The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-03-08

mad to Dlack DOOJS, Dulld nreS, sweep the |
kitchen, actually do chores for the cap
tain's cook. In vain he begged to be al
lowed to join his troop and learn his !
duty as soldier; he was sternly refused. |
1t made his own comrades among the |
soldiers look down upon him, and when |
he could find time to visit them at the
barracks the sergeants abused him like
thief. But the man who particularly
bounded him was Second Lieut.. Hearn,
a young martinez fresh from West Point,
who never lost o chance of cursing him
for errors on drill OF mistakes made after
ward.
1.-THE captain had taught him that
when at work for him he must not quit
it to jump up and salute every ieuten
ant who happened along; and just be-
cause he remained seated and at work
when Lieut.. Hearn passed by, the latter
cursed him like dog, had him thrown
into a filthy dungeon, and there he lay
until he was tried by court martial and
sentenced by gang of Hearn's COM
rades to fine and imprisonment for obey
ing his captains orders. Another time,
when he was cleaning the captains
horse, the Eeuterant's horse, which was
next him on the line, kept backing over
him, treading on him, and knocking his
brushes out of his hand, and because he
simply pushed him back and spoke
sharply Lieut.. Hearn rushed in and
swore he had mind to kick him black
and blue. If he had,' said Welsh-and
the young soldiers eyes blazed with
pent up feeling-T could no longer have
controlled myself would have knocked
him down and appealed to the people of
America to uphold me- For this he
was again thrust into the vermin haunt
ed dungeon, and this made him so i'll
that the surgeon himself had been COM
PEELED to interpose in his behalf. I
would desert and end it all, said the
poor fellow, with tears in his eyes, but
[ have sworn to serve my country, and I
shall keep my oath When told that
The Palladium would see him righted,
though the heavens fell, his emotion was
something that would have melted the
stoutest heart.
'But now comes the browning peak of
blackguardism. Warned by some spy,
doubtless, of the fact that his victim
was telling his story to citizens, Lieut..
Hearn suddenly appeared on the scene,
and before our eyes, with vulgar abuse
and tyrannical bearing, ordered Private
Welsh instantly to leave In vain the
young soldier respectfully pleaded that
| hosh q 7.isr 70 u ,o
came to see him. In vain he pointed
cut that he was ON no duty at the time. In
vain Mr.. S. interposed in behalf of jus
tice and decency. The brutal bully
seized the weakened invalid in an iron
grasp, dragged him like dog to the
gutter in front and then, with cuffs and
curses, drove him before him into the
guard house. Meantime Mr.. S., who
had formerly many friends at the post,
fastened into the officers club room,
hoping to explain the matter and secure
justice for the unfortunate fellow Blu.
it was a hapless move. What business
had he, civilian, to intrude unlimited
into the mighty presence of half q dozen
beardless young satraps in shoulder
straps? He was rudely ordered to leave
the premises; and when, in his indigna
ton, he protested against such treat
. ment, Lieut.. Hearn himself came back
/ boiling with rage, calling for his troop
ers to come and eject these intruders
from the garrison. We were actually
; driven by force off the reservation.
"Your correspondent has, of course
made immediate and respectful repre-
, sentation of these facts to the genera
, commanding the department, and wher
next he visits the fort will do so with &
safeguard that no bully in the uniform
of a second lieutenant will dare gainsay
This is but the prelude of further de
tails still more disgraceful to the pam
3 pered minions of too long suffering
public"
For a few moments there was silence
, Then the major glanced around his circl,
, of listeners.
s "Well, Hearn," said he, as he folded
p the paper, somewhere have heard thu
expression Didn't tell you so? Dulct
y ct decorum est pro patria mori. 1 dom
;, wonder you love your profession"
s Surely they cannot believe such al
q outrageous tissue of lies" burst out Mrs
h Wharton vehemently ''Surely the mo
o ment our side of the story is heard TIT
4 public will see the difference.
: ''Our side, my dear madam, is neve
heard. The newspaper has the public
q ear. Scandal spreads world wide; trutl
a never reaches half as far. Hearn ha
4 only one recourse-grin and bear it, ant
), pray God nothing worse may follow"
9 ''What worse can follow, should lik
q to know" asked Lee Indignantly.
What worse? Why, man, you dom
p suppose Chicago paper sends an ennis
) sary thousand miles to work up onl
h one scene in a sensation? Look for tn
9 next days issue and the next. Wait til
n the letters demanding explanation begil
4 coming in from department, division an
4 army headquarters. Fiat justitia, rua
i coelum, will be The Palladium's CRY
=, Partu1iunt monies, nascitur ridiculu
j mus, the outcome. But all the same, m
% friends and fellow citizens, we don't gre
4 through this row without the bigges
o. kind of court martial. All, the orderl
r. of the commanding officer! Whom dee
Ia he want?"
~ Not word was spoken. and every ey
- was fixed upon the trim figure of the az
;. preaching soldier, who entered the gal
n and, hating respectfully few yart
- away from the foot of the steps, salutet
9 1.-THE colonel's compliments to tn
% officer of the day, and desires that Pr
70 vate Welsh, now in the guard house, I
n sent to the office immediately"
~ ssAhar, cold Kenvnn as the soldi.