Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1895-06-15

ONCE aaa as.;,.l Nsast ne know no was
compelled to say it could not have been
Welsh at all.
What arr your reasons, sergeant
asked the colonel And th2 eyes OF the
group of officers were fixed on the veteran
trooper who stood 50 sturdlly ana re-
spcctfully before them.
because went through the quarters
lust after tattoo last night TO see now
the men had been cleaning up for today.
Their boots had all been carefully
BACKED. except the stable boots, and set
at the foot of the hunks, and their
blouses and trousers, except the ones
they had on. were brushed ana folded
on their boxes. | took particular note
of Welshs. for he was stubborn ABOUT
cleaning his things. and about Goss,
too for Goss has been surly ever since
he was made to drill and attend lnSpec-
ton. Sergt. Ross says no man passed
through the door before he went to
sleep. but any man who wanted to could
slip out of Il window in his stocking feet
and 20 down the rear stairway, and then
run uO"n u 4hulilStii IA''N' J'''' O"'
side the reservation and get whatellquor
he wanted. and come back the same
way. | was one of the first, sir, to get
dressed to go out after Corp. Brent was
hurt.
THE other corporal of the guard
came into my room to get my lantern,
and lust as soon as they had carried
Brent to the hospital ran upstairs and
made an inspections Welsh was there
in his bunk. undressed, and apparently
asleep, His boots and clothes hadn't
been touched. Goss was in his under
clothing. half awake. There were his
boots covered with dust. and in places
still damp with dew. There were the
trousers that had been folded, lying
loosely across the box. Goss swore that
he hadn't been out at all, but pointed
to his boots and trousers, and when the
man started up. as thoughin surprise, to
look at them pint flask half filled with
whisky slid from under his pillow.
But this was not all, said Wren. Scan
Ian and Murphy had admitted being
joined by IA trooper as they came up
past the stables. He joined them again
after they had reported at the guard
house trife late. had given them a
drink of whisky from his flask, told
them the coast was clear and they might
Just as well slip through the gate and
run across the parade; what was the
odds so long as no one knew it? But
the instant they heard Corp. Brent's
voice they started and ran until behind
the officers quarters, and then they
noted that their cavalry acquaintance
had staid behind. They did not know
his name at all; could not describe him,
for it was too dark. All they knew was
that he was tall and had thick, bushy
beard. Welsh's face, except the black
mustache, was always clean shaved.
Not so, however, with Goss. He wore u
full beard.
AT noon on Sunday therefore Trooper
:1oss was behind the bars awaiting the
result Of Corp. Brent's injuries. When
searched at the guard house, and his
pockets were turned inside out, the cor
poral of the guard began to sneeze; and
then it was discovered that some tiny,
tawny colored particles sticking about
The seam were grains of cayenne pepper.
small packet of which. half empty.
was found lying in the roadway midway
between the quarter. and the southwest
gate.