The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-03-22

CHATTER III
80 DAYS after the receipt Of The an
....cement Of Fanny Hayvard's engage
- 70 Mr.. McLAne and q few
- before the marriage. Ran
80 Marian had left Fort 0edg-
- In command Of de.Aca-
-. cs cavalry escorting q government
s,,yev 10 the NescAlero range. It was not
=. ,our. The detail belonged 10 Harrison.
,ounwer officer, who had been saving Up
"a vfnter for a two month"; leave and Q
.ssrce 10 spend his savings at the gress
s-,6Stsyon at Chicago. A relentless colonel
-salh allow him no leave. because II was
~ turn for neld duty, and because 10
-.uy officers wished TO go to the fair
a. II was ont OF the question to expect
sny one to offer to take the detati for MIN.
- Hetachment wouIe be In the fiel3 at
-, three months. possibly four. Harri-
az consequently. was the bluest man at
t1dxs!ck. and said more hard things about
ros eminent surveys. and more improper
sbirss than could well be recorded here.
Fyaybocy had been consrAtuiating Mer-
y.xu or the final rece!ef OF what the law
N didn't SCOOP Of his little legacy,
90 for two weeks he had been a. happy
= Harrison was miserable. Then, to tho
rttsr amaze Of everybody. just the aay be-
fsfs Il was time for the command 10 start.
/. vas announced that Harrison's applica-
Ton for leave had sone forward approved,
ssd that Merriam had asked for and been
usaied the luxury Of . three or four
months jog through the toughest and
most forbidding Of mountain ranges. He
Nd even got the colonefs permission 10
10 ahead and wait for the detachment At
De old mission on the Santa Clara. and
-
eniy by an orderly. People couldn't be-
here their ears. and the post commander
ssJoiced In the possession OF Q secret even
bis vito couldn't coax out OF him-tho
esnscisn.eless. grabbed old crank, a. one
a his garrison. not subject to court-mar-
lai. described him. The adjutant had 10
admit that Merriam had been clos
sssd With tho K o. nearly half
a hour. and had looked black and
blue both. but no blacker. no blue-. when
be came out than when he won't In. No.
he DID not think that anybody eisa had
complained OF Merriam's owing him money.
HA did not think anybody had had . word
10 say against him. The old man had sim
~ sen, for the adlatant right after the
Interview and remarked: Mr.. Blossom,
you can tell Mr.. Harrison he may submit
shat application for leave and III forward
u approved Mr.. Merriam has my cen
ssuf 70 tako that Escort In his stead"
Bus hadn't he told auybodyf Didn't sry-
body known were the very natural ques-
cons asked. No. Merriams one intimate
sad ohum In the regiment was Bill Whit
taksf. and Bnl was away up At Santa Fs
q the time. q witness before . general
eourf-rsar.iai Merriam was q frequen;
vxisor at the HayneI quarters. ana every
body knew that In his own regiment ne
ks9 M
Mrs Lawrence Hayne. OF the Rifiafs. ard
Merriam had hong talk with Hayne be-
fore calling on tho colonel But no one
Who knew either Hayne or his charming
ssfe ever thought OF trying TO extract from
thsm Information a. to other peoples per-
eanai affairs Old Buxton. the Dragon
osthe-old-army sort of q Lieutenant colo
ss. did try 20 pump the captain. but was
most coolly and civflly snubbed for his
pains. Buxton was man Hayne never
spoke 20 except in the most formal way.
There had been some trouble between them
ever - long ago. when Hayne was young
second lieutenant and ''Bux'' the senior
captain OF the --th Cavalry. The soften
Ing touch OF time had efYaced much OF the
htterness OF thar old. old story. Hayne
lad twice been stationed at the same gar
rison with Buxton. and found Il awkward
n preserve the rule of non-intercourse with
. ield officer who was frequently In COM
mand. DO he spoke respectftoy and eour-
.eously TO his senior whenever they met.
bat the cour tesy was as cold and the meet
rigs As rare as he could make them. BIx.
however. "bore no malice as he said.
md was quite ready 20 be magnanfrnous
lfrd forgive Hayne for what had transpired
n the past. but then Buxton. not Hayne.
Aaa been the offender Indeed. Buxton
vas a paohyderm on whom sulsbs had H.
lie effect He believed Hayne knew why
Merriam had asked for his most undesira-
bic detail. and 80 importuned him with
eager inauiry-aii 70 no purpose. Harri-
son bissfuiiy went on to Chicago and Me-
ram out 70 the Nescalero. and was no
more heard OF or from for several weeks.
rhsn the news came that he was seriously
a with mountain fever At the environment
o. Catauount creek. and Bill Whitaker
vas hurried th!,hcr to take over the COM
msai.
IN a week there came a letter from him
% Cant. Hayne, and this was what II said:
81 found the dear old boy corvalescing.
hat woefully limp and weak Tremaine
Gays he was wild "a loon when tho men
brought him in. They saw that he was
burning with fever for days. and begged
MIN 20 go 10 tho cantonment for medical
attention, but he hade them mind their
esn business and ohstinately stuck TO the
scrk The gentlemen OF the survey soon
aw that he was going Eighty ana, later,
selir+ous ana they took the responsibility
~ telling the sergeant he must be sent
,hithrr They made a fore-and-aft Hitter
~ lasaing sspiirsp together. m;ched on a
couple Of rackmules. ropcd Randy inside
TIE thing and made a four-day march OF
4 Luckily. Tremaine had capital medi-
cal oficer and Randy n splendid constitu-
"a, hsA q lfr
Wells and Tremsine's people were utterly
devoted 20 him. and pulled him through,
eat you never saw such living skeleton.
nT Wells SAYS he will mend rapidly now,
As ne eats about six square meals day
sad IL hungry between times. Mrs. Ire
maine nurscd him Ike a mother. heaven
Mass hcrl and now Miss Florence reads TO
Atn by the hour"
And AZ this point IN whittskcr's inno-
'sa, mtsslve Mrs Hayne, who was cling
iax to her husbands arm ana reading with
I'm Suddenly looked NJ In hts face md
sia. "Oh. Lawrence, wouldn't that be-ai-
nest .drale''
"Fiey" Tremaine. as che was called IN
tAs regiment, was ar only child. born and
reared In the R;fcrs. Two years Of her lifc
sse been spent IN the East at school hut
s',h that exception 1t had known no COM
Tsnioashlp or association outStse the gar
nson ths, was the temporary home Of her
,asaer's company. An cpeu-Sir Joyous.
ssalthtIl ne Il was. admirable for nerves.
tr'sr'es ana digestion. yet destructive 20
se,nflexion for at Is Ficy Trerisine VAS
brown as = Navajo. when they took her
y 81 Anno's 20 school. where she was
s-e1aPtly dubbed The Sauaw-" The FRS;
az months there. despite the fact that her
neither Was noAr at hand. took a good deal
y heart out - Florence and some OF the
f'srts tan from her face Her big. soft
Vosn eyes erew even moro eloquent, and
~tkeslc. AMI her pretty mouth gained
'se w!stful lines about Its sensitive cor
ssts She dii not take 10 city girls nor
- they 10 her. untn her father came in on
save Aaf noting thu change In hts
eaoas chila took counsel witA an old
AAaAsttaa friend. ordered a swell ri3srg