Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-10-09

The honorable acquittal OF Capt.
Close proved, rs was to be expected, a
thorn in the flesh OF certain OF his &C.
cusers, and stirred up trouble in the
gallant -teenth. This was matter
Close didn't much mind. He was grant
ed six months leave on . surgeons GER
tifcate OF disability, which meant on
full pay, and he took 1t very hard that
some means were not devised to
send him north under orders, SO
that he could draw mileage. He and
Lambert went back to Tugaloo together
and packed up, for &c" company was
ordered relieved by another, and Close
was there made the happy recipient
Of pass to Chicago. while the old COM
pany, after seeing their ex-command'
er safely aboard the sleeper, went on
down the road to New Orleans and
took station once more with regimental
headquarters.
Here Mr.. Lambert found means oil
getting occasional brief leaves of alb
sence and of employing his two or three
DAVIS in visits to his erstwhile neighbors
of Walton hall, now comfortably domi'
ciled in q picturesque but somewhat
dilapidnted old cottage close to the
tumbling waves Of the gulf. II had
been the property of a near relative
before the war, and was reclaimed ano
put in partial order for their use, ap'
parently, through the efforts OF theii
old physician and the energies OF Mr.
Barton Potts. Here the warm, soft
salty breezes seemed to bring new lease
OF life to the beloved invalid, though
II was plain to one and all she could
never be herself again. Scroggs, hei
kinsman son-in-law, was rapidly mend
ing and eagerly casting about for EN-
ployment. Floyd, restored to duty with
out trial, was serving patiently and
faithfully with his regiment In Texas
bent evidently on making good his
words. The two events which seemed
10 bring general cheer and rejoicing
to the household were those which three
months before would have been prompt
" derided as absurd and impossible
one was the weekly letter from troop
or In the union blue, the other much
rarer visit from Yankee subaltern
whose profession was not to be disguised
because he was in "cits'." On the oc
casion Of his first appearance in thai
garb Miss Walton did him the honor tt
say: "Ah never did like you, but Al
do think those clothes wuhse than thu
Others" This was rather hard, be
cause, as the spring came on, Lambert'i
lot ut the barracks was not rs pleasant
as II might have been, and his com
fort consisted in running over to SCI
how Madam Walton was doing.
Cram and his battery, with Waring
Pierce, and all, had been ordered away
and then for the first time Lamber
realized, what his regimental comrades
had marked for months, that he pre-
ferred the companionship Of the bat
terry men to that Of the men who wor'
the bugle, the badge of the infantry II
those benighted days. Old Brax con
cluded he had had enough Of garrison
life, and sought q long leave. Maj
Minor took command of the regimen
and post, and the adjutant and quarter
master took command Of Maj. Minor
II had neither been forgiven nor forgot
ten by these staff officials that Lam
bert had been equally outspoken in de
Tense Of Close and denunciation OF hi
accusers, and the further fact that b
preferred to spend his leisure hour
with his undergraduates Of the artil
lery rather than his uncongenial breth
rem OF the -teenth gave the Offended
ones abundant material to work on
Minor was q weakling-a bureau Office
during the war days, a man who coal'
muster and disburse without tiaw
but never set o squadron In the felt
without "fluke." Lambert was cap
ital drill-master and tactician, and go
company, under his instruction, wa
rapidly overhauling every other In tn
regiment, even those OF kinsey ant
Lively, the two real soldiers among tn
captains. Minor hated the sight OF
page Of tactics, and never even belt
dress parade. Lambert had . clear
ringing voice, and Minor couldn't max
himself heard. One morning the OF
DERBY came to Lambert at company drill
with 'the majors compliments, ant
please to take company G. outside tn
garrison, or make less noise" II wa
the adjutant's doing. rs things turne'
out afterwards. but Il angered Lamber
aeainst the commander.
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