Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-03-14

troop horse, slim built officer, with
boyish face, laughing blue eyes, and
sunny hair, comes Looping up the long
prairie wave; he shouts CHEEKY greeting
to one or two brother subalterns who
are plodding along beside their men, and
exchanges some merry chat with Lieut..
Ross, who is prone to growl at the luck
which has kept him afoot and given to
this favored youngster a mount" and a
temporary staff position. The boys
spirits and fun seem to jar on Rayner's
nerves. He regards him blackly as he
rides gracefully towards the battalion
commander, and with decidedly non
chalant ease of manner and an "off-
hand" salute that has an air about it of
saying, 81 do this sort of thing because
one has to, but it doesn't really mean
ANYTHING, you know" Mr.. IIayne accosts
his superior:
"Ah. good evening, captain. I have
Just come back from the front and Capt
Hull directed me to give you his compli-
ments and say that we would camp in
the bend yonder and he would like you
to post strong pickets and have a double
guard tonight"
"Have me post double guards! How
the devil does he expect me to do that
after marching all day"
Il did not inquire, sir; he might have
told me twas none of my business, don't
you know And Mr. Hayne has the in
sutTerable hardihood to wink at the
battalion adjutant-a youth of two years
longer service than his own.
"Well Mr. Hayne, this is no matter
for levty," says Rayner, angrily. "What
does Capt. Hull mean to do with his own
men. if I'm TO do the guard
That is another point. Capt. Rayner,
which had not the requisite ctfrontcrv
to inquire into Now, you might ask
him, but | couldn't. don't you know?'
responds IIayne, smiling amiably the
while into the wrathful face of his SUI
perior. 1t serves only to make the indig-
nant captain more wrathful; and no
wonder. There has been no love lost be-
tween the two since Hayne joined the
Rifiers early the previous year. He came
in from civil life, city bred boy, fresh
from college. full of spirits, pranks, fun
of every kind; a wonderfully keen hand
with the billiard cue; a knowing one at
cards and such games Of chance as col
logo boys excel at; a musician Of no
mean prctensions, and an rrcprcs,ible
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INCA 1t couiu NOT DC Saiu OF MN tlas
ne showed 'ila' delerehce 10 rank ana
Stn''oh "hich was expected OF a JUNIOR
o''ioer, anu among lhe seniors were sew
c'"l "hohi ne speeuIly designated 'uh-
coiisc'ohaple Ola uulerS ana treated
win as niue seinplahce OF respect as
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Pcihliltcu 10 I'VE. hayher prophesled OF
MN .hat, as he iiad no balance anu was
burning MS cahuleat ooth ems, he would
come TO grlei III snort order liayne re-
torted that the only balance that Rayner
mad any respect Tor was one at the bank
ers, and that 1t was Notorious in Wash
lngton That the captain 5 father had made
most OF his money in government con-
tracts, and that the captain original
commission in the regulars was secured
through well paid congressional intu-