Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-10-06

may have been done while the Eleventh
were here-and, while I knew you woul,
not allow it at our forge, thought i
possible that it might be done in you
absence"
''It's the first time I've tesa out O
sight of the stables since we came to the
post, sir, and the captain gave me per
mission to ride down the valley thi
morning. May ask the lieutenant why
ne thinks some ranchman is getting hi!
shoeing done here at the post?'
"Pve been down there this morning
and met man coming up. He avoided
me, and rode over to the south side, ant
SO excited my curiosity; and as they
keep that whole place inclosed in a wire
fence, and he had evidently come out Of
the north gate, l was struck by the
sight of the hoof prints; they were per.
| fectly fresh there on the trail, and plain
as day. There's no mistaking the shoe,
you know. By the way, he rode up to
the fort, and probably entered at your
side of the garrison; did you see him.
'No, sir, and, except for breakfast
just after reveille-I have been at stables
all the morning. I was there when the
lieutenant got his horse"
Eyes, remember. Then no one rode
in from the valley?"
No civilian-no ranchman. sir. The
only horsemen I've seen were soma
Cheyenne scouts during the last two
hours, and DR.. Quin-just before sick
call"
CDR. Quin!-the post surgeon! Are
you sure, sergeant"
Certainly, sir. The doctor rode into
the post just about an hour after the lieu
tenant left-coming up the valley too.
He went right around to his own stable.
over towards the hospital"
A look of amaze and stupefaction was
settling On Perry's face. Now FOR the
first time he recalled Mrs. Lawrence 8
intimations with regard to the doctor
and his connection with the signal lights.
Now for the first time it occurred to him
that the secret of those cavalry hoof
prints at the gate was that no raEchman,
but an officer of the garrison, had been
the means of leaving them there. Now
for the first time it flashed upon him that
the Englishmar's establishment and con-
Germ on hearing of those hoof tracks in
Dictated that the story of mystery at
Dunraven in which the doctor was con-
nected amounted to something more
than garrison rumor. Now for the first
time an explanation occurred to him OF
the singular conduct of the horseman
who had lodged him by crossing the
MOnee. Never in his young life had he
known the hour when he was ashamed
or afraid to look any man in the eye. 1t
stung him to think that here at Rossiter,
wearing the uniform OF an honorable
protection, enjoying the trust and con-
fidence of all his fellows, was a man
who had some secret enterprise of which
he dared not speak and of whose discov-
cry he stood in dread. There could be
little doubt that the elusive stranger was
DIR. Quin, and that there was grave rea-
son for the rumors of which Mrs. Law
renee had vaguely told him.
For a moment he sat, dazed and irreso-
lutte, Nolan impatiently paving the turf
the while; then, far across the prairie
and down the valley there came floating,
quick and spirited, though faint with
distance, the notes of the cavalry trum-
pet sounding fright, front into line"
He looked up, startled.
They're out at battalion drill, sir"
said the sergeant. They marched out
Just as | left the stables"
'Just my Internal luck again." gasped
Perry, as he struck spur to Nolan and
sent him tearing up the slope; 81 might
have known Id miss it,"