Telegram-herald., 1890-02-10
4" DUNRAVEN RANCH "


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raeiF FEiasee. lsa4 EheF asd Lsfr b Eghs
lLe gag al-as. Ihal Nzs ca EstLaue
sszt for a monEh. Il any son II his bad
sgsF 5sen q taas parry hs would ilsosu.
1-sgrace, dsny Ai4 forbid hl1 as sighr
elG hizn q forever And rgbE ID the
midst Of Is ala illglae1s. so1ls people
s-Aii-k1srs cans Jhs awful Dess tAal
Cernet aa lla1d ~ Ehs Laacers @lLs q be
court nlazJl4lsd f.s u8s1eha slos ia face
q ghs eneny.
"Of coGEss ths cd man 0nly ragged 90
nrst sd iE coul4l ~ true. twas al
soEas toul invention "a ridiculous e-uGl-
der our hs ran up to London 4nd s4w
somebody at tie Horse GuArds-In ats
our war 0dlee. y0u knoN-and came
back LOOKING a century older and simply
crushed y earth. Mr5. Cowan says they
shovel Ai-a tne offlclL report ot gen
eral officer a0 .gas called upon - eG-
plain Any he had not salt certain troops
% TIA relief og IA advanced and threat
ened post, and hs replied tfaE hs had
sent the order 5Y Coraet Maitland. of the
I.ancsrs- had given him An escort OF
dozen nlen and strict inlunctions 70 push
through by uiyhE, al al hazards, though
the way vas besat wltA ZllIls, and that
De neither went through nor returned,
blt was found hiding at q kraal two DAYS
after. only twenty miles away. The
escort returned aud after much cross
examination had tol1 the story, separate
i0 and oollecti vely. thar the young o.hcer
had become utterly uunerved towards
u.dn ght ~ the reports from scouting
parties an1 others, kad declared 10 them
tl4l it was simply madness % attempJ
t3 push through; they would BE- n2ssa-
cred % a man. and, though they an
uOunced that they were stanCh and ready.
hs refused and ordered them 70 bivouac
whare they were fer the night, and in
the morning he had disappeared. They
declared they supposed he had gone back
o. camp, and after waiting a day they
returned. reporting him lost
When found at the kraal he was de-
hri0us with fever, or pretended 20 be-
said the general. and he vas brought ia
under arrest and the trial was to pro-
cad. d0n't know how it tGrned out.
fia WAS not court martialed, bat permit
ted to return n England. Itwas said he
told very different story. that ne had
begzed the brigade major who detailed
the escort 20 let him have half q dozen
of his own Lancers Instead of the pack
Of irregulars they gave him he did not
trust them. and feared they would aban-
don him as they had the prince, but the
staff officer SAID the order couldn't be
changed these men Knew the country
and al that sort Of thing. you know; and
there vas one fellow IN the Lancers who
stuck 70 II that hs believed Maitland had
tried his best 70 get through alone But
twas all useless; somebody had 20 be
held responsible, and the failure was all
heaped on him.
Meantime. there bsd been fury at
home. old Maitland had written casting
hun OF, :epudiating -cursing him for
OIL / know-and the next thing there
cane a messenger ffom the captain of
his ship al Southampton. They brought
his watch, his ring. his sword and port
nan taa1ls and a letter which vras writ
.en on receipt OK that Lis father sent
lim-a long letter, that the old man
never read 70 any living soul, bat brOods
ovec % this day. The young fellow bade
hem al good-by; be would not live TO
disgrace them further, If that was what
was thought Of him aE home. and leaped
overheard from the steamer the night
after she weighed aachOr-no one aboard
-ouid tel Just when, but he was writing
i'm his state room as she cleared the har-
Dor. and the steward saw him undress-
ing at 2 o'clock. In the morning every
thing about his belongings was found in
perfect order-his letter 20 the captain
= the ship. the portmanteaus, watch,
rng. clothing, etc. just - he described
In that letter-and ne was no more seen.
10 was the conviction Of all that he must
have lsAped overheard in the darkness
when far out az sea
Then Mrs Maitland bow cd her head
and never lifted IL again. Then. an
alone. and fercely rejecting anything
Ike sympathy. old Maitland took -
travel came here 20 America. wandered
around tho world. stunning men as he
would these prairie wolves. and when
he had % 90 - England he would see no
one but the attorneys agd solicitors with
whom ne had business. H.re az Dun
raven he BE- more content than anywhere,
because ne IS farther from tho world
Here Gladys is queen. twas she who
named it. two years ago. for her mother
was = connection of the eari's. But
Maitland even here hates 20 have his
name mentioned, and that ia why I say
he refers an business TO me and keeps
himself ont of everything Do you see
u uha- q weight be- carries
Nr EVEN had grown red with the in
tanslry and rapidi1y of his talk He re-
moved his hat and moppcd lis face and
brow with biE silk haDdkerchief. and
then glanced again az Perry. who bad
listened with absorbed interest and who
vas now silently thinking it over, look
ing curiously at Even THE while.
have / bored YOU half 20 DEATH"
rsked the EnEiishrran. somewhat rue
fllv. Il never told that story before.
hut 10 has been smcl,lrring for years
"Borei2 SO Inever was more inter
sstsd IN my ufe Twas thinking what a
different sort ~ fellow you were from
the man 7 met ont vonier the other day.
Did they never 10 anything 20 clear the
matter III In cur country 10 never
veu'I ha-s been allowed to rps- there.
Us was too far gone, ard when
fre boy ui'ed himself the thing was
us7d hv al che government papers