The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-07

girls had named her at 5eheol-"Neii,"
as jessie called hef-sweetest name Of
all despite the fIns of sadness that ever
hangs about it-and Daddy he'd actual
" smiled and approved her going to-
the nidweelf hop en cadet captain'n
broad ehevfoned arm, and che had
worn hef b4ettlest white gown, end
the girls had brought her rosea, and
Mr.. Dean had called fer her before Gil
the big giris, and she had gone off
with him, radiant, end he had actually
made out hey card for her, and taken
three daroee himself, and had present
ed such pleasant fell9ws-AFgt ol2#zmen
and ''yearlingn,' There was Mr. Bill
ings, the cadet edtutant, and Mr.. Ray,
who was cadet sergeant "out OH
furlough" ind kept back, but such
beautiful dancer, and there was the
first captain, such q witty, brilliant
fellow, who only danced square DANCES,
and several cadet corporals, all hop
managers, In their red sashes. why
she was Just the proudest girl In the
room, And when the drum beat and
the hop broke up she couldn't believe
she'd been there an hour and three
quarters, and then Mr.. Dean escorted
her back to the hotel, and Daddy had
smiled and looked on and told him he
must come into the. cavalry when ne
graduated next June, and he'd sho"
him the Sioux country and PapDoose
would teach him the. Indian DANCES
1t was all simply lovely OF colr>e,
she knew 1t was all due to Jessie that
her splendid big brother should give
uD a whole evening from his lady
friends. (diss BroclkWay spoke so pal
rOniZingiy to her in the hall when the
girls we're all talking together after the
cadets had scurried away to answer
tattoo roll call) OF course she under
1,oIr
none of the cadets would have taken
the slightest notice of her, q mere chit
with three years Of school still ahead
OF her But all the same ii was some
thing to live over ard over again., ana
dream OF over and over again, and
the seashore seemed very stupid after
the Point Next year-neHt June
when Marshall graduated Jessie vas
to go and see that wonderful spot, ana
go she did with Pappcc9e, too, and
though it was all as beautiful as Pap
poose had described, and the scene ana
the music and the parades and all
were splendid, there was no del lorsly
lovely hop for in those days there
could be no dancing in the midst Of
examinations. There was only tire
one great ball given by the second TO
the graduating class, and Marshall
had so many, many other and o der
girls to dance with and say good-by
to he had only time for few words
with his sister and her Shy, silent lit
tie friend with the big brown eyes TO
whom he had been so kind the pre-
VioUs summer, when there were three
hons q week and not so many mop
pers in long dresses. Still, Marshall
had one dance with each and intro
duced nice boys from the lower class
es, and it was all very WELL only not
what PapYCos had painted, and Jessie
couldn't help thinking and saying 1t
might all have been so much sWeeter
if it hadn't been for that odious Miss
Brockway, about whom Marshall how
cred altogether too much, but, like the
little Indian the girls sometimes said
she was, PappoOSe looked on and SAID
nothing.
III the same, Mr.. Dean had had a
glorious graduation summer OF 1t,
though Jessie saw too little of him.
and Pappoose nothing at all after
the breakup of the class. In SSpten2-
Eel. the girls returned to school, friends
as close as ever, even though little
cloud overshadowed the hitherto UNI
broken condolences, and Marshall
Joined the cavalry, as old Folsom haQ
suggested and took to the saddle, the
prairie the bivouac, and buffalo hunt
as though native and to the manner
born. They were building the Union
Pacific then, and he ard his troop,
with dozens of others scattered along
the lire, were busy scouting the neigh
bolhcOd, guarding the surveyors, the
engineers, and finally the track-layers,
for the jealous red men sWarmed III
myriads all along the way, lacking
leadership to enable them to defeat
the enterprise And then when the
whistlng engines passed the forks of
the Platte and began to climb up the
long slope of the Rockies to Cheyenne
and Sherman pass, the trouble ana
disaffectiOn spread to tribes far more
numerous and powerful further to the
north and northwest; and there arose
above the hordes of warriors chief
whose name became the synonym for
deep-rooted and determined hostility
to the whites-Machpealota Cred
Cloud)-and old John Folsom, he
whom the Indians loved and trusted,
grew anxious and troubled, and went
from post to post with words of warn
ing on his tongue.
'Gentlemen," he said to the commits
sioners who came to treat with the
Sioux whose hunting grounds ad-
Joined the line of the railway, it's
all very we'll to have peace with these
people here. 1t is wise to cultivate
the friendship of such chiefs as Spot
ted Tail and Oldham Afraid Of His
Horses, Dut Inefe are lIIeCohclldpieN
beyond them, far more numerous and
powerful. who are planning, preach
ing war this minute Watch Red
Cloud. Red Dog, Little Big Man.
Double, treble your garrisons at the
posts along the Big Horn; get your
women and children out Of them, or
else abandon the forts entirely. l
know those warriors we'll. They out
number you twenty to one. Reinforce
your garrisons without delay or get
out of that country, one of the two
Draw everything south of the Platte
while yet there is time"
But Wiseacres at Washington said
the Indians were peaceable, and all
that was needed was a new post and
another little garrison at Warrior Gap.
in the eastward foothills of the range.
Eight hundred thousand dollars would
build it, provided the labor of the
troops was utilized" and leave good
margin for the contractors and 'the-
bureau" And it was to escort the
quartermaster and engineer officer and
an aide-de-camp on preliminary sur
vey that &c" troop of the cavalry,
Capt. Brooks commanding, had been
sent on the march from the North
Platte at Fetterman to the headwaters
of the Powder river in the Hills, and
with it went it's new first lieutenant,
Marshall Dean.
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