lEs 1 Vl ft'i V'V' na -- ,, . rr,t, :-'lvJ':" ' f-lfi vf 7 f" .. t .3 iv-i7 Ts" ) 4 ' n "-, ,- 'a' ' .vyv A. r? T. 1. V ?"fK vv 5 v .;, , r: v- ... . ' .. .- i v ' ' - T'fc'W. "; t THE LANOATlCR DAILY nTTELLtOlfiNCBIt, SATUBDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1890. j. Ci r'!27R7!( 11 DESERTER. at eiAiLM m, tf. & i. "AMfWM JsssssV"'! CWs- Jfctf," Js., Me. Osib y, PkOa- PRELUD. Sayn (tend muMy loefcfng down en (A ( Vnnff ram e hit father't old friend. Far up is the northwest, along the banks of the bread, winding stream the Sioux call the Elk, a train of white top ped army wagons is slowly crawling eastward. The October sun is het at noonday, and the dust from the loose soil rises like heavy smoke and powders every face and form in the guarding battalion se that features are well nigh indistinguishable. Four companies of stalwart, sinewy infantry, with their brown rifles slung ever the shoulder, are striding along in dispersed order, cover ing the exposed southern flank from sud den attack, while farther out along the ridge line, and far te the front and rear, cavalry skirmishers and scouts are rid ing te and fro, searching every hollow and ravine, peering cautiously ever every "divide," and signaling "halt" or "forward" as the indications warrant. And yet net a hostile Indian has been seen; net one, even as distant vedette, has appeared in range of the binoculars, since the Bceuts rode in at daybreak te say that big bauds were in the immediate neighborhood. It has been a long, hard summer's work for the troops, and the Indians have been, te all commands that boasted strength or swiftness, elusive as the Irishman's flea of tradition. Only te these wIiohe numbers were weak or whose movements' were hampered have they appeared in fighting trim. Rut combinations have been tee much for them, and at lest they have been "herd ed" down te tha Elk, have crossed, and are new seeking te make their way, with women, children, tepees, dogs, "travois," and the great pony herds, te the fast nesses of the Big Hern; and new comes the opportunity for which an old Indian fighter has been anxiously waiting. In a big cantonment he' has held the main body under his command, while keeping but constant scouting parties te the east and north. lie knows well that, true te their policy, the Indians will Itave scat tered into small bands capable of reas sembling anywhere that signal smokes may call them, and his orders are te watch all the crossings of the Elk and nab them as they come into his district. He watches, despite the fact that it is his profound conviction that the Indians will be no such idiots as te come just where they are wanted, and he is in no wise astonished when a courier comes in en jaded horse te tell him that they have "doubled" en the ether column and are new two or three days' march away down stream, "making for the big bend." His own scouting parlies am still out te the eastward; he can pick them up as he gees. He sends the main body of his Infantry, a regiment jocularly known as "The Killers," te push for a landing soine fifty miles dewu stream, Bceuting the lower valley of the Sweet Reet en the way. He sends his wagon train, guarded by four companies of feet and two of horsemen, by the only practi cable read te the licnd, while he, with ten seasoned "troops" of his pet regi ment, the th cavalry, starts forthwith en a long deteur in which he hopes te "round up" such bands as may hare slipped away from the general rush. Even aa'boets-and saddles" is sound ing, ether couriers come riding in from Lieut. Crane's party. He has struck the trail of a big band. When the morning sun dawns en the picturesque valley in which the canton ment nestled but the day before it illu mines nn almost deserted village, and brings no joy te the souls of some two score of embittered civilians who had ar rived only the day previous, and whose unanimous verdict is that the army is a fraud and ought te be abolished. Fer four months or mere some three regi-1 ments had been camping, scouting, roughing it thereabouts with net a cent of pay. Then came the w ildly exciting tidings that a beat was en the way up the Missouri with a satrap of the pay de partment, vast stere of shekels and a strong guard, and as a consequence there would be sonie 2,000 men around the cantonment with pockets full of money and no ene te help them spend it, and nothing suitable te spend it en. It was a duty all citizens owed te the territory te hasten te the scene and gather in for local circulation all that witf obtainable of that disbursement, otherwise the cursa of the army might get ahead of them, and the boys would gaiuble it away among themselves or spend it for vile whisky manufactured for their sole benefit. Gallatin Valley was emptied of its prominent practitioners in the game of poker. The stream was black with "Mackinaw" beats and ether craft. There was a rush for the cantonment that rivaled the multitudes of the mining days, but all tee late. The command was already packing up when the first contingent arrived, and the commanding eflicer, recognizing the fraternity at a glance, warned them out side the limits of camp that night, de clined their services as volunteers en the impending campaign, and treated them with such calmly courteous recognition of their true character that the eastern, press was speedily filled with sneering comment en the hopelessness of ever sub duing the savage tribes of the northwest, when the government intrusts the duty te upstart officers of the regular scrvice whose sole conception of their functions is te treat with insult and contempt the hardy frontiersman whose mere presence with the command would be of incalcu lable benefit. "We have it from indis puUble