The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1890-11-27

slowly and mournfully, "Mr. MasonS
testimony and that Of the men would be
still more conclusive"
Throwing herself upon the sofa, the
poor girl gave way to at Of uncon-
trollAble weeping; and Lane stood help
lessly, miserably BY. Once he stroYe to
speak, but she could not listen. he
brought her Q glass Of water presently
and begged her to drink Il; there was
stin something he had to suggest. She
took the goblet from his hand and looked
up eagerly through her tears. BE was
thinking only Of her-for her-now. Tho
man who had robbed him Of happiness,
Of love, Of wife and home and hope, and
who had done the utmost that he dared
to rob him Of honor and his soldier repu-
tation-the man now wretchedly listen
ing overhead to the murmur Of voices
below-he forgot entirely except as the
man she loved.
"Ms. Noel, your friends-his friends
ARE most influential Can they not be
autographed to that his resignation will
bs tenderedI Can they not stop the trial
In that wayT"
'It Is hopeless. Il has been tried, and
refused II he Is found guilty there is
nothing left-nothing left" /" she moaned,
"but to take him back to the east with
me, and, with the little we have now, to
buy some quiet home In the country,
where our wTetched past need not be
mown-where we can bo forgotten
where my poor husband need not have
to hang his head In shame. Oh, God
oh, Godi what Q ruined hfeI''
"ls there nothing can do for you,
Mrs. Noel5 Listen; that court cannot
begin the-the case tomorrow. -Four
members are still to come. It may be
two days yet-perhaps three. Perhaps
Mr.. Withers and his friends do not ap-
preciate the danger and have not brought
pressure to bear on the president; but
forgive me for the pain this must give
you-there are other, new charges COM
ing from division headquarters, that
fear will harm him still more. Igrieve
TO have to tell you this. Try and make
Mr.. Withers understand. Try and get
the resignation through. II you will see
Mr.. Falconer and-and the captain now,
I can get the telegraph operator"
what charges-whAt new accusa-
lions do you meanT she asked, her eyes
dilating with dread. "Are we not crushed
enough already? Oh, forgive me, Capt.
Lanel ought not to speak bitterly,
you-you have been so good, so gentle.
You, the last man on earth from whom
l should seek mercy" she broke forth
impetuously; "you are yet the one to
whom ! first appeal Oh, II after this
night l never see you again, believe that
| suffer, that realize the wrong have
done. Twas never worthy the faintest
atom Of your regard; but there's one
thing-one thing you must hear. Iwrote
you fully, frankly, imploringly, before
before you came-and saw. Indeed, in
deed l had waited days for your reply,
refusing 10 see him until after papa died,
and then was weak and i'll You never
read the letter. You sent them all back
unopened. lcannot look in your face.
II may have been hard for while, but
the time will soon come when you win
thank God-thank God-I proved faith
less"
And then, leaving him to make his
own way from the house, she rushed
sobbing to her room. When next he saw
her Reginald, her brother, with Lowndes
and his fearful wife, was lifting her into
the ambulance that was to take them to
the railway, and the doctor rode away
beside them. But this was ten days
after.
True to Lanes prediction, the court
met and adjourned on the following day.
Col Stannard and Maj. Turner tele.
graphed that they were delayed en- route
to the railway, and nothing was heard
from the other missing members. Two
days more found the court in readiness,
but the trial did not begin. There ar
rived on the express from the east, the
night before all seemed ready for the
opening session. Lieut.. Bowen, Of the
cavalry recruiting service, with two
guards who escorted the ex-clerk Tain
tor.
Telegrams for Capt. Noel had been
c0mingi in quick succession, but he him
self had not been seen. II was Lowndes
who took the replies to the Office. The
FIRST meeting Of the court was to have
occurred on Monday. Tuesday evening
the Judge advocate sent to the accused
officer . copy Of the additional speci6ca-
tons to the charge Of conduct unbecom-
ing an officer and . gentleman, and no
titled him that the witnesses had Just ar
rived by train.
At 4 4o'clock Wednesday morning Mrs.
Lowndes was aroused by q tapping at
her door, and recognized the voice Of
Mrs. Noel calling her name. Hastily she
arose and went to her, finding her trem-
bling and terrified. Gordon, she said,
had been in such misery that he would
not undress and try to slOep, but had been
restlessly pacing the floor until after mid
night. Then he had gone down to make
some memoranda, he said, at the desk in
which he and Mr.. Falconer had their pa
pers, and, d she could not sleep, she
soon followed; but he was not there.
Occasionally he had gone out late at
night and walled about the parade after
every one but the guard had gone 10 bed,
and abe thought he must have done 50
this time, and 90 waited, and waited,
and peered out on the parade and could
ZEE nothing Of him. At last she could
bear Il no longer.
L0wndes had heard the sobbing voice
and one or two wurdA he was up and
dressed IN no time, and speedily found
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