Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-02-21

lie dared not offer half what his heart
lonpcd 10 Law before them. They had
Christmas dinner, too, that Bertha
swore was her own production and in
spiration. Thoy had remembrance
from the fort that Schramm packed
in on horseback Perry Thornton and
others had by no means forgotten
them. and Schramm had blushingly
called upon such kind friends TO say he
should be only too glad to carry many
thing they might wish to send. There
was no lack Of Christmas cheer, even
where one heart was so heavy as poor
MorQans, and no one was allowed to
dream how very much Of all this Holt
day feasting was due to Schramm. And
so all through the long hard winter,
patient and reserved, assiduous in
every duty at the fort, vet finding fire.
onent onnortunity of visiting nj,
friends in Butte. schramm held his
wov 0ld IIinkcl was mnde m ord.
Marco sergeant nloug in March. and
Win his wife and oliyc.lronehes took
1ona,,ure for n FAR aouiheru most.
schrunm seeing them to the train ana
,ocaiy;,y fearful warmth Of blessing
from the honest fran BY way Of GOOD
hy and in April the doctors made more
freo,ent trin4 To town for Moran ral-
lied bnt little with the lcnethcning
lacs II wos evident that no Lii Of
uiief cmld brjnp lastino benefit here.
nut dcspitc min md lop lessncs>,
Moran clupq to life with eleat deter
mipation. Live he must for ths babies
sol,cs he said. and once more now Mis-
DAYS were briehtencd by yisits from
nli frlends once more in The snnny
Afternoon Perry Thornton dropped ii
forch checkers ond car,naien, or to show
"A new picture Of his luiy love. Connie
sometimes sitting conteutcdly b. but
generally busyag herself with Bertha
about the house, And then, ju,t as wa,
sure to happen, came the order for fGla-
mcrs work. away to the BIT llmn!'
said the colonel, us he raincd up one
day at Morgan's open door catching
Schramm in the oct Of llaclsag out a
ilower-garden for Lot aid Mlly hnl
that evening before parade the rcgi
mantal adjutanl scated at his desk,
was .trprisea " d visit from Sergt.
Sehrmm who lcrgel If that inllucn-
tial oiiecr few moments interview
Aong man. sail I'in.a To bis
staff officer 10 he cspiedtAc latter trip
ping arounl from the clubroom just
before the first cll 'thats the third
time I've seen you comiag out Of Cur
ran, since four o'clock" To which
Gray promptly replied:
"Ncs SIR. Yon sec, last week you
Icmarl'cd upon my going in there so
often that | thought it tiac to reverse
the process.' And this afforded the
colonel the opportunity Of giving
Gray the good raklH'r down he de-
served and, Just as efly had hoped
and planned. brought out the reaction
thai always followed M outburst.
Fha, evening Tintop came over to the
oillee to make i up, and then, when
The skies were cleared, Gray broachcd
The subject Of Sclramms interview.
ltsecms he wanted fortnights fur
Tough to 20 to New York and other
points On urgent personal business, and
had reason to know that bragg would
forward the application diaapproved;
and Bragg did. Braggs Endorsement
read This young soldier has been the
recipient omany lndulgcncesalready
as to seriously impair his usefulness as
o sergeant. lie succeeded ia evading
field duty with the troop last fall, and
seeks to shlrl II again. Fer man not
| yet twoyearsin service, he has been pro-
NOTED over older and more deserving
men 50 rapidly as to turn his head"
And lintop considered the whole thing
q reflection on him as rcgimental com
mander, and SO sent for Bragg and SO
told him, and said, Furthermore, that Il
Bragg didn't like Schranm and could
find one man in the whole regiment
who was willing TO tranfer to D, now
that Bragg was It's captain, he would
be glad to order an exchange; and this
gave Bragg the opening he hoped for
and chance to reply that, so far from
wanting to get SGhramm out, his TO-
marks were conclusive proof that he
was only striving to keep him in. 1t
was hot shot, give and take, for ten
minutes, n warfare in which it must be
Owned that Tintop rcjoiccd even though
he did not excel, and II ended In his
ordering Bragg TO leave the Office and
coming in, all In a towering rage, to
0sli GRAY II he ever IN All his life knev
suoh , a,n,anl,,.,,s ,. -, p...
~ IN 'D.'uA"e,o"s us' 10 niasS-
unless Tvs MIC ior iettlng MN rub my
fur the wrong way Gray said that
he didn't like ia draw invilioua com.
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Nv N'i' ,''''"' s'o eNo iui'
iouphl was oach W hauson IN ten days,
and caught the regiment before II
campod In sight Of Cloud Peak. lie
had long conference with Bertha be-
. fore he left, and his good-by to his cap
tain and Connie was very brief. The
day after ne left there drove up to the