The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-09-01

that after all you have told us about
yourself as lady killer you can make
US believe che wasn't in love with you
land boo-ti-ful and vice versa" The
sergeant shifted.
"That man Helder," he went on,
dandy cavalryman he was, too, went
on making fool Of himself until
everybody was sick of him. But he
didn't let the girl 60, but kept at her
until one day her old man, with .
whole lot of Swedish ceremony and
Arizona tanglefoot, told the post that
Hilda was to be given in marriage to
| Corporal Johnny Bacon. That's just
the way he told it.
"Helder was crazy. Tanked up on
tanglefoot, which was awful rare for
him, made an ass of himself and then
disappeared. Nobody saw thing OF
him until next night when hurry up
orders came to ride down the ella
after q band of numbering PEACHES that
was raising the devil among the set
tiers. Then he ducked up, sober but
silent, and took his place like the little
sojer man that he was.
1--WE had scout for your long Toms
that time. For week we rode almost
day and night, caught the band red
handed and licked them like Smithy,
Buffalo Bill, Old Yves and the rest of
the Fifth cavalry fellers licked Yellow
Hand and his Cheyennes on the War
Bonnet in '76, only we killed more OF
them, they needed it,
"No, you didn't" broke in Smithy,
the loyal. "Only the Dandy Fifth
could do that kind of business and
only Old Yves (Merritt) could boss the
job, even if you did have the Gray Fox
| Crook for your chief"
"Then," professional pride prevent
ing the sergeant from deigning to no.
tice the interruption, 1--WE rested sew
eral days and took four weeks to get
back. But that fight was daisy. We
struck the hot trail at dusk and soon
located the band in depression, and
while the horse holders held the
mounts H troop waited until midnight
and then crawled up on one side, while
G troop went on long sneak around
the camp of wickey-ups to. complete
the surround. Just as the sun shot up
like skyrocket over those ella hills
you know how it jumps up down
there, Smithy-we got the signal that
G was ready and went in.
Talk about the place that preachers
are afraid of and promise us fellers
who don't always say our prayers with
our hats of, major, but we got it that
morning for few minutes. H charged
in from the northeast, G from the
southwest, big cliff cut them off from
the northwest, and we both closed in
and closed the gap, fighting afoot.
near the end of G. troops line, and q
lot of bucks got in there and took toll
Of us frightful. Both the G. troop fell
lers tried to shoot it out and rush it.,
but the way those bucks met lis would
make you think they had all Frank
fort and Calling behind them.
call of a sudden when we made the
rush the second or third time we H
fellers saw Johnny Bacon 60 down in
a heap and then try to crawl to cover.
He was in funny place, right where
the rocks protected him from us, but
where the bucks could pepper him az
they choose. He lay so still they
didn't. and that was a mercy. It was
just like the end of a funnel, and we
see one buck sneak down to scalp him.
Just then we see Jimmie Helder jump
up from behind his cover, run in and
pick him up and get back. And it's
a wonder he ever got back at all, to
say nothing of not being hit. l got
the buck.
well, we packed back to- the post,
taking our wounded, and Helder got
recommend for medal. Up to the
post the women made good deal OF
fuss about him, but all Hi1da did
was to sit down by Johnny Bacon and
nurse him through. Some folks
thought that after what Helder had
done she would play the heroics and
kowtow to him, but she just played
the woman and thanked him and stuck
to Bacon.
"The boys was surprised at Helder
that is, some were. Some thought he
did it to save him and lick him as he
talked, in fact he said so once him
self, when the boys poked him rather
strong, and some thought he did it fol
her, but most of us just knowed he
was built that way and couldn't help
it,
what did he do when she stuck to
Bacon?" asked Smithy.
"Do? why he was so mad at him
self he went and transferred for Z
doughboy. Gimme a match