Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1894-11-29

W !. : ! I ! ! 7 G. ! ! !
~ III fs3A sound OF his voice, and
IVA 4sssT 1lisss could swear to IL before
&l%|lMnsY he got ont again. He
W1VNttlR ing only an adiutant,
W. 4f however, he couldn't
NAV swear at IT, and SO keep
W.. on even terms with his
chief lie bottled his wrath, as he did
the colonel's commentaries, and kept
them both fer future emergencies. A
relic Of the Wanted old dragon days
was the colonel one Of the fast vanish-
ing lot Of hard-riding, hard.fghtlng,
and sometimes understanding cam
paigncrs who had learned their trade
under masters Of the art long years be-
fore the war. lie had crossed the Llano
Estacado and campcd on the Mimbres
and chased the Navajocs when Nava
jocs were monarchs Of the southwest
ern plains. were bclllcose not hucolic,
raised sheol instead Of sheep-a state
ment otherwise expressed by Kit Car
son, keen scout and kcencr Judge
of aboriginal nature who said that
when they were not raising hell or ha'r
in clplal proportions the Navajoes were
either dead oraslcep. We were having
camplins ten times more thrilling In
poini If Incident. ten time fcrcer in
point Of fighting and casualties, ten
times tougher in point Of hardship and
privaiion and the food we lived on
thnn thosc Of the Navajo days, to DO
sure. hut thc colonel would have it tho
service wasn't to be mentioned along
side thu. TO which he had been ac-
customcd when they secuted with
Kcarcy CT l'auntlcroy and rode races
witaiM 'iountcd iiiIlesat Albuquerque
ana ~pip "a. "'Ihey made cavalry.
men II thoTc days" said he. Then
wilh loen9 reference to thc losses Of
the spn0ar luss gone By: Nov they
orl t'lI ian, and this set Of tlummcrs
tn ai'faaa Ing ont to recruit rs Is
ont "a % he l,lled, anyhow. Why
the Go,il did you SIND me such u
wcode.-lieaIgd IDIOT fer m orderly on
this AIS Of all others he demanded
Of hiAfgs officer why, he couldn't
speak Haelish"
Nnf, vilan the colonel began to ask
qu,';i.;s and inyite explanations we
all lr'eW ihat he had, ineasumbly at
lea !; blown of his wrath; was BEGIN
nin { reeret anything sharp he had
saii: WIS pani,cnt, and wanted to be
notified and forgiven and taken into
go.l fellowship again. Nobody knew
this better tdan the adjntant, OF pre-
sumel on It more At this stare Of the
proceedings Bob became downright i'm
pudent l'ut his brown eyes twInliled
with i'm as he stood flsing the colonel
and waiting for an opportunity to
speak
mo sir he couldn't epeo', o word of
English, repeated the colonel.
"Wc.ell," said l,oh, relcctivcly, ut
wasn't civil se.vias csnmlnatioa was
running. He YVES The cleanHst man on
.vn,a,' ~. .,,'..,...,,,
,ha ',S ~ ''' ,, 9''g"s 10
impciuously. "Whet want in an {
odh,,ant . NAN v.,o o,,,, ran.nt .,hat
i INV and moi ,hinl,r -,
"ivo,i ~ - "s
do thot cir ! hocs, No a5;,t,,, vi,h
a ,w,,oh rnaor tho boorr ,ho,oh % III.
,nn~stanh D's wy ' - ~
"wa;, I'm 900, ,hna,,,h ,o,,u,.
man " ,ntorr,n,ad tha aolaon, ao,o,r
;mnross;rolr, s,thsn vow mar ho as
harn,,oas 49, - Won isno,, w hon' ' WAT
naoa n ~ s1dirtant ia ana ,,.h, ,.,
- ~. " =" a"s"n' = M Wv 0"''
,,han r al, hir .n va,,, ,,ar san 1871. wv
HATH An ,hat "o,ia,,, , svs "ss "s
=. D Nv ov' ' ~, e'e" 'l'"""
snma tans,n, ,;nrs 49, s "'e' ;"
ava, r., ,.,'',,,.., .....,, (,
!. - ~" "ou l,' y van ''''' ,o W w
~ A's ,',"' "va' ,o"' '''o''''
nouion " u'oh t-a-n III where
are your WIS 'nis morning gray He =
nc--wna' was ~ nc called me- rallonV
sounded IKE o-burst' was all ! J
heard' sir' SAID the quartermaster, =
uncomiortably' But Sergt. Stein says
thats only the double Dutch for :,
colonel
Mr' trays eyes were dancing now. =
u never saw the man before in my II
HE, colonel, said he. He came with {
that olg batch OF recruits the other =
aay' Manning : hrst sergeant marched =
MN on lie looked spokesman neat 7
anu cleanand intelligcnt--by long odds +, !,
,he 'rimmest ana most soldicr-like fel- !"
low on guard, y
No' excepting the ofiieer OF the day :
anu aa]u'ant' l suppose interposed !,
'he colonel :.
NO exceptions whatever sir In
deed not excepting any man in the y
whole command, from the colonel up =
Il mean down You were saying yes .
terday that the only way to tell real =
cavalrymen from recruits was that we a
looked like layhawkers and they like "