The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1898-10-18

critlclsm IN the eyes OF certain OF Jne
circle, its all strictly in accordance
with regulations, and just as we used
20 have it in the old days before the
war. wish we all had the same now.
haven't seen Grimsley outfit since
1861"
Grimsley it is" said the veteran
captain of the Light battery. "N1ine
went to Richmond in 1861 with what
we didn't save of our battery at First
Bull Rum"
"Grimsley it is," said his Junior sub
altern. If Sam Warning could only sec
that, he'd turn green with envy today
and borrow it tomorrow. Whereat
there went up laugh, for Warning was
q man Of mark in the queer old days of
the army.
Then Of course every one wanted to
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 all
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
4 ley were famous cavalry stations in the
dfties. The horses he had bought of /,
family connection in Kentucky and had
given $500 for the pair.
See here, Hodge," growled the old
stagers as they clustered about the club
room, slipping cooling drinks after the
warm morning exercise, whats all
this you've been telling us about Bar
clay's inexpensive, economical and
skinny ways? He's got the outfit of a
British field marshal, by gad!"
But Hodge was too much concerned
/ and COMPOUNDED to speak. "Its moron
can explain, he said "Why, he
wouldn' spend 10 cents in Wyoming.
And yet, had Hodge only known it,
Barclays infantry outfit was of just as
fine finish and material, as far as it
went, as these much moro costly and
elaborate appointments of the mounted
service. Everything connected with the
dress or equipments of his profession
Barclay, who would spend nothing for
frivolities, ordered of the best furnish
ers, and no man ever appeared Oh duty
IN uniform more precise or equipments
OF better make.
only place where Barclay S really Devil
dering appearance was discussed Among
the officers there We're many who
growled and criticised 1t was all right
to have handsome horses, if he could
afford it. Any cavallyman would try
to do that, was the verdict. "But all
these other gimcracks, they're simply
moonshine!" And yet, as pointed out
by Major Brooks, it was all strictly ac-
cording to regulation. "D-n the
regulations!'' said Captain Follansbee.
They're too expensive for me- % And,
take it all in all, the feeling of tho
mess was rather against than with Bar
clay. He had no business wearing bet
ter clothes or using better horse furni-
ture than did his fellows. Follansbee
went SO far as to tackle Blythe Oh the
subject and invoke his sympathy. but
that massive old dragon disappointed
him. Barclays right, said he, land
if the rules were enforced we'd all have
TO get them.
But they cost SO much" said Fol
lansbee.
Not half what you spend in whisky
in half the time it would take to get
Diem here, was the unfeeling rejonder
Mrs. Frazier and Mrs. De Lancy,
however, wished the captain had brought
an easy open carriage with Arriving
horses instead of cadd1arS II you11
have been far more useful, said those
level headed women. And SO it might
have been-to them.
But in the midst of all the talk and
discussion came tidings that amazed
Fort Worth. Ned Lawrence was actually
a.