Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1894-11-29
ABILENE REFLECTOR ABILENE KANSAS NOVEMBER o. 1891

fellows are nightly 1t home On the
frontier" Sergt. Schultz explained
that they always left their uniforms In
garrison when in the fell after III
dians, but called his attention to the
fact that they never lived better in the
old country than these rough-loolsing
fellows were living now. Already the
Ills Of the summer were forgotten.
Whether he forgot or not. schramm
made no reply. He was well content
with his rations, for field appetite Is a
wondrous sauce, and soldier coffee,
with bacon, beans, Dutch oven
bread and antelope steak have a relish
In the keen October air known only TO
the frontiersman. Schramm, from
looking pale, peaked, and a trihe pa
thetic when he stepped from the crowd
ed train at the railway, had sproutcd n
fuzzy beard, blistered the skin Of his
cheeks and nose in the hot monday
sunshine, scared his cyclids by In
temperate additions IN alliali water,
and was making commcndablc prog
ress in plainscraft and plains English
In three weeks scouting down the
South Cheyenne, with the lInd Lands
on the right and worse lands on the
left, he became so proficient In the cav
airy art Of pre-empting good patch Of
glass for his horse that his troop COM
mander, closely watching his new re-
cruit, remarked that that young fellow
would be u valuable non-conmissioncl
officer some day, II he hadn't been al
ready. Like the Germans of his hct-
erogeneous troop, the captain was ofthe
opinion that schramm he'd history.
One evening, far down the valley
where not an Indian had been seen or
heard Of, the outlying sentries report
ed bunch Of black-tailcd deer in the
foothills to the northwest. Lieut.. Nor
gan was in commend Of the guard, and
his captain was officer Of the day. Nor
gan took squad Of three or four men,
mounted and rode away down the
wind, while party Of officers scram-
blcd up the bank to the edge Of the
broad prairie to watch the sport. 1t
was just then that Schramm, his Blue
eyes ablaze, clicked his heels together,
stood bolt upright, and began, color
ing even redder in combined cagerness
and embarrassment, Elite, Herr RIFT
meister,' then, desperately plunginr
into troopers English as he had hcerl |
1t spoken: kin 60 along nit dem fcl-
lers alretty?" and as Manning nodded
assent, he saluted with marked prcci.-
ion, bored u hole with his heel in the
alkali dust In punctilious execution
OF the "kehrt, sprang bareback on his
horse and rode away, carbinc in hand,
after his trooper comrades. Half m
hour went by, and the herd, still I'M
disturbed, continued to Craze. The
hunters were ont Of sight among the
1eprcssions Of the surface. The cap
tain sent for his field glass and other
officers joined him AMI levelled their
binoculars on the distant quarry jtct
4 deer family having quiet dinner to-
yethcr in u sheltered ravinc opening
out into the broad bottom of the
stream, Presently, one after another
.hrce or four black objects crawlcl
lround point. "Yondcr's Morgan
'aid the watchers. Suddenly the deer
'amily tossed high their heads, then
larted away into the hills and were
nut Of sight IN an instant. Two Or
hree of the younger officers set IN Il
augh OF derision; Pretty hunting,
hat ISL But the elders looked crave.
What scared them?' was tbs query.
Ihc black dots Of hunters had halted,
In surprise, There seemed
o be moment Of consultation. and
hen all three could be seen running
'ack in the direction in which they
anne.
"Going for the horses to chase the
eer' laughed young Leonard, who
nccred at Morgan's claims rs Il deer ,
tal,cr.
"Chasc be hanged Look there. the
Ger are chasing them
Then up rose every man in mad ex-
itemcnt, for their senior lieutenant,
H. Ray, had sprung to his feet and
uahed for his horse. Deer, you
ahmed fool. It's Indians he cried;
nd, shouting for some Of the guard to
blow him, Mr.. Ray threw himself
pom his ninblc sorrel and darted out
yer the prairie to the rescue. In
linute half n dozen men were string
" along after him, while the alarm
bundled among tho cotton-woods and
le herd-guards came driving in their
Scitcd clvalladas. +
Meantime, there was the mischief to
ny, Leaving two men as horse-holl-
rs in little swale, Morgan with three a
theirs, including the eager young .
russian, crawled off for shot at the
crd. They were in plain view, and
Iterly unsuspicious CT approach from u
nat quarter when, I'LL on u sudden, u
le buck started, stamped, tossed his
est, md away they all flew up the y
rassy ravinc. Rising to his feet to Z
udy the situation, after a word or II
vo of caution to his comrades, Nor D
IN was saluted by the whistle Of :
illet past his head-another- mother