Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1890-03-01

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psw lasgsr every minuae. nsleassd
4nally frVnA tho welcoming embrace of
her stalwArt husl,and. Mrs. Rayner found
dina to present the other aud younger
olllcers 10 her sister. A many - half
dozen had followed the captain 10 his
Wild rush upon tho oar, end, while 10
and his baby boy were resuming -
quaintAnoeship after . separation of
many long uAonths. Nias Travers found
hcrself the oenter Of circle Of young
odlcefs who had brnved the wintry blix-
sArd In their easeruess 10 do her proper
homage. Her cheeks were aAame with
excitemsnt and pleasure. her eycs danc-
Ing, aAd despite the fatigue oe her long
journey shs was looking dangerously
pretty, - Capt. Rayncr glanced for .
moment from tho babyS wondering
eyes, took In tho picture like an instan-
taneuus photograph, and than looked
again into Mn. Rayner's smiling faee.
"You were wise Ii providing against
possibilities - you did. Kate," I" he said.
with significant nod OF the head.
"There are ~ many ~ dosen Of them,
or at least there will be when the -th
gets back from the neld. Stannard u
out yet with his battalion"
"Oh. yes; We saw them Il = station
east Of here. They looked frozen to
death; and there are over % many Of
the soldiers frosen. Tho baggage car 10
full Of them. Didn't you know itr
'Not q word Of II. We have been
hero for three mortal hours waiting at
the station, aud any telegrams must
have been cen. right out 10 the fort.
The colonel 10 there, and he would have
all arrangements made. Here, Grahami
rosteri Mrs. Rayner says there are
lot OF frozen cavalrymcn forward In the
baggage car. Run ahead and zee what
is necessary, will your I'll be there In Q
minute, q soon a. we've got these ladies
on the train"
Two Of the young gentlemen who had
been lowering around Miss Ttavers took
themselves Of without a moments delay.
The others remained to hclp their senior
ofiicer. Out into the whirling eddies Of
snow. bundlinr them up in the biz.
warm capes OF their regulation over
coata the officers half led. half carried
tho;r rr,r,o,,s charoes- The c.ntain hore
~. ~, ana h.;r. Iient RX-s eecorta6
~. Ravrer, two oahcrs devofsd than,.
soiv.. :vclus;va,v a. Nj. Tr.vsr.. =
fo,,,4h r;cLsd m ~. MAN,. littsr
Two ~ threc smart. trim Iooking m.
f.rsrv .oldisr. cIe.rsd tha s.ction ~
hscs and bundle of shavls. ma the an
t,-o r,rtv "a. .oon within the Aocrvav
~ ~. v.itinu room. vhers : rsd hot
coaI .tova oloved fierce welcome. Hera
the lsd;ss wers left for = moment. vhiis
an M ths ofac.r. .rsin h,,stied ort into ths
torn And sourht their vnv aesinat the
rorthw.st eaie until thsv resched ~
It'll. crowd Gathered about the doorvav
~ the freirht sheds. stout. short.
h,,-iv man IN beaver overco.t ana c.r
n,,.h.d thro,ch tha Lnot ~ haIS ru,rhe5
s,,sctstor, and anrro.chad Chair Is.d.r.
"N. nave onIv two ambnlancns can.
t.;r..-thst h. Iii thsra va. 81 ~ r,cst
vhcr the disnafoh cama--.nA tSsra -.
do,.n ~ thsse mar. E.sidss Dr.. Grimss
All more or lese criiUnled. and Grimes
has 10Th hands frossn. Wa must 90
them ont at once. Can We take vsur
wogonY"
"Certainly, doctor. Take anything we
have. II the storm holds. tell the driver
not to try 70 come back for us. We can
mako tho ladies comfortable here at the
hotel for the night. Some Of the officers
have to get back for duties this evening.
The rest will have to stay. How did
thew happen TO Ret caught In such .
freezer
"They couldn't help Il. Stannard had
chascd the Cheyennes across the range.
and was ordered to get back to the rail
way. Il was twenty below when they
started. and they made three days chase
in that weather; but no one seemed to
care 20 long as they were on the trail
Then came the change OF wind, and o
driving snow storm, in which they lost
the trail as q matter Of course; and then
this blizzard struck them on the back
track. Grimes is so exhausted that he
could barely hold out until he got here.
He says he never could have brought
them through from Buff Siding but for
Mr.. Hayne: he did everything"
"Mr. Haynei Was he with themr'
"He was on the train, and came in a
once to offer his services. Grimes says
he was invaluable"
"But Mr.. Hayne was east on leave; ]
know he was. He WAS promoted to my
company last month-confound the luck
and was TO have SIX months leave be-
fore joining. ] wish 1t was SIX years.
| Where is he now2" And the captain
peered excitedly around from under his
| shaggy cap. Oddly. too, his face was
palinC.
"He left as soon as I took charge. l
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Gods mercy he was with these poor