The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1886-11-25

ING. NOVEMBER 2
euAss - odsasive aad foul that I coax
not psss Il BY. IN iset II ! had bess
armed = ths tins I should hsvs shct hin
Tor BIZ oousvs ~ sach = v plsSs Aiasss
bsyoed The reach Of iorbsassscs. ! 70
ported him end be wa Aossed 70 severe.
y thst ! bore hin 10 srodss. Bat n
bora erudes toward me. thcagh. Az
while bic bssk ~ blssd.ng and smart
Ing BE- hisssd h ny sar. n you've 81 Z
God. b. sure v Hin. Jsn Cusuovs'
svsars that he DOM sivs over this grudgs
until one Of us diesi y k NJ Nss m
IstArsed ops IRON ~ slssp sad ~ up.
xtkhA 49, drssh. ssd ~ nol only Z
dss1AS ~ The while The sosss was being
repealed bsios me-. I had bssn conscious
that I lay 10 ny tsst nader The old boul-
teref DO Brock. bed sank into stats
<htse6y mind wss frss V follow IL own
oourss, taking Ne sissls fscs of James
Connovsr for spoint Of departure and
thspOs running bssk~ard uatil BE- vas met
aGnin.
rsmsmbsr ~ nov. Yss. This ~
the man. who. 10 ysats bsfors. had cursed
and svors and rsviied me and threAtensd
eli manner Of violshcs; s6d bic only pro-
vocation hsd bsen thss ! had threatened
70 hsys him punished II he svst got drunk
again while on duty with ne. TO be surs.
he vas undefs The influence Of liquor a the
time; but not 20 isf gons that be knew
vsry we'll What he WAS doing: because. e.
tss reaching ~ fort. on our return. be
had msds BIZ b0Sst that hs had given The
pop (so hscalled mel stomach
full 10 carry Oh. and hs didht belisvs I
would dare u report him. But did rs-
port him. and Isavs his speech in full.
and tic result ms that the old major or.
aersa Z eours martial. out from the SEN
Iencs Of which the man came with 100
lashea. As rsR N
Ard thsrs W. another result; James
Oousevev never w guilty ofalike ofsnss
Again, b but. on the contrary he saw very
plainly that the service would very quick.
y 60 10 rack and ruin il such conduct as
be had besn gniIty Of could be permitted.
y sven lightly treated; and thenceforvard
~ became better man. aud soon reaped
'be bsnsft thereof. But he could not for.
yivs mo. Tkice he swore to me that he
vould carry that grudge against me while
Ie both lived; and he told me that 1t was
! deadly srudge. III never forget III he
aid, the last time, shall Garry them
marks on my back TO my grave. and-youl
hope you may die before ! do! Those
vers bis words, spoken while l was step
,ing q h0gd stesmerat St. Louis; and
lnss hat they plainly meant that he
scu)d hslp he 70 die il he ever got the
lunnU& M## Haf ta
And here ! ives with my old enemy for
n escortl From that far-gone time TO the
present I had never seen nor heard Of the
nan, aud he had long ago passed entirely
(om my mi0d. sConnover 10 common
'ame iu the army; Or. ct lesat. I had hap
|bned to hit quite . number Of enlisted
den Of that name; SO had not connected
be stout. dark Drowned. stocky sergeant
nth the fair.iAced. 1.-THE and youthful
older who had crossed my path 81 SHELL
ng "a i
4 hasty review OF tho whole thing
'rought me 10 rather an unpleasant under
tanding Of the present situation. That
,onnovsr ssill bore the grudge was very
vident; aud i was equally evident that he
aeapt to seltls the account between Us on
bis trip I could not think there 10 the
mt. II VA too narrow space. 7 had
risen. snd Wa upou the point Of passing
ut, with my pistol in my hand. when I
card stealtby footstep 1t ths entrance.
Without noise. spraug into front COR
or, ani there. 0rouched down upon my
sddle. wv Au es ifld
l bad scarcely eainssl the positiop wheu
10 AAp wss drawn asids aud man looked
]. Ahl just beyond the face Of the inter.
'per vas "a openjpg q the end Of The
'ouutAin. and ] caught bis profile against
patch Of clear sky. II was the hard,
ropsed facs Of james Connoverl s |,
Ehsd my pistol ready for instant use.
gpsctiDg every moment 70 see him leap
pon The spread blankets But be was
ssy moderate, lie put his hesd further
and seemed puzzled. II was Of course.
ssy dark in there. but yet he could prob
Ny see tbvt the bed did not look ~
rough there vss } man 10 il. Once
Used ny pistol. falI surs thss the man
q ster my life. and fearful tbat i ]
'rsw.s chance ssry he might get the bet.
r oI me; hnt ] did not fire. Something
'smpd TO Whisper 10 ny esr; You've hit
20 once, 10 sure you're 10 danger be-
- yos hit him sgsinl and lowered my
stol ga watched. Presently:
Msjori came from tho lips. carefully bat
rnsstly. Msjbr 1Msjor Cbchrine7
There Us so1ssHins " tBs tone Of thutl
'ics that gayS ne hslft' II wss 4 soft d
,plorins. pisysrfui tone. ~ one Who hss n
great favor 10 ask. / determined 10 sns
sr him: bus bs ssss hsps ~ pistol
sdy - hand \. AasAe sga'eA SsAis
Mid ysvs. - though juss lstsstlsd !
ON my sIsepl I'fssutnsd; ts~ ~ r
Ash! HslloI who's hsres II
Ehi Down besss It's me. major --Ssrst.
,nnovsr. vtsps3sisg rcupd bsek d IA
'ur tsnt snd thought I beard 70 talkingI
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