San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-11-14

lery. Ihat, though0 Holden, mlgnI
have offered a way of escape, because it
was out of sight from the parade.
But Brewster and Randolph had both
essayed to reach the caves, and even
when standing on the railing could bare
ly touch them with the tips of their
fingers. Then, again, a sentry walked
along the edge of the slope leading to
the river bottom south of the long row
of ~ofirarS' Quarters and clnsa hahird 81"
sergeant Ellis" said he, 'if | hal
had your experience in mining it seems
to me I'd find something different froL
staying in the regular army"
Captain Gorham," was the uneE-
pected reply, '"if you had had anything
like my experience you would be very
glad of a berth in the army or out of it
preferably in"
1t was conceded after this episode that
Ellis had a history and the faculty Of
keeping it to himself. The colonel was
glad to have him re-enlist, even while
wondering that he should do so. Many
remembered how he had come to them
haggard and travel worn three years be-
fore and offered himself as a recruit.
This was far Ont in the mountains. His
language and manners We're such that
every one knew it to be a case of a man
whom fortune had betrayed, and who
took the shilling" as many another
has done, somewhat as a last resort.
But before he had Won his first chew
rOns the men knew well that from some
source or other Ellis was beginning 10
receive a good deal of money. When
Sergeant Currie was killed by that
tough in the public streets of Sheridan
City-a cold blooded and ~unprovoked
murder-and Currie's wife and children
had not where to lay their heads now
that their support was gone, officers and
men "chipped in and bought them a
little cottage on the banks of Rapid
run, just at the edge of town.
Ellis had planked down a five dollar
bill as his share on the subscription list,
but did not Kate Currie, the eldest child,
tell how he had come all by himself af-
terward and given her an envelope
which he babe her hand to mother from
a friend-an envelope which was found
to hold a fifty dollar treasury note?
Sporting characters in the regiment who
sought to borrow from Ellis met with
cold, even curt, refusal. Neither would
he ever gamble or bet with them. Neither
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eiy 'eaNe Vi d teW hours only Ootn'
tioih 'no Poih' Vi he" Vi Ihe correSPoh-
uehI VI " very h'elpilsllS paper occu-
PIE" aV ,hF moment 'he same social
pane ana us aliuSiOnS TO tine slavlsh
ueiere!lce demanded oy the arlstocratlc
commissioned force OF their enlisted but
far Worthler men, gave rise to some dis
cusSlon at the fort. one or two officers
held n Els should have given the
military salute and no other, but the
mass OF opinion was in favor of Ellis's
actlon; being entirely IN civilian dress