Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-01-05

and counsel he got from the Buckeyes. and
the on!y recognition they were going to get
was letter OF thanks and commission
for Private Holt.
1t was this time. ny the way. for that
commission to be along. thought Pride,
and so said old Gaffney. So. too, said the
E iA11sjs, who were, as they put 1t. re
known to Norman. had dubbed together,
subscribed good!y sum on paper TO be
collected at pay day, and had gotten Cap
to send an order to Louisville for as hand
some sash. belt and sword as money could
buy. Cap was far from well. He had
reJoined too soon, and had limpeJ haif
across the state of Tennessee, ambulance
scorning, and now the Shiloh Wouna was
giving no end of trouble again and the
doctors ordered him into camp hospital
which once more threw Malloy in Command
of the Emmets and that wasn't the best
thing that could have happened to Holt.
With every day now. however, Norman
had been gaining in health and strength,
for hope is a noble tonic. He had Won a
friend worth having in that little colonel
of wolverine cavalry. He felt sure OF En-
yart's interest. He had received IL warm
hearted letter from thar gifted young staff
officer, written at Nashville, on his way
again to the front. But there WIS one
para graph in it that gave him mingled joy
and concern. My orders took me- to Frank
fort, Iiarrodsburg and Lexington, but
did not get nearer to Asholt AZ LeXiAg-
ton, however, ! met some warm friends Il
yours, the Rays, and Miss Kate was csDecl-
ally cordial i'll all she said of you. Her let
ter however, told you all l could, and
more.
Her letter, Norman had received no let
ter. and his heart had been sore indeed
over her silence, for if Kate Ray would not
answer him he was truly frfendicss In MS
native stat. There had been d dozen pack
ages of letters and papers fol the Emmets
since they left the line at Corirth, but
never a word for him. He asked Trott, the
first sergeant. II he had seen awning,
and Trott's answer was, Nothing since
Pittsburg Landing" where several SACKS
of letters and papers met them as they
boarded the River Queen, ana Irott relneH-
bered distinctly there was Il letter Ior f1oil
a thick letter addressed in ladys hand.
There were some for Brennan. too. me
boys were all crowdng around when the Dag
was opened on the ioWer dech' anu Sum
one of them-he forgot who-said brennan
and Holt were working at commlssaiy
papers in the cabin above, and he "ouiu
take them up. Later Corporal Commonly
recalled the same thing: tie was on suaro
took them? Why. yes. 1t was Lynch-him
that was Malloy's striker and Lynch had
long since been sent back to NasnVliie'
sick of a fever. Brennan was questioned.
Yes. Brennan got two letters that evening
on the Queen. Some fellow handed them
to him. 1t wasn't Lynch. 1t was the
commissary captains clerk or sergeant
he wasn't certain which.
ter for him and from Kate Ray, and he
never got it, nor could he find the man 10
tell what had become of 1t. He went and
notified Gaffney of this new trouble, and
Gaffney could only sympathiZe and regret,
but when Norman returned to camp he was
approached by Sergt. Trott and awkwardly
informed that Lieut.. Malloy ordered that
hereafter he apply for permission before he
yentured to go so far from his company
As the E,mmets were far-reaching foragers
and given to exploring without consulting
their first lieutenant, this seemed an In
vidiors distinction, but Norman silently ac-
cepted it all. 1t probably would last only
a short time at most. Both Col. Pride and
Capt Enyart were confident the commits
sion would come within few days, for the
former had secured the favorable recon-
inendation of Gen. Buell. himself, and as
Buell. was more apt to criticise than COM
mend the appointments in the volunteers,
that was considered feather In Normans
cap and n slap at the state officials at Co.
lumbus. There had not been lacking mis-
chevous filings at Malloy when the matter
was first noised about the regiment. Some
of his brother officers made the mistake of
INVITING him or trying to, but the man who
had shown such agitation and nervousness
the night on the River Queen was as plac-
idly unconcerned, to all appearances, as he
had been the day Gaffney read him En-
yart's description of the scene at the hos
rital. Only one thing did he say that could
be construed into reflection on the pro-