Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-11-21

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.he doctor had not returned, neither had
ne mentioned his desire to ride away,
although he had been with the colonel
well nigh an hour before parade. True.
ne had sent the doctor word to go and
JON Lieut.. Perry at the gate OF Dun
raven, and that would account for his
detention; but he knew that the surgeon
was several miles away from his post and
MS patients at the moment that message
was sent.
Meantime, Perry, too, was having a
communion with himself, and finding it
all yexation of spirit. All the way
home the memory of that sweet English
face was uppermost in his thoughts. He
had been startled at the sight of a young
and fair woman at D%unraven; he had
felt a sense of inexplicable rejoicing
when h said to him, II am Miss Matt
land;' it would have Jared him to know
that she was wife; he was happy, kneel.
ing by the side of the beautiful girl he
had never seen before that evening, and
delighted that he could be of service to
her. All this was retrospect worth in
dulging; but then arose the black shadow
on his vision. How came DIR. Quin
striding in there as though ''native and
to the manner bOrng'-how came lie to
call her Gladys Perry had been
bordering over this matter for full half
an hour on the homeward ride before he
bethought him of Mrs. L~awrence's re-
marks about the signal lights. One
thing led to another in his recollection of
her talk. The doctor answered the sig
nails, no one else; the doctor and no one
else was received at Dunraven; the doc
tor had declined to answer any questions
about the people at the ranch, had been
silent and mysterious, yet frequent in
his visits. And then, more than all,
what was that Mrs. Lawrence said or in
timated that Mrs. Quin, ''such a lovely
woman, too had taken her children and
left him early that spring, and all ON ac-
count of somebody or something con-
neeted with Dunraven Ranchs Good
heavensl 1t could not be Gladys"
And yet
Instead of taking a bath and going to
bed, Mr.. Perry poked his head into
Parke's bachelor chamber as he reached
the little cottage they shared in
No Gladys disturbed the juniors dreams,
apparently, for he was breathing regu-
sleeping the sleep of the just; and
SO, finding no one to talk to and being in
no mood to 20 to bed at an hour so COM
paratiyely early when he had so much to
think about, Perry filed a pipe and
himself in a big chair by the
seat, intending to think it all
again. He was beginning to hate
hat doctor; he would have chafed at the
dea of any bachelors being before him
an acquaintance with Gladys Maitland,
nut a married man knowing her so well
Is to make his wife Jealous and himself
Indifferent to that fact-knowing her so
veil as to drive ''such a lovely woman,
co. into taking her children and quit
ing the marital roof-that was too much
Il a bad thing, and Perry was sore dis
,omtited. He gotup, inpatient and rest
ess, passed out to the little piazza in
ront of his quarters, and began pacing
p and down, the glow from his corncob
ipe making a fiery trail in the darkness.
lie would have been glad to 60 back to
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ut there was one thing connected with
is visit to Dunraven that he could not
ear to speak of, especially as those
-ords of Mrs. Lawrence required again
nd again to his memory. He had not
lid one word-he did not want to tell
f Gladys Maitland.
And so it happened that Perry, too,
as awake and astir when the footsteps
the cavalry sergeant were heard on
way to Capt. STRIKERS quarters.
istening, he noted that the soldier had
at the colonels, held a brief con-
with that officer, and then
rned back across the parade. Instant
divining that news had come of Sergt.
wynne, Perry seized his forage cap and
lrried in pursuit. He overlook the
just beyond the guard house and
emit with him eagerly to the stables. A
oment more. and he was bending over
soldiers bedside in a little room adjoin-
g the forage shed and by the light of a
N stable lantern looking down into the
uised and battered features of the non
mmissioned officer. whom he had Dro-