The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-04-13
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was more than Mrs. Waldron could
stand. She leaned impetuously towards
him. and put her hand on his:
''Mr. Hayne, that is no engagement
of heart to heart. 1t is entirely thing
of Mrs. Rayner's doing; and 1 know it.
She is poor--dependent-and has been
simply sold into bondage"
''And you think she cares nothing for
the position, the wealth and social adj
vantages this would give her? All,
Mrs. Waldron, consider"
Il have considered. Mr.. Hayne, if 1
were man, like you, that child should
never go back to him. And they are go
ing next week. You must get WE'LL
1t was remarked that Mr.. Hayne was
out surprisingly quick for fellow who
had been SO recently threatened with
brain fever. The Rayners were to go
east at once, SO it was said, though the
captains leave of absence had not yet
been ordered. The colonel could grant
him seven days at any time, and he
had telegraphic notification that there
would be no objection when the formal
application reached the war department.
Rayner called at the coloners office and
asked that he might be permitted to
start with his wife and sister. His sec
ond lieutenant would move in and oc-
| cupy his quarters and take care of all
his personal effects during their alb
sence; and Lieut.. Hayne was a most
thorough officer, and he felt that in
turning over his company to him he
left it in excellent hands. The colonel
saw the misery in the captains face,
and he was touched by both looks and
words:
"You must not take this last affair too
much to heart, Capt Rayner. We in
the til have known Capt. Buxton SO
many years that with US there is no
question as to where all the blame lies.
1t seems, too, to be clearly understood by
Mr.. Hayne. AS for your previous ideas
of that officer, consider it too delicate
q matter to speak of. You must see,
however, how entirely beyond reproach
his general character appears to have
! been. But here's another matter: Clan
cys discharge has arrived. Does the old
fellow know you had requested it,"
No, sir" answered Rayner, with hest
tation and embarrassment. ''We wanted
to keep him straight, as 1 told you we
would, and he would probably get on a
big tear if he knew his service days were
numbered. 1 didn't look for its being
granted for forty-eight hours yet"
"Well, he will know it before night
and no doubt he will be badly cut up
Clancy was fine soldier before he mar
ried that harridan of woman"
''She has made him a good wife since
they came into the Riflers, colonel, anC
has taken mighty good care of the ole
fellow"
1T is more than she did in the til
sir. She was handsome, snowy WON
an when first saw heretofore my pro
motion to the resiment-and Clancy
was one of the finest soldiers in the bri
gade the last year of the war. She raj
through all his money though, and il
the til we looked upon her as the rea
cause of his break down, especially aftel
her affair with that sergeant who de
He disappeared after the Battle Butt,
campaign, and we hoped he'd run of
with Mrs. Clancy; but he hadn't. Sht
was there when we got back, big as eve
and growing ugly"
500 you mean that Mrs. Clancy had /;
lover when she was in the -th?"
Certainly, Capt. Rayner. We sup
posed it was commonly known. HI
| was fine looking, black eyed, darl
haired, dashing fellow, of good educa
ton, great swell among the men til,
short time he was with US, and Mrs
Clancy made a dead set at him from tn
start. He never seemed to care for he
very much
''This is something | never heard Of,
said Rayner, with grave face, ''and
will be good deal of shock to m
wife, for she had arranged to take he
east with Clancy and Kate, and the
were to invest their money in some littl
business at their old home"
eyes; it was mainly on the woman
account we wouldn't re-enhst Clancy i
the til. We could stand him, but sh
was too much for us-and for the othe
sergeant, too. He avoided her before W
started on the campaign, fancy. Ode
I can't think of his name-Billings, wha
was the name of that bowling swell of
sergeant who was in Hulrs troop g
Battle Butte-time Hull was killed?
mean the man that Mrs. Clancy was sal
to have eloped with"
'sSergt. Cover, sir" said the adiutan
without looking up from his work. d
did looa up, however, when momer
after the captain hurriedly left the Office
: and he saw that Rayner's face was deati
ly white; it was CHASTITY.
!, 'What took Rayner off so suddenly
It said the colonel, wheeling around in h
S chair. ,,+ 49, ,,o.s +,o-o -.
something to startle him in the name"
''Why should there be-"
= ''There are those who think that Cove
i got away with more than his horse an
= arms, colonel; he was not at Battle Butt.
though, and that is what made it my
terry"
g "Where was he, then?'
~ ''Back with the wagon train, sir, an
y he never got in sight of the Buttes
Rayner's battalion. You know Rayn
:, had four companies there"
u 81 don't see how Cover could ha'
) taken the money, if that's what yC
'o mean, if he never came up to the Butte
Rayner swore it was there in Hull
l. original package. Then. too, how cou
q Covers name affect him if he had new
seen him."
..PossiblY he has heard somethin