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good friends. This will test the question
thoroughly. I believe most of them, ex-
cept, of course, Rayner, would do the
same were they in my place. At all
| events, | mean to see."
"What are you going to do, Gregg
asked 'the MOLE" wheeling suddenly on
his brother troop commander.
81 don't know" said Gangg, doubt
fully. 81 think TIL ask the colonel"
"What do you suppose he meanssto
do?"
81 don't know again. but I'll bet we
all know as soon as he makes up his
mind; and he is making up his mind
now-or he's made it up, for there goes
Mr.. Hayne, and here comes the orderly
Something's up already.
Every head was turned to the door
way as the orderly's step was heard in
the outer hall, and every voice sti hed to
hear the message, it was so unustial for
the commanding officer to send nor one
of his slh)ordinates after the morning
meeting. The soldier tapped at the
panel, and at the prompt Come in"
! pushed it partly open and stood with one
white gloved hand resting on the knob,
the other raised to his cap visor in salute
Lieut.. Blake?" heasked las he gdanced
around.
"What is itt" asked Blake, stepping
quickly from the window.
1.-The commanding officers compli-
ments, sir, and could he see the 'lieuton-
ant one minute betore.the court meets"
Coming at once, said EEsle, as he
pushed his way through the chains and
the orderly faced aboutand Disappeared
ON bet it's about Hayne," was the
apparently unanimous sentiment as the
cavalry party broke upand scattered for
the mornings duties. Somerwaited ;pur-
posely to hear.
The adjutant. alone stood in the colo
nels presence rs Blake knocked and en-
tered. All others had gone. There was
a moments hesitation, and the colonel
paused and looked his man over before
he spoke:
You will excuse my sending for you.
Mr.. Blake, when l tell you that it is a
matter that has to be decided at once.
In this case you will consider, too that
| want you to say yes or 10 exactly as
you would to a comrade of your own
y VI
Hayne at any other house in the garri-
son than mine, would you desire to ac-
cept? You are aware of all the circlm-
, stances, the adjutant tells me-
81 am, sir, and have just announced
my intention of calling upon him."
''Then will you dine with us this
evening to meet Mr.. IIayne?"
81 will do SO with pleasure sir"
1t could hardly have been an hour
afterwards when Mrs. Rayner entered
the library i'll her cosev home and found
! Miss Travers entertaining herself with o
! book
Have you written to Miss Van Ant
werp this morning. she asked. ~
| thought that was what you came here
for"
II did mean:to, but Mrs. Waldron has
been here, and | was interrupted"
at is fully fifteen minutes since sha
left, Nellie. Iou might have written
two OF three pages already; and you know
that all manner of visitors will be coming
in by noon"
81 was just thinking over something
she told me. I'll write presently"
"Mr5. Waldron is n woman who talks
about everything and verybody. l adj
wise you to listen to her no more than
you can help. What was it she told you?"
Miss Travers smiled roguishly; "Why
should YOU want to know, Kate if you
disapprove of her revelatons:'
ooh" with visible annoyance, sit is to
i wanted to know so as to let you see
that it was something unfomded, as
usual.
"She said she had just been told that
the colonel was going to give dinner
party ths evening to Mr.. Hayne."
"What?'
She-said-she-had just i been
told -that-the - colonel-was-goin
to give-a dinner party-this evening
to Mr.-Hayne.'
"Who told herr"
"Kate, didn't ask"
"Who are invited? None Of ours?"
Kate, don't know"
"Where did she say she had heard it?'
"She didn't say"
Mrs. Rayner paused one moment, ir-
resolute: Didn't she tell you anything
more about it,
Nothing, sister mine. Why should
Waldron says, if she's such gossip:
And Miss Travers was evidently having
hard work to keep from laughing out
right
you had better write your letter,
said her big sister. and tlounced suddenly !
out Of the room and up the stairs
a moment later she was at the parlor |
door with wrap thrown over her I
shoulders. "If Capt. Rayner comes in, .
tell him | want particularly to see him /
before he goes out again
"Where are you going, Kate?"
"Oh, just over to Mrs Waldron's a
moment
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