Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-08-28

at sight Of the delnijohn and & al,
order in the little dining-room, arpu.
ing therefrom that the LIEUTENANT
had had some jovial callers ani
therefore hadn't missed him.
E Hogan drank, in his masters price
less old Blue Grass Bourbon, to tn,
health Of the party, and then, stnm
bling into the bedroom and sliehtine
the lamp, came upon a sight -thai
filled him, with dismay-the beant;fn
desk burst open, drawers and letter,
and papers scattered about in ute,
con1u s in his excitement %anf
terror he had gone on the run to thu
adJutant's quarters, told that officia
OF his his discovery, and then learned o.
the wholesale Jail delivery that oc
Cured at retreat 1850.
he Wrung his hands and wept as +,
ilstended to his young masters wrath
1ulrebuke and the recital of his losses
he hung meekly about the house al
night long, but, unable to bear: the
sight of poor Rays mingled ange,
and distress, he had fed with the
coming of the day and gone to tel
his woes to his friend of the Harp
Afternoon of Saturday came, ant
still Ray sat there nerveless.
He knew that any moment nov
would bring that, loving another anc
sister. He had cleared up the little,
left by the robbers, put his desk in
order, and Hogan had done his best
with the sideboard in the other room
Sympathetic souls among his broth
er officers had been in from time tt
time consoling him with theories thai
the thieI could not escape-woull
surely be recaptured. and the money
recovered. But on the other hand hi
was visited by the returned trooper.
in quest of their money, and was
compelled to tell them of the rob
berry and to ask them to wait until
Monday, when he would be able tc
pay them.
Luckier than others who have beer
overtaken in the army by somewhat
similar misfortune, Ray knew that he
had only to acquaint his parents with
the extent of his loss, and, even
though the sum was great, it would
be instantly made good. Yet the
thought of having to tell his mother
was a.sore thing. He had disregard.
ed his fathers caution. He had
proved unworthy of trust before the
gloss had begun to wear from his
first shoulder-straps, and he well
knew that his mothers fortune was
no longer what it was at the time OF
her marriage. -
In the years of their wanderings all
over the west all her business affairs
had been in the hands of trusted
agent at home, and it so often hap
pens that in the prolonged absence OF
owners trusted agents follow the lead
of the unjust steward of Holy Writ
and make friends of the man11mon OF
righteousness and ducks and brakes
of their employers assets:11
:. The ranch bought for him the year
gone by was heavy. drain. His father
in giving him a; few hundred dollars
for his outfit, had told him that now
he must live entirely on has pay, and
that he should be able to put by a
little every month.
But, as was to be expected of his
fathers son and his Kentucky blood
Sandy could. not bid farewell to his
associates at the ranch or the citi-
zens of. the little cow and mining
town on the Big Horn without part
ing blow out" in which his health
was drunk dozen times an hour.
Oh, that heyhad that money now in
stead of certain unpaid bills in that