Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-08-10
LIEUTENANT LAKE.

II was known all over tho post within
half an hour after tho occurrence, Ofi-
Gers, soldiers, civilians. servants, troop
laundrcsses. even the Apaches In tho
camp down the river, fancy, knew all
about It, the general verdict boing that
II was n shamo-that tho colonel ought
TO let him of. and that he WAS the finest
fellow In the world. anyway. II was u
singular thing that two such popular
men rs Jack Lake Of dear old --th cav
airy aud tho lieutenant colonel OF that
same regiment, Familiarity known DO
hind his bacl) rs the "old man." but
drawing his pay under tho nnm' and
title OF Lieutenant Colonel Theodore
Brown. should not bo able TO get along
together.
Both Of ,hom were adorcd by tho OH.
cerB aud men ~ tho regiment, aud (ahall
say it0 by u good many Of the women.
The ono was u rollioking young lieuien-
ant-tall. handsome, talented and brave
20 reclslossness. just as . cavalry licu-
tenant should be. Tho other was ones
beau ideal OF field officer Of cavalry,
still strong. hearty man. although hc
had seen much hard service during tho
war and on tho plainai nman who mover
shirked duty and, what was more,
never permitted any Que else 10; n hard
worker and n just, though severe, post
commander. In word, the kind Of u
man the authorities usually sent TO dan
Rerous posts and such post was
Apache.
II had all come about some years bo-
fore ut West Point. Lake had been u
cadet at tho Military academy while
Colonel Brown was tho commander OF
cadets. and the cider man had, TO use q
little West Poinrslnng, "got the oqua'
tion" Of the younger man "down fine.
In other words, he had "sizod him up
and concluded, rather rashly II must bt
admitted, that Lake was utterly worth
less except for the purpose Of raising Tho
duro whenever no No desired. This, Il
must be admitted, no can do 10 pcrfec
ton. II was not Lakes fault, however
that they could not get along together
Oh. no! Lake could get along with an!
one, aud he could not SEQ for the life o
him why tho colonel did not enjoy hi
prnnls Just Us much rs he aud appar
emily every one else did. But the col
oncl did not, and the result was tina
Lake was undergoing punishment mos
of the time he was u cadet at the acad
envy.
Well, when u superior officer In tn
army dislikes un inferior officer II
usually very disagrccablc for the inferio
officer. And 1t Is probable that LAX
suffered good deal moro than the CON
mandant But he never complained an
never tried TO reform.
Perhaps he relied ON entirely dilfcrot
tactics. It was said that Lake was roall
In love with the colonel's daughter.
was not improbable. Most Of tho cadet
were. Indeed, few who had ever M,
Miss Hyacinth Brown were not In 10,
with her But she was q queer cir
poor grill she had been half orpha
from her early girlhood-and perhnl
she inherited some Of tho obsiinaoy
her father.) Strange rs II may seen
she loved this same scapegrace, Lake.
It is more than probable that the Ill
covcry OF this fact, coupled with win
no know Of tho young5terlB character 4
thought ho know, was but added ~
TO tho FIRE. II was hard 10 tell, thong
for the colonel had always been hard I
Lakeland remained so. Ilo did b
one thing in regard to it, lilo foiba
Lako's calling on his daughter, and
insisted that sho leave him entire
alone. Well, every ono knows more
less about human nature. The int,
ference Of the father merely made I
young man more determined TO ma
love TO the daughter aud tho You
lady but the moro anxious TO recci
thatlove.
Tho young lieutenant made matt,
all the worse when no graduated a
received his commission by yoluntnr
joining the cavalry regiment Of viii
Ayacinth's father was the lioutens
colonel. Most youngsters would ha
hesitated at such step. 1t isno agr
able thing TO have q superior officer
ones own regiment down on one, but
was precisely Lakes style II ho W
TO join another regiment he might
well say goodhy TO tho girl, and
hadn't the slightest intention Of do