had been woven
~ cover the tracks OF the thieves and
mare the feet Of the pursuers, Hayne
IeuId not have found it possible to offer
B hand; but when he bent over the
Nv glove and looked into her soft and
jmming eyes at the moment Of their
nrting he could not say no 10 the one
jDg she asked of him: it was that IL
1yner came to say, Forgive me-" be-
Fe they left he would not repel him.
e-sewas one man In garrison whom
eyne cut entirely, and for whom no
- felt the faintest sympathy; and that,
4I course, was Buxton. With Rayner
Hpne, he hardly had an associate, though
- esprit de corps of the --th prompted
- cavalry officers to be civil TO him
Zen he appeared at the billiard room.
y NJ. Hurley was fond Of the game,
element of awkwardness was mani
~ the first time the young officers ap-
0rod with their engineer friend. Hayne
- not set foot in such place for five
19N. and quietly declined all invitations
IKE . cue again. II was remembered
4lm that he played the prettiest game
tfench carroms OF all the officers at the
non when he joined the Rifers as a
Ia. Hurley could only stay very
time, and the subalterns were do
their best TO make it lively for him.
ne, indeed. showed strong inclination
oesote themselves to Mrs. Hurley;
che was too busy with her brothers
1eehold affairs to detect their projects.
gley had turned very red and glared
0pxton the first time the two met at
club room, but the bulky captain
@Hkliiy found cover under which Ia ,a-