The Delta independent., 1899-02-03

q b. Whislin4 logA dragged under BY
ths hsanchss a uproosed trses. borne
away q last rolling. s2spihs. still
tssbly. fAintly ssrusgling. until On the
beoaA lowlanAs the torrent spent the
fury of tts concsntsated spite. and.
swiftly still. but no longer raging -
when cuFbed and held BY the barrier
eats, the Blanc. foamed away 70 strsw
The tokens Of ths fearful storm right
and left for miles along Its banks and
70 iand all that was mortal Of Harry
Vim. bruised. battered. yet 20 placid
In death that strong mems voices broke
whsn telling how they found him. rest.
ing with weary bead upon his arm on
the sandy nss that lay Just beneath the
little summer house ON the overhanging
blu6a Just where Laura had looked
down over the misty shadows from that
very height the morning her soldier
Husband had reached his home At Es-
veille and found her-wanting.
They bore her wailing homo shst
night widowed and crying. "Woe 10
msr' Yet with what wild thoughts
throbbing through her brain. Who was
II that csms lsaping to her aid ~ she
felt herself again dragged under in that
sWiFlipg eddy! Whose voice was it that
rang upon her drowning ears! Whose
strong arms bad clasped and sustained
her and held her head above water.
while other strong hands, baulinR as
the larias made fast about his waist
drew them steadily 70 shorsl Then an
gels came and ministered TO her-ths
women-whils the meo clustered about
hef dripping hero. Gslahsd Only for
moment. though. for there was mount
ing bareback in hos hasee and thunder
ing away ~ mad gallop. despite tbs
drenching rain. for he who had saved
the wife imploeed thoss Who coald hide
70 haste asd ssvs the husband
All Fort Worth again went into
mourning with the ssssing a thss wos-
ful sun. Il bad borne It's all and more
Il battle and Of sadden death
And people resarrectsd Hodgs's
stories later on. shoash Hodge himself
was readily excused. They recalled
how Channing's widow and little ones
were cared fos after shss officers IN
timely dsash II The shadows Of old
Laramie peak. They recalled Porter's
ailins wife and the seaside soiourn.
and the old ordnance sesgeant's family
burned out as sandesA IL wan's many
days before the lovely. dropping widow
a poor Harry VIM was quite we'll
enough to b sent ths long 3oarncy 70
the north. yet some weeks elapsed b.
fore abe would consent she said. TO b
torn from her beloved's srava When.
gently - possible. she was told In July
that the quastess she still occupied
wers needed for her hushasd's saCces-
sus, sbs peoposed TO spend few weeks
with NJ. and AfA Faulkner. bat they
days. Thsse WAs no fcasna Why she
could soe have started In Juse. for that
devoted oosbss. AEa Waite. had drop
psd ssoposarily the purssis q srnssors
and sspgussnsativss II eoaGrsO asssm.
hlea - wired ehas ~ would nsss
ksr dssehsss = New OslsasA sd sbs
coamasAine ORassal ss 6an Antnaio
nosihsd ~ ehat sbandass nsAns for
all hes homewasd tourpeying fog seif
and ssfss aEd baby were In hts handA
She thought sbs ouGhs to stay untii sli
poor HarTy's Affairs wore straiahtcnod
oat, and Frazier bad 10 ray that thas. too
was all attended To Yet all the while
shs seemed 10 think that shs cosld not
suMciently thank the heroic Captain
Barclay aud begged 20 - him for that
purposs. also TO consult him day aftcS
day unsiI-was there collusioul-hs
suddenly rccsivsd orders to peoceed 20
San Antonio On ooass martial duty and
was On his way before she knsw it
before. aaid the FrnsiefA sho could -
ready 10 20 with him Nor was be tbsfs
when she passed through. under Ful.
ler's escort. to the gulf. nor did she SO
him oscs again In TexsA LsssssA fer.
vently grateful letters. came 10 bin
from Washington, whittier sbs hsd
fitted, and where. IL was ssposted, she
was to have clerkship. Bot when peo-
pie spoke Of her 20 Barclay he saniied
gravely and had nothing 60 ssy. AL
her lass husbands sccocnts were do
ciarsd settled and closed within . very
few mootha and all men knew By that
time wboss hand tt was shas hsd lifted
shs burden. yet LausA wsits had lo~s
ths last vestigs Of hs power whsss
0slb1ith Barclay was cnocsrssd-
Long bsfoss The fall ses In Barclay
returned to hts pose Of duty. eagerly
welcomed BY officers and men. excsps
che Yaugh-s- BsiiaGha Somebody hsd
ssut from 80 Antouio . narbls hcsd-
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