The Red Cloud chief., 1889-10-04

II An MRS. OLONEL MARTINEZ"
| p~rieties, bundled herself up to accompany
her, and they were all ready when the am
bulance drove up, the grizzled old Sergeant
| Major himself in command Of the escort.
They were soon at McCarthy's.
Il am Mrs. Colonel Martinez" said the
General, loftily; "you have one Of our OH
GERS here, wounded. I wish to see him."
as he alivel Is he alive" gasped Mary,
and Mrs. Mccarthy looked closely at her.
"Oh! he's aloive, an l do think he's beth
erin some. I wudn'ta give two chips fur
his loife whin they::bruDg him here. But
I'm q good nurse, tho I seq ct ez shudn't,
an q bit o. a docther, beside. AMI got him
aisy loike, n tn bleedin' sthopped on
him, an he's his sinsis Until his head now,
too"
''Can we see himl"
"Sare, wan o. ye moight eff yen not excite
him ony, an cheer him up q bit. fur he
don't seem + thry an help himself tn Taste
in the wourld."
A motion toward the door made Mary
dart through it before the General had time
to rise from her seat. Mrs. Mccarthy
placed her bulky self in front Of the door,
and with:
"Only wan, min. Icudn't DO answhera-
BILE fur tn gontilmen's loife eft / left two
weemin In to wanst T. be ~disthracting him
wid talk"
The General sat down again speeches.
with q and indignation.
Mary entered q large room, on the bed she
saw outlines of q figure; the single candle
gave but little light. She drew near the
m~otionless body, very white and pinched
the face looked, surrounded by the heavy
beard and thick, black curls Of hair. The
eyes were closed. Que hand was lying out
side the coverings; she took it between her
own trembling palms and raised it to her
lips.
The man looked up as though he could not
believe his senses.
"Mary! Maryi Can this be youl Have
you really come to me, or am I dreaming
again" he whispered.
at is Mary. / have com to you, Mr..
Moore-Frank! Icame because I could not
help it. felt that l must come to you. and
now I fear that I have done very wrong"
"You could never do wrong, Mary" his
low tones said. 'sNever. in my eyes or
thought. Your kind heart brought you
here to comfort me while I died. But what
did Vancamp sayl Is he with you!"
"You are not going to die, Frank, and Mr..
Vancamp knows nothing Of my coming"
"But you have accepted hint saw it at
the porch the night VIC left lieu you had
taken him. turned away at once, but not
before l saw him kiss your hand, and you
permitted him."
eyes, that Is true" said Mary, and the
gloom hid her bushes. ~ did accept him
l didn't know then. Oh! that's all impossi-
BILE, impossible now. It can never, never
be-"
'.Mary. tell me what you meanw
Il mean," she replied, in desperation,
that no power on earth, no amount Of fort
une, could make me marry Mr.. Vancamp.
I did not know, Frank, until I got your
note, until l heard that you were wounded,
dying; l did not know, until then, that such
q marriage could never be-"
"Why, Mary? Come close to me and tell
me why"
because, Frank, because-oh! you must
know why" and she hid her face ON the
pillow beside his own.
Frank Moore got well.
Vancamp resigned ard got out.
The "General'' got Mysteries and no sym
patty.
The noble old Colonel got the son-in-law
he wanted. ALEX DUKE BAILIE.