Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1890-03-15

who did he say was burned3 Who
was he going 10 seer gasped the SUI
ferer.
.sThe new lieutenant, Clancy-him
that pulled ye out. He's good one, and
it's Mrs. Clancy thatll tell ye the same"
"Tell him whatT said she, turning
about in sudden interest.
"About the lieutenant's pulling him
out of the fire md saving your money"
"Indced ycsi The blessing Of all the
saints be upon his beautiful head.
and
but who was III What was his name,
sayT vehemently interrupted Clancy,
half raising himself upon his elbow, and
groaning with the effort. "What was
his nauc7 didn't zee him."
"Licut Hayne, man."
"Oh, my Oodi' gasped Clancy. and
fell back a. though struck sudden blow.
She sprang 70 his side. 'Its faint he
Il. Don't answer hts questions, scr
geanti He's beside himself Oh, will ye
never stop talking TO him and lave him
In pace2 Go away, all Of ye's-go away,
I say. or yell dhrive him crazy wild
yer Do quiet, Mikei don't ye spake
agin." And she laid broad, red hand
upon his face. He only groaned again
and threw his ono unbandaged arm
across his darkened eyes, as though TO
hide from sight Of all
From that time on she made no men,
ton Of the name that so strangely ex-
cited her stricken husband, but the
watchers in the hospital the next night
declared that in his rawlings Clancy kept
calling for Lieut.. Hayne.
Stannard's battalion Of the cavalry
came marching into the post two days
after the fire, and created diversion in
the garrison talk, which for one long day
had been all Of that dramatic incident
and its attendant circumstances. In social
circles, among the officers and ladies, the
main topic was tho conduct of Mr..
Hayne and tho injuries he had sustained
as q consequence of his gallant rescue.
Among the enlisted men and the deni-
zens Of Sudsville the talk was principal
" OF the revelation Of Mrs. Clancy's
hoard of greenbacks. L in both circles
singular story was beginning TO
creep around, and il to the effect
that Clancy had cried aloud and tainted
dead away and that Mrs. Clancy had
gone into Mysteries when they were told
that Lieut.. Hayne was the man to whom
the one owed his life and the other her
money. Some one met Capt. Rayner on
the sidewalk the morning Stannard came
marching home and asked him IL he had
heard the queer story about Clancy. He
had not, and it was told him then and
there.
Rayner did not even attempt to laugh
at it or turn it off in any way. He looked
dazed, stunned, for q moment, turned
very white and old looking, and, hardly
saying good day to his informant, faced
about and went straight to his quarters.
He was not among the crowd that gath
cred to welcome the incoming cavalry
men that bright, crisp, winter day, and
that evening Mrs. Rayner went to the
hospital to ask what she could do for
Clancy and his wife. Capt. Rayner al
ways expected her to see that every care
and attention was paid to the sick and
needy of his company, she explained to
the doctor, who could not recall having
seen her on q similar errand before, al
though sick and needy of Company b
were not unknown in garrisons where
he had served with them. She spent
good while with Mrs. Clancy, whom she
had never noticed hitherto, much to the
laundress' indignation, and concerning
whose conduct she had been known to
express herself in terms Of extreme dis
appreciation. But in times of suffering
such things are forgotten; Mrs. Rayner
was full of sympathy and interest; there
was nothing she WAS not eager to send
them, and no thanks were necessary.
She could never do too much for the
men of her husbands company.
Yet there was member of her hus-
bands company on whom in his suffering
neither she nor the captain saw fit to call.
Mr.. Haynes eyes were seriously injured
by the flames and heat, and he was now
said the doctor, before he could use his
eyes again.
"Only think of that poor fellow all
alone out there on that ghastly prairie
and unable to read" was the exclama-
tion of one OF the cavalry ladies in Mrs.
Rayner's presence; and, as there was an
awkward silence and somebody had to
break it, Mrs. Rayner responded:
"If lived on Prairie avenue should
consider blindness blessing"
1t was an unfortunate remark. There
was strong sympathy developing for
Hayne all through the garrison. Mrs.
Rayner never meant that it should have
any such significance, but inside Of
twenty four hours, in course of which
her language had been repeated some
dozens of times and distorted quite rs
many, the generally accepted version of
the story was that Mrs. Rayner, so far
from expressing the faintest sympathy
or sorrow for Mr.. Haynes misfortune, so
cation which lady should feel that it
was an officer Of her regiment who had
reached the scene of danger ahead Of the
cavalry officer Of the guard, had said in
SO many words that Mr.. Hayne ought to
be thankful that blindness was the worst
thing that had come to him.
There was little chance for harmony
after that. Many men and some women,
of course, refused to believe it, and said
they felt confident that she had been
misrepresented. Still, all knew by this
time that Mrs. Rayner was bitter against
Hayne, and had heard of her denuncia-
ton of the colonels action. So, too, had
the colonel heard that she openly de-
clared that she would refuse any invita-
ton extended TO her or to her sister
which might involve her accepting hos
pitality at his house. These things do
get around in most astonishing ways.
Then another complication arose;
Hayne, too, was mixing matters. The
major commanding the battalion, a man
in no wise connected with his misfort-
,,pac had yona N hin, ond ,,ryai with