Gunnison news-champion., 1913-05-23

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dessrtsd ssrlser. and Majsr McEsaala
mad Dssched his men to Dodge. where
Molly aWestsd his conins. Rstainsd
there On ssrrisea duty. the two occu-
pied . eoe-st0ry. yellow ssOae sssuc-
ture sronsinG the parade ground In
October. orders to march reached M"
troop. Seventh Cavalry, at Fort Uuioa
and the ragged. breBzed troopers. Who
all summer long had bsen scoutins the
New Mexican plains. turned their
horses heads to the northeast in hope
fulness Of action With them up the
deserted Santa Fe trail. past burned
stations and wrecks Of wagon trains
rode Sergeant fiamlin, silent and elsi
cient. the old Confederate haversack
fastened to his saddle, and his mind,
VA spite of all effort, recurring con
Nantly to the girl who had gone to
Dodge early in the summer Was she
still there? N SO. how would she greet
him now after these months of alb
sence? The little cavalry column,
dust-covered and weary, seemed fair
" to creep along. as day by day he re-
viewed every word, every glance,
which had passed between them; and
at night. under the stars, he lay With
head on his saddle, endesvorine to De-
,ermine his course of action, both as
10 their possible meeting. and with re-
gard to the following of the clue Of
sered By the haversack. The time he
had hoped for was at hand, but he
could not decide the best course of ac-
lion. He could only wait, and permit
Fate to interfere.
Certain facts were, however, sum
cientlS clear, and the Sergeant faced
hem manfully. Not merely the fact
hat he was in the ranks, great as
hat handicap was, could have pre-
vented an attempt at retaining the
friendship Of Molly Mcdonald. But he
was In the ranks because OF disgrace
hiding away from his own people,
keeping aloof from his proper station
in life, out of bitter shame II he had
felt thus before, he now felt it a thou
sand times more acutely in memory
N the comradeship of her whose
words had brought him q new CLEAN
5f hope. Never before had loneliness
seemed SO complete, and never before
had he realized how wide was the
chasm between the old and the new
life. This constantly recurrent mem
Dry embittered him, and made him
restless. Yet out Of it all, there grew
. firmer determination to win back his
ID position In the world, to stamp
sSt the lie through which the Confed-
srate court-martial had condemned
him. II lie Fevre were alive, he meant
BOW 10 f1nd him, face him, and COM
Del hin to speak the truth. The dis
oOvery Of that haversack gave q point
from which to start, and his mind cen
tered there with q fixed purpose which
06scuPed all else.
h was after dark when M" troop.
WsarisA by their long days march
osFoss the brown grass. rode slowly
- tie face of the bluR, and into the
parale ground at Fort Dodge. The
hAGAts Of the gusrd-house revealed the
troaDees' faces, while all about them
0Ssa0el the yellow lamps. as the gar
flssa came forth TO welcome their ar
riva. Guidsl by . corporal of the
Ouar1 the nea LED their horses to the
sea1ees. ana, % they passed the row
- e0cers' houses Hamlin caught Q
esrtivs glimpse in . radius of light
eAat save HE pulses . sudden throb.
- Was here then-here! He hal
ear11y dared hope for this. They
WoUll meet again; that could scarcely
- avoided in such narrow quarters.
0ut how On what terms! He ven
tufel the one swim glimpse at her.
slender. white-robed figure, one among
. Group Of both men and women be-
lore IN open door. through which the
IigAt streameA-heard her ask: Who
are they, What cavalry troop 10 that?"
taught the response in . mans voice:
d II of the Seventh. from Fort Cnion,"
RnA then passed by. his eyes looking
<fvsi~ht sha~A his hanA ~ri pr,ip~ HE