Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-03


 the soldier lawyers would have it. a staff official of high rank had been cowhided by cavalry subaltern, and that subaltcrn, of all others, the only brother of, Folsoms fair guest, Jessie : Dean-the boy who had saved the lives of Folsom's son and his sons inn periled household. and had thereby en- deared himself to him as had no other young soldier in the service. And now, what fate was staring him in the face? Released from arrest but a day or so before upon appeal of the off cer whom he had so soon thereafter violently assaulted, Marshall Dean had committed one of the gravest crimes against the provisions of the mutiny act. Without warrant or eX- cuse he had struck, threatened, as saulted, etc. superior officer, who was in the discharge of his duty at the time. NO matter what the prov ocation-and in, this case it would be held grossly inadcquatc-there could be only one sentence-summary dis missal from the army. Just as sure as shooting. if Burleigh preferred cnarges that boy was ruined.
 And four mortal hours that afternoon it looked as though nothing could hold Burleigh's hand. The man was livid with wrath. First he would have the youngsters blood, and then he'd dis miss him. Folsom pointed out that he couldn't well do both. and by two Q CLOCK II slmmered down to demand for instant court-martial. Burleigh wrote a furious telegram to Omaha. He had been murderously assaulted in l,;. ,3o ed his immediate arrest and trial. Fol som pleaded with him to withhold it. Every possible amende would be made but no! Indeed, not until nearly four o'clock could Folsom succeed in the last resort at his disposal. At that hour he had lent the quartermaster $15,CC0 on his un@ldorsed note of hand, on condition that no proceedings what ever should be taken against MT. Dean, Folsom guaranteeing that every amende should be made that fair arbi- tration could possibly dictate. He had even gone alone to the bank and brought the cash on Burlcigh's repre- sentation that it might hurt his credit to appear as a borrower. He had even pledged his word that the transaction should be kept between themselves.
 And then there had been a scene with that drunken wretch NeWhall. What possible hold had he on Burleigh that he should be allowed to come reeling and storming into the office and de- 'manding money and lots of money this, too. in the presence of total strangers? And Burleigh had actual ly paid him then and there some 'un- dreds of dollars, 10 the stupefa~tlon of the felloW-who had come.[or Q TOW. They got him away soms4oW, glad to go, possibly, with his unexpected wealth, and BurIeigh had explained that that poor devil, when he could be persuaded to swear off. was one of the brayest and most efficient officers in the service, that he was well to do, only his money, too, was tied up in mines; but what was of more account than anything else, he had devotedly and at risk of his own life from in lection nursed his brother officer Bur leigh through the awful epidemic of yellow fever in New Orleans in '6I.r He had saved Burleigh's life. 50 how can I go back on him now" said he.
 All this was the old trader revolv- ing in mind as he hastened to the de | Marshall Dean and C troop had stood ready for special service. Rumor had it that the old general himself had determined to take the field and was on his way to Gate City. It was pos sibly to escort him and his staff the troop was ordered kept prepared, to move at q moments notice. On Bur leigh's desk was batch of telegrams from department headquarters. Two came in during their long conference :, in the afternoon, and the quartermas ter had lowered his hand long enough from that lurid welt on his sallow cheek to hurriedly write two or three in reply. One Folsom felt sure was sent in cipher. Two days before. Bur leigh had urged him to protest as ye- hemcntly as he could against the send ing of any money or any small detach- ment up to the Big Horn, and protested he had strenuously. Two days before, Burlcigh said ii was as bad as murder to order paymastcr or dis bursting of ficcr 10 the Hills with anything less than . battalion to escort him. and yet within four hours after he was put in possession of nearly all the paper currency in the local bank a secret order was issued sending Lieut.. Dean with ten picked men to slip through the passes to the Platte. away from the beaten road, and up to ten D. m. Dean himself was kept in ignorance of his further destination or the pur- pose of his going. Not until half-past ten was a sealed package placed in his hands by the post quartermaste who had himself received it from Mai. Bur- leigh, and then and there the young officer was bidden by Col. Stevens, as the medium of the department com mander, to ride with all haste com mensurate with caution, to ford the Sweetwater above it's junction with the Platte. to travel by night if need be and hide by day if he could, to let no man or woman know the purpose of his going or the destination of his journey, but to land that package safe at Warrior Gap before the moon should