The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-05-31

the embrace OF the moist anatomy. She
got mp laughing merrily over the mlshap,
and, leaving tho wreck 10 tho man, tho two
walked back.
'1his Is too bad,n said Bob ''Tho poor
relations will never got relief at this rate.
Look here, Miss Clara"-he had her name
team you rider
like an Arab" she responded.
"Goodln lao exclaimed snow IL can
find saddle, you shall have my horse Chan.
ccllor. lie Il splendid. will ride ono OF
the ordcrlys horses, and so we will pcnc-
trato every recess of the mountains"
She was delighted with tho arrangement.
and nm od-fashioncd, Straightforward side aad-
die, hard ~ the rock OF agca, was fahcd out
from tho stables Bob worked long and
laborIously Ia fashonIng ono of hs boat
blankets 90 the old affair a. make 10 moro
prescntablo AZ well NJ easier, and tho ride
began.
Chancellor, whom first mounted, anorted,
reared, hinged ~ II indignant, but tho fair girl
kept her seat composedy until tho steed
quIeted down, and then paitlng his arehed
neck put herself on friendly terms with the
noble animal.
Those rides were long and frequent Both
enjoyed them She was sweetiy confidential
la her young escorts life and affairs, and
every hour the delicious chain OF love bound
the poor boy nearer aud ilrmcr TO his adora-
ton, Small wonder. The young girl was
simply superb ON horseback The close-tlt-
ting riding dress seemed part OF her supple,
graceful, engaging form. while the exercise
and excitement brought n delicate, she'll
tinted rosnoss 20 her checks, that seemed the
ono thing necessary 10 make her palo face
perfect. Bob lonscd % avow his love, but
youth Is tlmld whn the precious treasure
may be jeopardized by the avowal. io was
blinded by his passion, and did not see the
game so openly played by the little gambler
She was true daughter of the south, and
her heart was with her poor brothers march
Ing shoeless, with scant raiment, poorly
armed, sleeping without shelter and dying
by thousands with desperate bravery for
their cause To have that In her possession
that was, as she believed, of vital importance
to them, made her desperate, For such
cause, she would play the Judith, and had
Bob avowed his love, she was resolved TO ac-
ccpt, let the consequences have been what
they might to the poor lad
OH the golden glory of those sunny days.
They took On "A roseate hue, that made tho
blue SUBMITS OF the mountains "a deeper
blue, as if to bound that Eden that lies abost
each life in the golden glow of youth, when
love touches the sweet, tender existence, and
the birds sing, and the flowers bloom with
voices and odors that penetrate the very soul,
never again to pass away. The scene fades,
the birds die and the flowers perish, oft in
the hard realities of life The blue m2untains
no longer frame in the fairy paradise but
all the same we cling 10 it through existence,
as our first parents chung to the Garden to
which they never could return.
Shakespeare tells us, the course of true love
never does run smooth. No, indeed, life's
ways are not fitted for the sweet stream
| For a little while it murmurs along green
meadows and then, anon, it falls among
rocks and rough ways, and oftentimes is
| dashed over precipices to be dissipated in thin
mist, over which arches the rainbow, not
| alasl of hope, but memory.
i
| girl INDUCED in that exasperated her lover,
who, although blinded by his passion, had not
lost sight of his duty One OF these was to
| stop at some mountain hut, and persist in
| dismounting and entering the howell Bob
dismountei also, and would help her to the
| ground and accompany her TO the interior
| He kept his eyes and alert, and believed
that ne bafflei any designs in this direction
| Another fancy INDUCED in to banter
the Lieutenant to a race and dart of on Chan
| cellor, at the best of his running pace, and
| Bob, on his government horse, would follow
numbering after, scarce keeping her in sight
until it suited the girl to check up. Bob re-
monstrated in vain, and all he could do was
to direct the orderly to keep sharp lookout
| on either side Of the road for anything the
| girl might drop.
One day Corporal Bang. who happened to
be the escort, handed the Lieutenant letter,
tied to stone, that he had picked up from a
| gully after one of these races.
| "Got reminder through my chappo, Lieu
tenant, when picked that up" and he showed
hole in his hat.
| Ellersly looked longingly at the missive.
1t was directed to well-known guerrilla Of
the mountains. Bob would have given a
good deal to know its contents. But he
| quietly handed it, without a word, to the
girl. Her face flushed, and somewhat en-
barrassed she hurried to her room. In few
minutes, however, she returned, letter in
hand, with her cheeks yet holding the flush
| of her excitement
Lieutenant Ellersly," she asked, in an
even, steady tone, that was forced, why
did you not open this letter r.
"Open your letter y he asked in turn.
yes open my letter. You are not doing
your duty to your government"
"Miss Clara" said the boy proudly, 81
rendered my life to my country. did not
include in that my honor. When 1 am sunk
so low as to steal, cease to be worthy OF
my commission"
The girl tore open the letter. "Thenl" she
criad- sslearn who am and what am fry