The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1910-11-24
Lanier of the Cavalry
Continued from page 6.

young Irlenu on ndlI uOzen OtDeI
counts.
"In point OF fact. Mr.. Ennis. that girl
has simply fooled the whole party and
is probably laughing at all of you. \
girl that will run away without word
or line TO her father and marry an out
and out adventurer. mere nobody,
has neither heart nor head anyhow
And now you've interferpd in IA matter
of discipline just AZ Mr. Lanier did.
and | gave you credit for better sense
You know ! had ordered that fellows
arrest
And so all Fort Gushing seemed In
turmoil and trouble as the sun Of the
23d went OUT and Black BIZ came in.
yet that sun must have been potent.
for Mrs. STANDARDS face as hOmeward
she sped after a long talk with Mrs
Osborn WAS radiant with Sunshiny
smiles. You're moi TO know anything
yet. Luce. AT least until you get il from
Dr. MAYHEM. for you never could keep
it, and for a week at least it's got 10
be kept
well. one thing you can FELL" said
the .majOr-"that Is. If you know-and
put stop 10 an awful amount of cen
sure that poor girls getring Why did
she leave no word for her father?"
Because she expected TO be home in
two hours" And the reader can judge
just how full and satisfactory must
that answer have been
II
that so cheered Mrs. Stannard. /; is
certain the latter could not contain
herself long and that even as the ma
jOr WAS summoned toward of the
evening to join the solemn COnclave at
the coloneI's Cwhpre by this time But
ton had opened proceedings by giving
Black Bill the best dinner IA frontier
larder and cellar afforded she hustled
over to the Sumters' was delightedly
welcomed by her friend and neighbOr
whose husband. too. had been called
to council. and presently these two
sages were in confidential chat
To them presently entered the cap
tain, electric. bristling. He wanted
the bundle of latest newspapers. They
had not half read them. and Colonel
Button was all eagerness to see some
articles concerning the campaign about
which Riggs had been twitting him.
asking him whom be had subsidized
at this late hour TO rescue his reputa-
tion, etc. Riggs had seen three long.
well written letters in the great New
York Morning Mail. obviously the
work of a correspondent on the spot,
an eyewitness TO the scenes he had de-
scribed. and these letters refuted the
calumnies recently heaped on Button
and his cOmrades-GavP him, in fact,
high praise for soldiership. bravery.
energy. even though the writer owned
himself by no means one of the colo
nerS circle. If. indeed. one of his per
sonal friends and admirers. Only the
Sumters AT Cushing subscribed for the
Morning Mail. Riggs had seen the
paper at Omaha 1t took a search Of
some minutes before even the first was
found Then Sumter's eyes danced as
he read. and Mrs. Sumter exclaimed
over another. and for the first time in
a week sounds of cheer arose in that
little home Presently Mrs Stannard
read aloud spirited. stirring para
graph. describing dash led by Lieu
tenant I.anier. and then Sumter made
a swoop for all three pages and said.
The quicker Button can see these the
sooner he'll come to his senses" and.
begging pardon for his rudeness, took
the papers and his leave and almost
collided with Kate
Ii must have been nearly an hour
later when Sumter came hurriedly in.
threw his furs off in the hall and.
with troubled face. re-entered the par
lor His wife rose instantly. laid her
head upon his arm and asked. What /
has happened?
"A scene the like OF which ] never
thought 10 hear of in this regiment
We had adjourned TO the office.
SnafIle hau been drinking a bit and
got angered and fiustered when Riggs
cross examined him. One thing led
TO another. and finally in evaporation
be blurted out: I'm sick of being call
ed the accuSer of Mr. Lanier. Why. |
I've defended him! I've hidden worse
things than ever | told you yet. and I
now I'll stand it no longer. You twit
me with spying and slandering. Then |
by all THAT'S holy you shall say here !
and now who's the better man! Twas
lieutenant I.nnier himself that leaped
from the window this night a week
ago-thp back upper window of sum
ter's quarters. That's how his hand |
was cut and torn. and I've got three |
men that'lI swear 70 it"
He broke off suddenly, for Kate had
turned and tiuug herself from rhe room
and into rhe arms of Mrs. Stannard.
"Oh. father. father-it was-ir was
what heard-when she screamed
and fell"'
What did you hear?"
THE other voice--his voice. II said