The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1890-09-27

enjoy the SlGudllou' :,
81 have considered, colonel. shall
turn nobody out, and nobody need be In
commoded in the least.
| "Ohl then you will share quarters
with some of the bachelors" asked the
| colonel, with evident relief.
"No, sir;' and the answer was stern IN
tone, though perfectly respectful; II
| shall live as have lived for years-ut-
/ terly alone"
! One could have heard pin drop in the
office-eyen on the matted floor. The
colonel half arose:
| "Why, Mt. Hayne, there is not q va
cant set of quarters in the garrison. You
will have to move some one out II you
decide to live alone"
"There may be no quarters in the post.
sir, but, if you will permit me, can live
near my company and yet in officers
quarters"
"How SO, sir?"
"In the house out there on the edge of
the garrison, facing the prairie. 1t is
within stones throw of the barracks OF
Company B, and is exactly like those built
for the officers in here along the parade. )"
"Why, Mr.. Hayne, no officers ever
lived there. 1t is utterly out of the way
and isolated. believe it was built for
the sutler years ago, but was bought in
by the government afterwards. Who lives
there now, Mr.. Quartermaster"
"No one, sir. 1t is being used as n tail
ors' shop; half dozen of the company
tailors work there; but can send them
back to their own barracks. The house
is in good repair, and, as Mr.. Hayne says,
exactly like those built for officers USE
"And you mean you want to live there
alone, Mr.. Hayne!"
II do, sir, exactly"
The colonel turned sharply to his
desk once more. The strained silence
continued moment. Then no faced his
officers.
'Mr. Hayne, will you remain few
moments? l wish to speak with you.
Gentlemen, that is all this morning."
And SO the meeting adjourned.
While many of the cavalry officers
strolled into the neighboring club and
reading room it was noticed that their
comrades of the infantry lost no time at
intermediate points, but took the short
est road to the row of brown cottages
known as the officers quarters. The
feeling of constraint that had settled
upon all was still apparent in the group
that entered the club room. and for
moment no one spoke. There was
general settling into easy chairs and
picking up of newspapers without refer
ence to age or date. No one seemed to
want to say anything, and yet every one
felt it necessary to have some apparent
excuse for becoming absorbed in other
matters. This was so evident to Lieut..
Blake that he speedily burst into laugh
the first that had been heard-and
when two or three heads popped out
from behind their printed screens to in
quire into the cause of his mirth that
light hearted gentleman was seen sprawl
ing his long legs apart and gazing out of
the window after the groups of infantry
men.
What do you see that's so intensely
funny? growled one of the elders among
the dragons.
Nothing, old mole - nothing" said
Blake, turning suddenly about. 1T looks
too much like funeral procession for
nun. What I'm chuckIing at is the alb
surdity OF our coming in here like so
many mutes in weepers. It'snone of our
funeral"
STRIKES me the situation is damned
awkward. growlod the mole" arain
Heres Il fellow comes in who's cut Inv
his regiment and has placed ours under
lastinG obligation before he gets inside
the post"
"Well. does any man here know the
rights and wrongs of the case, anvhowY'
said tall, bearded captain as he threw
aside the paper which he had not been
reading, and rose impatiently to his feet.
' IL seems to me from the little I've heard
u Mr.. llayne and the little I've seen, that
mere Is broad variation between facts
ma appearances. He looks like a gentle
man," o e''''o'
NO one does know anything more of. .
he matter than was known at the limo
u the court martial five years ago" an
wered the mole" "Of course YOU have
leard all about that, and my experience
> 'hat when body of officers and gem
lemen find, after due elaboration ON the
that another has been guilty of
ohauct unbecoming an officer and :,
Gentleman, the chances are a hundred 70
ne ne has been doing something dis.
equitable, to say the least"
Then why wasn't he dismissed?,
ueried young lieutenant. The law
avs he must be-"
That's right, Dolly; pull your Ives and
,enet on EN- and show you know all
bout military law and courts martial
ana the captain, crushingly. "It's ono