Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-03-23

kind Out ON Prairie avenue all wa
wiutry dcsOlati0n, except when twice
each day the cavalry officers went plod
ding by on their way TO and from tho
stables, muflcd mp I'm their fur caps anC
coats, and hardly distiuguiShablc from
so many bears, much less from one AN
other.
And yet Mr. Hayne smiled not unhap
p.ly as me glanced from his eastern win
dow at this group of burly warriors Tn,
AFTERNOON succeeding his dinner at tn,
c0,oncrS. He had been busy all day long
Impacking books. book shelves, som,
/ low pictures which he loved, and his
simple. Soldierly outfit of household
goods, and getting them into shape. His
sole assistant waSa Chinese servant, who
worked rapidly and well, and who seem
+ cd in mo- wise diSmayed by the blea6ness
|of their surroundings. If anything, he
was disposed to grin and indulge in high
pitched commentaries I'M 'pidgln Eng
/ fish" upon the unaccuStomcd amount
of room. His master had been restricted
/ Oh two rooms and kitchen during the
/ TWO years he had served him. Now they
| had a house to themselves, and more
rooms than they knew what TO do with.
I The QuartermaSter had sent "a detail of
|mcu tO put mp the stoves and move out
I the rubbish left by the tailOrS; sam
+ had worked vigorously with soft soap,
/ hot water and a big mop i'm Sprucmg mp
I the rooms: the adjutant had sent "a little
note during the morning, saying that
4 tine colonel would Doe glad 20 order him
|auy men he needed Co put the quarters
7 m proper shape. and that Capt. Rayncr
/ had EXPRESSED his readiness 90 send a
detail from the company To unload and
muack his boxes. etc. 10 which Mr..
Havuc replied I'm person that hc thanked
tine commanding officer for his thought
fu'ucsS. but that he had but very little
t0 upack. and needed no assistance bee
v0nd that already afforded by the quar-
termaster's men. Mr.. Billings could
NOT help noting that he made no allu-
sion 90 that part of the letter which
spoke of Capt Rayner'S offer. 1t in-
creased his respect for Mr.. Hayne $ per-
ccptivc powers.
While every officer of the infantry
battalion was ready 90 admit that Mr..
Havne had rendered valuable service 10
tine men of the cavalry regiment. they
we're not SD unanimous i'm their opinion
as to how 10 should Doe acknowledged and
reoutcd by it's officers. No one was pre-
pared for the announcement that the
colonel had asked him 90 dim
Nor. and that Blake and Billings were 90
meet him. Some few of their number
Thought 10 going too far. but NO one
guitc conceded with the vehement dec
llrati0u of Mrs. Bayner that IL was am
outrage and am affrout aimed at the reg
irncnt I'm general and at Capt. Rayncr i'm
particular. She was am energetic Wo-
man when aroused. and there was no
doubt of her being very much
aroused as She sped from house To- house
to ~ee what tine other ladies' thought of
|it. Rayncr's wealth and Mrs. Rayner'S
qualities had made her am undoubted
though not always popular leader i'm all
social matters iu the RilerS. She was
au authority. SD Co speak. and one who
knew it Already there had been some
points ou which she had differed with
thc r0lonel'> wife. and 70 was plain To all
that 10 was difficult thing for her 10
come down from being the authority
Cine leader of the social element of gar
riS0n-and from the position of second
or third Importance which She had been
accorded when first assigned TO the sta
ton.
There were many. indeed, who ASSERT
cd that TO was because she found hcrnew
position uubearable that me- decided ON
her long visit 90 the east and departed
thithcr before the Riilcr> had been at
Warrcncr month. The colonelS wife
had greeted herand her lovely sister with
charming graceon their arrival two days
previous 10 the stirring event of the dim
ner. and every one was looking forward
to a probable series of pleasant enter
taiuments by the two households. even
while wondering how long the entente
cordiale would laSt-whcn the Colonel :
invitation to Mr.. Haync brought ON an
Immediate crisis. 10 is safe to say that
Mrs. Ravuer was madden than the Cap
tain. her husband, who hardly knew
how to take it. He was by no
means the best liked officer I'M ms
regiment. nor the deepest ana
best informed, but he had "a native
shrcwdness which helped him. He noted
oven before his wife would speak of 1t TO
him the gradual dying ont of the bitter
feeling that had once existed 40 liayne'S
expense. He felt, though 10 hurt him
seriously To- make inquiries, that the
man whom De had practically crushed
and ruined in the long ago was slowly
but surely gaining strength. even where
he would not make friends.
Worse than an he was beginning to
doubt the evidence of his own senses as
the years reccded, and unknown TO amy
soul ON earth. even his wife. there was
growing mp deep down i'm his heart a
gnawing. inSidiouS, evcr-festcring fear
chat after all. he might have been mis-
taken. And Yet ON the sacred oath OF "a
soldier and gentlemen, against the
most searching crOSS-eNaminatlon, again
and again had me- most confidently and
noSitivclv declared that he had both
Seen and heard the fatal interview ON
which the whole ease hinged. And as
to tine exact language employed. he
alone of those within carShOt had lived
d, testify for or against the accused; OF
rhe five soldiers who stood i'm that now
celebrated group. three We're shot TO
death Within the hour. He was grow
ing nervous. irritable, haggard; ne was
getting % hate the mere mention of the
ease. The promotion of Hayne
to his own company thrilled
him with am almost super
stitious dismay. We're his words coming
truce Was it the Judgment of an Of
Tended God that his hideouS pride, OBJ
stinacv and old time hatred of this oiii-
Ger were now TO Doe revenged by daily,
hourly contact with the victim Of his