Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1901-06-26

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SOC at Q. Blencowes drug store.
hurried homeward, and Mr.. Reynolds.
after one longing look at the parlor
lights of the commanding officers
quarters, trudged back to the guard
house.
AS the detail came stamping out
into the snow, there rose on the night
air. querulOus add yelping, the cry of
pack of coyotes, whereat the sentry
shuddered, possibly only from cold.
dad night for Teller to try to
walk home with a load under his
skin" whispered veteran corporal
TO cOmrade, and Reynolds harkened.
start ahead. corporal" he erred
to the non commissioned officer i'm
charge. "I'll catch You on the way. =
Then back he went across the snow
covered parade and banged at the
majors door. IL was Fan herself
who FASTENED To admit him. her fin
ger at her lips. The major followed
What brings YOU here:" he asked.
with gloom i'm his eyes.
"Nau Ne have an ambulance. SIR
Some of the u,rn may not be- able to-
walk. hey weren't. you auou. last
time"
The major didn't like thciira. 81
can't have my teams aud drivers tucu
ed out at night to fetch home drunk
cu men,. said he. III they cant
walk-borrow sled" And then he
waited for Reynolds to 90.
Behind her father stood Miss Fan
framing some lnaudiblc sentence with
her pretty, rosy lips Coupled with
mods and signs Jim was able to in
terpret it all to mean:
"lou go--it shall come"
80 Jim saluted like soldier and
went without IA word, and 10y the time
his men had marched across frozen
mile of cleaning prairie. REYNOLDS in
saddle had overtuken them. \ big.
straw laden wagon came Gathering
after. Fanny had prevailed where
he was powerless. Sounds of revelrv
arose within the nearest ranch. and
the troopers banged on the door and
demanded admittance. For answer
there came a volley of curses and II
chorus of maudlin song.
Sioux Pete" muttered the corpo-
raj: He and his gang here-drunk. "
Reynolds knew them we'll by re
pute. A dozen gamblers and loafers,
some of them halfbreeds, who hung
about the ranches and were "tabooed''
at the post, n bad lot at best, pack
of tiends when in liquor.
"Shall smash it in, SIR"
But Reynolds lifted a hand in in
slant warning. "Hush." said he.
"Listen!"
For over the frozen prairie, some
where on the line to the distant lure
light, faint cry for help rose on the
night, a shot, woman's muffied
scream, and then hooking chorus
of coyotes.
"Drop this, said Reynolds. "Comt
on with the wagon" and away be
spurred, leaving his party long reds
in the rear.
At almost the same moment, Miss
Fan, wrapped in fur, was standing on
the side gallery of the commanding
officers quarters, straining eyes and
ears for sight and sound from the
moonlit waste to the west. Well she
knew the dangers that beset the sol
diers who had ventured among the
reckless, desperate men that swarmed
every pay day about the low resorts
along the valley. And this night her
heart had treble anxieties, first for a
faithful nurse, who, after years un-
der her fathers roof, had married a
sturdy forage master, had built a
home just off the reservation, and,
only two days before, the wife had
come to tell the commander of threats
Didn't Marry For Money
The Boston man, who lately mar
Rod an oioLl y rich v0nno ,,o,,,,, =