authority," says The Miner's Light of Brandy Gap, "that when our esteemed fellow citizen Hank Mulligan and twenty gallant shots and riders like himself went in tt body te Gen. at the cantonment and offered their services as volunteers against the Sioux new de vastating the homesteads and settlements of the Upper Missouri and Yellowstone valleys, they were treated with haughty and contemptuous refusal by that band x caricature of a soldier and threat tned with arrest it they did .net quit ta ttmp. Wftefe wMl tne United Matt team that Ma frontiers cm acre be Barged of Um India scourges of eat dvUteUeaaatUUM conduct of affair in the field Is nlrnsted te ether hands than these auriitiMs of the drill gwaad? It te needle- te remark btte boaaefeMe that the expedition led by den. has proved a complete failure, aad that the Indiana easily escaped hia clumsily led forces.' The gamblers, though befifed for the time being, of course "get square," aad mere tee, with the unfortunate general 1 this scrtcif warfare, but they are a dis gusted let as they hang about Um wagon tratnaslastet all It Is being hitched in te leave camp. Seme victims, of course, they have secured, and there are no de vices of commanding officers which can protect their men against these sharks of the prairies when the men themselves are bound te tempt providence aad play. There are two scowling faces in the car airy escort that has been left back with the train, aad Capt Bull, the command ing officer, has reprimanded Bergts. Clancy and Gewcr in stinging terms for their absence from the command during the night There te llttle question where they spent it, and both have been "clean ed out." What makes it worse, both have lest money that belonged te ether men in the command, and they are in bad odor accordingly. The long day's march has tempered the joviality of the cntirecelumn. It is neat sundown, and still they keep plodding onward, making for a grassy level en the river bank a geed mile farther. "Old Hull seems bound te leave the sports as far behind as possible, if he has te inarch us until midnight," growls the battalion adjutant te his immediate com mander. "By thunderl ene would think he was afraid they would get in a lick at his own pile." "Hew much did you say he was carry ing?" asks Capt. Itayner, checking his horse for a moment te leek back ever the valley at the long, dust enveloped column. "Nearly three thousand dollars .in one wad." "new does he happen te have such n sum?' "Why, Crane left his pay accounts with him. He drew all that was due hit men who are off with Crane twenty of them for they had signed the rolls be fore going, and were expected back to day. Then he has seme Bix hundred dol lars company fund; and the men of his troop asked him te take care of a geed deal besides. The old man has been with them se many years they leek upon him as a father and trust him as implicitly as they would a savings bank." "That's all very well," answers Bay ner; "but I wouldn't want te carry any such sum with me." "It's different with Hull's men, cap tain. They are ordered in through the pests and settlements. They have a three weeks' march ahead of them when they get through their scout, and they want their money en the way. It was only after they had drawn it that the news came of the Indians' crossing, and of our having te jump for the warpath. Everybody thought yesterday morning that the campaign was about qver se far as we are concerned. Hallea! here comes young Hayne. New, what does he wantf" Riding a quick, nervous llttle bay troop horse, a slim built officer, with boyish face, laughing blue eyes, and sunny hair, comes loping up the long prairie wave; he shouts cheery greeting te one or two brother subalterns who arc plodding along beside their men, and exchanges some merry chaff with Lieut. Ress, who is prone te growl at the luck which has kept him afoot and given te this favored youngster a "mount" and a temporary staff position. The boy's spirits and fun seem te jar en Rayncr's pcrves. He regards him blackly as he rides gracefully tewardi tlie battalion commander, and with decidedly non chalant case of manucr and an "off hand" saiute that has an air about it of saying, "I de this sort of thing because ene has te, but it doesn't really mean anything, you knew," Mr. Hayne accosts his superior; "Ah, geed evening, captain. I have just coine back from the front, and dipt. Hull directed me te give you his compli ments and say that we would camp in the bend yonder, and he would like you te pest strong pickets and iiave n deuble guard te-night." "Have me pest double guardsl Hew the devil does he expect me te de that After marching all day?" "I did net inquire, sir; he might have told me 'twas nene of my business, don't you knew?" And Mr. Hayne has the in sufferable hardihood te wink at jiie battalion adjutant a youth of two years' longer service than his own. "Well, Mr. Hayne, this is no matter for levity," Rays Rayncr, angrily. "What does Capt. Hull mean te de with his own men. if I'm te de the guard?" "That is another point, Capt. Rayncr, which I had net the reauisite effrontery te inquire into. New, you might ask him, but I couldn't, don't you knew?" responds Hayne, smiling amiably the while into the wrathful face of his su perior. It serves only te make the Indig nant captain mere wrathful; and no wonder. There has been no love lest be tween the two since Hayne joined the Riflers early the previous year. He come in from civil life, a city bred boy, fresli from college, full of spirits, pranks, fun of every kind; a wonderfully keen hand with the billiard cue; a knowing one at cards and such games of chance as col cel col lege boys excel nt; a musician of no mean pretentiens, and an irrepressible leader