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their own battalion commander as well as
against the grand panjandrum at post
headquarters. If it had not been for the
determined attitude of Mr.. Hayno him
self, the garrison might speedily have
been resolved into two parties--fiayno
and auti-Hayne sympathizers; nut the
whole bearing of that young man was
fcrcclv rcpellent of sympathy; he would
have none of it. "ilayuc's position"
said Mai. Waldron, us practically this:
he holds that no man who has borne him
self as he has during these five years
denied himself everything that he might
make up every cent that was la,t, though
he was in nowisc responsible for the loss
could by any possibility have been
guilty of the charges on which he was
tried. From thi. he will not abate one
lot or title; and lie refuses now to re-
store to his friendship the men who re-
pudiatod him i'll his years of trouble eX-
cept on their profession of faith in his
entire innocence"
Now, this was something the cavalry
could not do without some impeachment
of the evidence which was heaped up
against the poor fellow at the time of the
trial and it was something the infantry
would not do. because thereby they
would virtually pronounce one, at least,
of their own officers to have repeatedly
and persistently given false testimony.
In the case of WGldron and the cavalry,
however, it was possible for Hayno 10
return their calls of courtesy, because
they. having never "scnt him to Covcn-
trv." received him precisely as they
would receive any other officer. With
the Rncrs it was different. Having
once "Cut" him as though by unanimous
accord, and having taught the young Of
hcprs Joining wear after wear to regard
him as a criminal they could be restored
to Mr.. Haync's friendship. rs has been
said before. oaiv ION confession Of error"
Buxton ard two or three of his staup
called or left their cards on Mr. Havne
because their colonel had SO done: but
precisely as the ceremony was performed.
lust so was it returned.
Buxton WAS red with wrath over what
he termed IIav0e's conccited and SUPER
cilious nanupr when returning his call;
Il called uDon him like y gentleman. bv
thunder inst to let him understand I
y.oriinI 10 helm him out Of fhe miro. and
told him if there was anvthine could do
for him thata gentleman could do. not to
hesitate about letting me know; and
when he came to my house today.
damned if he didn't D3troniyo mo
talked TO me about the Plevna aiege. and
wanted to discuss Gourko and the Bal
lars or soma other fool thiny. what in
Tu~l;oy?-ard th0urht he meant those
nirper soldiers the British have in India
-Goorkhas. I know uo0--aud | did + Il
him il was an awful bhInJer. that ONLY 4
Russian would make. totake those Senov
fellows and nut 'em into n winter cam
uaigD. or c1urse hadn't been hoollina
tlu the subject, and he had. and sprung
il on me; and then. by rad. as he was 90
ing. he said he had books and maps he
would lvrd me, and il there was any
thing he could do for me that a gentleman
could do. not to hesitate about asking.
Damn his impudcucew
Poor Buxton! One OF his idiosyncrasies
was to talk wisely to the juniors on the
subject Of European campaigns and to
criticiso the moves of generals whose
very names and centuries were cnlang-
ling SHARES. His own subaltarns were,
unfortunately for him at the house when
IIayne called, and when he, Is was his
wont, began 10 cXpound on current mill
tary topics, ~ little learning" even he
had not, and the dangerous thing that
that would have been wa3 aupplantcd 10y
something quite as bad, if no; worse. lie
was trapped and thrown by the quiet
hammered infantry suUaItcrn. and it was
ali Mcsa7s. Freeman and Royce could DO
to restrain their impulse to rush after
Tayne and embrace him. Buxton was
cordially Getcsted by his subs" and
wei knew they would tell the story of
his defeat, 50 he made a virtue Of nocos-
shy and came out with his own version.
Theirs was far more ludicrous, and,
while it made Mr. Hayne famous he
gained another eucmv. The til could
not fail to notice how soon after that all
social recognition ceased between their
bulky car.ain and the pale. slender sub