Telegram-herald., 1890-02-15


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saelt -4 eager sssl.-s s..l-a Nrs be.An4P
sal. csns..s yol dare ssy. ana a.
r-grly -saF.ng tas roo1
Pe3E Nd. T. dire distress AIS per-
p.eAry be- Va 81 tuvea oack O. kossiler
-aI tlal very evening hs as 3 most sea-
si.ls anl fortunate thug. bs Ill1 Ars
spsagls al about Dc. all instead " con
dolins with aiu ana bidding him strive
% be patient and saving thai al would
come night ia time. ths l..tle womaa's
kind eyes shone with delight heT cheeAs
flushed with genuine pleasure. she fairly
sprang from her chair, and danced up
AMI down and elapped her hands and
laughed with giee, and then, when Perry
ruefuly asked her if that was tie sym
pathy hs bad a right 70 expect from her,
she only laughed ths more, and al last
broke forth With.
"Oh. you great stupid. silly boyi You
ought 70 be wild with happiness. Can't
you See she's jeaiousT'
And the very next day she had long
talk with DR.. Quin, whose visits 20 Dun
raven still continued. and one bright
afternoon when Gladys Maitland rode up
10 the fort 70 return calls, she managed
to have quite a chat with her, despite the
fact thar Mrs. Belknap showed a strong
desire 10 accompany that fair English
girl in al three Of her visits. In this
effort, too. the diplomatic services Of
Capt. Stryker proved rather too much
for the beauty Of the garrison. Was it
possible that Mrs Sprague had enlisted
him also in the good causel Certain it
is that the dark featured captain was
Miss Maitland's escort as she left the
garrison. and that it was with the con
sciousness of impending defeat that Mrs.
Belknap gave utterance 10 the opening
sentence of this chapter; Mr.. Perry had
distinctly avoided her ever since his re-
turn.
One lovely evening late in May Mr
Perry was taking his first ride on the
new horse. a splendid bay and perfect
match for Gladys Maitland's favorite
mount. Already had this circumstance
excited smiling comment in the garrison;
but If the young man himself had noted
the close resemblance 1t conveyed no
blissful augury. Everybody remarked
that he had lost much of his old buoy
ancy and life, and it must be confessed
he was not looking either blithe or well.
Parke had suggested riding with him
an invitation which Perry treated SO
coldly that the junior stopped to think
moment. and began 10 see through the
situation; and so Mr. Perry was suffered
to set forth alone that evening, and no
one was surprised when, after going out
Of the west gate as though bent on rid
ing up the Monee. he was presently seen
10 have made the circuit of the post and
was slowly cantering down towards the
lower valley Out on the eastern prairie
another hOrseman could be seen. and
presently the two came together. Col
Brainard took down his binocular and
gazed out atter them.
Il declare" said he. 'those two fig
ures are so much alike | cannot tell
which of them is Perry"
Then the other is Sergt. Gwynne. col
onel, said Stryker, quietly. Put him
in our uniform, and it would indeed he
hard to tell the two figures apart Mr.,
Maitland told me last week that that was
what so startled and struck him the first
time he saw Perry"
"How Is Mr.. Maitland now. do you
know"
He gets no better After the first
week of joy and Thanksgiving over his
boys restoration TO him, the malady
seemed 70 reassert itself Dunraven will
have a new master by winter, fancy"
The colonel was silent a moment. Then
he suddenly asked:
"By the way, how was it tnat Gwynne
wasn't drowned? l never understood
that
lie never meant to be-" said Stryker.
lie tod Perry all about it. He was
ruined, hethought, in his profession and in
hisown country, and he knew his fathers
inexorable pride; SO he simply decided TO
put an end TO Archie Maitland and start
q new life for himself lie wrote his
letters and arranged his property with
that view, and he called the steward TO
enable him 10 swear he was in his state
room after the steamer weighed anchor
Then in q iilTy be was over the side in
the darkness; it was food tide and be was
an expert swimmer; he reached a coast
ing vessel lying near; he had money,
bought his passage TO France, after
few days ut Cape Town, and then came
TO America and enlisted lie got q con-
fession out of one Of their irreglilars who
WAS with him, Perry says. and that was
one Of the papers he was guarding 50
jealously. lie had given others TO Perry
that very night"
They seemed 10 take TO each other
Ike brothers from the start, said the
colonel, with a quiet smile.
AUST about" answered Capt. Stryker
Meantime, Perry and sergt Gwynne
have been riding slowly down the valley
Night has come upon Dunraven by the
hour they reach the northern gato-no
longer closed against them-snd a. they
near the house Perry slowly dismounts
"II take tho horses 70 the stable myself;
want to. saws his trooper friend. and
f0r the second time the Young officer
stands upon the veranda at the doorway,
then holds h.s band as he hears again the
soft melody of tie piano floating out
upon tha still night air Sl0wly and not
without pain he walks around TO the east
front. striving 70 move with noiseless
steps SO last he s,auds by the open