The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1876-12-07

els your post. office ]fSla We might
drop these in as we passed"
l said j selt an<0rderl ysvitRthe let
ter-bag as far As Silyerbnrn, the nearest
Villages Aad fah- station, thfea miles or
so: He would start III an hour. .es II
sIa g Now confess you are sending IN
.purposep2 I shall be truly grieved to
derange you. Youx soldier would hate
me. What say you, shall we walk to
i IT, aps egsa yss gsSd 60; g gas
are lazy, mon Lieutenant, you will grow
f fa saY then. shallMs walk to Silver
1 excused myself. . The The, fact was
wished to stay 81 che Fort to attend 10
household AFFAIRS. I did not often en-
terrain q Prince, and was somewhat
anxious about the dinner which was be-
ing prepared by my inexperienced SOL
dietEdk1E & sKgN
&c You will not? Yous are wrong.
You should walk more. It is excellent
exercise. + find the benefit, and need
il much. alwaysyas new. But / pee: you
win not Be persuaded. Au reyoir then
Til - pr st@ 'ef'f'
. 6 Dinner at half-past 6. ~ That will
give us nice long EVENING" ~
eyes; nice long evening"" he re-
peated after me- in I strsnges knocking
ZONE. IT he had not been Prince /
might have considered his conduct
rude. '5,. ,ae
We parted. He walked on "a at a very
brisk pacss II returhed SLOWLY to the
fort.
For the next few hours I was busy SUI
perintending the operations in the
kitchen, assistingto lay thetable, draw
ing wine, and making ready for the
feast. About p. m. I dressed in mess
uniform to do honor to my foreign
guest, and walked down che road to
meet him on his return. - gsxaT
He had had three hours to do the
journey there and back, but halfipast 6
came. and with it no Prince. se Seven
stilt4e did not appear. ~s,1ie e -
FfWhat had happened? He must have
lost his way. It was quite dark, and
rather cold. At haf-past / sent off
two non-commissioned officers in search
of him; at went paysek, walked On
to SilverbHrn. 49, 80 .vs.,sT
Yes; q person answering to the de-
scription of the Prince had been seen
there.s. He had taken the train to YaFa
chester. An extraordinary proceeding !;
still it. accounted for his absence; so
somewhat relieved I went home,t dined
by myself, and went to bed. bead 81 ss.sa
1 slept late next morning. It was
close on 10'when was reused by q IA
miliar voice in the outer room.
"Whas, Randal! StilFM beda'
It was Bob Finch, a brother Lieuten-
ant from headquarters. w, y
"You are. to return, at. once to the
regiment, !" he said. 81 have come to
relieve you.r - effstiiGfti'l
Hurrah!"
/ Steady, boy, steady. Read this.
Don't sing out too soon.''
t It was an official letter from the
Adjutant, desiring me to hand over my
detachment, and report myself forth
with at MISUNDERSTANDING arrest,
"Bless me. What's upa'' n. tsrs.s,ss
"The Colonel's furious. He;declares
he'll prefer charges, and have You tried
by court-martial." - ','.. 5. e ...;; ~,
"But why, manp whyg' y 3. +
a}"What on earth induced you to give
that sharper letters of Introduction to
the regiment? Where, in heaven g
name, did you pick him up" 20
"The Prince 2"sss a xgA.,
"Ofs Darkness He made nice fools
of us all.' -.-@..-g,
i 1 told Bob Finch the story Of the raft,
at which he laughed, little, adding
soon:
:. "But it's no joke, Randall. He ws@
asked to mess on the strength Of your
letter to Greyclife. ID 4,
ST gave him none"
| ssHs apfoduced oneloA paper with
. your monogram, and in your writing
ga forgery"
"But how. could he have done itf''
"I left him alone here for an hour OF
more to write letters. There was one
. for Messrs. Coutts, and another fol
somebody soffski,' and one = - FOL
Seven Dials, of course, but would moi
confess to this. 81, slss p u s,sssttt
swell, he dined at mess, en- bour'
!, geois. He was travelling, and had left
] his mails at another stag ;;eaftef di1nel
3 he got US to .baccarat, which he playeG
: to 4 nicely. We were cleaned out
[ every one Of u.s.. The Prince, however
: promised us our revenge. Only tn,
: same night-it could have been no ont
else-he broke into the mess house
: stole three dozen silver forks, heap O
: teaspoons, several snuff-boxes, one O.
j two racingscups--in fact, all the high
= portable articles on which he could la,
! his hands. - SOS -
!, / was utterly ashamed Of myself TO
: being SO easily imposed upon, and wa
: preparing, in pain and humiliation, II
t proceed to headquarters, when my Ser
4 rroouf 90 v.,a IN ond cold <uo Wor1an