The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1895-03-22

Won field TO the fast arriving commands
and bidding hearty soldier farewell to
the cavalry comrades whose friendship
they gained in the front Of q savage foe,
the company that was the first to land
its FIRE in the fight goes back With di-
minished numbers and under command
Of its second lieutenant Alas, poor
Jerroldl
There was a solemn little group
around the campfire the night before
they so. Frank Arnitage, fat on his
back, with 2 rife bullet through his
thigh, but taking things very coolly for
all that is having a quiet conference
with his colonel Such Of the wounded
of the entire command as arc well
enough 70 travel by easy stages 60 tbs
railway go with Maynard and the regi-
meat ii the morning, and Sergeant No.
Leod, with his saber arm in a sling, is
enc Of these, But the captain Of Com
pany B must wait until the surgeons can
lift him along in an ambulance and slI
fear OF fever has subsidized To the colo
mel and Chester he hands the note
which is all that is left to comfort poor
Nina Beaubien. TO them he reads aloud
the note addressed to himself:
''You are right in saying that the
matter Of my possession Of that photo
graph should be explained. I seek no
longer topalliate my action. In making
that puppish bet with Sloat did be-
heye that I could induce Miss Renwick
or her mother to let me have a copy,
but I was refused so positively that
knew it was useless This simply added
to my desire to have one. The photog-
rapher was the same that took the pic
lures and furnished the albums for our
class at graduation, and I, more than
any one, had been instrumental in get
ting the order for him against very ac-
tive opposition. He had always professed
the greatest gratitude to me and will
ingness to do anything for me, I wrote
him in strict confidence, told him of the
intimate and close relations existing
between the colonel's family and me,
told him wanted it to enlarge and
present to her mother on her approach
ing birthday and promised him that I
would never reveal how I came by the
picture SO long as I lived, and he sent
me one-just in time. Have not paid
heavily for my SIM"
No one spoke for a moment Chester
was the first to break the silence:
Poor fellow! He kept his word to
the photographer, but what was it worth
to Woman?"
There had been a week Of wild anxi-
ETY. and excitement at Sibley. 1t was
known through the columns of the press
that the regiment had hurried forward
from the railway the instant it reached
the Colorado trail; that it could not
hope to get through to the valley of the
Spirit Wolf without fight, and that
the moment it succeeded in joining
hands with the cavalry already there a
vigorous attack would be made on the
Indians. The news of the rescue Of the
survivors of Thornton's command came
first, and with it the tidings that May
nard and his regiment were met only 80
miles from the scene and were pushing
forward. The next news came two days
later, and wall went up even while men
were shaking hands and rejoicing over
the gallant fight that had been made,
and women were weeping for joy and
thanking God that those whom they held
dearest were safe. It was down among
the wives Of the sergeants and other
veterans that the blow struck hardest at
Sibley, for the stricken officers were
unmarried men, while among the rank
and file there were several who never
came back to the little ones who bore
their name Company B had suffered
most, for the Indians had charged fierce
y on its deployed but steadfast line.
Armitage almost choked and broke
down when telling the colonel about it
that night as he lay under the willows.
ut was the first smile 1 had seen on his
face since 1 got baCk-that with which
he looked up in my eyes and whispered
gOodby-and died, just after we drove