in all the frolics and frivolities of his comrades. He had leaped te jiopu jiepu larity from the start. He was full of ceurtcsy.nnd gentleness te women, and liecame a pet in social circles. He was frank, free, off handed with his asso ciates, speeding lavishly, "treating" with boyish ostentation en all occasions, living quite en grand beigncur, for he seemed te have a little mouey eutside his pay "a windfall from a geed old duffer of en undo," as he had explained it. His father, a scholarly man who hed been summoned te an important under office in the state detriment during the war of the rebellion, had lived out his honored life in Washington and died peer, as such men must escrdie. It was Ids wish that his handsome, spirited, brave hearted boy should enter the army, and long after the sod bad hardened ever the father's peaceful grave the young fellow denned his first uniform and went out te join "The Riflers." High spirited, joyous, full of laughing fun, he was "Pet" Hayne before he liad been among them six months. But with in the year he had inade one or two ene mies. It could net be said of him that he showed that deference te rank and station which was expected of a junior officer; and among the stniera Mere bov bev eral whom he speedily designated "un "un "un conscienable old duffers" and treated with as little semblance of respect as a second lieutenant could exhibit and be permitted te live. Itayner prophesied of him that, as he had no lialance and was burning liUcaudlunt ltetheuds, he would come te grief in short order, Hayne re torted that the only balance that Itayner had any respect for was ene at the bank er's, and that it was notorious ill Wash ington that the captain's father had mad most of his money in government con tracts, and that the captain's original comimsatea tti trie regulars was secured through well paid congressional influ ence. The fact that Rayncr had devel oped into a geed officer did net wipe out the recollection of these facts; and he could have throttled Hayne for reviving them. It was "a game of gire and take," said the youngster and he "behaved himself" te these who mere at all decent in their manner te him. It was a thorn in Rayncr's flesh, there fore, when Hayne joined from leave of absence, after experiences net every officer would care te encounter in get ting back te his regiment, that Capt. Hull should hare induced the general te detail him in place of the invalided field quartermaster when the command was divided. Hayne would have been a junior subaltern in Rayncr's little bat talion but for that detail, and it annoyed the captain mere seriously than he would confess. "It is all en outrage and a blunder te pick out a boy like that," he growls be tween his set teeth as Hayne canters blithely away. "Here be's been away from the regiment all summer long, having a big tiuie and getting head ever ears in debt, I hear, and Uie moment he rejoins they put him in churge of the wagon train as field quartermaster. It's putting a premium en being young and cheeky besides absenteeism," he con tinues, growing blacker every minute. "Well, captain," eiiswcrs his adjutant, injudiciously, "I think you don't give Ilr.yne credit for coining back en the jump t!e moment we were ordered out. It wus'ne fault of his he could net reach us. He took chances I wouldn't take." "Oh, yesl you kids all wear by Hayne because he's n geed fellow and sings a jelly song and plays the piano and poker. One of these days he'll swamp you all, sure as sheeting. He's in debt new, and it'll fetch him before you knew it. What he needs is te be under a cap tain who could discipline him a little. By Jove, I'd de it!" And Rayner's teeth emphasize the assertion. The young adjutant thinks it ndvlsable te say nothing that may provoke further vehemence. All the same, he remem bers Rayner's bitterness of manner, and has abundant cause te. When the next morning breaks, chill and pallid, a change has come in the as pect of affaire. During the earliest hour of the dawn the red light of a light draught river beat startled the outlying pickets down stream, and the Far West, answering the inuUled hail from shore, responded, through the medium of a mate's stentorian tones, "News that'll rout you fellows out." The sun is hardly peeping ever the jagged outline of the eastern hills when, with Rayncr's entire battalion aboard, alie is steaming again down stream, with orders te land nt the mouth of the Sweet Reet There the four companies will disembark in readiness te join the rest of the regiment. All day long again the wagon train twists and wriggles through an ashen section of Les Mauvaises Terres. It is a tedious, trying march for Hull's little command of hoepers nil that is new left te guard the train. The captain is constantly out en the exposed flank, eagerly scanning the rough country te the south, and expectant any moment of an attack from that direction. He and his men, as well as the horses, mules and teamsters, are fnlrly tired out when at nightfall they park the w agens in a big semicircle, w itli the bread river forming a shining cheid te the arc of white can vas. All the live stock are safely herded within the inclesure; n few reliable sol diers are posted well out te the south and cost te guard against burprise, and the veteran Sergt. Clancy is put in com mand of the sentries. The captain gives strict injunctions as te the importance of tliese duties, for he is far from easy in his mind ever the situation. The Riflers, he knows, aie ever in the valley of the Sweet Reet. The steamer with Rayner's men is tied up at the bank soine flve miles !clew, around the bend. The th are for off te the northward across the Elk, as eidered, and must be expecting en the morrow te make