Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1881-04-20

away from him slowly and began +,
move toward the college, quite ignor
ing Bolton, who nevertheless walked
beside her He addressed several re
marks to her, to which she vouchsafe,
no answer whatever. At last, bein,
piqued, he said:
We'll, Miss Capel, / hope you've en-
joyel your visit to Harvard and tn
men you've met here
Il have met only one man here sh,
replied, facing him imperiously. Ant
this was all be got from her that even
ing.
Next morning Camlion was not a
breakfast, but some hints of his advent
ure Of the previous evening leaked out
and Belton had to sustain good dea
of chag about the manner in which h'
had been cut OUT AS for Miss Capel
it was known that she was staying
with her brother and father at the Ire
mont House in Boston After break
fasting, curiosity or idleness carried
me around to Camlion's rooms. | was
surprised to find him hurriedly packing
mis- trunk, his usually healthy looking
countenance very pale and drawn.
asked him what was the matter
Pm going home. he said. i got 6
telegram this Notwithstanding
very bad has happened to my father
| muttered my sympathy. Presently
be resumed: You were introduced tc
to Miss Capel, think VIII you
see her before she goes, and tell her
say | would have come if it had been
possible; and-I hope | may see her
again some day?'
| promised, wondering, and | would
do what he asked, and soon after |
bade b m goodbye We did not meet
again for some years. When | called
on the Capels to deliver his message,
they were not in, and | did not have
another opportunity OF discharg;ng NV
commission. In the course OF a few
days the newspapers contained the in
formation that, something having gone
wrong in the banking house of which
Camlion's father was manager, the lat
ter had committed suicide.
by Jove y exclaimed Fred Belton,
when he heard the report, Il almost
wish it had been me! Dear old Cam,
lionv
When Camlion and found ourselves
together again at the outbreak of the
war, be was much matured in appear
ance, though his boyish simplicity and
gentleness were unchanged | have
heard, in a vague way, that he had de-
voted himself, not without success, to
paying off the liabilities which his un-
happy father had incurred. But con-
tact with men and the world, aud the
hearty preoccupation of his struggle to
atone for the sins of the dead, instead
of embittering him, and brought his
strong nature a more cheerful frame
and his gu ct geniality made his CON-
panionship more than ever delightful
to me. but once, when | asked him,
half jocularly, whether he had 10
thoughts of getting married, he looked
at me very gravely, and answered, in
his deep straightforward voice:
i never met but one women whom
1 could have married, and | gave her
up long ego. Do you remember Miss
Capel p
This led to my telling him how his
message had failed to reach her; and
the intelligence seemed to produce a
great effect upon him. He murmured
to himself several times. That may
have been the reason and thereafter
became totally uncommunicative on the
subject | do not know whether Fred
Belton ever heard OF this conversation;
but for my own part the stirring events
that were daily happening around us
soon put it out of my head.
AS began by saying, we were en-
camped on the Rapidan river, just be.
fore that terrible series Of battles in the
Wilderness which ushered in the close
of the rebellion. Meanwhile, there
was an omiDous quiet in our neighbor-
hood the only exception being q rath-
er annoying one in the shape of a
sharpsbooter on the Confederate side OF
the river (Which was there about 800
yards ide), who unerringIy picked of
any one of our men who ventured to
show so much as his elbow on the
Federal bank AS he had established
himself opposite the only spot in a
couple of miles where it was practica-
BILE to water our cattle, his presence
was particularly inconvenient, and we
expended an apparently disproportion-
ate deal of trouble in our efforts to dis
lodge him, but nothing had anv effect.
AS il-'uck would haveit there were no
guns available ut this point and it
was in vain that wepeppered the place
whence the deadly shots proceeded,
with our rifles. Every day several
valuable men were lost, until at last the
question: What WIS to be done be-
came serious and pressing one. The
unknown marksman never was known
to miss and all that any of us ever
saw of him was the puff of smoke from
the muzzle of his weapon.
One afternoon Fred Belton came to
my tent U was surgeon to our COM
in state of such manifest dis
composure that at first | thought eth
er the Colonel had been killed or the
mysterious sharpshooter captured. 1t
turned out to be quite another matter,
however.
What do you think p be began, in
an excited undertone Whose house
do you suppose is q mile off there, on
our left p And without giving me the
time to hazard guess he went on:
The Capels,' as sure as you are
there. And whom do you suppose |
saw? Miss Rosalind herself, as I'm a
living sinner! She rode up on horse
back, just as was palavering at the
front door for provender. By Jove,
she's more divinely handsome than
ever! And, oh, my wig. didn't she
give me rating though! Whewr
What did she scold you about p de-