Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1895-01-15

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Hodnson lht ful .oINI'ln 81 che
caniohlncnt now |ni|orsl IlItr|o Iht
group Of teintroi ponies ard dung ilo
relns 81 his bot aoiNe into the uidti VI
q pick ol putting nrtthounds chat Ioi.
lowed and were soon cIouchlne in ~
ecanl shade of tho adobe wall n4eintt
which Che MeSicais wore lying Hodr
son WAS clad ln service cords. jersey and
Gomtrcro. for De- had been chasing Jack
rabbits with Rtcyhounds on clio mesa
He entered ihe tladcI's store lIuEquc'
ly. t'NItil not in YETI ho asked 'Ut
n not. ioolonant. answered the trad.
or's clerk fsom behind tho lattico where
he rat working &C mo monih'sposta t9-
port CoFgins spoke shortly, without
looking up. Tor he roconnixed The voice
as lho youneaior's pleading lor square
letters and it annoyed him. It had
SUCCESSFULLY made l1e anne appeal each
mail since Hodgson ioinod tho rcgi-
mcut 10 weary months before. as Cog
gins conld bear witness fur Ito know
the secrets Of the cnntonmcnt keeping
them in mind, having 40 cnuso to speak
of theirs 90 others. cave 70 O'Ieary, who
could held bis tongue. Coggins was
fond of the youngst8r. liking him rs
heartily aa he hated women, whom he
thought minions Of tho devil. made for
MINIS confusion. 10 even loalhod thoir
dainty letters, regarding tnom as en-
snaring missivea, c%orrupting alike to
rank and file, nud believed they should
be prescribed from military correspond
enco OF treated like mails from infested
districts. bringing maladies whose fires,
once lighted ia the blood, will mover
cease Ga ihe idierors Of camp and cane
tonmont, disturbing alike good com
radoship. health and duty.
CogRins himself he'd been o soldier,
serving two onlisrnents before getting
his leg shattered and shortened in an
Indian skirmish. Since service he bad
clerkod some 20 years for Sullivan, the
trader, and seen scores Of youngsters
Join from the Point at this frontier
breaking yard Some were now captains,
returning for their second tour Of
Arizona duty, with double bars we'll tar.
nisiiod Frontier life compels men tc
observation. so Coggins felt entitled tc
his " opinions In the remembrance
of these Veterans ia their callow "shavt
tail" days, knocking about badly anc
hardly bride wise, he felt mis- opinions
were even entitled K respect, but hs
kept thom to himself, save when speak
ing them to O'Leary.
Tim O'Loary and he had joined a
"r%ecruitios" in the anne batch from
Depot, so O'Loary was o man Of privi
lcges. Many were the nights afteI
s'hours, " when, alone in the general bal
Of the traders store, they discussed thl
needs and tindineies av the service. ?
At present the 'tindincies'' displeases
them.
"Oi'l tell you phwat at Is, Coggins
ut's thin weekly mails MI be sindiug u
destruction yit, " said 0'Leary.
"And who would be knowing av tina
be~foreninst me, Tim? Don't Oh handl
livery ship ay at from the purity pinl
notes that's docoiving av the bhoy up {
tho ordhers for the commanding orfce
from the gineral av the army?'
"Oi moind that 20 do Dan'l an ut
divine service they'll DO afther giving a
nixt-asking ~fcrgiFeness av the Houl
Virgin for showing her Son disrcspect-
m psalm singing for sojering, Nv som
av thin had ut's ordhering.
"An be drilling wild books instea
av carbines. OF hear today there's a
ordher out for school, added Coggins.
r 'sSchool is utg SCHOOL," said Tim
"Ut's cooks palace and camp cook an
camp herd guard they more be needing
Before nor a week, Dan'l, as OF prediC
on ut the recruities'n be afther tellin
men loike you an me phwat's sojorinf
: Gineral Harvey protect usl Peace res
his sowll Widout school and wild goo
free 'thumbing' and swearing-beggin
4 pardon ay the Lord av Oh o%0untenanS
d tho being too free in vain wild his houl
name-made soiers-sojcrs loike you a
me, Dan3l An the evil ay at don sthC
z wild tho rccruities, fer ut's invadin Q
g Their young orfcers nm shpOilin thin 4
Z shport " whispered Tim.
. "Oi moind phwat you say. Tim. A
yez know OF loike the lad, but mon
olive no faith in the craytures, barr.
IS me own mother, who's been dead ia Oh
d land these twinty years. Well, he
afther% running IL full tilt on some flo'
3 In tho cast Wan day comes a plot
70 graph by mail, un ho shows me 4
B. sample av his gOods-ut was fairer ID
II one from Connaught, IN the face b
rs taken good hould ay him. Most boloil
n MIS- in part tho pink letthers, for Oh
l. handled livery n av thin. There'u
1t breaking away there, Tim, for he's
h loath to let 60 as a pointer pup is
O. dhrop his fust pigeon"
ID 1--WE must doploy the lads afC
d lions, Danl Az Oh had him fer a !
10 az q brush on the bordher in skirmi
practice, wild a dozen Mexican damse
le he'd be all roight In less nor a week
There's tho guard calling l2 o'cloc
10 Oh must bunk in, " said O'Leary.
ae San tho mail not yit come? 4
or commanding OFFICER ull be afther sir
ing a detachment for ut tomorro
n Olive been thinking, said Coggins
IS, "And av tho diyils arc aithcr agl
It. d.sthurbin the dignity av the ma
O'Leary's the lad all he first on the
is tail. or John Conner IS no friend
moline" (Connor was FIRST sorgeant
ao * troop) "Of mnsr bunk in. 81
'"' O'Loary. "Good noiehtl'
o. Good noiRhtl" and O'Leary sal
~ tered over to barracks bya route Ano
'fp best TO himself and unfrequented by
~ trolls after midnight
-
g The duty was not exciting. 10 mi
prove only a 30 mile ride on his favor
saddle horse across tho weary, bro
.n2 desert under q griiling antpmn sun,
IL was Hodgson's first detached servl