The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1890-11-20

10 be given to the press and the public,
but how about the kilograms and letters
Mr.. Withers had 90 proudly come 10
show herr How about the talegrams
and letters she herself had recsivedl
What impression could she derive from
them but that he was the hero Of the
whole affair, and that he wae lying pain
fully wounded when ho wrotsf The
gASh through the beautiful white arm
turned out to be q mere scratch upon the
skin, that . pin might have made. II
was Greene's command from Fort 0fA-
ham that had rescued Lane, and Lane
with his men who had rescued the cap
tives, and then fought % hard, % de-
perately, against such fearful odds, and
sustained their greatest losses while her
hero-hsr Gordon-With nearly fifty
men, was held only Q mile away BY half
. dozen ragamuhans IN the rcelIs. She
had almost adored him, believing him
godlike In courage and mAgnanimity;
but now on every dde the real facts
were coming 10 light, and she even
wrung them from his reluctant bps
And yet-and yet-he was her husband,
and Ghs loved him.
Again and again did she question Mr..
Falconer, the eminent counsel, - 10 the
possibilities. This gentleman lad fought
all through the war Of the rebellion, and
had won high commendation for bra
very. he had taken the case because he
believed, on WitherS Statement that
Noel was 0 wTonged and injured man,
and because, possibly, Q fes Of phencme-
nal proportion could be looked for. He
met among the old captains Of the
Eleventh men whom he had known in
Virginia in the war days, and learned
from them what Noel's real reputation
was, and, beyond peradventure, how he
had Shirked and played thecowaEd in the
last campaign; 20 that he, who had
Known Mabel Vincent from her baby
hood and loved her old father, now
Shrank from the sorrow Of having 10 tell
her the truth. Yet Ghe demanded II, and
he had to say that her husbands tate
hinged on the evidence that might be
given by Capt. Lane and Nr. Mason.
That very night these two oflcers ar
rived, together with three members Of
the court. The following day ct 10
o'clock the court was to begin itS sssEion,
and four Of its members were still to
come. That night Mr.. Falconer and
Noel were closeted with several men
In succession, seeking evidence for thed de-
fense. That night there came dispatch
from Withers saying h0 had done his
best In Washington, but that Il seemed
Ii. St,.k A.. ,,-,,-s G.,,k ,-,.y,1a l.
terfere and accept Noels resignation from
the service.
Noel showed this to Mabel and sank
upon the sofa with . groan Of despair.
"Oh, my darlingl" she whispered,
lmeeling by his side and throwing her
arms about his neck, "don't give wayi
There must be hope yeti They cannot
prove such cruel chargosl There must
be way Of averting this trouble"
''Thsre is one, )" said he, starting up.
There 10 one, II you VIII only do IL TO
save me-"
"what would not do to save you,
Gordon she asked, though her face was
paling now with awful dread Of what
the demand might be.
mabel, my wife, IL Il to see-him at
once. There is nothing that he viii not
do for you. know it-for know what
ho has done See him. You know what
10 say. Icannot prompt you. But get
him 70 tell - little a. ho possibly can in
regard to this case"
hGordoni" she cried, ''you AK me to
do this after the great wrong I did
himY
There b no other way was the
gullen answer. And he turned moodily
from her dde, leaving her stunned.
peechless.