for the old Indian "ferry" opposite Battle Butte. The main body of the Sioux are reported farther down stream, but he feels it in his bones that there are num bers of them within Bignal, and he wishes with all his heart the th were here. Still, the general wan sure he would s'ir up war parties en the ether shore. Individually, he has had very little luck in scouting during the sum mer, and hn cannot help wishing he were witti the rest of the crowd instead of heie, train guarding. Presently Mr. Hayne appears, elastic and delrauair us though he had net been working like a herse nil day. His veice sounds se full of cheer anil life that Hull leeks up smilingly. "Well,, youngster, jeu seem te leve this frontier life." "Every bit of it, captain. I was cut out for the army, as father thought." "We used te talk it ever a geed deal in the old days when I was btatiencd nreund Washington," answers Hull. "Your father was the warmest friend I had in civil circles, and he made it very pleasant for me. Hew little we thought it would 1m my luck te have you for quartern! astcrl" "The fellows seemed struck all of a heap in the Riders at thu iilca of you rap plying for me, captain. I was ready te swear it was all en father's account, and would have told them se only Ruyner happened te be the first man te tackle me en the subject, anil he was se crusty about it I kept thu whelu thing te myself rather than give him any satisfaction." "Larry, my liey, I'm no preacher, but I wnnt te Imj the friend te you your father was te me. Yeu nre full of en thusiasm and life and spirits, and you leve the array ways and have made yourself very popular with the young sters, but I'm afraid you are tee caieless nnd independent where the seniors are concerned. Rayncr is a geed soldier, nnd you show him very scant respect, I'm told." "Well, he's such an interfering fellow. They will all tell you I'm respectful enough te te the captains 1 like" "That's just it, Liwrence. Se long as you like a man your manner is what it should be. What a young soldier ought te learn is te be courteous and respectful te senior officers w hethcr hu likes them or net. It costs an effort bemetimes, but it tells. Yeu never knew what treuble you are laying up for yourself in the army by bucking against men you don't like. They may net be in posi tion te resent it at the time, but the time is mighty apt tocemo when they will be, and then you are helpless." "Why, Capt Hull, I don't see it that way at all. It seciua te me th.it se long as an officer attends te his duty, mindd his own business, and behaves like a gentleman, .no ene can harm him, es pecially when ill the geed fellows of the regjment nre his friends, as they are mine, I think, in the Riders. "Ah, Hayne, it is a hard thing te teach a youngster that that there are men he find It very easy te make their ju niors' lives a burden te tiicm, and with out overstepping a regulation. It is harder yet te say that friends in the army are a geed ileal like friends out of it ene only his te get Inte serious trouble te find hew few they ere. Ged grant you may never hat e te learn it, my lxy, a many another has had te, by bharp exerieiicel New we inut get a geed night's rest. Yeu sleep like a leg, I see. and I con obi v take cat uaes. Cen found this money! Hewl wlsti 1 could gel rid el Mr "Where de you keep it te-night?" "Right here In my saddlebags under my bead. Nobody can touch them that t de net wake; nnd my revolver te hers under ttie blanket Held out Let's take a leek and StM If everything Is all tight" lie held a tittle catup lailtcfn ever the bags, opens the flap, add peers' In. "Yes, all serene. I get a big hunk of green sealing wax from the paymaster and sealed it all up In one package with the memorandum list inside. It's all safe se far, even te the hunk of sealing wax. Whattelt,sergeantT A tall, soldierly, dark eyed trooper ap pears at the doorway of the little tent, and raises bis gauntleted hand in salute. His language, though couched in the phraseology of the soldier, tells both In choice of words and in the Intonation of every phrase that he te a man whose an tecedents have been far different from these of the majority of the rank and file: "Will the captain permit me te takel my herse and these of three or four mere men eutside the corral? Sergt Clancy says he has no authority te allow it We have found a patch of excellent grass, sir, and there is hardly any left inside. I will sleep by my picket pin, and ene of us will keep awake all the time, if the captain will permit." "Hew far away te it, sergeant?" "Net seventy-five yards, sir close te the river bank cast of us." "Very well. Send Sergt Clancy here, and I'll give the necessary orders." The soldier quietly salutes, and disap pears in the gathering darkness. "That's what I like about that man Gower," says the captain, after a mo ment's silence. "He is always looking out for his herse. It he were, net such a gambler ' and rake he would make a splendid first sergeant Fine looking fel low, isn't he?' "Yes, sir. That is a face that one wouldn't well forget Who was the ether sergeant you overhauled for getting fleeced by these sharps at the canton ment?" "Clancy? He's en guard te-night A very different character." "I don't knew him by sight as yet Well, geed-night, sir. I'll take myself off and go te my own tent." Daybreak again, apd far te the cast the sky is all ablaze. The mist is creep ing from the silent shallows under the banks, but all is life and vim along the shore. With cracking whip, tugging txAce, sonorous blasphemy, and ringing shout, the long train te whirling ahead almost at the run. All is atbrill with excitement, and bearded faces have a strange, set leek about the jaws, nnd eyes gleam with eager