Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1894-12-20

g. ,.o,-tv most interested, was persis
tne p"i - cross-ouestioning Of the
'en ~. Who was eager enough 70 eX-
-. INT not to Curran. In oriel, ne
ia p.;,l' he had brought in that soie-lea.n
% !, -. - a,.lv twelve thousand dollars
With which to pay Winthrop coI =,
mand. The rest of his funds sealeu -
a. little iron safe. were turneo ofei
-. - +le exnress company 10 be forward
- 80 Rntte two days later o. by which
- la had expected TO return 10 pay
49, ;nfantry at the fort and then go on
=. ~ the outlving posts to the northwest;
~ " ''l n..a,,;ng too. Rhett had received
.sJ1orr.a,hic orders to hold his NIUE
,At,,;d,, ~ foot in readiness TO take
train to Pawnee and thence nia,e"
ACROSS the range to the lower Mini ''Aa.
Although exaggerated, the reports y
..,,,;na and murder were only TOO true.
M Sioux were indeed at their aeVliish
-. n the subdued hustle OF prep
aration the paymasters eAcie<iiie..s
49,, s;s+,.ess of mind created less sym
,latbv than would ordinarily have oeeii
the ease. Eagerly ne was showing n's
s;s,,ot.b 70 officer after officer, ana
-, whether anyone would not have
acted lust as he did under the eircuii-
stances and on receipt Of 50 genuine
message. and gentlemen VINO unuei
a4lar circumstances would unhesitat-
;nglv have said yes were now
I;raosed 10 be bit conserva-
tive 10 look judicial and suggest
..,,u;os wouldn't it have been bet
ter to stop the train at Alkah ana see
if the report were true? The bridge
was only half mile from the station
and somebody would have been sure 70
know. These are times when ever
bodv's bael1sight is so much better
than his foresight Everybody could
see with half an eye that had the pay
master caused the conductor to stop
the train at AllSali some OF the escort
would have been on the platform 70
meet him. and they would have told
him that there was nothing in the
world the matter with the bridge. that
the whole thing was plant. but
Graves pointed out that he didn't own
the road and couldn't make the tram
.ton unless he meant to get OFF, which
he didn't. Lieut. Edwards had wired
hin, TO cone on to Minden. Everybody
knew Edwards. He had escorted
Graves on the winter trip to the Black
Hills environment. 1t was most nat
nral Edwards should have been Sc
Heated to escort him this time. He was
with the battalion, first lieutenant OF
Can't. Frank Amory's troop. True as
matters turned out. Edwards had not
been sent at all. Old Sergt. DAILY,
with eight troopers, was considered
amply sufficient OF course 1t was a
nlant. a most successful plant, and
more than likely, said the paymas-
ter. somebody closely connected
with the cavalry had engineered
the whole scheme. Everybody knew
there were some very shady characters
among the men enlisting during the
centennial year. Everybody kne"
what train would fetch him out tfom dc
partment headquarters. The piotter'
would not wire in time to admit OF HI:
making inquiries, but waited until tins
last moment. then, dressed ant
. equipped as the cavalry were dressed
, and equipped, they lad sent two o
their number in to Minden station
with dispatch signed by an Office
, whom they reported mile or two he
! hind, coming up with the wagon am
r main body. Everything looked straigh
! to the operator, and so ii was sent I
! Pawnee and there handed TO the Pull
' man Porter. What could have bee
, more complete? The troopers who me
I him at the platform addressed hin
confidently and respectfully, salutln
exactly like old soldiers. OF course, h
hadn't a personal acquaintance wit
the entire regiment, but this he woui
say and did say, that he believed Nj
Lacy, his clerk, was willing to swea
that the two men who met him 9
Minden were bona fide members of III
! Eleventh cavalry; Mr.. Lacy had see
| them before, and could identify the
| If he were to see them again. III
J sheriff's people were already workin
4 on the clew.
! II was nearly tattoo that evenin
] when Morgan left the majors and wei
slowly homeward. Voices in eag'
conversation were audible in Il
r. kitchen as he entered, then became
p suddenly still and the door was quick
10 closed. Il was his custom to go TO 4
p childrens room and kiss and'pet the
q little after Connie had prompts
them through their prayers-deyotio
II over which, in their infantile depra
is ity, they were far more apt to Il
nc asleep than during the subsequent C
IN emony But the sounds from aloft
at he entered were those of lively conto
20. ton rather than alteration, lively &C
If troversy rather than the isping prayt
to Of childish lips. Lot and Billy we
he still up and astir, it was evident, a
a. SO engrosecd in their tilt that t
hit fathers coming up the crealxing sta
rs way failed to divert their attcnti'
ali Hating at the door and looking in. I
ed veteran trooper enjoyed coup-d' {
OF of the scene. rerched on the bed
he the bifurcated vestmcnt Of cant
IN flannel referred to as his 'nighti'