Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-03-30

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same"
Tell him what?" said she, turning
about in sudden interest.
"About the lieutenant's pulling him
out of the fire and saving your money"
Indeed yesl The blessing of all the
saints be upon his beautiful head,
and
But who was it? What was his
name. | say?" yehemently interrupted
Clancy. half raising himself upon his
elbow. and grooming with the effort.
what was his name? | didn't see
him."
Lieut.. Hayne, man"
"Oh. my Cod" gaSped Clancy, and
fell back as though struck sudden
blow.
She sprang to his side. Its faint he
/ is. Don't answer his questions SER
geant! He's beside himself. Oh, will We
never stop talking to him and lave him
i'm pace? Go away, all of ye'S-go away,
| say. or veil dhrive him crazy wild
YER BE quiet Mike don't We Spake
agin." And she laid broad, red hand
upon his face He only groaned again
and threw his one unbandaged arm
across his darkened eyes, as though TO
hide from the sight of all.
From that time on she made no men
ton of the name that 81 strangely eX-
cited her stricken husband, but the
watchers in the hospital the next night
declared that in his rawlings Clancy kept
calling for Lieut.. Hayne.
STANDARDS battalion Of the cavalry
came marching into the post two days
after the fire. and created diversion in
the garrison talk. which for one long day
had been all of that dramatic incident
and its attendant circumstances. In
social circles. among the officers and
ladies, the main talk was the conduct
of Mr.. Haync and the injuries he had
sustained as q consequence of his gal
liant rescue Among the enlisted men
and the deniZcnS of SudSville the
talk was principally Of the rcyc-
lation of Mrs. ClancyS hoard of
grccnbackS. But in both circles Il
singular story was just beginning to
creep around, and it was TO the effect
that Clancy had cried aloud and tainted
dead away, and that Mrs. Clancy had
gone into Mysteries when they were told
that Lieut. llaync was the man to
whom the one owed his life and the 9TH
er her money. Some one met Captain
Rayncr on the sidewalk the morning
Stannard came marching home, and
asked him if he had heard the queer
story about Clancy. He had not, and
il was told him then and there.
Rayncr didmot even attempt to laugh
lat it or turn il off in any way, He
looked dazcd. stunned, for moment,
turned very white and old looking. and,
hardly saving good day O his informant,
faced about and went straight to his
Quarters. He was not ;mong the crowd
that gathered TO welcome the incoming
.cayalrymen that brigh. crisp. winter
lday. and that evening Mrs. Rayncr went
to the hospital tc ask what
she could do for Clancy and
his wife. Capt. Bayncr always
expected her to see that every care
and attention was paid 10 the sick and
needy of his company. she explained to
the doctor. who could Tot recall having
seen her on a similar Grand before, al
though sick and needy of Company i
were not unknown i'm farriSonS where
he had served with then. She spent a
good while with Mrs. Chncy, whom she
had never noticed hithc-to. much to the
laundrcSS' Indignation. and concerning
whose conduct she had been known toeX-
press herself i'm terms 81 extreme diSap-
probation. But in times of suffering
such things are forgotten: Mrs. Rayncr
was full of sympathy and interest; there
was nothing she was not eager To send
them. and no thanks were necessary.
She could never do too much for the
men of her husbands company
Yet there was member of her nus
bands company ON whom in his suffer
ing neither she nor the captain saw fit
to call. Mr.. Haynes eyes were seriously
injured by the flames and heat. and he
was now living i'm darkness. ltmight be
a month. said the doctor, before he
could use his eyes again.
"Only think of that poor fellow all
alone out there on that chastity prairie
and unable To read wa the eNclama-
|tion of one of the cavalry ladies in Mrs.
RayncrS presence; and, as there was an
awkward silence and somebody had TO
break it. Mrs Rayner responded:
IF lived on Prairie avenue | should
consider blindness q blessing.
1t was an unfortunatcrcmark. There
was strong sympathy developing for
Havnc all through the garrison. Mrs.
Rayncr never meant tina it should have
any such significance. but inside of
twenty-four hours. i'm curse of which
her language had becnrcpcatcd some
dozens of times and.diAorted quite as
many. the generally accepted version of
the story was that Mrs Rayner, so far
from expressing the fantcSt sympathy
or sorrow for Mr. Hayes misfortune,
So far from expressing tie natural graf
ifcation which lady should feel that
IL was an officer of he regiment who
had reached the scene Of danger ahead
of the cavalry officer of the guard. had
said i'm SD many words tlat Mr.. iaync
ought 10 be thankful That blindness was
the worst thing that had come TO him.
There was little CHARGE for harmony
after that. Many men ard some women,
4 of course. refused to believe it. and said
! they felt confident that She had been
misrcprcScntcd. Still, all knew by this
time that Mrs. Rayner was bitter
against llaync. and had lcard OF her de-
mnciation Of the ColoncfS action. SO.
too. had the Colonel hcarC that she OPEN
/ lv declared that She would refuse any
invitation extended to her or to her Sis
ter which might involve her accepting
bospitalitv AT his house. These things
do get around I'm most astonishing ways.
Then another complication arose:
Haync. too. was mixing matters. The
major commanding the battalion, man
i'm no wise connected with his miSiort-
uncS. had gone To him and urged, with
the doctors full consent that he should
be moved over into and become an in
mate of his household i'm the garrison. lie
had big. roomy house. His wife earn
cstly added her cntreaticS To the ma
ior'S. bat all to no purpose; Mr.. Hayne
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