light and peer searchingly from every rise far ever te the southeast, where stands a tumbling heap of hills against the lightening sky. "Off there, nre they?" says a burly trooper, dismounting hastily te tighten up the "cinch" of his weather beaten saddle. "We can make it quick enough, 'b seen as we get rid of tliese blasted wagons." And, swinging into saddle again, he gees cantering down the slope, his charger snorting with exhilaration in the keen morning air. Before dawn n courier has galloped into camp, bearing a dispatch from the commanding officer of the Riflers. It says but few words, but they are full of meaning; "We have found a big party of hostiles. They arc in strong position, and have us at disadvantage. Rnynci with his four companies is hurrying tc us. Leave all wagons with the beat under guard, and come with evcry herse and man you can bring." Before 7 o'clock the wagons nre parked close along the bank beside the Far West, and Hull, with all ttie men he can muster seme fifty is trotting ahead en the trail of Rayncr's battalion. With him rides Mr. Hayne, eager and en thusiastic. Before 10 o'clock, far up along the slopes they see the blue line of skirmishers, and ttie knots of reserves farther down, nil nt a stand. In ten minutes they ride with foaming reins in behind a low ridge en which, flat en their faces and cautiously peering ever the crest, seme hundred infantrymen are disposed. Others, officers and file clesers, nre moving te and fro in rear. They nre of Rayner's battalion. Far ther back, down in a ravine, a dozen forms are outstretched upon the turf, and ethers nre bending ever them, min istering te the needs of theso who are net past help already. Several officers crowd around the leading horsemen and Hull erders: "Halt, dismount and loosen girths." The grave faces show that the infantry has had peer luck, and the sit uation is summarized in a few words. The Indians are in force occupying the ravines and ridges opposite them and confronting the six companies farther ever te the west. Twe attacks have been made, but the Indian fire swept evcry approach, and both were unsuccessful. Several soldiers were shot dead, ethers severely wounded. Lieut Warren's leg is shattered below the knee; Capt Blount is killed. "Whcre's Rayncr?" asks Hull, with grave face. "Just geno off with the chief te leek at tilings ever en the ether front The colonel is hopping. He is bound te have these Indians out of there or drop a-try-ing. They'll be back in a minute. The general had a reusing fight with Dull Knife's peeple down the river last even ing. Yeu missed it again, Hull; all the th were there but F and K, and, of course, old Firewater wants te make as big a hit here." "The tli fighting down the river last night?" asks Hull, in amaze. "Yes Bwcpt clean round them and ran 'cm into the stream, they say. 1 wish we had them where we could see 'em at all. Yeu don't get the glimpse of a head, even; but all theso rocks are lined with the beggars. Damn thcml" Bays the adjutant, feelingly. "We'll get our chance here, then," re plies Hull, reflectively. "I'll creep up and take a leek at it Take ray horse, orderly." He is back in two minutes, graver than before, but his bearing is spirited nnd firm. Hayne watches him with kindling oye. "You'll take me in with you when you charge?" he asks. "It is no place te charge there. The ground is all cut up with ravines and gullies, and thoy've get a cress tire that sweeps it clean. We'll probably go in en the ether flank; it's mere open there. Here comes the chief new." Twe officers come riding hastily around a projecting point of the Blope and spur at rapid gait towards the spot where the cavalry have dismounted and are breath ing their herses. There is hardly time for salutations. A gray headed, keen eyed, florid faced old soldier is the col onel, and he is snapping with electricity, apparently. "This way, Hull. Come right here, and I'll show you what you are te de." And, fellow cd by Raynt-r, Hull and naync, the chief rides sharply ever te the ox ex ox treme left of the position and points te the frowning ridge acrnaa the intervening swale: "There, Hull; there are twenty ei thirty of the rascals in there who get a flank fire ou us when we attack en our slde. What I want you te de is te mount your men, let them draw pistol nnd be all ready. Rayncr, here, will line the riiltru ie Itm.ii IIiaiu ilnurn In frruit 111 go back te the rigtu'Md order the attack at once. The moment we begin and you bear our shots, yethgtv a yell, and charge full tilt across there, se as te drive out these fellows in that ravine. We can de the rest. De you understand?" "1 understand, colonel) but is it yeut order that 1 attempt te charge mounted across that ground?" "Why, certainly t It isn't the best In ihe world, but you can make it. They can't de very much damage te your men before you reach them. It's get te be done; It's the only way." "Very geed, sir! that ends HI" is the calm, soldierly reply; aad the colonel gees bounding away, A moment later the troop is in saddle, eager, wiry, bronzed fellows evcry one, and the revolvers nre in hand and being carefully examined. Then Capt. Hull signals (e Hayne, whlle Itayner and three or four soldiers sit in silence, watching Uie man who is te lend the charge. He dismounts at a little knell a few feet away, tosses his reins te the trumpeter and steps te his saddle bags. Hayne, tee, dismounts. Taking his watch nnd chain from tha pocket of his hunting shirt, he opens the saddle bag en the near slde and takes therefrem two packets ene heavily sealedwhich he hands te Hayne. "In case I don't coine lock, you knew What te de with these as I told you last night" Hayne only leeks imploringly at him: "Yeu nre net going te