The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-04-27

all scattered-then they turned on him
is own officers did, and said he stole il
and gambled or sent it away in Chey-
enne.
81 had lost much of my money then,
and Mrs. Clancy got the rest, and it made
me crazy to think of that poor young
gentleman accused Of it all: but I was in
for it, and knew it meant prison for
years for me, and perhaps they couldn't
prove it on him. l got to drinking then,
and told Capt Rayner that the til was
down on me for swearing away the young
officers character; and then he took me
to Company B when the colonel wouldn't
have me any more in the til; and one
night when Mrs. Clancy had been rails
ing my hair and | wanted money to
drink and she'd give me none, little Kate
told me her mother had lots of money in
box, and that Sergt. Cover had come
and given it to her while they were get
ting settled in the new post after the
Battle Butte campaign, and he had made
her promise to give it to me the moment
got back-that somebody was in trou-
bic, and that must save him; and be-
lieved Kate, and charged Mrs Clancy
with it, and she beat me and Kate, and
5wore it was all lie; and never could
get the money.
"And at last came the fire, and it was
she lieutenant that saved my life and
Hates. and brought back to her all that
pile Of money through the flames. 1t
broke my heart then, and | vowed I'd go
and tell him the truth, but they wouldn't
let me. She told me the captain said he
would kill me if I blabbed, and she
would kill Kate. I didn't dare, until
they told me my discharge had come,
and then l was glad when the lieutenant
and the major caught me in town. When
they promised to take care of little Kate
l didn't care what happened to me. The
money Mrs. Clancy has-except perhaps
two hundred dollars-all belongs to Lieut.
Hayne, since he paid off every cent that
was stolen from Capt. Hull"
Supplemented by Mrs. Clancy's rueful
and incoherent admissions, Clancy
story did its work. Mrs. Clancy could
not long persist in her various denials
after her husbands confession was
brought to her ears, and she was totally
unable to account satisfactorily for the
possession of SO much money. Little
Kate had been too young to grasp the
full meaning of what Cover said to her
mother in that hurried interview; but
| her reiterated statements that he came
late at night, before the regiment got
home, and knocked at the door until he
walked them up, and her mother cried
when he came in, he looked so different,
and had spectacles and patch on his
cheek, and ranch clothes, and he only
stayed little while, and told her mother
he must go back to the mountains, the
police were on his track4she knew now
he spoke of having deserted-and he
gave her mother lots Of money, for she
opened and counted it afterwards and
told her it must all go to papa to get
some one out of trouble-all were SO
clear and circumstantial that at last the
hardened woman began to break down
and make reluctant admissions.
When an astute sheriff officer finally
told her that he knew where he could
lay hands on Sergt. Cover, she surren-
dered utterly. So long as he was out of
the way-could not be found-she held
out; but the prospect of dragging into
prison with her the man who had
spurned her in years gone by and was
proof against her destinations was too
alluring. She told all she could at his
expense. He had ridden eastward after
his desertion, and, making his way down
the Missouri, had stopped at Yankton
and gone thence to Kansas City, spend
ing much of his money. He had reached
Denver with the rest, and there-she
knew not how-had made or received
more, when he heard of the fact that
Capt. Hull had turned over his property
to Lieut.. Hayne just before he was
killed, and that the lieutenant was now
to be tried for failing to account for it.
He brought her enough to cover all he
had taken, but-here she lied-strove to
persuade her to go to San Francisco with
him. She promised to think of it if he
would leave the money-which he did,
swearing he would come for her and it.
That was why she dared not tell Mike
when he got home. He was SO Jealous
of her.
To this part of her statement Mrs.
Clancy stoutly adhered; but the officers
believed Kate.
One other thing she told. Kate had
declared he wore heavy patch on his
right cheek and temple. Yes, Mrs.
Clancy remembered it. Some scoundrels
had sought to rob him in Denver. He
had to fight for life and money both, and
his share of the honors Of the fray was
deep and clean cut extending across the
cheek bone and up above the right ear.
As these family revelations were told
throughout the garrison and comment of
every kind was made thereon, there is
reason for the belief that Mrs. Buxton
found no difficulty in filing her letters
with particulars of deep interest to her
readers who By this time had carried out
the programme indicated by Capt. Ray
ncr. Mid-June had come; the ladies, ap-
parently benefited by the sea voyage,
had landed in New York and were
speedily driven to their old quarters at
the Westminster; and while the captain
went to headquarters of the department
to report his arrival on leave and get his
letters, a card was sent up to Miss Travers
which she read with cheeks that slightly
paled:
''He is here, Kate"
Nellie, you-you won't throw him
over, after all he has done and borne for
your"