Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1892-08-25

at Is my brother"
1--WE are doing first rate, Bess dear"
wrote Berlien, "and all are hopeful that
with the surrounding of the big band of
hostiles in the Bad River valley the
most uncertain feature Of the business
is at AN end. If they can be quietly
herded In to the reservation and induced
to give up all their arms and ponies.
there viii be no further trouble. The
health and spirit of the regiment are ex-
cellent, and, while hope no emergency
will arise, can bet that if there should
be a shindy the Twelfth will give good
account of itself. Farquhar keeps us on
the alert and there is no rusting. Cor
ham has joined from leave. so that
Brewster, to his infinite disgust doubt
not, has had to fan back to second place.
He and Rolfe are about the only gloomy
spirits in the command. and of Brewster
l see very little. Ever since the episode
Of which told you and her most signifi-
cant appearance at the depot in town
while we were being switched to the
northbound track | have not felt like
having anything to do with him. How
do You suppose she heard of ON move,
since she left the hop before any one
knew of il. There We're few other
ladies there, admit, for they were still
with us when the orders came. and it had
cleared by the time we reached the depot.
She, however, seemed to hang on to
him and nobody else to the very last. /
am distressed at what you tell me about
Winifred, and the more think of it the
more | am disposed to urge your in
slant acceptance of Miss Guthrie's in
vitation. 1t will be the very best anti
dote | know ola few weeks in St.
Louis society--if she has indeed, as yen
fear, become interested in him. Go by
all means; it win do you good--do Win
fired world Of good (get her some new
gowns, and take in all the parties and
all the gayety you possibly cam, and it
will be a good thing for Miss Guthrie
too.
Now, this is strictly entire nous
Holden is worried about her, and in
course of long talk we had last night
he showed me letter just received
lIOlu Mis-. vi 0oAlN0 ctlt 10 al
upset by his having to take the field,
and wants to leave the children with
her mother and come up here to him,
but she couldn't be in camp and there
isn't room to be had at the railway
station. The place is just crammed
with newspaper men and quartermas-
ters people. Mrs. Holden writes that
ever since the night of that queer a6-
venture of hers at the fort Mia has
been unlike herself-strange nervous,
almost hysterical at times. She will
permit no allusion to it, and seems
striving TO forget it all. She goes every
where, morning, noon and night, but
looks haggard and i'll. / gather from
what Holden said that. as you once sur
missed, there was an old affair which
may have had something to do with her
persistent refusal of every offer; but
what that could have had to do with
her fright at Pawnee | cannot imagine.
Holden agrees with me, however, that
it would be capital thing if You and
Winnie would pay her the visit she
urges; so again, say, go by all means.
by the way. wish you would run
over and see Mrs. Thorpe as often as
you can. Her letters have a depressing
effect ON the captain. He tells me the
only insurance he has in all the world is
in the Army mutual, but three thousand
dollars would hardly pay their debts
and take care of them for year if any
thing were to happen to him. Don't be
alarmed by newspaper stories of the
lighted skies and bowling ghost dancers.
Indians will dance all night ON any prov.
ocation, ard our fires light the skies
quite as much as theirs. Sergeant Ellis
who volunteered to push through with
dispatches to Buffers command some
where ON the other side of the Bad
Lands, got back all right this morning
and says he had hardly any difficulty in
working way through the hostiles
That fellow. l think, is going to make q
name for himself in this campaign. He
is always ready for anything that turn;
up.
4 hear that Brewster and Ridgeway
have had a row and do not speak. Some
of the boys know what it's all about, but
won't tell me. Do you know? Now
unless You wire to the contrary, shall
address my next care of Hon. Warren l.
Guthrie, St. Louis.
Then Kenyon got letter He wa:
now commanding officer of the post, and