Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1895-06-29

II mover heard of Mr.. Hearn rs any
thing but most dutiful ana excellent
officer" said Mrs. Lane quietly capt
Lane is very fond of him. !
"Certainly, if he had been dissipated
man. or n gambler, or-anything else,
GAYS Mrs. Morris, with proper spirit
"my husband would have been apt to
know it; but
.sOh. il wasn't that" interposed Mrs.
Erode. And just at this instant three or
four o{Iicers came cantering up the slope,
tnkinr advantage of brief rest to pay
their dcvoirs to the fair spectators.
Miss Marshall noted that, as this
proup approached, the buggy with its
objectionable occupants drove slowly
away in the direction of the fort. Halt
an hour later. as they were bowling rap
idly homeward over the hard prairie
road they came upon the infantry bat
TALON, also sl1irmishing. Everybody
Int the guard seemed out at drill, and
the post was practically deserted. En-
tering the garrison limits Cassins, the
colored coachman. guided his bays down
the slope between the guard house ana
the post traders store and then up the
incline TO the southwest gate, preferrlnS
this road to going along the garrison in
front of the barracks of the men. The
ladies were chatting blithely, but both
Miss Marshall and Miss Wharton noted
that the buggy with the gray horse was
halted at the store railing, and ut the
door stood the TWO men i'll civilian dress
and n third III the uudress uniform OF
the cavalry
All three stared intently at the occu-
pants of the barouche with that singular
expression of mingled impudence and
familiarity which is so marked IL char
acteristic of the street loafers always
hanging about the corners of certain
thOroughfares Of our western cities,
where the police are not yet instructed
in those rules of civilization which re-
quire such parties to be moving on. As
the ladies were whirled by Mr.. Schon-
berg was seen to wink eXpressively, and
the soldier. II dark faced, beetle browed
fellow. with his hands in his pockets.
looked after them and Grinned.
Glow annoyed Mr. Hearn would be-"
said Miss Wharton. IF he could have
seen that performance
what do You mean. Lucy? Those
horrid men again. asked her sister; who,
being on the back seat with Mrs. Lane,
had not seen the soldiers face after they
passed him by.
THE men are impertinent, certainly
one expects nothing better Of that class
of people, but all the soldiers are so re
spectful and courteous to 0ur ladies. gen
orally. it is u pleasure to meet them
Haven't YOU noticed how different they
are from--well, from that one, Miss
Marshall?'
Yes. indeed. not only here, but in the
old artillery barracks where | once visit
ed ! am sure MRS. Curtis, my cousin,
knew the name of every man in the two
batteries. and always had a pleasant
word for them when we met. They al
ways took off their caps though some of
the old sergants. to be sure, saluted just
as they would to an officer. This man
was ii contrast TO the general rule
perhaps he il not of our regiment"
suggested Mrs. Lane, land does not
know the ladies.
'Unluclily ha is of ours" said Mrs
Wharton That il Welsh. of & troop.
and he was Capt Blauvelt's striker
Mr.. Wharton says lie is Il bad character
and that there was something very
strange about the way the captain kept
him by him all the time he was here
Why isn't he at drill. / wonder"
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