The Sentinel. [volume] (Trenton, N.J.) 1880-1882, 1882-11-11
"By Jove ~ he excl aimed with q
start. "There's the c. lionel ~

strangely upon the dulcet tones OF
love. astonished the pretty creature
who hung on hi. arm.
| "What of the Cslouel? she asked
softly. why should he not be here,
poor man ?"
Because I am here who ought to
be on guard in - street, and because
l shall be csshiered to certainty if
he sees me, was the abrupt reply.
"Oh, do go away this minute. Do,
dear Harry y she pleaded in terrified,
beseeching accents.
III looked at her, then around him,
irresolute for moment. The Colonel
had turned his back and was moving
into another room. NJ, LIE could not
go just yet, the tenn ptstion to remain
was too strong.
Leave you now, when we are happy
and are to be parted so soon? No, |
cannot, darling" he whisI cred fondIy,
"But, never lar, we will keep out of
his way"
She did not urge him any more. She
did not fully understand the magni-
tude of the offence, nor the risk it in
voIved, and was too glad to keep him
little longer by all available means
There were nun Der of reception
rooms in the locale where TIE ball
was held, all of which were thrown
open for the occasion. Keeping eau
tious eye around them, the young peo
pie contrived to pass from one apart.
ment to another, whenever they de-
tected the dreaded form of the Colonel
approaching. Afer time he settled
down quietly at whist-table in the
distance, and they gave themselves up
with reckless gayety to the enjoyment
of the evening. Another hour passed,
and supper-time came, and still they
danced or fingered in quiet hooks,
and managed successfully to elude the
eyes whose recognition was so care
fully to be avoided.
"What a comfort it is that he is such
a maypole, and may be observed from
afar !" laughed the girl, who had
caught the infection of her lovers
audacitv.
At length the dreaded time for part
ing was at hand. The early morning
train was to bear away the lady to her
fathers summer residence, and thus
to separate for awhile the newly
phghted pair. What wonder, that in
those last few precious moments they
forgot all precautions, and saw and
heard nothing in each others alien.
crossing presence? He followed her
TO the nall, and folded the shawl care
fully round her graceful form; for
another happy minute yet he stood
with her hand locked in his, meeting
all her heart shining out through her
deep blue eyes. Then the carriage
door closed with sharp bang, which
struck cold and heavy on his ear, rs
the rolling wheels bore her away into
the night.
Perhaps bis eyes were somewhat
dazzled by the bright parting glance
he had drunk in so eagerly, for all
other things around looked dim. Pres
emily he turned listlessly to take his
hat and depart in his turn, still feeling
like one that dreams. Suddenly, how
ever, something impelled him to look
up, and what was his dismay, when
he found himself face to face with
the Colonel!
There was a crowd of departing
guests in the hall, and as they gather
ed and jostled each other, the two
men who had been thus unexpectedly
brought together were again borne
apart. The recognition was but in
Simultaneous therefore, and in another
moment the junior officer had con
trived to mingle with and disappear
in the crowd. But by the stern, aston
ished gaze which had met his eye for
that brief instant, he knew that he
had been identified, and that the Colo
mel fully remembered where he ought
to have been.
If he still ventured to retain any
hope that the recognition had not been
complete, such hope was promptly
dispelled by the order, which presently
rang out in cminous tones from the
Colonel's well-known voice of thun-
der.
"Drive to the Royal Bank ms 'antlyi ~
it said with awful distinctness. "And
go as fast as you can"
Captain Kendall had managed to
slip unobserved through the doorway
and he now stood in the street.
What was to be done? The car
riages that were In waiting there were
all private ones. The hackney coaches
were far down the file, and even if he
he been lucky enough to secure one in
time, the rattle Of tle wheels at that
dead hour of the night, speeding in
the same direction as the ColonePs
carr age, or indeed the very fact CT q