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PRELUD.
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( 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
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