The Florence daily tribune., 1898-03-24
SYNOPSIS.

Tremaine to Gerr.am is announced. we'd
ding shortly fellows.
Chapter NI.--Mr; McIane is mysterious
iy shct In San Francisco. Merriam is
greatly ex cited when he reads account In
papers. While stlll in mourning Mrs Me-
Lane prepares to visit Fort Sedlwick
Chapter NIL-Mrs. McLapc arrives at
the fort. Merriam is startled at the news,
and he and his wifc absent themselves
from the formal hop that evening
Chapter WHINE. and AIRS. Merriam
evening when she would be sure TO have
many other callers. When the call is
returned Merriam is away. and his wife
pleads Illness as excuse for not seeing
and faints.
Chapter 1X.-Mrs. McLane desires to see
Merriam. Grafton persusdes him to go,
next noon.
Chapter X.-Fiorence learns Merriam
has been to see Mrs. Mcl.ane, and IN u
to explain. Shortly after Merriam is in
terefptod by Fannie McIane as he Is pass
nesses 'the meeting, which she suppose
has been prearranged
The dawn was breaking over the far
Jornnda and turning the distant Gnad-
aioupe into gold when the Riflers rolled
.way--oilicers and men, barring the
land and company Ike tby war de-
part ment orders a few years ago com
panies Il" and * of each regiment of
infantry were ''skeletonized" by trans
cr of their men to other companies,
eaving those two merely paper com
nands. just as Go. Q" has been for
fears the derisive title of the guard
house prisoners, so does "Co. Ike" be
yin TO appear as n name for the be
eayed and friendless commands re-
erred tol at Sedgwicll," as the cavalry
,umpeter remarked TO the gunner
hen they were going cut to stir the
.choes with their reseille; only these at
,;edgwick. and one stalwart o,d captain
NTH his devoted half-hundred, IRE
maine, still doing duty at the canton.
neut--fond. lonely Old father, whose
heart was wrapped up inithai one child.
ct could not deny her to the man she
loved so well. Sedgwick was begin
ning to yawa'and stir. The night owls
in the canyons were hooting back to
heir nests, dismayca b. thu howiings
+ the human night owls taching home
duty, Already haf regre,fu, of the
:Mlsky wasted, while before them was
hat remnrse,ess wrath 10 Gene. The
Ks were astir in the barracks, and
iRly smckc-veiIs were sailing straight
left from Tie chimneys Of half dozen
gompany kitchens. Already, too, the
household servants along the row of
cavalry officers quarters. that which
Lacked to the south. were lighting their
little morning blazes, for Sedgwick lay
heyond range and anthracite. In the
good Old days of 20 years before, the
cocktail, not coffee, was the necessary
prelude to reyeiile and morning stables.
Now, with the wisdom that comes long
after war, only case-harGened, handy
eeged old dragons ever dreamed OF
rink al that hour of leap from sleep
TO life; the inner cavalryman Graves the
.uicc of Mocha and mocks at rye. From
every 'set" of cavalry quarters then the
Kitchen chimney sent aloft its feathery
plume, with one eNccption-a sub
i.tern's house well over toward the
Western end of the row; and toward
ne gate thereof, edging away from the
bald homeward-b of the main
oad and shutting stolidly across he
mesa, Hop Ling was making his rapid
md but for his hands hisEockets were
mpty. Hop bore with him an air of
oppression, and was followed by faint
fragrance as of ma ndragora. HIS b,eary
tile eyes were searching furtiyeiy
dong that line of fence and stables fer
,he gieam Of the sentry's car5ine and
zap ornaments. He must place that
vatehman of the night and know his
round before he entered post. 'Spose
he officer of the guard had happened
% meet him during the night. 'Spose
somebody sick 50 Spose Misse Mel
ium she wanttee chow-chow?" Bang!
he morning gun roared its .usty sum
mons to be up and doing and skulliing
oyoies squatted lower as they sneaked
way from the outlying quarters, no
hicken the richer, and the guard
turned out with 20 additions to com
2any Q and more still a-coming and the
telegraph instrument in the clerks of
fee began to call alarrup-Lalarrup
-Lalarrup." and the soldier operator,
washing his face in tin basin outside,
glanced up and said: "The deuce with
yeu. You always call when I'm wash
ing. What's up now?" and had TO drop
ablutions, and, wringing his hands as
ihe ran, to answer the sharp, insisient
summons; and as he listened his face
grew keen and excited, and. checking
the rapid clicking of the key one iu
slant. he yelled to the drowsy Clerk in
the adjoining Office: "Bi,ly-quicki
Tumble up and see if Lieut.. Merriam's
back. I've a message for him." and
then clicked and listened and noted
again; but the reveille was chirruping
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