The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-01-22

IN A garrison was enllven-
TM ed by the advent of
@ Mrs. Page, and every
body focked to the Bel
knaps' quarters in order to do her proper
homage. When Perry called he asked
Parke to go with him, and when the lat
ter seemed ready to leave the former
disregarding a very palpable hint from
the lady of the house, picked up his for
age cap and went likewise. For two
days the one subject under constant dis
cussion at the post was the event of Miss
Maitland's sudden appearance, her peril
GUS run and her daring and skillful res
cue. Everybody maintained that Perry
ought to be very proud and happy fell
low to have been the hero of such an
occasion; but it was very plain that Perry
was neither proud nor anything like
happy. No one had ever known him so
silent and cast down The talk with
Lawrence had helped matters very little
In brief, this was about all the cap
tain could tell him, and it was all hear
say evidence at best The officers Of the
Eleventh and their ladies had, with
few exceptions. taken u dislike TO Dr.
Quin before Belknap and Lawrence with
their companies of infantry had been or
dered to Fort Rossiter The feeling was
in full blast when they arrived, and dur
ing the six or eight months they served
there together the infantry people heard
only one side of the story-that of the
Eleventh-for the doctor never conde-
scended to discuss the matter. After
he was forbidden to leave the post
by his commanding officer, and after
the announcement of the blockade" of
Dunraven, it was observed that signals
were sometimes made from the ranch at
nighta\a strong light thrown from a re-
Hector was flashed three times and then
withdrawn. Next it was noted, by an
enterprising member of the guard. that
these signals were answered by light
in the doctors windows, then that he
mounted his horse and rode away down
the valley of the Monee He was al
ways back at sick call; and, if any one
told the commanding officer of his DISC
bedience of orders, it was not done until
so near the departure of the Eleventh
CAAcbO VIC OOSCOI w do lIOG al UC4 CCU-
ually caught in the act. Things would
undoubtedly have been brought to a
crisis had the Eleventh been allowed to
remain.
Now as to the story about Mrs. Quin
and her going 1t was observed during
the winter that she was looking very
badly, and the story went the rounds in
the Eleventh that she was stung and suf-
fering because of her husbands conduct.
PROFESSIONALLY there was some fair en-
chantress at Dunraven who lured him
from his own treside. She had no init
mates among the ladies' She was proud
and silent. 1t did not seem to occur to
them that she was reSentfuI of their dis
like of her husband They were sure she
was 'pining" because of his neglect-or
worse When. therefore, without word
of warning, she suddenly took her de-
parture in the spring, there was gasp
Of gossip loving cronies in the garrison;
all doubts were at an end she had left
him and taken her children with her.
THE more think of it," said Law
renee. 1.-The more l believe the whole
thing capable of explanation. The only
thing that puzzles me now is that Quin
hides ANYTHING from your colonel. who