Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1881-04-20
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make conquest of you in more wav
than one said |. laughing. BY th'
way, this news would probably inter
est Camlion. Does he know?
! No; and / don't mean to tell him.
replied Beltor rather sharply, and aftel
sitting few moments longer he got uT
and left me in apparently no very good
humor
That same evening, however be ap
peared again, this time in preoccupied
mood, and with his pipe in his mouth.
The conversation presently turned
upon the ever-actiye sharp-shooter. and
after few remarks had passed, Bolton
suddenly exclaimed:
I've made up my mind to kill that
fellow, and | have thought Of way
how it may be done. | guess I'm as
good shot as he is and if | can get
sight of as much as square inch of
him, he's settled y He then went on to
unfold to me his scheme, which appear
ed feasible, though there were certain
obstacles in the way. After we had, | :
russed it for while, he said: DO
you know why | want to shoot him p
From patriotic motives, l trust,
was my reply.
That's very we'll so far as it goes
but there's something else. | believe
| know who he is-or what he is, at
all events. | believe he's the man
whom Rosalind Capel means to marry
From something she said to-day Pm
certain she knows him, and that there
something more than ordinary between
them. Aud l don't intend that she
shall marry him if can help it,
| did not much like this attitude oil
Belton's and | told him so hut be
took my structures in such i'll part that
for the present Judged it best to say No
more Plainly. he was in love with
Miss Ca .. devoutly wished that she
was out of the way, but before break
fast time next morning | was destined
to hear of her again 1t was about the
hour of sunrise when Camlion, who
had been out on picket during the
night. entered my tent, his face flush
ed, and his blue eyes kindIed with re-
pressed excitement.
Il have seen Miss Capel,' be said,
going to the point at once, as his GUS
| tom was. There was an alarm at my
outpost two hours ago, and one of my
men fired. We heard something fall,
went out, and found a rider entangled
with his horse, which was shot dead. |
knew her in moment though she was
in mans clothes-a blouse and high
boots. She had lost her way, and bad
stumbled on US in the darkness. Their
| house is near here, she says. 1t was q
narrow escape if she had been killed
| could not have borne it | wish
this war was over
Was she armed , inquired. feeling
more uneasy than cared to confess.
NO Why should she, poor girl !?
| She ad been to see some friends of
theirs somewhere up the country. |
gave her man to see her safe home,
He had spoken the latter sentence in a
low voice now he looked suddenly up
and said, with the deepest emphasis, L
would give my life to know that she
loves me still as | love her She did
love me once There's no other women
in the world for me-
you must bear in mind that she's a
red hot rebel ventured to remark.
'On the contrary, she's more than
half inclined to our side,' returned
Camlion eagerly She told me almost
as much In her heart she loves the
| Union best
This unlike assertion increased my
misgivings tenfold; but before | could
make up my mind what to say was
summoned to attend another victim of
our mysterious enemy on the opposite
bank. The man was mortaily wound
ed but before he died he was able to
state that he had seen his eAecutioner,
young fellow with straw hat and a
dark blue jacket or shirt, who parted
aside the bushes and looked across at
him, the smoking rife in his hand.
If anyone with a good aim had
been with me- added the poor chap,
we'd had him potted then, sureP
| They were his last words. But It
was not the first time the terrible sharp
|
himself under similar circumstances I;
and it set me thinking again of Belton's
scheme of the night before.
AT O'Clock that afternoon the Off
GERS and non-commissiOned officers of
our company Were summoned to meet
the Colonel; | was also present As |
anticipated. it was b lton's scheme
that was the subject of discussion the
| long and short of it was as follows: A
volunteer was to be found to show
himself on the bank and take the ene-
my's fire. Bolton meanwhile was to
conceal himself close at hand, and as
soon as the young fellow in the straw
hat peered out of his ambush to see
the effect of his shot, Belton was to put
Minnie ball through his head. There
were only three things that might in
terfere with the successful prosecution
OF this plan; the lack of volunteer pre-
pared to meet almost certain death
the possible omission on the enemy's
part to reveal himself. and finally, the
chances that Bolton might, after all,
miss his aim. Nevertheless the Colonel
gave his consent that the thing should
be tried, in default of any better sug
gestion and the following morning was
appointed for the experiment.
At o'clock | saw Camlion leave
his tent and set off in the direction OF
our left. | had already noticed Belton
heading the same way about quarter
of an hour previous; and putting this
aud that together, awaited the issue
in some suspense. But before 7 O'Clock
Camlion returned, passed me with a
strange look on his face and without
returning my greeting, and immedi-
ately re-entered his tent. where, as was
afterward inferred, he must have spent
great part of the night in writing,