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

her, presumably, from the range OF
jealousy. The other girls found her
very entertaining, since she let them do
much of the talking, and were willing
TO accord to her certain quiet style of
her own. The men were glad to be civil
to any friend of Mrs. Lanes. And yet
Georgia Marshall had not been there a
week before, as Mabel confidently pre-
dicted, she was having in abundance
tetes-a-tete of her own.
1t was the third morning after the es-
cape of the prisoner Goss, and for forty
eight hours nothing else had been talked
of among the soldiers, and nothing had
excited so much comment among the
families at the post. Up to this moment
not trace had been found The two
iron Stats in front of his window had
been cut through swiftly and noiselessly
from within with watch spring saws, and
the tallow and iron filings lay about the
stony window sill He had been thor
oughly searched before being put in that
cell, and it was absolutely certain that
neither files nor tallow were then in his
possession. The guard swore that no
man had had access to him afterward.
A wire netting prevented anything from
being thrown to him from the outside,
and this had been forced upward and
outward after the bars were cut.
The sergeant of the guard was sure
that no man had touched or even spoken
to him, except when he himself had
seen his dinner and supper handed in.
There could have been no collision on
the part of the sentries, for the men on
No. 1 all through the day and night
were of the infantry, and warm friends
of Brent, who would have lost no chance
of putting bullet through the supposed
assailant in the event of his attempting
to escape. The blacksmith said it would
take several hours-at least five-to file
through those two bars, and the man
must have worked with the patience of
beaver. 1t was a drop of only seven
feet to the ground without, for the win
dow overlooked the uphill slope back of
the guard house; and yet, as he proba-
bly, had to come through head first, that
was quite fall. The prints of his out.
spread hands were found in the dust
heap, and it looked as though he must
have lain there some moments before
stealing away.
The sentry far down by the wood
yards, No s, stated that just as he wa:
calling off and standing faced to the
east so that his voice might carry to thu
guard house, he heard sudden stumble
behind him; a man tripped over a log
between him and the road, then ran lik,
mad down toward the old station. 1
was too dark to recognize who it coul(
be. The officer of the guard had stopped
to interrogate the sentry on reachin!
his post, but Mr.. Hearn had pushed
ahead, and down at the foot of the hill
had plainly heard a horses hoofs ant
the light rumble of wheels crossing tn
bridge and going at a spanking trot
yet soldiers returning from pass, relia
BILE men, had neither seen nor hear,
horse or wagon anywhere on the fiat
along which lay the road to town. Al
effort had been made to trail the whee
tracks from the bridge, but, though
place was found among she trees nea
the old station where horse and bugg
had evidently stood for two or thre
hours, it was impossible to determin
which way they had gone after crossin
the stream, for the farm wagons con
ing from every by road in the mornin
had totally obliterated the tracks.
Goss' escape while under charges {
such grave character was regarded 6
tantamount to admission of his guilt
Meanwhile Corp. Brant's case SCENE
to have taken a turn for the better, ant
though there was still danger, there VIZ
hope What struck many inquirers VIZ
the fact that the doctor seemed III {
ease, and invariably evaded the que
ton, when pressed as to the nature {
Brent's delirium. This, of course, sin
ply served to whet public curiosity; an
the young soldier became, all uncol
sciously, an object of greater intere
than ever. The ladies of the infantr
who had known him by sight some tim
t were certain that from the very first
5 had borne all the outward appearance
$ gentleman, and in every VOID al
+ gesture had given the world assuran,
e of man. of birth and breeding. The
n sisters of the cavalry, who had but T
t Gently reached Fort Ryan, were not slo
u in accepting their theories.
n Such things were by no means u
+ common in the service; and wouldn't
II be delicious, now, to have romance
S the ranks at Ryan? Only fancy, Nj
q Burnham, Mrs. Brodie, and, above a.
). Mrs. Graves, were quite ready to go
e the hospital at any time the doctor wou
t permit and become the nurse of Il
k young corporal; but the medical ma
almost bluntly declined the services
S two of these ladies, and with positi,
d insolence, said the third, had told h
l. she could much better devote her mini
IS trations to her own children 'Just
s if didn't know best what my childr,
r needed!' said the offended matron.
T And it was about DR.. Ingersoll tn
e Mrs. Graves was discoursing this We
l. morning on HRS. Lanes piazza, viii
% her own olive branches were clamberil
n the fences and having a battle roy
II with the progeny Of Mrs. Sergt. Fly
5. at the other end of the garrison. An
|, as luck would have it, who should cor
1T along the gravel walk but the mai
/ and the doctor, arm in arm, at viii
g sight Miss Marshall's expressive eye
7 trimming with merriment, sought L
"a half vexed features of Capt. Lane, w
e had been fidgeting uneasily in his cha
g during her ladyship's exordiu1n. Lii
1t many another excellent soldier, tt
t, practised trooper had no weapon wi
lie which to silence woman's tongue.