We all wore our most becoming gowns, and anyone unacquainted
with army life on the frontier would have been surprised to see what
handsome dresses can be brought forth, even at this far-away post,
when occasion demands. There are two very pretty girls from the East
visiting in the garrison, and several of the wives of officers are
young and attractive, and the mingling of the pretty faces and
bright-colored dresses with the dark blue and gold of the uniforms
made a beautiful scene. It is not in the least surprising that girls
become so silly over brass buttons. Even the wives get silly over them
sometimes!
CAMP SUPPLY, INDIAN TERRITORY,
April, 1873.
IN the last mail Faye heard from his application for transfer to
another company, and the order will be issued as soon as the
lieutenant in that company has been promoted, which will be in a few
weeks. This will take us back to Fort Lyon with old friends, and Faye
to a company whose captain is a gentleman. He was one of Faye's
instructors at West Point.
I have a new horse--and a lively one, too--so lively that I have not
ridden him yet. He was a present from Lieutenant Isham, and the way in
which he happened to possess him makes a pretty little story. The
troop had been sent out on a scout, and was on its way back to the
post to be paid, when one evening this pony trotted into camp and at
once tried to be friendly with the cavalry horses, but the poor thing
was so frightfully hideous with its painted coat the horses would not
permit him to come near them for some time.
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