leave me here, captain?" "Yes, Hayne. Yeu can't go with us. Hnrk! There they go at the right Are the packages all right?" Hayne, with stunned faculties, think ing only of the charge he longs te make net of the one he has te keep replies he known net what. There Is a ringing bugle call far off among the rocks te the westward; n reusing cheer; a rattling volley. Rayncr springs off te his men en the hillside. Hull spurs in front of his eager troop, holding high his pistol hand: "New, men, fellow till I drop; nnd then keep ahead! Comeonl" There is a furious sputter of hoofs, n rush of excited steeds up the gentle slope, a glad outburst of cheers as they sweep across the ridge and out of sight, then the clamor mid yell of frantie battle; and when at last it dies nwuy, the riflers are panting ever the hard wen iHwltien and shaking hands with seme fuw silent cavalrymen. They have carried the ridge, captured the migrating village, squaws, ponies', travois, and iNippoescs; their "long Toms" have sent many a stalwart warrior te the mythical hunt ing grounds, nnd the peppery colonel's triumph is complete. But Lawrence Hayne, with all the light geno from his brave young face, stands mutely looking down upon the stiffening frame of his father's old friend, nnd his, who lies shot through the heart Continued next Saturday A Starr of tlis War, Special CerraDilcnc Bosten, Feb. 80. Twe veterans of the civil war keep bachelors' hall in a pretty New England town. Beth are heroes, but both are modest; se, out of rcsicct for their feelings, they will be designated Jiere as Federal Capt. Themas nnd Con federate Capt Willinms. They had been college chums, and the three weeks pro pre ceding the firing of the firs shot at Charleston were spent by Williams at the home of Themas the sumo home where Williams new does the carving, because his host has but ene arm, and where Themas docs most of the walking, because his guest has but ene leg. As seen as it was certain that war was in evitable the friends separated nnd went te thu front, ene donning the blue and the ether the gray. The war was nearly ever when they first met as fees. It was en the field of ene of the terrible last battles. Early in the fight Themas, who had beceme a captain of infantry, had his right urm shattered by a fragment of a shell that exploded iiIkive his head. In his excito excite ment he did pet perceive hew serious his wound was, but simply placed the wounded member In a sling made of his handkerchief, took his sword Inhis left hand nnd dashed te the front ugalii. The battle grew het and furious. A po sition at first held by the Confederates was ii3UrK.'d by Capt. Themas and his company, who, by their audacity, were drawing a heavy fire from the men in gray. Fer a quarter of an hour they were uiinble te advance ene inch, nnd were constantly charged by n reckless company of cavalry, led, Capt Themas seen perceived, by his friend Williams, Presently ene of these charges proved disastrous te the Confederate captain. He fell from his herse midway lictwcen the epjKwIng forces and lay motionless In nn extremely dangerous sKt, where shells from a distant part of the field were dropping ciery minute. Capt. Themas saw that his friend was still tlivc, nnd made up lib mind in an instant. "Ceine en, boys," lie shouted, and dashed forward, followed by his men. Five men fell liefore they had advanc ed fifty yards. Still shouting encourag ingly te his followers, Capt. Themas ran te where his wounded friend lay, raised him te his shoulder and darted toward n large rock which offered shelter from the flying shells and bullets. The rock was only a dozen paces distant, but ence a shell burst almost at his feet, covering both with dirt. When the coveted place of safety was reached Capt. Themas col lapsed. A littlu later he was found by his victorious comrades lying iuseusibla beside the man w hese life he had saved. Capt. Themas carried away the stump of an arm ami Capt. Williams the stump of a legosheuienirs of the fight; and when the war was ever they laughingly Hgreed te form a peel of sound limbs and keep bachelors' hall for the remainder of their lives. At the I'arU 0UU. Among tbs rucent successes in Tarl) is "I Voyage in Hu Hu tette" at the (Jul eta. It fi a panto mime of mere than usual elaborate elaberate uewi. Nothing lm been overlooked which could add te the perfection of the pruMiiitatluii. It bttj been put en with an eiendl ture of motley for cestumr ueil teen ery lavhb even for Parlt, and the French Kqen pre dict for it a long aud profitable ruu. The piece fa tUe murk of U. Ileich an and the uimia is by Offenbach. Mme. Simen (11 rard assume tlie leading role. Hhu ban already lieceine wellVnewn in Parii "" S1M0W 0IRARD. as a burlesqut-r, nnd Ucr prexnt venture premlm te add te hr popularity. It f laid tlmt Ui U uild a nightly f alary of 700 frolic. The ccceniauyiuK portrait is from Le Moude Illuitre. IWrtba ntccl Ii te return te the ttage. She Tiivi marrl'd less tbnu a year age te JeC Ueerse, a well known New Yerk man about town. Bhe unutfj te live u!etly, but her husband didn't. Ileiu-e a disagreement, which, appal eiitly, will rcir.lt te the advan tage of levirit of gijud operatic ttpglug. sHal Vi iSfsillH If m THECOMTEDEPARISIN'62 HIS HONORABLE AND COURAGEOUS CAREER WITH M'CLELLAN. Oa Hie Cemtaji VUll te the United Kates Ha Will He Warmly Welcomed fcvKaar Old Cemrsdee Vita Jehn Perter's Strat egy at Clalne.' Mill. Should the Cotnte de Paris prolong his visit te the American states it will 'give occasion for seme pleasant re unions with theso of his old camp as sociates in the Union army who sur vive nt this date. Although he was en headquarters duty he served as a captain and aide-de-camp tinder the title of Leuis rhilippe