The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-09-25

do? What was he to live on and so in
sure payment of which his death would
destroy all possibility? Crushed as Winn
was, there were men and women who
roundly scored his wife for appearing
superbly dressed at the first ball graced
BY the presence of her discarded lover,
yet had she staid away their disappoint-
ment would have exceeded this disap-
probation. Collabone said his patient
suffered from low fever, which the
unprofessional found difficult to under
stand in view Of Mrs. Winn's diagnosis.
which declared 1t alarmingly high. Ger
tain il is that he kept his room until
, four days after the evening Of the ball.
Tt an he had to turn out and face the.
music, for orders came from "San An
tone"
Then, too, came another invoice Of
interesting matter Co Fort Worth, and
il must be remembered that in the mar
row and restricted life Of the far FROM
tier interest existed in matters that
broader spheres OF the metropolis. The
invoice was an actual and material fact
and consisted of big wagon load Of
household goods consigned to Captain
Barclay, accompanied by a dignif1ed
Ethiopian and two very knowing look
! ing horses that had many Of the points
of thoroughbreds. The quartermaster
train under proper escort had made the
long pull from department headquar-
tiers, and all unannounced came these
chattels to the new troop leader. The
very next morning, which was a Sum
day, when Brooks four troops formed
line for inspection in the old fashioned
full dress of the cavalry, the men in
shell jackets and plumed felt hats, the
officers in long skirted, clerical looking
frock coats, black ostrich plumes, gold
epaulets and crimson sashes, there rode
at the head of Lawrence's s old troop a
new captain, whose horse and equip
ments became the center Of critical and
admiring eyes the moment it was posi-
BILE for his comrades to leave their COM
mands and gather about him. Very few
officers in those days possessed anything
better than the regulation troop bride
and rawhide Mcclellan saddle, which
with their folded blankets satisfied all
the modest requirements Of the frontier.
The Light battery men INDUCED in lit
tie more style and had picturesque red
blankets to help out, but even they
were put i'll the shade and came trot-
| ting over during the rest after Brooks
had made the formal ride round TO look
at the general appearance of his COM
mand. All hands seemed to gather in
appreciation about Barclays charger.
| The horse himself was bright, blooded
/ bay, with jet black, waving name, tail
and forelock, superb head, shoulders
and launches and nimble legs, all hand
somely set off by a glistening bride
with double rein, martingale, glossy
breast strap and polished bits, curb
| chain, bosses, rings and heart, with the
regimental number in silver on the
bosses and at the corner of the hand
some shabraque Of dark blue cloth, pat
| ent leather and the yellow edging and
| trimming of the cavalry. THE only
outfit of the kind at Worth" said
| Brooks emphatically- And yet, gen.
tlemen," he continued, seeing latent
criticism in the eyes of certain of the
circle, Its all strictly i'll accordance
with regulations, and Just as we used
| to have it IN the old days before the
war. wish we all had the same now.
1 haven't seen q Grimsley outfit since
| 1861"
"Grimsley it is," said the veteran
captain of the Light battery. mime
went to Richmond in 1861 with what
we didn't save of our battery at First
Bull Run
''Grimsley it is, said his Junior sub
| o1A Ia
that, he'd turn green with envy today
and borrow it tomorrow. Whereat
there went up laugh, for Warning was
q man of mark III the queer old days Of
the army.
Then of course every ono wanted tC
! know, as the cavalcade rode from the
drill ground up to the post, where Bar
clay had bought his horses, and some
inquired how much they cost, and to al
queries of the kind Barclay answered,
with perfect good humor, that he had
ordered the equipments Of the old firm
of Grimsley, still doing business in St
Louis, as it did in the days when Jeffer
son Barracks and Leavenworth and Ri
ley were famous cavalry stations in the
ffGes. The horses he had bought Of &
family connection In Kentucky and hat
given $500 for the pair.
'See here, Hodge growled the ole
stagers as they clustered about the club
room, slipping cooling drinks after th'
warm morning exercise, whats al
this you've been telling us about Bar
clay'S inexpensive, economical ant
skinny ways? He's got the outfit of ;
British field marshal, by gad!'
But Hodge was too much concerned
and confounded to speak. "It's more'l
I can explain" he said. "Why, b.
wouldn't spend 10 cents in Wyoming.
J And yet, had Hodge only known it
} Barclays infantry outfit was of just a
fine finish and material. as far as j
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