The Dillon tribune. [volume] (Dillon, Mont.) 1881-1941, 1886-02-20
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hut it uas zone,
ing his precious time in ra,,sa,..;,,
and turning out pockets which ,,a ~ As
touched that day. The colonel must h. ~. aet
az once; so. with mighty effort. Roosa
pulled himself together, and went ont U:.,
q sinking heart to tell the tale Of his WIZ
shame and dishonor. "s own
For thus did he, in the agony nm, d,..
OF mind which overwhelmed him. das; ;ases
the carelessness, or the unsusn;c;o,ssaasa
which had allowed hum to trust the hos.ss
OF Others. He never for moment s,s,ae esy
young Tom Of being the thief Init h. sa
think it just within the bounds Of nrss;s,, s@
that, while he had been bending down oas
the case Of revolvers. some one had c,, 3'sl
crept In and carried of the pocket hook @
But it came out after a wbile.-.,...
Boobies had got through that terrible intss
view with the coloncl-telrible becans.e,
the pain it gave to both Of them-aftar !.
had given up his sword and his naro,. :.
honor, and then had passed the night IL H. ~
tent alone, lying miserably in his 6smmo ~
with his arm flung across his eyes Mena
all came out !! How his flask. a lsndso,..
silver thing, w::s. crest and monogram sn'
blsxoned upon it. had been found a. soon :
morning light broke over the camn M.
twenty yards away from his tent. ho-
young Tom had m YER been at all to get n.
brandy fm' which, his master had sent him
then how young N,m was missing. and had
never been seen b. any one in the cam
since thu sentry ON duty outside the coleman,
tent had accosted him with ''Ello. ymne
Olp La. AMI what may yo" ~ ADDING ois
La3tly-and worst confirmation OF all-boy
the missing pocket book had been found irr
outside the most advanced outposts
There could be no further doubt that s,m
Snow was the delinouent-noi,oly had IT,,
slightest doubt about it. not even Bcct,,
a,lnself, though be stourly declared his b.
tieI in the lad. and maintained that nothing
could make him thinl; ,you,,g Tom was
traitor, except the NEST absolut, and nos.
tive proof that such was the cas-. Formns
Lacy was absolutely angry will, his hss
friend.
MY deer chap" ln said. in toncs wh;c.
were :iiss.nctly tones %. ,o,,nStrauGs
though he tried to- make them ilost of cain.
reas0lahlenes.. ''wi.ar--.r-no.r pwrp,.
caM you want Or have! The 10Y was sent
to get Your flask tllrd with bwra.N!y: bad,i
not &c! il filed with hwran,.v CT anytain,
else. hut it is i.s,lnl iu;tea | only few vars
from ! our OWN t.n:. 'il. b,'v is gnne--to
-er-d.spatci, j. gone ton. Nubo.y cls j,
the who'll, camp i. t!%,1nS 1t j., w,eaiiy,
Bootles, perfectly absurd 10 tw,y to ,h.es1
The Young vta'cat any longer. The H.
patcL--er-ets,lid not 90 By itsclf-its al
surd-it--er-.sn't in w,eas,l,'
''ln reason NJ ont nt reason, ldont and
won't believe THAT lis, boy !,a> sold me-
Bort!es asserted obstnc,rly.
'Rut he has sio:.u rl,n ,li.,>atch,' Lacy
persisted.
"Oh. nonsense! What IN earth should Ia
do with it "he, he had got It:
"Why. han it over to A,.=.a|,i. Of couis.
Wha. else :it al he do VIII. it, rrtortel
Lacy, sI.arpl,.
''Oh he has never done that. though soms
ono else ma. That is likely enough" AZ.
swerel Ron:,r, ;:s,rlp,sl;,.
but Beetles kn'w very we'll il his heart
that it must have bean Tom and 40 other
who llai taken ih,. rocket hn * from otf hl'
table, though h. lid not tor moment b.
icve that the ]ad hal sold him.
Tho true solution or tn" ,ny>tery was thss
the boy, by st.'nl,g rut,id" the ealonels
tent, had. acs'a;r!inw to his idea. yi,therf'
the object ri til" mi>si,, with which IN
master had been charged. and with NAV
knowledge had also slcsn'a Il vcrY c'riec'
idea Of the danger which must attend IT.
that he had s;Oleu the dispatch. ami SsS
now in hiding, with the ig,mran. alea sha'
il il wer not tliern ~ Ike aiken. hi, mase.
could not take it. THAI ."'nG Tom ha'
actually set OF front the Scarlet laneen
camp tn carry that pa""r a''~> inc hs'
miles Of difficult ami ''an:"r'"'' 'oah'r'
which lay between thu ;n" Es'fish 'a"l'
was an idea which never .nt r'' Tor u "'
nIent into R.nhle> calcu';.:r':'>.
But his opinion was moi. >s'a""' ny any w'
else, lit least no one nls. hi; aln'' '.'H r''
as Il solution OF the mystery "i ION ','
duct, u,l !stotIt., did not t.!i Hns one W."
he thong!,.: lie .u,lv s:<aitlv maintenance M -,
he did mot nrlicv,.. AM that h" n":"F '''
believe. short Of iMsitive pifsi 7" IL" G."
trssry. that the lad had sold him. =,
So that miserable morning dragged :.
slow length. along. What 4 kong, I"lS 't "a,
it was! Til" entire campsH,'n,' laS;a' ,;.J
the loss of that |:,Wr, !''h hal '"'' '.,,,
instructions for II simultaneous a1a'" , .t
the city ami the rrb, forces ~ ..' '." a
day from, the date ot sending tt' "''!''' ,..
1t was useless to sen.l ont alnps''|r'
not only Yves TIN. cypln'r pro''"iH s','
in the hands "f Arab. h''i IL ''-7i'''nl .ud
the rebels would kc great Il l'''s"'S .,r !,
so render it np,s>ib!,: ~" Mss '"s
pass let wr*.n the two British ,al''lr' =.
Towards evening. when ti,' -''a. y, NM;
night We're gathering around Il" ' i,
was made :" signal to ii" her '"'''p r...t
means Of electric hight. lit'% III ,; '
trials in this ,.~p.c, hal h'"'' ~" ,hs, j.
failures. and it was a> n la>' rt>'''
Scarlet Lan,.ar> ATTEMPTED ii now. ,n
4" their int .,,ss surpri.-. ""se's.; Jon
answering tia~l,s'- came inc': VIZ" III ';s..n,
al>l evident understanding. '',' .,..;,sl
from tin. confused! ans w.'ss ;h.' nav ,,.tsk.
before. This 1imn. there court u, !" .,'o.s "a
ing their nran,uy. and apparently : tn, tn s,,a,
the distant >lu.s. were rxl.rie'h'ns
enlightenment. nv .s