Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1890-12-11


,ygg y Mil ll..sI-~7170Tl = y slli % 81
d. aHioHeeWotel long lntteaS t6hor. aoii
! Only u short distance. from the Arizona
| border, with The blue range of the Santa
5atarina shutting out the SUNSET skies
1 With sand and cactus and Spanish ,basoaet
IN every side, the old post Of Fort Graham
| stood IN the desert like A mud coTored
! oasis, All the qpautars, al the store
| houses, stables, corrals aud barracks were
built Of the native adobe; and Though
! whitewash had been literally applied, es
| pecially about the homes of the officers.
aud the long Venetian blinds atltheir front
windows had been painted the coolest of
leep greens, and clear running water spar.
xied through the hceqGias that bordered
ihe parade, it could not be denied that ut
its best Graham was an arid and forbidden
station, SO far as one could Judge BY APP
peaEinees. Il o4g HiH sH-Ha9 U8d 4h3 /
Trees verflure, turf were items almost
unknown within q days march 81 the flag
star: but in the old times when the MAYA
joes We're the terror Of the wide southwest,
and even the ComanShcs sometimes err
ried their raids across the Rio BrIsb del
Norte-the Rio Grande OF today-the post
had been 'located Where it might afford
profession to the Frty- Miners y aud %
the pioneers Of the pr9ries; the. tr2ns-con-
tinental tran led past its'yefy gates, and
many atime aad oft the miner and the
emigrant taalSel Sod and the general
government init the ola f0!it wis placed
just wheFeAit was. for Indian pnfssuers.
drew rein whenonce in sight Of its dingy
walls; and 30 from year to year for more
than tbreea d5sside the Gag WAS raise at
sunrise. the post was always gnrrisoned
and now, with the Sjiithern Pacific pierre
iag the range but short distance below.
and laadiag stores and forage at the quar-
term lster's depot within four miles OF the
corra1sg Il became easier to meintaia d
fQree Of cavalry ~ Graham; and one of
the troops there staff med was Lane, new /
command. thereIiet 81 the late lafiiented |
Curran the Dgil's Own ID. .., IS.
An easy going old drag0on was Currau, |
and for WEARS befuFtt is refinement il wis /
an olen secret naf bis. first sergeant ran |
the troop to slit Himself and that the /
capaais neaer perihigtra his sulalterns to +
A more independent. deyil-may,
care and occasionally drunken lot of troop /
ers were rarsiy gRthers ~ one such or
aud Willis steady and reliable
men On getting their discharges &C the end I
VI their telmiOf enlistment w6uld refuse
% 'iake on qglin ip ID yroop.. but wegld
20 over 10 Capt. BrCcse or perhaps TO a 4
l0nranNat another station. uli The stsitnps
sad ig2l licking characters inIthd regiment
yQplA drift oyerinto" D1 and be Nplcamed
iy the choice spirits therein assembled
Md this was the gang That capt Lane
was now expected % bring up With a
'ogutl tIrn and tfansforaa into sduuiful
9ldigFai Q3fiisnt 70 the cplpnels behest.
ie had stopped over q compile ot days ut
iesdqusirteis i!ad he'd Il most cordial greet
NJ from evefS6 llcet at the POST. mad cflled
N all the lagiies-not emitting his fair de
ameuS-ald then had FASTENED on to Graz
'ara il,sl Us pew ppd tryiBy dutiesstF 88
LIVERY lay As DO was twhirlea fhttberl
rom the home or Her whom he So devoted.
y loved, he Wrote long letters 20 her. filled
gith-only lovers know whatan. And bis
e;irt leapcd With Joy that tbpnost Ia the
tale packet Of letters awaiting him ut the
diutant's Office when he reached his post
ras "A tlainty billet addressed 10 him in her
eloved hand. Until he could get his ouar-
ers ia habitahle condition the ncw Eroopi
commander was the guest Of. Capt and
irs. Nash. and he could hardly wait for
he close Of that amiable woman's weicom,
ng address to reach his room and tievour
very word of that most prccio,ls missive.
he had written-7bless heri--the very day
fter he left, and sweet. womanly letter
! vils-s=o shy and half timid, yet so full
( faith and pride in him. Every one at
iraham remarked ont the wonderful change
orthe hetter shat lad come over Lane
luce be went east. Newer had they seen
i'm 80 joyous. 70 hlifhe IN .gaannars He
eemed to walk on air. his eyes keamed on
very ONE. his face seemed ''aiisost to have
hale f6thd il. sid Mrs Nash, and
either shsnor any woman ia garrison had
be faintest doubt ~ 70 The explanhtiOnofli
all. Love had wrought the change, and
eing loved had ihttAslhed' ahll prolonged
!. Every man, every .womap in garrison
vas his friend, and the happy fellow would
lasiIy have tnken dozens of 'r'nenn into his
pniidenee and told them all about it. and Il
alsed 81 the hour Of her
But there were reasons, Mrs Ninceri
ssi zsuri. why ir WIS most desirable rlihg 81
here shgald be- no annnaRnsnsssnts nf tho Z
nSagement as yeti What ftiese Mere she
id not explain 70 Mabel herself. but as
nred her tiiat 1t was her fathers NiSh as I.
tel Lane had r1shed to tie greas Jew. Z
Try house Of YIN Loo & LANG. rad the
iamond solitaire that, flashed among the
saves Of the exquisite rosebad be sinilinrIyl
anded her that night was ope. To make
ny woman gasp witA delight Could any
hing on earth be rich eno0gh, phfx
nough. fair euengh 70 lavish on her. his
eerless queens .fi.s -fl- s.
She had held forth her soft white hand
I'd let him Slip it on the engagement fin
sr and then tend the knee like knight Of
ii and kiss it fervently. She refeled ii
J, rejoioed ia il. but, heeding her mothers
dvicc. slowed Il away. where none could