The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1894-11-29

kindness ana desire 10 nclp ne asked
who would be the best man to send,
and the sergeant promptly answered.:
"Schramm. Schramm was all the time
over there, and doubtless he would be
glad TO take the detail" Manning hes
itated moment. iIe had other views
for this young soldier, whose useful
ness in the troop could become very
more English. But he called him forth
with. Schramm was among his com
radcs, awaiting the assembly signal,
and, summoned abruptly, he stood at
tention in foot of snow and answered
''Zu Bcfehl, Herr Rittmcister," before
he could catch himself and blurt out:
"Ca-Capitan." His gloved hand re-
NAMED, Prussian fashion, in salute.
"Schramm, hate to lose you from
the troop, but would you care to 60 to
Lieut.. MorEan's as ordcrly?"
81, Herr Rittmeister?"
The roll OF the RS was almost like
that of drum. The blood mounted to
his checks. He stamncred, looked ut
terly bcwildcrcd, stumbled, and be-
tween embarrassment and sense OF SUBJ
ordina ton stood mcelily mute.
Don't you want TO go?" asked Man
ming.
bite, Herr Captain, unless haf il
20 do" ....
"Oh, no, by no means. supposed
you'd really like it," said Manning. II
would much rather you didn't That's
oil" And Schramm nearly fell over
himself i'm the effort TO salute and face
about in foot-dccp drift and escape
before the Herr Rittmcister might
change his mind. Whom can we send,
sergeant? want a good, steady man,
for Mr.. Morgan is far from mcnding."
"Wcll, sir, there's Penner; he amt
good for nothing else"
And so it came to pass that Penner, q
mild-manuercd, moony young barba-
rian, went gladly to duties with which
he was far more familiar than the
grooming OF frolicsome steeds and the
tramping OF lonely sentry-posts. And
Schramm, rcdoubling the assiduity OF
his attention TO military duties, none
the less kept up his frequent visits to
the Morgans' quarters, modestly pre-
laboriously inquiring how the Herr
Lieutenant had passed the night and
whether he could do aught to serve
him during the day. Pcnner was soon
domcsticated to answer
these queries himself, but not infrc-
qucntly Constance came TO answer
the soldiers knock, and then at sight
Of the gnadigc Eraulcin Schramm'S
manner would become simply eXtrava-
CANT in precision and Difference. With
in the week after he declined the place
the soldiers were saying Schramm
wouldn't bc dog-robbcr, but was boss
ing Ponner's job all the same" And
certain it was that penncr owed much
OF his usefulness TO the suggestions of
his bctter-informod couutryman. Mean
time, Mrs. Warren and Mrs Woods
were doing all that lay i'm their power
to help about the house, and another
loving woman, who devoted two hours
each morning 60 the lessons of her own
send Lot and Billy TO her as recruits in
the kindergarten; and the officers,
dropping in each evening 60 cheer the
Did man up bit, still striving To hold
from him the fact that the treasury
department. had proved deaf 10 all mar
tial appeals in his bchalf, wcrc made
glad one bitter evening by dispatch
from the Wolverine senator. The old
Michigan brigade had still "a pull
and Tintop himself went whisting
1854" 49, .>.. ,tdl
lews that he had friends at court.
bill of relief for Morgan will be
presented" wired the magnate. Mean
lime, no stoppage allowed
'Who could have fixed this for me?"
asked Morg9n, gratefully, with glisten-
ny eyes.
"Oh, your friends at home did it,"
answered Tintop, promptly, with par
lonable thought of how much stirring
he friends at the front had first To do.
What they ought to stir about now is
% help you with these-theSe-othe |
claims; don't mean pay them for you,
# course-you wouldn't want them To /
10 that-but fix il SO that you could |
apitalize 'em some way; raise little |
und that you could repay at so much
Month with six per cent. interest, and |
hen wipe out all these pressing
hings,"
Poor Morgan! his first thought had
'een that now he could order suit
BILE headstone for Carries lonely
rave.
CHAPTER III.
The winter went out in storm and
'luster. The springtide set in with re-
uctant flow. The prairie wastes,
wept clean by furious gales in March,
erobed in glistening white in April,
'eeped forth through ragged rents in
heir fieecy mantle at the soft touch of