The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1894-11-10


jutant general of the department, was
amply sufficient to have the doctor and
some attendants remain there with his
son and Schramm. There were daysof
delirium in which the young Prussian
| babbled of the Rhineland, of home and
mother, of old days in saddle with the
hussars on the sunny slopes beyond
Metz, of mad envy at sight of Bredow's
squadrons riding away eastward from
the heights of Tronville, down the
sheltering ravine, then up the slopes
again and, in headlong charge. full on
the front of the battling French. Then,
exultant, he seemed to hear the longed-
for order for his own fellows, to recall
the keen soldier rivalry between Uhlan,
cuirassier and hussar, as the three regi-
ments 'lined up for their charge, with
dragons and hussars in support, and
with the August sun just sinking in the
west they swooped down upon the ar
| rayed divisions of Montern and Cleram-
bault to the north Of Mars-la-Tour.
And then he lived again the perilous
| hours of his first experience with the
Sioux, and poured out his heart in gra
saved him Old Thornton, sitting by
| his camp cot, his father-heart yearning
over his own boy lying in placid SUM
Der close at hand. learned enough to
guide him in a letter to the American
legation at Berlin,-a soldier fathers
letter to another soldier father in a
foreign land, angered at and estranged
from the son Of whose very existence,
perhaps, he was in doubt. The letter
was posted before Thornton heard him
babbleS Of other names, and tell of the
gnadige Fraulein, Morgan's oldest child,
| and with grave face the colonel rose
! and looked at his sleeping boy, and
| went out upon the breezy prairie, walk
| ing for hours before his return. Many
things did Schramm 1nutter and muir
! muir and reveal that Thornton could
! not understand at all, but he knew
enough German to divine much of the
soldiers past, and to demand of his son
what letter was that he sent to Con-
stance Morgan; whereat Perry, looking
much amazed, answered with all
pro,nptitude: Letter to Connie Nor
gan? Why, certainly! Il wrote to her
the second day out from Ransom TO tell
her what you told me about promotion
and to ask her to send us the measures
for her fathers belt and helmet. The
| men of the old troop were bound to
| send him his captains shoulder knots,
! and some one suggested that it might
be pious idea to chip in and order a
complete new outfit, helmet and knots
and belt and adjust to surprise him.
Some thought he might take offence,
but old Tintop swore he shouldn't"
, And Thornton pere walked out again.
Perry had never lied to him in his life.
Would it be fair to ask the boy if he
had been making love to Morgan's
motherless daughter?
But within the week the crisis was
over-Schramm was out Of danger.
Mother and sisters were clamoring for
Perry at home, so eastward went the
colonel and his boy, and presently, by
easy stages, westward went Sschramm,
his escort camping at Alkali, crossing.
to the north bank aud going on to Min
/ den, where camp was made again, and
| where Mr.. Fisk, the agent came over,
ostensibly to see if he could be of any
service, and then went back to his
office and said to a deputy sheriff that
if that was one of the men who came
in with the dispatch that Friday morn
ing of the list Of June he'd changed SO
he couldn't tell him.
Meantime, Rand had been clear
around to the agency by the other
route, and turned mp again at Butte
the day Schrarnm was returned to
Ransom. Don't you disturb him, Mr.
Sheriff, said he, land just take my ad
vice now, don't GO too fast on this trail;
you may get in so far you can't get
back--with credit to Yourself And
out at the post the doctor had given
strict orders that nobody should breathe
in Schramms hearing what everybody
knew-that he was wanted" for the
Minden robbery. ''My first duty is to
see him restored to Health and
strength" said he; then the law
must take its course And SO,
with the regiment long miles away,
Schramm lay patiently in hos
pical, tenderly thought for by every
one, frequently remembered through
the mails by the distant family of
Thorntons, promoted corporal of his
troop in regimental orders promulgated
fromsheadquarters in the field and read
to the whole assembled command both
there and here at Ransom, reciting the
heroic nature of his conduct in the at
fair at Slaughter cove and the skill
and bravery with which, his superiors
being disabled by wounds, he had con-
Quoted the defense. All this was very
pleasant to Schramm. whose eyes
lighted with JOY when Morgan, his
captain now, and letters, invalided by
wounds, and Treacy ditto, all came in
to congratulate him; but the sweetest
thing IN life to the convalescing sol
der was the sight of Connie Morgan's
pretty face when, regularly as the day
came round, the gnadige Fraulein APP
peared with some little bunch Of wild
flowers, some little dainty or cool
drink, but always with her gentle voice
and soft brown eyes and sweet, serious
smile, to ask how the corporal was feel
ing this bright day. The only trouble
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