Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1905-09-21

III story?"
And the little sergeant took his pip
from between his teeth long enoael
to speak. the while estoppins the burz
ing tobacco in the bowl with a vel.
trained little finger.
Story? That's kid talk. Why don
you talk man and say lie? You Lev
enth cavalery fellers can't talk an,
straighter than you can shoot"
And Smithy. Little Smithy," hard
riding Trumpeter Smithy, of tn,
Dandy Fifth" gave my of shoe solt
touch with his nigh one as we 50
together about the recruiting odic
stove, our feet half as high as gu.
heads, for 1t was a cold, clustering day
in the Christmas season and sWas
spending an hour with these old cav
alrymen whom wounds, received If
that wild frontier life of which the
so loved 10 talk, had sent to tn
prosaic work of recruiting or retire
ment-and they chose the former.
IN tell YOU a love story" the ser
geant went on, not needing Smithys
interruption, for the sergeant anG
Smithy were such good friends the,
we're always slandering each other. al
ways ready to scrap with each other
aDparently-for each other in reality
" cavalry love story?"
"A love story" and Smithy's sneer
was an excellent imitation of the rel.
thing. Heap you know about love.
All, go on, you sawed OF. patched
pants, broncho buster, you rejoined
the sergeant. Course | know about
love. Didn't | love that nigh-steppins
chestnut sorrel mare rode in old
4 troop along with Fourth Cavalry
Lawton when We licked Geronimo?
"oh. Z sad Smithy with an apparent
sigh Of relief, Il thought you was
agoing TO say that housekeeping No
have squaw down at San Carlos. anC
Smithy's face wore, or rather bore. a
look Of beatifc satisfaction.
Know about love" the sergean |
went on, not needing the interruption.
Didn't some writer feller say tina
only soldier and poet could love
and amt | been in the cavalry 8
years apd amt the cavalry the only
soldiers? ! don't know nothing about
poets, but | heard some Teller say the
major was one Of that kind ana h
loves the cavalry himself"
| smiled
But as | was agoing to say"
Then why in Fort Yuma don't yor
Jay itg" broke in the loose tongue
Smithy.
But as | was agoing to say" re
'eated the sergeant Jimmy Helde
vas a corporal in old troop
long in them old Arizona days. Tha
vas about the time Smithy was a lick
ng SHINING Jim and We was dowr
long the Sonora line" Here Smith,
miled broadly and audibly at tn, !
mention Of the chief he had helped Il
Undue And Johnny Bacon was
orporal also and likewise Heldel
'as in my troop and he was a likeh
ort OF feller with a hot temper anG ,
hard fist Bacon was in C troop ane
e joined us after we had Deen on IN,
lila about a year.
We had saddler with II troor
AIMED Jonson, a big. gooi-nature5
wede and he had a girl-weu. yor
ist had TO look at her once and theg
ou'd look again. Only she wouldn't c
and no fooling Most Of the boys
as stuck on her, but Helder get fl
ad. He talked about her in his s,eep
I'D he was for licking any Teller who
linked az her with his on eye. After
while he wanted her to marry him S
AZ she didn't savvy and STAYED hir b
7. {
Well. by and by G troop comes rid
e from New Mexico and takes quar- y
rs in the other set Of barracks an y
ables and with il comes johnny !
aeon, as spruce and neat a little cav B
ryman as ever brushed Arizona des 1
t dust on a scouting hat. An. {
mart, too. bucking hard to be an OF I
,er. And as soon as he see Hldz a
'nson it was just like all the rest II
Ida took rather a shine to him 6rs y
ack out. too. Helder was crazy ane y
lked about licking him and in gen d
al made a fool o. himself Which q
E told him But Bacon didn't car
a Hilda didn't mind y
sergeant broke in smithy. DELHI L
ateiy. you're a liar, v
What's that came from the ser a
ant with well-feiEued severity. As e
e hand made blun OF reaching for o
e pigeon hole from which protrudec o.
e butt Of the big blue Colt
You're a Lar" slowly repeated the
,le eA-tFumpeter. DO you supposs e