San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-01-21

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ward the cavalry barracks with the cor
poraI in pursuit. Then came the sound
of shock or blow; then tine fall, and
! hurrying downstairs she had called
| Capt. Lane, and lighting his little hurri-
cane lamp she had FASTENED cut along
| the road, the captain rapidly following.
And there at the foot OF L troop stair
way lay Brent, bleeding profusely.
1T WAS some of our men chat did it,
sir" said Wallace rcyretfully, and I'd
y.ye months pay to Prove 1t on them.
Ia give more than that if rhought /
could prove TINT 10 cavalryman had
anything to ID wish il
Ii.en the colonel had sent his orderly
- -; The doctor Low Brent was coming
~. ana the Go>tor replied that he was
SKI unconscious and ho really could not
I'll how the case would end. 1t was
TON this re2s&S. tie orderly had jgst
.rturael. CA Norris was greatly dis
-rbcl. rc Lad proposed having Il re
~ Of TIE entire command, CavGlvyE
mounted, and teoating his Eues5s to n
.i.ving and martial sight, butUhcl ;he
"ascmOIy sounded ho had completely
->&2gcl his lliHl, AMI so informed his
vie. I'm all u0set &0olt t&.s affair."
he said, land impatient to begin an III
vys,.gGcicn."
The band was ordered b@c.c to GUAR.
tars, the captains were notified TO in
spact their companies en- tleir own pa
rales, ana merely exchanging his helmet
for forage cap and laying aside his saber
the colonel strobe over to the office, pass
,iag by the three cavalry troops that were
nearest him. even cutting across the
parade as though to avoid salute, and
appeared directly ii front of & troop,
that was drawn up in double rank and
at open order farthest to the south side.
Lieut.. Hearn, temporarily il command,
was engaged in inspecting car5ines, but
vt sight Of the reGimental commander
discontinued his work and raised his
land 70 the visor Of his helmet.
go on. go on. Mr.. Hcarn," said the
colonel gruftly Il did not mean to in
tcrrupt you" Nevertheless, he who had
paid no attention to the other companies
Dl.inly halted in front of c, and was
canning the mems fIces with eyes that
we're full Of gloom. Next he strobe
;4;i2l tie right Of the line anl passed
'cu-n n front qf tn rea- raHb until he
reached the center. where the tallest
men were standing, and where he fixed
MS gaze . n one soldier, tall, slender,
but muscular fellow; he looked him over
from head to foot, but passed him slowly
4
noted that the fingers Of the soldiers left
hang twitched and closed as the colonel
approached, and that Il lump seemed to
rise III the brawny throat, but was quick
y gulpel down. There was no other
symptom, though. ard Lieut.. Mason,
the adjutant, who had Joined his colonel.
saw that the mans eyes never wavered
from their look straight to the front, al
hoUgh he might have paled trifie un-
iCT that stern, searching gaze.
Half an hour later, inspection being
over. the colonel sat in his Office. holding
an investigation. The captain of G
troop was absent on sick leave at the
time. and the command had dcvolved
upon young officer who had won fine
|
was regarded throughout the regiment
IS perhaps the most promising of all the
subalterus He was an excellent horse
man, u fine tactician, and u drillmaSter
Of whom his men had become vastly
proud. Under the mild hammered sway
of their captain, a war veteran of I'M
certain years, c had fallen about to the
foot in proficiency in drill and horseman-
ship. But the moment young Hearn got
command they began the turning over
of very new leaf. Little instruction
Of any kind except mountain scouting
had been impaired in Arizona. but when
they came eastward, and old Riggs,
their former colonel. made way for
much better soldier, discipline and drill
began on the instant.
For a few weeks e troop had to take
| al the raspings and the men were dis,
l heartened as much by the jeers of their
comrades as by the sharp raps of their
| colonel. Hearn. too, was fretting him
self half to death, but when his captain
was taken i'll and was compelled to turn
| over the troop to his subaltern, the
1 yOungSter took hold" in a way that
filed Mason's soul with delight and
that speedily enchanted the men From
being the worst, G troop soon challenged
al corners for the right to be called the
best drilled troop at the post, and Capt.
Lane, of D, had cordially congratulated
Heun on the result of his excellent
effort. The young fellow had that facul-
ty, in which so many are lacking, of in
spring the men with enthusiasm and