The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-10-02


bachelors. No sooner had his moa..,
Of household goods arrived than ~
used kitchen Of Brayton's ouarter,
fitted up; Hannibal was enscr..'s
therein A neat little dining roo-n -
made Of what had been DESIGNED -
small bedchamber on the ground 49,
and Barclay amazed the mess by sett;-.
forth champagne the last eyeniDv
dined there as a member, and the,
tired to the privacy Of his own s.,.s
hshment. as he had at Sanders
The Winns' housemaid had of -.
dropped in to see how. Hannihal -
getting along and dropped out 70 -,
her discoveries, which were few. IT,
Brayton found the mess saying thi.~
about Barclay he could not aRree v;,s
and he, too, resigned and becarns
messmate Of his captains chance
the better that speedily msnifestsa !,
self in the healthy white Of his -.
eyes and 9 complexion that bore no -.
Of fiery stimulants such as were indpI.-s
in elsewhere. Then there was taIE =
others leaving the 'FoIlanshee fami,,s
and asking to join at Brayton'R ~
this gave umbrage to Erin as reura..-s
cd in the bachelors mess, and M
anti-Barclay feeling had sprung IN !.
the post, among the unlettered at Iesr,
and these were days in which the =.
lettered were numerous. Sorry 4.
You, Brayton, me boy" grinaed Il.
senior sub of Fellows troop. "It mp.s
be tough to come down to this g.
Lawrence And he was anazed !,
Brayton's reply.
Tough? Yes, for it shows me hov
much time I've wasted. "
"Wait till we get Galahad out On IN.
trail wild his newfangled bits :,
seats" sneered Mullane but a dav =
two before. "That'll take the d
nonsense out of himl Faith, whin i
goes I hope / may go along. too, to a.
the fun !''
And, sooner than he thought for. Ia.
Irish captain had his wish.
One O'Clock had Just been called A
by the sentries and the moon was wen
over to the west when the door Of ths
majors quarters was opened, and be-
with his lingering guests, came fcr,h
upon the bread piazza, the red sparks q
their cigars cleaning anew as they fslt
the fan of the rising breeze. Clear and
summerlike as was the sky, there was a
reminder of the snow peaks in the winu
of the wind, and Lawrence huddled biz
old cavalry care about his shoulders a,
he faced it. He was talking eagerly.
perhaps a little bombastically, Of thi,
great new mining company in which
| Buffstick vas prominent as a director
He'was full Of hope and anticipation
and disposed to patronize a trife biz
friends who, welded to the humdruu
of the army, were debarTed from so fns
an opportunity of making money n
| abundance.
81 tell you, Brooks" he said, Il
wouldn't take $40. 600 cash this night
for my chance Of making twice that
sum within the year. Buffstick turns
everything he touches into gold
wonder if Barclay knows these
mines" said De Lancy refiectively, flip
| ping the ashes from tia end Of his
cigar. "He has nevor opened his head
about his mines to a soul We don't
know where they are"
II don't know" said Lawrenca
briefly. Even yet the mention Of Bar.
clay chafed him bit. Il know this
though, that that company wouldnl
offer me any such salary as 1850
year Just to bcss their men unless thers
was big money in it somewhere. ltil
the first time ever knew what it va
20 lie Indifferent to the coming Of tn
paymaster. By the way. be ought 70 b