The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-06-06
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marty from Fort Braddock had entered
unuGticcd. But now l turned sharply
and nv heart beat to suffocatlOn.
Yes" lightly. How lovely these fall
ribbons are, the very crimson OF the ma
Piles Did you ever meet him, or bis
wife ;"
Never: that was SO queer. Drowned,
you know stepped overheard by accl-
dent, and was not found for six weeks
Uorrid Could hardly be recognized
What a charming shade of green! Oh,
here is Mrs. Lewis. Gust reach me that
chenille straw with the green velvet
You do have So a lovely taste | really
must compliment you
How do | look in this imperial blue,
Mrs. Ritchiel Do you think it will prove
any thing seri0ss these charges!'
I'm afraid so-Oh very becoming; it's
lust the thing with yoUr complexion
court-martial, Joseph thinks and II so.
It's as bad as can be, Captain Bartlett
told him. He saw quantities OF the Sd
Artillery ut Governors Island-very few
Tnpo@-Captain Bartlett's as gay as
ever.
Il dare sav-horrid man, but very tact
mating. Major Tighlman used To Midget
because | would polka with him but
always did like sinners, la, ha!
And both laughed gayly where true
true women should have kept reproving
stiffness.
BIT what was the danger that threat
eued Frederick? Ny mind scarcely left
the questioning | dared not give voice to;
and my vipd imagination supplied the
>uiIrring his sensitive nature would ell
dnlr at even the suspicion Of d,Shdnor.
Aml thcn the arrest, the trial, the public
scandal and if his cause was lost, what
then! All was gone; for he had no re
source hut his profession. 1t would be
uttel rain. So the month passed on, and
Here again the puhlis prints were busy
with the name they had taken mp Two
wears before. A court-martial had been
convened at Baltimore to try Lieutenant
Lcn0X for conduct unbccOming an oil
Ger and Il gentleman" | knew as well
as il | had beer told the specifications
that 4lcv were all false, and who had
alleged them. 7 knew that Captain
Bartlett had instigated if he did not ap-
pear as the mover of the inquiry into
nv husbands conduct. Colonel Craigc
was summoned, and young Vaudeville.
The charges must have arisen out of our
1ilr at Fort Douglass, where Frederick
had been QuartermasteT before Captain
Bartlett was ordered there
Jc0nld have staked my life OH Frede-
rick's innocence. No one knew better
than | how honorable, how high+minded
he was in all things save one. Ii was
this straightforwardness and sincerity
that wrought such adherence OF the de-
ccption and trifing with which he had
accused me. Unjust toward Ia II" had
been, but toward any other trust never
was ever governed 10y quick Ilhpulses,
as you have seen. Remembered Colonel
Craigr, in his gsIial kiud-heartcdneSs
and u~prighGssS of life, with such Il char
actCr as becomes Il tuuch-Stune for all
trcachery and deceit, when once upon its
guard: and | thought only of suggesting
the possibility of a snare for an Innocent
man, and beg him to watch for il. Twas
81 convinced that | cOnld do this ut once,
that il did not occur to me to aualyZe my
motives or consider my WI position
until, after three days of rapid travel,
without rest, and almost without food, |
was shown into his presence.
No wonder that he started To his feet
with "A strange bewilderment when
came full into the light beneath which he
was wrj6g; forthey thought | had been
drowned, you know.
Mrs. LenOX surely it is Mrs. LenoXl
Have you come from the dead ?"
NO, Colonel Cssigc, from eXile-that
is all. 1t U 5 my name. have parted
with it, though | have come here only
for his sake
For his sake
1t was not a snecr. but spoken in a
cold. i~ncredulous tone and then he sat
down again, placing a chair for me and
a hard, ~preiudging look settled over his
grave face
Yes, | mean it He is falsely accus-
ed"
That is what we desire to prove"
Blu | know it; I know as well as if | |
saw the proof that it is Captain Bartlett's
work"
Isaw his face change, and light up
eagerly, as fit were no new thought.
Il have heard him say ateu that he
never forgot or forgave amy one who had
ever thwartcd him, and SO he has turned
on Frederick
Mrs. LenoX, you forget, you must
know as well as myself that it is not pos |
sible for me to see or listen To any private
information that may bias my Judgment. |
What You have To say would come with
double weight, since you do not plead
for loves sake You have wr0nged
your husband far more deeply than it is
in the power of au enemy to do will
not ask you why you have made his lite
scarcely worth "a defense. Poor girl'--|
and here his voice softened as he looked
more kindly into my changed, Worn fac,
poor child, how bright and gay yoa
were IN your fathers house. Who wonld
have looked for this9"
"You were ny fathers friend Colonel
Craige," | said, catching eagerly at the
recollection, land will yon not raise a
hand to help his only ehildY' La
TO help You! Willingly, Madeline,
so far as it is possible todo So. | would
shield you as l would my own daughter |
from the very breath Of the worlds batii
must know that you have never forfeit
ed the Gverence and protection all men
owe to purity in woman '2S-.
/ deserved it all for nay rashness. /!