The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-09-11

~ yourg gentlemen who danced de-
lMpe:af,IIv. a thing he could not do at
ypt he had sweet hours with his
-. ,.Ieart and grew even more deeply |
TO so beautiful was she growing. |
,,rort ,ort hack to Sanders second time |
~ 'p;nr;ng himself happiest of the happy,
'D'I hound to be, when, in the coming |
I'm he could claim her as his own.
sS;t wa;te was troubled. He was to |
p. tbe field the lst of May; his troops |
IA he IN saddle and on scout away |
sO .he west all sammer long; his wife |
danghter were to spend those |
AIs ,,bs at the seashore and in shopping
~ tbe great event 70 come in Novem-
=, - He had "a long, earnest talk with
oa.o,av when once more the devoted
t'uorv came TO see the lady of his love
.ho eve of her departure for the east,
~, BARCLAY looked into her radiant,
Dsrt,ed ewes and could not read the
It.dow of coming events, of which she
vas as ignorant as be-
In May he led his men on the march
% the Big Horn, and in June she led
~;tb Cadet Lieutenant Winn the ger
IN at the graduation hop at West
po;nt Then Winn was assigned to du-
= as was the custom of the day, one of
t,ro.or three Young graduates chosen as
.ss;stant instructors during the sum-
.oor camp. He had an hour to devote to
dill each morning and dozen to de-
vote to the girls, and Laura Waite, with
her lovely face and form, was the talk
N the brilliant throng of visitors that
.nmmer. She and her mother returned
N the Point as guests of some old
friends there stationed, a visit which
was not on the original programme at
all Winn took the girl riding day aft
or dav and to hops week after week.
The shopping for the wedding went on
between times, and Winn even escorted
them to the city and took part in the
shopping. In fine, when November
came, in spite Of the furious opposition
Of her father, in spite of his refusal to
attend the ceremony or to countenance
it in any way, Winn, vice Barclay,
honorably discharged, appeared as
groom and bore his bride away to a
round Of joyous festivities among army
friends in New Orleans and San Anto-
MO before their final exile to the far
frontier From that day to this no line
had ever come from the angered and
aging man, even when Laura's baby
girl was born. Funds he sent from time
TO time-he knew he'd have to do that,
as be told her mother and she told her
friends-and then, just as more funds
were much needed because Of pressing
claims of creditors whose bills had not
been paid from previous remittances,
Winn being much in the field and Lau-
ra becoming Gisburser general in his
absence, the major suddenly died, leav-
ing a small life insurance fer his dis
consulate widow and nothing to speak
of for his children. They had sucked
him dry during his busy life
The Winns did not invite Mr.. Hodge
to dinner and were not hidden to NEE,
him. Laura was still in light mourning
for her father, and for days she really
heard very little Of Hodges revelation
regarding her discarded Wyoming lover
1t was through the nursecirl, an OLE
soldiers daughter, that she first begal
to CLEAN the chatf of the stories fitting
from house to house and 10 hear th
exaggeration Of Hodges rornancing
about Captain Barclays wealth. TO
that, after all, proved the most vivid.
interesting Of the travellers tales b
told. Barclay proved to be, sad Hodge
an expert mineral0gist and geologist
and this was of value when craze 70
dabbling in mining stocks swept owe
Sanders. Barclay, who lived so simpl
in garrison, was discovered Through
breach Of confidence on the part of tn
officiating clergyman, that we'll mig
led to another breach) to be the princi
pal subscriber to the mission church be
ing built in Laramie City. 1t suddenl
became known that Barclay had a bal
ance in the local bank and reserve fund
at the east, whereupon promoters an
prospectors by the dozen called upo
him at the fort and strove to induc
him to take stock in their mines. Min
out Of ten were sent to the right about
even those who called his attention (
the fact that Colonel This and Majc
That were large shareholders. One c
two he gave ear to, and later got leav
Of absence and visited their distaI
claims. He was out prospecting, sal
Hodge, half the time in the fall {
1868. The ventures of the other officer
seemed to prove prolific sources Of al
sessments. The Lord only knows ho'
much fun and money the mine owner
OF those days got out of the army. BT
they failed to impress the puritanicz
captain and by the summer of 1869 the
ceased to do business in his neighbol
hood. for, before sending good none
after bad, officers had taken to consul
ing Barclay, and many an honest fe
lows hoarded savings were spared
his wife and children all through Ba
clay s calm and patient exposition of Il
fallacy Of the company claims.
Then, said Hodge, when Charming {
the Twenty was killed by Re
Clouds band back of Laramie pea
and his hearthroken widow and chi