Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1889-11-16

under arrest and the trial was to BRO
coed. don't know how it turned out.
lie was not court martialed, but permit
ted TO return to England. Il was said he
told very different story; that he had
begged the brigade major who detailed
the escort TO let him have half dozen
Of his own Lancers instead of the pack
of irregulars they gave him; he did not
trust them, and feared they would aban-
don him as they had the prince; but the
staff officer said the order couldn't be
changed-these men knew the country
and all that sort Of thing, you know; and
there was one fellow in the Lancers who
stuck To it that he believed Maitland had
tried his best to get through alone. But
twas all useless: somebody had to he
held responsible, and the failure was all
hcaped on him..
Meantime, there had been fury at
home; old Maitland had written casting
him of, repudiating him for
oil l know-and the next thing there
came n messenger from the captain of
his ship at Southampton. They brought
his watch, his ring, his sword and port
manteaus, and letter which was writ
ten ON receipt Of that his father sent
him--a long letter, that the old man
never read TO any living soul, but broods
over TO this day. The young fellow bade
them all good-by; he would not live to
disgrace them further, II that was what
was thought Of him at home, and leaped
overheard from the steamer the night
after she weighed anchor-no one aboard
could tell just when, but he was writing
In his state room as she cleared the har-
Dor. and the steward saw him undress.
ing at 8 o'clock. In the morning every
thing about his belongings was found in
perfect order-his letter to the captain
Of the ship, the portmanteaus, watch,
ring, clothing, ETC., just as he described
in that letter-and he was no more seen.
1t was the conviction of all that he must
have leaped overheard in the darkness
when far out ut sea.
Then Mrs. Maitland bowed her head
and never lifted it again. Then, all
alone, and fercely rejecting anything
like sympathy, old Maitland took to
trurel--came here to America, wandered
around the world, stunning men as he
would these prairie wolves; and when
he had TO go to England he would see no
one but the attorneys and solicitors with
whom he had business. Here at Dun
raven he is more content than anywhere,
because ho is farther from the world.
Here Gladys Is queen: twas she who
named 1t, two years ago. for her mother
was q connection of the earls. But
Maitland even hero hates to have his
name mentioned; and that is why say
he refers all business to me and keeps
himself out Of everything. Do you see
what weight he carries!"
Mr.. Even had grown red with the in
tensity and rapidity Of his talk. He re-
moved his hat and mopped his face and
brow with big silk handkerchief, and
then glanced again at Perry, who had
listened with absorbed interest and who
was now silently thinking it over, look
ing curiously at Even the while.
'Iiave ] bored you half to death?"
asked the Englishman, somewhat rue
fully 81 never told that story before,
but it has been smoldering for years"
"Bored? No! Incver was more inter-
ested in my life. Twas thinking what a
| different sort of fellow you were from
the man met out yonder tho other day.
Did they never do anything TO clear the
matter up? In our country it never
would have been allowed to rest there"
at was too far gone; and when
the boy killed himself the thing was
used by all the government papers
you'd call them administration organs
! as q confession of judgment. When
the Lanccrs came home there was some
! talk, but 1t was soon hushcd. Maitland
had shut up the old place by that time
| and gone no one knew where, but read
it in one of the London papers-Truth,
| think--a story that two of the irregulars
| had quarreled with their fellows and
after the war was over told tale that
made a sensation in Cape Colony. They
said that the young officer was ma
ligned man; that up to midnight he had
| pushed on, but every scout and patrol
they met warned them that thousands
Of Zulus were ahead, and that it was
madness to try. The aen began whis.
! pering among themselves, and begged
/ the sergeant TO attempt TO dissuade the
| Lancer officer; and he did, and they all
! began to talk, but he refused to listen.
AT last they halted at a little stream
and fatty refused to go step further.
! He ordered, begged and implored He
! promised heavy reward to any one of
| their number who would come and show
! him the way. Then they heard the night
| cries or signals Of some war parties across
the fields, and the sergeant and most of
the men put spurs to their horses; the
others followed, and they rode back five
miles until they were within our patrolled
lines; then they bivouacked, supposing,
! of course, the Lancer had followed them.
But he hadn't: he never joined them all
next day, and likely as not lie had done
his best to get through that strange
country by night alone, and had tried to
carry his dispatches to the detachment.
They knew they must tell straight
story or be severely punished, They
were twelve against one when it came to
evidence, as the sergeant pointed out,
and so they agreed on the one that sent
him to Coventry,
'Some of the Lancer officers got hold
of this and swore they believed it true;
but meantime the government had had
the devils own time in tding his lord
ship the general over the numerous
blunders he had made in the campaign,
and the Lancers were summarily or
dered off elsewhere. There was no one
left to take up poor Archie's cause at
home, and the thing died out"
"By the Lord Harry, Mr.. Even, it
wouldn't die out here! We Yankees
would resurrect such thing if it were
old as a mummy"
Sometimes think old Maitland
would be glad of the chance to do it,
even broken as he is; sometimes, Mrs.
CoMan SAYS he walks the floor all nirht