St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1867-08-23

open barrels and searching. No No. :
yet found
AT last If came
''One barrel No. , in store; the rest
of the same shipment was damaged and
useless. and sold in bulk to native deal
ers for value as old metal at one of the
clearance sales some time ago"
| had learnt all | could. | spurred
back to camp with the bullets, from
which had never parted, in my pouch.
shall never forget the scene.
In the middle of the camp the men
were drawn up in three sides of a square ;
in the center of the square were the
trlangles, with Gerald lashcd to them. |
saw them as came down the hill take
off his Jacket and lash his wrists.
sped On. could see the old colonel.
with the paper in his hand, standiug
alone, and then | saw nothing more, for
a dip in the road concealed them: as |
rose again TO the crest at less than a
/ quarter OF mile. | saw 4 woman rush
in from between the ranks towards the
triangles, holding something in her hand.
darted on, and rushed into the square,
but Just in time 10 seize the farrier's arm
as the lash was descending. and 10 see
that the woman was INV sister, and that
she was being led away between two
Sergeants.
''StOp, colonel, for the love of God :"
cried, with my hand still grasping the
farrier's arm Il have evidence 10 prove
the man not guilty"
| then showed the colonel the bullet
that had come from the saddle and the
Others from the pouch, and pointed out
TO him that while one was marked No.
=, the others We're all marked No. ,.
with Il dot. | assured him. Oh my hon
or a> an officer and gentleman. that it
was almost impossible that a No , bull
let could by any chance get into a packet
of No. > bullets He was only too clad
to hear me, and agreed 10 postpone the
execution of the sentence till further ord
ers from the general OF his division.
I've hcar,! some shouts, and I've seen
some displays of enthusiasm in nv time.
but never shall forget the shout that
rose the minute that the colonel had pro-
nounccd that the execution OF the sentence
on Corporal Ashton would be postponed
until further orders,
The men had been Standing at ',atten-
tion." many Of them with thc tears roll
ing down their checks. but when they
heard ''Po>tponcd.'' they broke ranks.
rushed up 10 the triangle<. cut the lash
ing~. broke the cat, screamed. shouted.
danced Ike malmen.
'.Ihree cheers for '-Grmile,nan Jack
and his wife Again. a.aim. hoyS -
Officers and all joined in Tor q few
minutes. There STOOL the old GRAY head
ci colonel in the midst of 4 scene that
out-hcllamci Be'llam.
As for me was ike man in dream:
felt hundred hands -r;,>pin- mine. |
had my sister >obbing in INV arms. AMI
then heard the colonel Say 10 the burlrr.
">ounl the assembly"
What 4 change in less than minute
| stool by the fallen trianglc- in the cen
ter OF three lines OF living statues. Not
n ,1nr ,,,.,,-as,..,,-
MAJOR Jackson, reform yonr column
and break oft the men, SAID the colonel:
and then walked away with mv>elt and
my sister.
But what did yonr sister do there -
Well. she had promised Gerald that
he should not suffer the disgrace of the
lash anl had, during the hour thought
she WAS fooling with the doctor. MANAGED
to get hold OF his bottle of pruS,ic acid.
and had rnShed out with half OF it ior
him and half for herself: and her ap-
pcarancc had - thoroughly surprised
every one that she had reached the tri-
angles. and almost raised it TO his lips,
when the doctor. recognizing his OWL
blue bottle. struck her hand violent
blow, and dashed il on 20 the ground
besides disabling her from gettin. her
own share
"And how did the affair end ! wa,
the general of the division satisfied
Il cont think he would have been
with that evidence alone, and 50 We went
about TO hunt for more | bc@ged that
as we had found so much. Gerald might
be permitted 10 accompany 4 party OF
search, under 4 guard, TO find the missing
tigr.
We went there. Maggie insisted on
joining lis. Al the officers off duty went
and about half the men.
Gerald then pointed out the spot where
he had stood, and where he shot the
tiger; and from that point we started.
crossing and rc-croS>ing. till there could
not have been anything a. large as half
crown that could be hidden.
/ Maggie and | were riding in front OF
the line, when Maggie exclaimed,
"What a horrible smell comes from
that copse."
'Don't smell anything, Meg
'lov'e lived here so long, that YOU &c
no sense of smell lett.
OF course as Mag.ie was with us.
Blinkers was there too Blinkcrs ad-
vanced TO the copse-paused-and rush
ed underneath the grass, barking as il
inturiated.
There's something in there. Willie.
Some OF. the others coming up, We
pushed our way into the depths, .uidcd
by the frantic bark of Blinkers, and after
being much scratched and torn. found
ourselves in the center of 4 trampled cir,
Gle Of jungle grass, with the half-devour-
ed remains OF 4 large tiger
! The doctor was sent for. and the
wound discovered the beast had evil
IDENTIFY been lamed. the bullet breaking
the fore leo. Ii was also evident that,
wounded as it was, it had fingered or
till it was mere skin and bone, and had
died only within the last few DAYS AssiS-
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