Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-01-20

con two men were smoking final cigar TO-
t out 2 gether.
1NyerA ooh, he's not bad lot by any
i'ons means, - was the reply. ''Good deal of
- e a boy, you know. Has no experience of
ih'es life. Doesn t know anything in tact ex-
pom eept what professional knowledge he
= ! picked up at the Point. You can't ex-
IA "nl pect anything else of an infantry sub
az altern whose army life has been spent
est,n out in this God-forsaken country
onside ''why do you always run down this
e depa country, doctor2 It's a glorious coun-
~ try, magnificent country. / declare
wing, hats the CHATTER and racket and rush of
ring Chicago more and more every time GO
al"f back TO it -
max That's all very well. You are
married and can come and go as you
GOO please. If you were a man of family
am and compelled as I am to bring up a.
= daughter in these barbaric wids, or even
VII 20 live here at all man of my tastes
= ~ and antecedents, you d curse the fates
: - y HAT landed you IN the army. Still,
= ~ would not mind it so much il it we're not
\ for Nellie. 1t is calling TO me to think
Of Her having to spend SO much of her fair
youhg life ia these garrison associations.
WHIP is there here, except possibly Miss
FORREST, who by birth, education and So
cial position, is fit to be an intimate or
!. friehd? What opportunities has girl of
hey, pardon my egotism, parentage IN
sn9b mill as this?'
~ Holmes almost choked over his cigar.
Ds I1& bent impulsvely forward as though to
a speak, but gulped back his words, shook
his head and began putting vigorously
- once more. he felt that the time had
up not yet come. He knew that with her he
u was making no progress whatever. She
- had been cordial. sweet, kind, as befitted
her fathers daughter to her fathers
; guest; but this day, as though her wo-
nm s wit were fathoming the secret of
80 his heart, a suspicion of reserve and dis
Az tance had been creeping into her manner
ooo and deepening towards night. Then he
80, recalled Miss Forrest trenchant words;
80. he remembered the white face that came
back from the peep into the empty hall.
Was Mclean the man "neaPer her own
os years; who had already found a lodg-
i'tei inent In her heart? He had come back
IT. full Of admiration for the young soldier,
~ whC epluck and ambition had prompted
aim to beg for service on probably dan
~ gerous expedition, pursuit of the band
~ ~. that had wounded his comrade and killed |
10y two of his men. He wanted to know |
-. more of him.
pen. speaking of young Mclean, who is
2? The name is ore of the best. =
49,, ,-,s,' Oh, he s only distantly related to the
.asnry to-dp line I+ancy, The country is full
fa, a,..oi, DuET# few belodg to the |
~ F,nJ MS OH afse Isuppyse they all |
Inc HlgniaIlQ tall, out even |
80 49, the line of demarcation between |
of .be ain and gillie of the same name was |
as the border itself. II the young |
orhad money or influence ne ID come |
I'll enough provided he could travel /
w, or so. He needs polish, savoir |
and he can 't travel because he's /
Htbt and hasn't a penny in the |
llon. -
.,r,nlolerow in debt. One would suppose a
:, IISIatos,l;g fellow of his appearance could live
II pay, unless he drank or gambled. |
= = - y aue Ter fancied he WASH Il given TO that |
pI thing. -
,anitsp+ia Dh it isn I that; he steady enough.
tr;she, rouble with Mclean is some COM
- I,oa,,ary stores that were made away with
a oooait-ad is sergeant when he was acting
~ C,biea ubffw winter. He could hardly help
= ,,eyy cayitdt tDose; the sergeant was an expert
,,,d tbaA thu hid his stealings completely and
..9ro for Any - very pretty penny selling bacon
n,,1 bo Viur and sugar and coffee TO these
nc Ioet o,,- I'LL outfits going up the last year
When the regimental quarter
= ,,,p,c. WI got back and the stores were
ut over TO him the sergeant promptly
"1s'' re /, and Mclean was found short
\ Jan $500 worth. They had a board of
: loiai 10y last winter and the orders in the
he mouse sue ere only finally issued a few weeks
DC II eLIdureCst as he got back from leave. He's
lte Oh - make it all up out of his pay-he
lters OF ,.bthing else. -
ty, subTIels5 p 0''' 'iA INV o'Ais
owners OF 5es-perhaps, but it's business. He
coul'sl""t have such confidence in human ma
as bet"ee again. IL that sergeant were back
me s9sgsV9l I -cddId account for the disappear
All ce of your portnonnai by a surer hy-
pothesis than that you lost it or dropped
it. Are you sure you dropped it?''
''Well, no, / can Z be sure, - said
Holmes, knocking the ashes of his cigar,
''but it could have so happened very
easily. was talking earnestly all the
a. way home from the store where we
osS stopped coming back from Stables, you
p remember, and l m getting absent
minded at times. Besides, how else
could 1t have gone, supposmg it to have
n been in the pocket of the overcoat when
1 hung it in the hall just before dressing
- for dinner2 You have had Robert !
years. 50
r ''He has been with me over seven
years, and came TO me with high char
y acter from the oldest First artillery men. {
i have never heard of his being even sus-
peoted of dishonesty
Gle is the only man who has been IN !
5 the hall tonight. No one could have
come in from the front while we were at
a dinner
- NO one without our knowledge. The :
,se door has queer sort of latch or lock.
IS, Sometimes in high winds il would let go
IL hnd blow open, but some servant who s
rsC had lived here before we came put i
act Robert up 10 a way of catching it that /
int proved very effective. No; nobody was
1 or in the hail except Mclean, and of course T
stain that is out of the question. Besides, he /
5 to had not time. He was only there half a
id wninute or so. /
f LAND Mr.. Holmes bowed without speaking J
canal ie remembered perfectly, however, that q
under was nearer FIVE minutes that MIR. Nc 4
entitleean had to wait there while the doctor Q