d'Orlcans he was by no means a carpet knight, but ene of the 'rough and ready soldiers, who braved dsnger' and hardships with his American 'comrades like a yernnan, prince though ha was and king that might be. The fact that he was a student and observer, as well a a daring man of arms, no doubt gives a sober bus te the personal recollections of the war, which he has ipuhlishcd in Europe and America, yet Ills observations nre se frank and earnest 'that, coming from a foreigner of rank se exalted, they have all the interest of tha most stirring narratives. I The count reached Washington short ly after the battle of Bull Run, when Bcett was gen-eral-in-chief, and was assigned te duty en the staff ofMcClellan,whe had just arrived en Uie Potomac te command the forces in front of 'the capital. In theso days the army was being created from the mob of velun teers, and there COMTE I)K PAIU8. worn man vale-Ilia Frem a recent photegraph.gtrango te t,,0 eyes of observant foreigners. One of the earliest personal incidents narrated ill his history of the civil war is of a balloon ,trip he made from the Union camp, near Fairfax, ever the opposing lines, which were very clese at that point. The bal loon floated abeve lieth the Union and Confederate camps, and the author re lates with considerable detail the novel sjiectacle spread out before him. The Confederates, he says, were strag gling about their quarters, and hanging ever their campflres, gossiping, or wait ing for their rations, while en the Union 'sjde the troops were under arms and en gaged in drilling or dress parade Of the count's headquarters services Gen. McClellan has many geed words in his memoirs. He took the dangerous and disagreeable things incident te his call ing as an alde with the best grace Ills (list experieuce in real war in this serv ice was had at Yorklewn, en the penin sula, where he bivouacked for seme weeks under the fire of the enemy's shells. When Yorktown was evacuated by the Confederates he hastened forward in pursuit with the mounted column and was ene of the first te reach Williams burg, where the Confederates halted in retreat and steed at bay. During the two months that followed, which In cluded the march up the peninsula and the battles en the Chickolieminy, ending with the "Seven Days," the soldier prince was constantly at Uie front, where his person became quite welt known te suberdinate officers and sol diers of the ranks. At the battle of Gaines' Mill, June 27, the three princes of McClcllan's staff, De Jeinville, Duke de Cliartrea nnd the count, distinguished themselves, us the battle was fought nt seme distance from the headquarters and staff duly was arduous and attend ed with grave dangers. That battle wns ene of tbe hardest of thu war, and it cost Loe within a few hours 10,000 men te dislodge Fitz Jehn Perter with n strength of only 87,000 against the 01,000 opponents. The hot test fight was in the center nleng a weed led region known ns New Celd Harber, ?' .nd here ro-enfercements from Frank Ins cer Slocum's division came up in the nick of time, guided by the Frcncli princes te the most dangerous pests. The fighting up te this time had been be tween tha troops of Lengstrcct and iWhiting en the Confederate slde and Perter en the Union slde. What took place when "Stonewall" Jacksen's flank ing column get te work is described by the count with the freedom and warmth of an oye witness. IIe says: OVEU THE UNION CAMP. "The Federal left had hitherto made an ebstinate stand in this narrow section 'of the weed against the assaults of Long Leng ttrect at first and of Whiting after him. The latter finally availed himself of the confusion into which his adversaries had been thrown by the less of the weed nt Kuw Celd Harber, te take possession of it; but evcry time that his soldiers ven tured beyond the curtain of trees the en emy's cannon compelled them te run kick for shelter behind thin protecting fccrecn. Me.inu hile the Federal infantry, which had again formed into line near its guns, was becoming exhausted by se unequal it struggle, the ammunition was giving out, no ro-ciiferceiuents arrived and the moment approached when excess excess Ive fatigue would overcome the energy of the steadiest men. The regiments, of which mere than ene were reduced te a handful of men, drew together in isolated groups; the combat continued, but was carried en individually by soldiers among whom all systematic connection had ceased te exist. "Precisely nt this moment Jacksen ('StouewaU'j came forward with his last reserves and ordered n general attack. The attenuated Hues of the .Federals were everywhere shattered. Whiting sent forward ene of hi brigades com posed of Texan soldiers. Gen. Heed, who wus one of the most brilliant officers in the Confederate army, was In command of thU brigade, te which he imparted his own marti.il nrder. In vain did the Federal artillery concentrate iu fire te check him like thu ethers as lie emerged from the w nod. The feurTexan regiments udvnnced without faltering under a shower of shells, M "'.ey closed . IsiaX. laLllllllm. SsaaaBVaUsilllllllBH! mmzm op tnetr raass, which w t sUss were thinning mera and long line scarcely wavered ,. &TFfi OTGB mit CONFEDUUTI CAMP. "They paused for a merasnt te 6r, but Heed instantly pushed then for evzaMBVBBBVlBW BBHKf flsSDHnw s ward. They rushed onward with mm ism?? veils te the very mouth of the gtMM .$$& -...- -.. . v-"rfr !.