Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1894-08-31

had located and successfully 'swipe,l
ten stoves or enough for every tent,
Tbese stoves came mostly from
abandoned cabins, temporarily va
Gated on account of the strike, aud
in scme caves, the miners loaned
them, where a soldier of f1uen.
promise came along. Soldering
among the militia Qnicksns thiesing
prOpensities to a remarkable de.
gree. II be be u welt raised boy,
brought up to claim his own. be
will successfully resist temptation
for probably one or two days, then
he will fnd that bis blanket Is
missing, Some Que probably got
his blanket mixed up with the good
honest boys, and not being able to
tell them apart, took both; his Can.
teen and haversack, just issued 70
hIm, and for which he was sup,
posed to account. has been mixed
up with some other compauy's plum.
der, the members of whlch never
owned canteen or even haversack,
and to crown his troubles, wheu
the command was given to "falI in,"
has gun which was a new "three
click SpriugnrId,' cannot be found.
1t, too, has gotten mixed up aud
II by this time the
has not Teen made sufs
hclentiy plain to him, and the prOp>
er relief suggested, ne IL informed
by the Captain that as command
log Officer of that company, be "the
captain" IL responsible under a
heavy bond for all gOods issued to
the company, aud though no Que il
licensed to take anything that
does not belong to bim. be will be
expected to report IN a given time,
With a full accoutrsmeut, aud to
the credit of the man, be generally
fluids" what is lacking, and views
With dark suspicion any strag : sers
who may innoceu;ly "drop In" to
spend a while in his tent. One dav,
IN checking up, We discovered a
shortage on blankets; the situation /
was made known tn the company,
aud though no great disturbance
" IA made over the matter, We bad
blankets to give away iu u short
lime.
Tue days went by rather monot.
Tor those used to active
,usI0ess life, and we we're glad one |
lay to learn that all with the ex-
:eptiOn of some two bundled men,
we're, Oh the morrow, TO begin the
march overland to Colorado
springs. some tuirty >six miles dis
ant. We were aroused at 4 80 in
he morning, packed our tents, and
he Quartermasier used until 10 Is
o checking the luggage OF the va>
lous companies to prevent too
nucn extra pIouder from being
arried o6. The pace was rapid
rom the start. when marching, at
EAST four miles an hour, with fire.
Iuent halts for the rear to catch
-. The drop in the thirty >six
niles from Altman to the Springs,
= about one aud a quarter miles,
nd though 10 our travel We we're
'early always going right down ,he
hde Of q noutltalUs occasionally We
rere making a stiff ascent, When
rn niles out l ielt sure could not
old up. and equally sure none O,
be balance could, but second
Vind came to Us and We went iuto
he halfway house Ut tive in the
making q pace of over
our miles al hour A rest OF half
n hour or more, aud u cbance to
'sthe our faces, hands and feet iu
clear mountain stream, made
colorado Springs seem almost at
and, aud With practically uorbiur
D eat II We csmped over night, all
'ere glad to again esin the march.
ID t6l'osslDie to describe the
fountain sceuery, thrust On Us 10
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