Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1894-05-17

miliar to me as San Francisco was to
you. ONLY have no roof to call my
own anywhere, and as soon as Puss is
! married shall not have n relative or
| friend on earth who is not much more
deeply interested in somebody else. "
| And the senior lieutenant is lying on
his back now, blinking up at the rapid
ly scudding clouds. Presently he pulls
the broad brm of his campaign hat
down over his eyes. "What do you
hear from your mother, Wing"
Nothing new. Bless the dear old
lady! You should have seen her hap
piness in Harvey, She could hardly
bear to let the little fellow out of her
arms, and how she cried and chung to
him when we parted at the Oakland
wharf, Poor little mother She has
never given up the hope of seeing that
scapegrace Of an uncle of mine again. s"
"Has she ever heard how he tried to
murder his nephew?" queries Drum
mond grimly.
Never. Nor have we the faintest
trace of him since the break up of the
old Morales gang at Frpnteras. They
went all to pieces after their encounter
with you and G troop. What chain
of disasters. Lost their leaders and
three of their best men, lost their rem
devious at Moreno's, lost horses and
mules-for what our men didn't get
the Apaches did-and won absolutely
nothing except the "a hour possession
Of safe they hadn't time to open.
4 a
wife; Feeny honorable wounds and
mention and the chevrons of first ser
geant; Costigan got his sergeant 3
stripes and the medal of honor, Murphy
his sergeantcy, Walsh and Latham med
ais and corporalships, and the only fell
low who didn't get blessed thing but
scars was tho commanding lieutenant
your worthy self-thanlss to wiseacres
at Washington who say Indian fighting
ism t war
"Didn t get letter of thanks from
the department commander grins
Drummond. What else could 1 ex-
pect;"
What else is Wings impulsivc
rejonder Then, as though mindful
of some admonltion, quoting at once
and speaking in tone less suggestive,
well, in your case | suppose you can
be content with nothing, but bless me
if | could" Then, suddenly rising and
respectfully touching his weather beat
en- hat, he salutes a stoutly built, sol
dierly looking man III rough scouting
dress, whose only badge of rank is the
furnished shoulder strap with the sill
yer leaf on the shabbiest old fatigue
of whose members, however, wear NJ
coat at all.
"Hullo. Wing-didn't mean to dis.
turb your siesta-Drummond here?
says the commander in his offhanc
way, and at sound OF the well known
voice Drummond, too, is ON his feet il
a twinkling.
Seen the papers that came in to
day queries the colonel, obllteratinl
from his sentences all verbal superflui
ties.
"Not yet, sir; any news"
HI TO pay in Chicago, so far az
heard from. The railway strike has
taken firm hold there. Police and mi
litia both seem unable to do anything
against the mob, and the authorize,
are stampeded. Your home. isn't it 2
1T was once, sir, but that was many
long year ago.
"W-e-ell," says the colonel reflect
} lively, stroking his erizzled beard, lit +
my belief there is worse to come. j
isn't tho striking railway hands tina
will do the mischief hut every tim,
there's a strike all the thieves ant
thugs and blackguards in the commu
nifty turn out. That what happened
in Pittsburg -that' what $ the matter
in Chicago. 1t looks TO me as though
the plea for regular troops would hav,
} TO be granted.
Think we can get there, sir:" ask
Wing eagerly.
Can say. We're supposed to hav,
our hands full covering this section o
/, Nebraska, though ! haven t heard of ;
hostile Sioux this summer. Besides
they have full regiments of infantry a
Omaha and along the lakes. Doesn =
Mrs. Wing say anything about thu
trouhle;'
Her letter is four days old, sir. anC
only says her father looks upon the sit
uation as one of much gravity, bu
women rarely see troubles of this kline
until they come to their doors. -
well. this is The Times of two day
ago. 1t reached Sidney at breakfas
time this morning, and Hatton brough
two OF three copies out when he cam,
: with the mail. thought you two Nigh
be interested. And with that tn,
colonel goes strolling along down tn,
bank of the stream. pausing here anC
there to chat with some officers or give
some order relative to the grazing o
! the horses one of his especial fads. ;
And this evening, just as the sun dis
appears over the low bluff lying to tn,
west ami tho horses are being picketeC
for tho night, while from score Of cool
fires tie Appealing SAVIOR Of ANTELOPE
steak aud the aroma of soldier coffee
rise upon the air, IA little dust clouC
sweeps out f.Om the ravine into which
CiSaDUears the Sidney road and come