The Princeton union., 1900-10-18

off with breech- -loaders thousand IN
ldians armed only with old percussion
cap muskets, squirrel rifles, bows,
clubs and lances; it's another thing
for soldiers armed even with the best
the market affords, to march into an
Indian position and arrest an Indian
chief. There were not soldiers
enough north Of the Platte to do it,
and the war department knew it if
the bureau didn't. Hence the muster
ing in force along the river, and the
mounting in hot haste of perhaps ten
more troops and companies, nowhere
near enough for the work in hand,
but oil the nation had within
months march that could possibly be
spared from other work and work
more important. .,'
And there was wrath at Emory,
where the colonel found himself or
dered to send all his transportation to
Frayne forthwith, and all his remain
ing troops except one of foot, Dam
nation! I've only got two companies
of foot" he screamed, in the shrin
trebel of piping senility. "And they
metn to rob me of my cavalry, too!
&C. troop is ordered to be held iii
readiness for special SERVICE"
The transportation, consisting of
three wagons and two ambulances.
with the somber company of infantry,
started next day, however, and Dean,
with eager expectancy, kept his men
in camp, cooked rations ready, am
munition pouches filled, arms and
equipments overhauled and in perfect
order, horses examined and reshod,
ready for the word that might como
any minute and carry him-he knew
not whittier. Folsom and the girls
had to drive back to dinner without
him. Despite the permission sent by
the colonel, he would not leave his
| troop and go in town. So back they
came in the soft moonlight and spent
| long, lovely summer evening with
him, while the band played melodious-
ly in the fort inclosure, and the stars
twinkled over the peaks of the
Rockies in the southern skies. Fol
som spent the hours wiring to Omaha
| and comforting with such officers as
| he could reach. They thought the les
son given Red Cloud would end the
| business. He knew it would only be-
gin it. Burleigh, saying that he must
give personal attention to the selec-
tion of the teams and wagons, spent
the early evening in his corral, but
sent word to Folsom that he hoped to
see him in the morning on business
of great Importance. He had other
hopes, too, one of them being that
now the order to send that big sum
in currency to the new stockade
would be revoked. He had lost: no
time in suggesting to the chief quar-
termaster of the department the ex-
treme hazard. He quoted Folsom as
saying that before we could send 100
men to Warrior Gap Red Cloud could
call 5000, and the chief quartermas-
ter, being a man of method and a
stranger to the frontier said, as said
| the bureau: ''Whor the devil is John
Folsom? Do as you are told" But
that answer only came the following
day. Meantime there was respite and
hope.
Long lived that beautiful evening in
the memory of four young hearts. A
sweet south wind had been gently
playing all day and left the nj ght
warm and fragrant of the pines and
cedars in the mountain parks. All
Fort Emory seemed made up Of wom-
Ell and children now, for such few SOL
Il 7of
men, were packing or helping pack
and store about the barracks. From
soon after eight until nearly t en- the mu-
sicians occupied their sheltered wood
en- kiosk on the parade, and filled the
air with sweet strains of waltz or
song or stirring martial melody.
For an hour, with Elinor Folsom on
his arm, young Dean was strolling up
and down the moonlit walk, marvel
ing over the beauty of her dark, yet
winsome face, and Loomis and Jessie,
stanch friends already, sauntered
after them. For a time the merry
chat went on unbroken. They were
talking of that never-to-be-forgotten
visit to the Point-Pappoose's first
dAA VI DAS AOP w "IISI1 CuC Lo1A Cd
det captain took the timid school
girl, and of her hop card and the
distinguished names it bore, as names
ran in the old days of the battalion;
of Roy, who danced so beautifully and
rode so well-he was with the -th
cavalry now somewhere along the
U. p, said Dean--and of Billings, the
cadet adjutant; he was with a light
battery in louisiana Where this
Capt. Newhall is Stationed" inter-
rupted Pappoose, with quick. upward
look. II wonder if he knows him, Mr..
Dean"
'He doesn't like him, I'll venture to
say" said Dean, "if Newhall doesn't
suit you and Jessie, and I'm sure l
shan't." And then they went on to
talk of the lovely dance music they
had at the Point that summer, and
how bewitchingly l1lsen used to play
that pretty galop-"Puckwudjies"-
the very thing for a moonlit night.
One could almost see the Indian
fairies dancing about their tiny
fires.
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