Telegram-herald., 1889-08-28


feuoN. proposed snd wzs refused
Then came young V4noamp. J-st graduated
from .-fae Polal, witn % end u c-ca-s
Ia oank % draw upon. auc a family th@s
wzs tas blue -bl0o6iest OF a. the b.1e blood
ed Fierce love be made to Mss MARY, AID
SHE Genera" backed him for a. size wAs
worth The young lady showed 10 alsI2e
% she lively. good -ooAing ana very
wealthy sub while sae stood somewhat
ia awe Of quiet, stern Frank Moore
one evening after dusk TIE Aalutsnt
walked up towards the C0lone.s house
When within SIX feet Of the porch 40
quickly came 10 a ''rghtaoout and made
h. uay baca % the once. Ten minutes
later lhe corporate of the guard appeared ~
tne door. VITA him, on a reeAug, blown
horse, was a ranchman There was
news 70 tell; the Reds were out, two fAni-
lies mad been butchered, their houses
burned aud their stock driven OF
Moore went again 70 the chiefs house
and entered, passing Mss Mary and Van
camp, theI chairs very close together Tho
veteran Commander Was quar4ntued BY
o.d wouAds troubling him afresh. Frank
made his report quickly and received brief
Instructions.
III you have no objections, sir" he said.
Il would like 70 go out with my troop, Of
fice work Is rather wearing, Md feel sort
of rusty"
"Certhinly, my boy, certainly. I'll know
things viii be done rightly then. II Will DO
you good, too, you do look q little seedy.
III 20 myself If ! could, but I'm only poor
old cripple now Give 'em Hail Columbia,
Moore But take care OF yourself, l can't
get such an Adjutant every day"
"ItL.nz the trip would do YOU good, Mr.
Moore -p1Kc up the General; "and IT'S
solder work. IA good riddance OF bad
rubbish" IS what she said, under her
breath.
Thank you, Colonel, I'll attend 70 AL de-
tails, and we'll start at once, aud he hgr-
ried out, pausing only TO say good bye, " 10
Miss Mary, to hold her hand moment IN
his. and 10 look into her eyes with deep,
steady gaze that made her blush and caused
her heart 20 beat wildly.
Then there were the calls, the orders, the
hasty issuing Of rations. Boots and sad
dies" sounded. and In less than thirty min
utes the troops were lost 10 sight.
Vancamp did not go; quarter Of an hour
before the news arrived he had proposed 10
Miss Mary and been accepted. he tod her
he would resign from the army, and pict-
pleasure Of the life they would lead
The General was delighted. the old
Colonel was not over-wel pleased and
growled a little; he wanted his girl to be a
soldiers wife, and he wanted Frank Moore
70 be the soldier husband. He did not know
that his favorite had tried and failed TO win
the prize.
Late in the evening, three days after,
came courier bearing the report of the
Captain commanding. They had one brush b
with and were now driving the foe.
All was well, except that Lieutenant
Moore, sent back with the courier, while
gauantly charging the reds had been Sc
riously wounded in the breast
Too bad too badr cried the Colonel.
'The best officer Of the lot. ought not TO
have let him go"
Where is Mr.. Moore--where did you
take himl" he asked the tired, dusty
trooper.
"The Lieutenant is at McCarthy's ranch,
twelve miles up South Fork. sir. He got TO
bleeding so and got so weak he couldn't sit
his horse. sir. | had 10 hold him on for ten
miles afore we got there. He seemed dead
set to hold out and git here with me, sir.