Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1890-02-22


commissson N she rcguinrs was secured
through well paid congressional indu-
ence. The fact that Raynef had devel-
oped into good officer did not wipe out
the recollection cf these facts; and he
could have throttlcd Hayne for fcviving
them. Il was "a game Of give and take,"
said the youngster; and he "behaved
himself TO those who were at all decent
In their manner 70 him.
Il was thorn In Rayner's flesh, there
fore. when Hayne joined from leave Of
absence, after experiences not every
officer would care to encounter In get
ting back 10 his regiment, that Capt.
Hull should have induced the general TO
detail him In place Of the invalided field
quartermaster when the command was
divided. Haync would have been
junior subaltern In Rayner's little bat
TALON but for that detail, and it annoyed
the captain more seriously than he would
confess
IL 10 all an outrage and blunder to
pick out boy like that, he growls be-
tween ms set teeth as Hayne canters
biitheiy away. "Here he's been away
ssVA sho SeSuucns au SUMMER sOug,
having oig time and getting head over
ears IN debt, ! hear, and the moment he
reJoins they put him IN charge OF the
wagon tra'n as Held quartermaster. It's
putting premium on being young ana
cheeky - besides aosenteeasnA, ne con-
tinues, growing blacker every minute.
well, captain, answers his adjutant,
tnJudiciously, II think you don't give
HSyne credit for coming back on the
Jump We moment we were ordered out.
IL wsss no fault Of his he could not reach
US. ne TOOK chances ! wouldn't take.
"oh, yesl you kids all swear by Hayne
because hes good fellow and sings
Jouy song ana plays the piano-and
poker. one OF these days hell swamp
you all, sure as snooting. hes IN deos
now, ana III ietch MN pefore you know
II. "hat ne neeus Is 10 Do unuer a cap
tam VINO could discipine MN a little.
Dy Jove, u 10 y" ana 'ayner Veeth
emphasize uie assertion.
Inc young aa!utapt IL advisaoie
70 say hothing tnat may provoke further
vehenehce' Az the sahle' ne reunem-
oers hayners oitterness OF manner and
mas abundant cause TO.
When the next morning breaks, chill
ana paiiid' change mas come IN the as
pect OF affairs. During the earliest hour
OF the uawh tine RED hght OF hght
draught river boat startled the outlying
pickets down stream, and the Far West,
answering the muiiied nail from shore'
Responded through the medium OF
mates stentorian tones, News thatii
rout you fellows out. Inc sun Is hardly
Peeping over tne Jagged outhhe Oh the
eastern Nils wheh' Win hayners entire
Dattaiion ABOARD, she Is steaming again
down stream, with orders TO land at the
mouth OF the Sweet Root. There the four
companies Will disembark IN readiness
to join the rest OF the regiment
All day long again the wagon train
twists and wriggles through an ashen
section OF Les Mauvaises Terres. 1t is
a tedious, trying march for Hull's little
command OF troopers--all that is now
left to guard the train. The captain is
constantly out on the exposed flank,
eagerly scanning the rough country to
the south, and expectant any moment of
an attack from that direction. He and
his men, as well as the horses, mules and
teamsters, are fairly tired out when at
nightfall they park the wagons in big
semicircle, with the broad river forming
q shining chord to the arc of white can
vas. All the live stock are safely herded
within the inclosure; a few reliable sol
diers are posted well out to the south
and east to guard against surprise, and
the veteran Sergt. Clancy is put in CON-
mand Of the sentries. The captain gives
strict injunctiOns az to the importance
of these duties. for he is far from easy
IN his mind over the situation. The
Killers, he knows, are over IN the valley
OF the Sweet Root The steamer with
Rayner's men is tied up at the bank
some fve miles below, around the benc.
across the Elk, as ordered, and must be
expecting on the morrow to make for
the old Indian ferry" opposite Battle
Butte. Inc main BODY Oh the sioux are
reported farther down stream, but he
feels it in his bones that there are num-
bers OF them within signal, ana he
wishes with all his heart the tn were
here. Still, tie general was sure no
would stir up war parties on the other
shore. individually, he has had very
little luck in scouting during the sum-
mer, and he cannot help wishing he
were with the rest OF the crowd instead
OF here, train guarding.
Presently MIR. Hayne appears, elastic
and debonair as though he had not been
working like horse all day. lis voice
sounds 80 full OF cheer and life that HUI
looks up smilihgiy.
"Wel', youngster, you seem to love
this frontier iife."
Every bit OF 1t, captain; was cut