Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-12-02

fate might be in store for them If he re-
manned. With the column went White
Wolf and Bear, the former generally
believed to be one Of the four Indians
engaged in the fracas that wound up the
earthly career Of Laramie Pete. Ahead
Of the column, full gallop, with only q
single orderly, but with instructions tc
tell Big Road and his people to stay just
where they were, as the Great Father
meant to come to their protection, went
Lieutenant Warren, and the maddest,
"miserablest" man in all the garrison
was Lieutenant Will Farrar.
When a young fellow is full of SOL
dierly ambition, when he knows he is
master of his work and is eager for al
opportunity to prove it, when everybody
has been treating him as a boy and he
knows he has all the ability Of man,
when his sweetheart, even, has been
teasing and twitting him upon his ap.
parent lack Of consequence in the eyes
of the garrison, and he is therefore all
the more mad to prove at any hazard
that it contains no more daring and
spirited an officer, such an opportunity
as was here afforded Mr.. Farrar was not
to be lost. He had implored Colonel
Fenton to let him be the bearer Of the
message and was broken hearted at the
kind but firm refusal. "The Indian is
peculiar, WILL" said the old soldier
gently. "He never forgets or forgives.
If his father had been killed as yours
was he would hold it something to be
avenged, although resentment had to be
concealed, perhaps for years. They know
you are his son. They know that the
white men are leaguing now to avenge
the death of Pete. They cannot under
stand such a thing as white soldiers,
from sheer sense Of duty and justice, in
terposing against their own kind to save
the red man. III your coming they
would read only treachery and would
argue that you came to urge their re-
naming 80 that we might Join our
white brethren in surrounding and wip-
ing them out Of existence. Whatever
you urged, even in my name, they
would be sure not to do. No, must
send Warren. They know him we'll and
trust him." But Fenton was thankful
he had so good an excuse, for even with
out it he could not have brought himself
to send Marjorie Farrar's only remain
ing son upon mission that might prove
perilous-that would certainly seem
perilous in her eyes.
fastening to the chaplain's as soon
as Thorpe made his melodramatic exit,
Ormsby was met at the door by the good
old dominic himself and begged him to
say to Mrs Farrar that there was no
cause for alarm. There had been fight
between Indians and cowboys several
miles away, and Colonel Fenton had de-
cided to send force out to keep the
peace. She heard his voice, and family
but eagerly asked that he should come
in. 1t was Helen, not Ellis, who bore
her message-Helen, who noted with
comfort, and Ellis, with mixed emo
tion, that the mother had learned to
lean upon this stanch and devoted
friend. Mrs Farrar took his hand and
looked appealingly up into his face as
he briefly told her what had happened
and what the colonel had decided to do.
"Will Willy have to go?" was her
one question, and, ignorant as yet that
Leale's troop would be designated to re-
main, Ormsby gravely answered that he
presumed the entire command was Or
dered out. "But," he added reassur-
ingly, that fact itself is the surest
guarantee Of peace. There can be no
further disorder in face Of 80 strong a
force"
For answer she bowed her head and
hid it in her slender white hands. No
wonder it seemed as though Christ
mas ever brought its tragedy to her at
old Fort Frayne.
And then came diversion that was
merciful. There was rush Of light
footsteps, futter Of silkeu skirts on
the porch without, bang at the door
and in came Kitty, flushed, disheveled,
fearful, indignant
"What's this about WHY'S going?"
she demanded. "Where is he? What
business has he Why, he cannot go,
Mrs. Farrar. He's engaged to me for
the german tomorrow night"
There was something so comicsl in
her utter inability to understand the
gravity Of the situation, to realize that
soldiers duty far outranked even so
solemn compact as an engagement to
dance with his sweetheart, that even
Mrs. Farrar forgot her grief and appre-
hension for the moment and opened her
arms to the imperious little lady and
drew her to her heart.
"Ah, Kitty, you have the same lesson
to learn that had long years ago" " she
cried as she sought to soothe and con-
sole the child, but Miss Ormsby was in
no mood for petting. She was up in
arms She was being defrauded. Uncle
Fenton had no business whatever to
send Willy away on s1ch quest at
such time. 1t was worse than incon-
siderate. 1t was outrageous, and then
Mrs Farrar's face went white again as
she asked what Kitty meant, and then
Kitty's nerve gave way, and she buried
her bonny face on that motherly shoul-
der and burst into tears.
II thought you'd heard" she sobbed.
"They have only just told me. Captain
Farwell came home to change his dress,
and I asked him where Will was. and
he said he left him Offering his services
to Uncle Fenton to ride ahead to the
Indians, and he wanted to know if I
didn't think Will was a trump. I
don't-I didn't think it's simply
h-h-heartless in himr'
And then Mrs Farrar raised her eyes