The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1890-02-01

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,
disrcgarding 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 n very proud and happy fcl-
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. Tho 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. Tho officers of tho
Eleventh and their ladies had, with q
few exceptions, taken dislike to DR..
Quin before Belknap and Lawrence with
their companies of infantry had been Or
dcrcd to Fort Rossiter Tho 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 ono side of the story-that of the
Eleventh-for tho doctor never condo
scended to discuss the matter. After
he was forbidden to leave tho post
by his commanding officer, and after
the announcement Of tho "blockade" of
DuDraven, 1t was observed that signals
were sometimes made from the ranch ut
night: strong light thrown from re-
flector was flashed three times and then
withdrawn. Next it was noted, by an
enterprising member of the guard, that
these signals wero answered by light
i'll tho doctors windows, then that lie
mounted his horse and rode away down
the valley Of the lIonec. Ho was al
ways back ut 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
that the doctor was not afterwards act
ually caught in tho 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
tho 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,
Unqucstionably there was some fair On
chantress at Dunraven who lured hin:
from his own fireside. She had no init.
mates among the ladies. She was proud
and silent It did not seem to occur te
them that she was resentful of their dig
like of her husband. They were sure sba
was ''pining" because of his neglect-o1
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.
"Thc moreI think of it," said Law
renee, "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
is one of the most courteous and consid-
crate men l ever served with. Perhaps
he has told him by this time; VIC don't
know. Perhaps he thought he might be
Of the same stamp as his predecessor,
and was waiting to find out before he
made his condolences. AS to Mrs. Quin's.
going away when she did, it may have
been simply that her health was suffer-
ing, she needed change, and went with
his full advice and by his wish, and he
simply feels too much contempt for gar
rison gossip to explain. Very probably
he knows nothing of the stories and the
ories i'll circulation: Pm sure did not
until n very few weeks ago. You know,
Perry, there are some men in garrison
who hear and know everything, and
others who never hear word of scan
dal."
But Perry was low in his rlind. He
could not forget Quin's sudden appear
ance: his calling her Gladys; and then he
hated the thought that it was Quin who
saw him having that confounded tender
interview with Mrs. Bclknap. Was there
ever such Il streak of ill luck as that?
No doubt the fellow had told her about
ii. Parry lett Lawr"u.,s That might
We l,il. ."nfnrl.,l, and only one
.ic;.m ot hope did ln, rcc"iN. iu ,he TWO
DAYS that followed Mrs. Sprague joy
fully beckoncd him on Wednesday after
noon to read him little note that had
just come from Miss Maitland. Her
father had been very ill, she wrote; his
condition was still critical; but she sent
a world of thanks to her kind entertain
sat Rossiter, and these words: Il was
sorry not to be able to see Mr. Perry
again. Do not let him think have for
gotten, or will be likely to forget, the
service he-and Nolan-did me-
Of DR.. Quin he saw very little. With