The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1901-06-28

name Of Murray. who had enlisted
with him. and they think Murrn,
knows something about him."
Where In Murray now?" asked the
,hicf.
"in the guard-housc ut the prcsidio.
lie give the corpora. IL rhnrg. q
good deal of trouble aud was placed
Il guard the morning they
reached the city. They hnd 10 spcnd
the night with the Iowa regiment at
Oakland pier"
Again the g~ray-hnircd general gave
himself tn thought. Gould you tell
how he was dressed when he disap.
pcnrrd?" he :.nnlly asked.
~ young man IN the second sleep.
or gave him n pnir Of worn blue serge
trousers aud his slippers.
Somebody else contributed u nrglig,
shirt and n black-silk traveling-cap.
lie was wearing these when last I
spoke 10 him AT Sacramento. where
he would no eat anything. IL had
wired ahead for dinner for them"
YES" said the general with sud.
den Indignation In his tone. "and I'm
told the company refused to REIN.
burse you. Whnt excuse did they
giyc?'
ats Of little consequence. SIR"
laughed Siuyycsant. 'rhe loss hasn',
swnmprd me-"
"rhnt's as may be-" answered the
general. ats the principl. involved
Tint company II coming money by
the thousands transporting troops at
full rates. and some of the ears II
furnished were simply n%bominnble,
What was the excuse givcn?"
They said, or rather some official
wrote. that they wouldn't reimburse
nH because they hnd already had Ia
sustain the loss Of that car due to
the carclcssness Of our men. and
their WI irain.hands. general, know
there was no smoking aud the men
were all asleep. Foster had u very
marrow escape. aud Corporal Connel.
~ was badly burned Juggling Murray
out"
The general took from n stack of
correspondence NJ his right hand u
letter N club paper. studied II n me.
mcnt. and then glanced mp NJ Siuy.
,csnni. 'Was not Col. Rays regi.
with you ~ Chickamuuga ?" he
asked.
at was expected when left. gen.
ernl. iou mean the til Krniucky?"
81 meat his volunteer regiment
yes. ! was Wondering whether my Of
his family had gone ihithcr. hut you
wouldn't be apt To know"
And S%tuyycsant felt the blood he.
TO mount Ia his face. lie
could answer for II that one member
had not gone thithcr. lie was won.
whether he ought Ia speak Of
II when Drnyton finally turned upon
him and held forth the letter. Read
said he. but regard II n con-
II wns such u letter as one frank
soldier might write another. II
was one 81 n dozen That had come to
that day asking his interest
In behalf Of some young soldier about
his communal. II was dated
Mt Cincinnati five days earlier. aud
: i%uyvcsant had read half
through the page his hand was trem-
bling.
Dear Drayton." II said. IT am IN a snari,
| want your help. Ny sisters pct hoy
out TO try his hand at raBching near
us last year, lie had some money from
his father and everything promised wei,
'or his success II he could have stuck 10
business. Blu he couldn't. Billy Ray, com
handing my first squadron. was stationed
me, and the first thing | knew the
boy was head over ears In love with BEly's
laughter. ! can't blame him, Marion,
Junior, Is as pretty a girl ~ ever grew up
the army. and she's q brave md wlnsome
ass bcsides-her dad all over. as her mother
says.
"Waltsr's ranch was 20 miles away. bu,
ned ride the 20 six times "A week. n need
be-. to have a dance with Maidie Ray. and
he cattle could 20 TO the wolves. Then
the war. The governor of Kentucky
ave Ray the OF a regiment. ard
hat fool boy OF mine beggee him TO take