- i which had se mercilessly poured graf into them. The artillery horses hitched te the limbers cither ran away with tha drivers or were driven off by them and the gunners who had persisted ta remaining at their pests te the last, also disappeared in the tide of Tcxans, which overwhelmed them in nn instant, leaving nothing behind but corpses lying en the ground." Perter's battlefield was In the form of nn are nnd could be seen 'from all points. His headquarters were near tke center, and the count, his uncle, Prince de Jeinville, and his brother, Duke de Charlrcs, were involved iu the activity of this fight. Gen. Perter in his story of Gaines' Mill, in the "Battles and Lead ers of the Civil War," relates that dur ing the highest excitement of this battle the count came te him en the field aad begged him te send his uncle, de Join Jein ville, en seme trumped up errand te army headquarters se that he night ' escape the peril of the position. Tha f k?A message wus given, but the old prinea --(M?'I did net go; it was repeated and still M . 4;r g did net leave the field. He said afteri ' jgJ1 wnrti mm minion aeeincu be ibvetbehbi " ..x . nllnt ence that he decided te wait for, geed news te take back te the command ing general. This battle was the first one fought by it.... Tlnlu,..!' C f aii n. iwmmiiMM rtf Iba Army of Northern Virginia. In noting H&M his advent in a new field the count sayst Q&? . IITII.. r.t nlTnrli. In m, liml nie haae :?'.& mera brilliant than theso of Grant, ant ff Jl no personally was out nine Known te ssw ou -s troops he was about te lead in battle, ;? , Always n patient, persevering ana prt, $ -j dent calculator, yet ready te risk mixta $7 f at thu opportune moment; handling e jfe'- largu nrui; nitu kiuu uewin wj-a,! v, midst of the thickest forests; understand-'$& 'J Ing men, selecting thetu carefully, aid '$l 'jk securing their attachment by his equity: . m worshiped by his soldiers ana obtaining ( from them what no ether chief have e thought of asking them; respited Jffi 1 obeyed by all his lleatenantst iaJ):Z m. of u. conciliatory disDoslUea. OMK $ "'. and mane, ei u conciliatory uispoiuen, eaw whose only fault as n general was an exfp'l cess of deference te the opinions of sob-, ordinates, which at times caused Unto lese a llttle of that firmness which te se Vh in i.i. i.. .i uu.i i..,.i. n s :;;: lliumjieiinauiu in mu iuiuiiiui itttv. v"-Ctfi The services or tlie count cnaea www v s week after the battle of Gaines' Mill and covered a period of about ten months. Although an alien, he held very decided opinions upon the issue of the war, and his work shows that his leudtict was net guided by love of ad ad tenture, but by convicUen. In tha preface te his history hu writes: "Having been kindly received in the armies of the young republic which re members the support given by France te the first defenders of IU independence, and has net falled te jilace the name of liourben among theso who are te per per petnate its memory en its soil, it has been the wish of the author te present a guileful tcbiiiueny te his Inte comrades in arm's. In writing his personal recel lectiens he has been led te describe tbe wnr, seme incidents of which have con within his own (lersenal observation. . Notwithstanding his legitimate prefer ences for the cause he served (Union), ha has endeavored te preserve throughout his narraUve the strictest impartiality." . He believed slavery was the sole cause of the war. "The effects," he declares, "of the servile institution upon tbe does dees nant race presents a spectacle sad and Instructive te historian and philosopher of fatal demoralization as a Just pun ishment for slavery inflicted upon these who expected te find nothing but profit and power. In fact, the slava Kwer could only exist by enlarging Its domain nnd absorbing everything around It. If the north had carried natlence and forbearance much further, the day when tha decisive crisis arrived this power might possibly have been able te impose its fatal yoke upon all America." The emancipation act was under dis cussion at the time the count left the country, and was passed seen afterwerd. Shaking of the (.ruclaraatien, he says: i "It inaugurated n new epoch, and th'.H conflict, freed from the remembrance of past concessien1), assumed henceforth its real character. It could only be ended with the entire nbolltlen of slavery from the soil of tin) constitutional republic, or by the triumph of this institution ever the largest portion of America." The opinion expressed of Lincoln, whom he introduces as "Honest Mr, Lincoln," shows a clear understanding of thetrjing position of the president in 1801. IIe says: "The republic bad a chief determined te defend it w liile respecting the consti tutional lights and liberties of all; these who regarded the principles of free labor as the essential basi of a free and demo cratic society saw ut lest a man of their choice regularly invested with the insig nia of the chief magistracy; these who, notwithstanding their affinities with slavehelders, considered the mainto mainte mainto nance of the Union as the first article of political faith for every geed citizen, could rally around hhu without fear." It is rarely that foreigners, even tbe ablest of thetu, take pains te study American etents with se much diligence nnd candor ns displayed by this young prince while fighting our battles as a for eign ally. Gi:euac L. Kilxeb. Uuly lilt bitter. Big Bey Well, that beats me, te see that fellow bioening around that girlt And they say he's proposed and is crazy te marry her. Stranger Nothing strnnge about that. She's a, fascinating and beautiful young lady. "Shet She fascinating and beautiful I Wiy, she's my sister!" Chicago Lyre. A quail's nest with seven eggs was V found ou the farm of Jeshua Hughes in Butler county, O., ou Jan. 10. It was in , y the comer of a fence recently built , u Citei i : SP-! K W3i 'Ai"i WIS i as. sb S4J ;i ii . n m &5 Iff rm-i !.? 4 mfM V.E'ji M ?r- -ys 8ifl M W-i W BW mi ar
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