The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1895-03-15

needful that three CT four OF DIS Esor
It, so that some may be left to st
things right 1T Sibley. God grant us al
safe retnrnl'' 10 added piozsly aud
with deep erection 81 cal far better
appreciate our home and happiness than
l coald month ago Now, Renwiok,
tell tho c::p-ai1 what you have told as. 8"
And briefly it was tolG-how III his
s youthful fuEy ho had sworn never again
+ 70 set lcoe within the door Of The father
and mothcg Who had SO wronged the
poor girl he loved with boyish feryor;
how ne called down the Vengeance Of
heaven u3on then in his frenzy. and
distress; how be had sworn never again
/ to set eyes c5I their faces. MAY God
strike mo dead # ever [ return to this
roof un@-l sile IS aTcHgedi Nay be deal
with yea IS yoll have dealt with bcv!'
was the curse that few from bis Wild
lips, and Eith tkat he Lett them, stun
ned. lie went vest, wSg soon Uennilegs.
and caring not what ho did, seeking
change, a*lTcntUre, anything to take
hli1 cut Of his past, he enlisted in the
cavalry and was speedily drafted TO the
-th, Which was Just starting forth
on p stirring summer CAMPAIGN. He
was a fine horseman, q fino sh0t, a man
who instantly attracted the notice of
his officers. The campaign was full of
danger, adventure, rapid and constant
marching, and before he knew it or
dreamed it possible he had become deep
| y interested in lis new life.
Oniy il the m0notony of q month OF
two in garrison that winter did the
service seem iatolerable. His comrades
were rough il the main, but thoroughly
good hearted, and he soon won their es-
TEEN. The spring sent them again into
the field, another stirring campaign, and
here he Won his stripes and words Of
praise from the lips Of a veteran general
officer as well as the promise Of future
reward, and then the love Of soldierly
deeds and the thirst for goldierly renown
took firm hold in his breast, He began
to turn toward the mother and father
who had been wrapped up in his future,
who loved him so dey0tedly. He was
forgetting his early and passionate love,
and the bitter sorrow Of her death was
losing fast its poignant power to steel
him against his kindred. He knew they
could not but be proud of the record he
had made in the ranks Of the gallant
-th, and then he shrank and shiTered
when he recalled the dreadful words Of
his curse. He had made up his mind to
write, impl0re pardon for his hideous
and unflial language and invoke their
interest in his career, when, returning
to Fort Raines for supplies, he picked
up New York paper il the reading
room and read the announcement of his
fathers death, whose health had been
broken ever since the disappearance Of
his only son, two years before. " The
memory of his malediCtion had indeed
come home to him, and he fell stricken
by sudden and unaccountabIe blow.
1t seemed as though his heart had given
one wild leap, then stopped forever
Things did not go so well after this
He brooded over his words and believed
that an aYenging God had launched the
bolt that killed the father as punish
ment to the stubborn and recreant son.
lie then bethought him Of his mother,
OF pretty Alice, who had loved him so
as a little girl. He could not bring him
self to write, but through inquiries he
learned that the house was closed and
that they had gone abroad. He plodded
On IN his duties a trying year; then
came more lively field work and reviy-
ing interest. He was forgetting entire
" the sting of his first great sorrow
and mourning gravely the gulf he had
placed 'twixt him and his.
He thought time and again of his
cruel words, and something began to
whisper to him he must see that mother
again at once, kiss her hand and I'M
plore her forgiveness, or she, too, would
be stricken suddenly. He saved up his
money hoping that after the summers
rifle work at Sibley be might get a fur
Tough and go east, and the night he ar
rived at the fort, tired with his long
railway journey and painting after a
long and difficult climb ND hill, his
mothers face swan suddenly before his
eyes, and he felt himself going down,
When they brought him to, he heard
that the ladies were Mrs. Maynard and
her daughter. Miss Renwick-his own
mother, remarked; his own Alice, a
grown young woman. This was indeed
news to put him in hutter and spoil
his shooting. He realized ut once that
the gulf was wider than ever How
could he go to her now, the wife of
colonel, and he an enlisted man? Like
other soldiers, he forgot that the line Of
demarcation was one Of discipline, not
Of sympathy, He did not realize what
any soldier among his officers would
gladly have told him-thst he was most
worthy to reveal himself now, a non
commissioned officer whose record was
an honor to himself and to his regi-
ment soldier Of whom officers and
comrades alike were proud Hs never
dreamed-indeed how few there are
who do-that aIpan Of his character,
standing and ability IS honcreG aud re- /
sPected by the very men whom Che cus-
TOMS Of the service require him to speak
with only when spoken to. 8e sup
posed that only as Fred ReBwiok could
he extend his hand TO enc Of tl2eir num-
Der, whereas il was under his soldier
name he vzon their Trust and -aolaica-
tion, and It was as Sergeant McL1sl
the officers Of the ---th were BACKING
him for commission that wolid mako
him what they deemed hin ft TO be-
their equal
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