New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-09-10
THE IRON OF REMORSE.
A STORY OF THE TRAIL.

tried and found out. course oi d''''' VIM "
YOU know to be absolutely foreign 10 every III
stinrt within you-Nh cn You sit down 10 reason
abou, # after tho manner Of the age-may be
he 1cr, one you will follow when there is no
finn, for reason If any one had told Mack
worth that under fire ne would be coward,
Naclvorth would have knocked the informant
down then and there and have reflected upon
tho danger IT, his commission afterWard
Mackworih had been graduated. too, but be
Ing a right minded boy. he remembered that il
Nas t. Horatius that the molten image was
made and not to the fellow who built the bridge
so ne very properly chose tho cavalry and
Heaven rewarded him 10y sending him straight
10 the frontier AID this was in the days when
there was frontier. when men endured DIS
comforts that they sigh to know again as none
ever sigh for the luXurics Of the past when
The Apache and tr. Chiricahua we're in the land
and still struggling to be masters of II; ana
when woman was truly blessing Of the gods
and might. even under disadvantages, have her
nick of the department. But as there is no
woman IL all this, that is irrelevant
EXCEPT after the manner Of cadets which is
not to b, taken seriously Mackworth had not
let woman enter into his scheme Of existence
His Ideals were Of another sort just then. lie
was Young and fun Of belief and things, and he
thought that the way to VIII approval OF the
Wan department and the gratitude of his coun-
f., was e. avoid wircpulling and 10 Kill lnd-
ians Therefore he rejoiccd greatly when. after
only SIX weeks of his thoroughly undesirable
garrison Chatta took the Chiricahuas on the
waruath and he was ordered out IN the ieid
H., had had MS Kit all rolled ia rubber poncho,
ana his ucss chest pretty well stocked for the
whole Of Ia, six weeks IIe believed that sol
der should h- always IN readiness He believed
So many things thcn-though before long the
bottom fell out of his universe, and ne Was iil'd
With an enduring sccptlcisn. And this was how
It came about.
The first time hc was under filo was when
thcy were caught at rather a disadvantage
among the pines in tho Mogoons. The night
t,sau about dusk ana lasted well into the night
II may have been the result of some hugaboo
stories Of his bahyhood. which had fostercd an
uncouqucrahc fear Of tho dark. il may have
h,cu som, lurking instinct or 1t may have been
just blu, funk which overcamc him. Anyway,
d. Ind lehind a hoWldcr, crouchcd and covered
thcr, tromi ling So that his caIbin, fell from his
hands
And Morley his captain found him 50. "What
ar YOU doing" hc demanded. He was an Irish
man ana a soldier o. the old school. but he did
pot swear MackWorth knew. from that, no"
Lad it was Iie ramhlrd uI and hahbod Get
ont If thcr,r ia, cautaln SAID. lie would have
used "a better tone 10 one Of the troop ours
MackNoitl felt for his carhino and got out
staggering. tut no longer afraid. only ashamed
sichcuine3 ashamed be.ord all endurance
II, tried HARD e. ger himself killed after that.
ii, walked uI and down iL front Of his men.
giving ,lq.rs aua smoking cigarettes and doing
ms hest ID s.rv, ~ "a target Tho captain
,,,t,b., l,n. ar. BEGAN l., understand His