The Delta independent., 1898-10-14


soldiers daughter. that she first began
to CLEAN the cha6 Of the stories fitting
fvom house to house and TO hear the
exaggeration Of Hodges romancings
about Captain Barclays wealth. for
that. after all. proved the most vividly
interesting Of the travellers tales he
told. Barclay proved to be. said Hodge.
an expert mineralogist and gcologist.
AID this was of value when craze for
dabbling in mining stocks swept over
Sanders Barclay. who lived SO simply
in garrison. was discovered Through
breach Of confidence on the part Of the
of1iciating clergyman. that well nigh
led to another breach) to be the princi
pal subscriber to the mission church be-
ing built in Laramie City. 1t suddenly
became known that Barclay had tal-
ance in the local bank and reserve funds
ut the east. whereupon promoters and
prospectors by the dozen called upon
Linn ut the fort and strove to induce
him to take stock in their mines. Nine
out of ten were sent to the right about.
even those who called his attention to
the fact that Colonel This and Major
That were large shareholders One or
two he gave ear to. and later got leave
of absence and visited their distant
claims. He was out prospecting said
Hodge. half the time i'll the fall Of
1858. The ventures OF the other officers
seemed to prove prolific sources Of as-
sessments- The Lord only knows how
much fun and money the mine owners
of those days got out Of the army But
they failed to impress the puritanical
captain and by the summer Of 1869 they
ceased to do business in his neighbor-
hood. for. before sending good money
after bad, officers had taken to consult
ing Barclay. and many nm honest fel-
lows boarded savings were spared to
his wife and children all through Bar
clay's calm and patient exposition of the
fallacy Of the company claims
Then. said Hodge. when Claiming Of
the Twenty seventh was killed by Red
Clouds band back Of Laramie peak
and his heartbroken widow and chill
Gren were left penniless. somebody
found the money TO send them all to
their friends iu New Eng land and to
zee them safely established there. And
when PoTter's wife was taken 50 i'll
Horn and the doctor said that trained
nurse must be had. in the first place.
there came one from far Chicago. and
later. after Porter reached the post
overjoyed to find hi. beloved one slow
ly mcnding and so skillfu!ly guarded,
the doctors tcid him she must be taken
TO the seashore or the south. and. though
every Que Mt Sanders knew poor Porter
had not . penny. IL was all arranged
somehow. and Emily Porter came back
the next winter o rosy. blooming hap
py wife No one knew Tor certain that
all the ucer!cd money CAME from Bar
clay. but ~ the porters seemed to adore
him from that time ON aud their baby
boy was baptized Galbraith Barclay
everybody h,sd rs-ason to believe is II
Mrs Winn ever wanted " expcriens
the exhilaration Of hearing what other
people thonghs Of her. she had only.
aid Mr.. Hodge In confidence. 70 turn
Nrs Porter loose on that sutIcct
Then. ton. sAid Hodge. there wei o
Ordnance Sergeant Murphy and his
family. burned 4sDut ono winters night.
with all their savings. and tho old nii.n
dreadfuIly scorched In trying to rescue
his strong box from the flames Il must
have been Barclay who looked after the
mother and kids oil tho time the old
man was meaning In hospital They
moved him into o newly furnished aud
comfortable shack inside Of fortnight.
and tho Murphys had another saint on
their domestic calendar despite the non
appearance Of his name In the volumi-
nous rscosis u their church All this