The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1891-04-02

Is tina. the dark featured captain was .,
Miss Maitlands escort a. she left the u
garrison, and that IL was with the con- y
sciousness Of impending defeat that Mrx = !
BeIknap gave utterance TO the opening :,
sentence Of this chapter; Mr.. Perry had Q,
distinctly avoided her ever since his re- {
turn q
One lovely evening late In May Mr. o
Perry was taking his first ride on the 9
new horse, . splendid bay and perfect :
match for Gladys Maitlands favorite !
mount Already had this circumstance
excited smiling comment In the garrison;
but II the young man himself had noted
the close resemblance Ii conveyed no
blissful nugury. 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 90
ooldly that the Junior stopped to think
| moment, and began to see through the
| situation; and % 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
to have made the circuit OF the post and
was slowly cantaring down towards the
lower valley Out on the eastern prairie
| another horscnan could be seen. and |
presently the two came together Col. |
Brainard took down his binocular and |
gazed out after them
II 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 be
hard to tell the two figures apart. Mr..
Maitland told me last week that that was
what so startled and struck him the first
q time he saw Perry"
"How il Mr.. Maitland now. do you
. ! knowT
HE gets no better. After the first
> week of Joy and thanksgiving over his
boys restoration to him, the maiady
!. seemed to 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 that Gwynne
wasn't drowned? I never understood
= that"
q He never meant to be-" said Stryker.
- "He told Perry all about it. He was
y ruined, he thought in his profession and in
~ his own country, and he knew his fathers
n inexorable pride; 80 he simply decided to
~ put an end to Archie Maitland and start
a new life for himself. He wrote hii
letters and arranged his property with
" that view, and he called the steward tt
ns enable him to swear he was In his state
=. room after the steamer weighed anchor
Then in jify he was over the side II
~ the darkness; it was food tide and he wa
ns an expert swimmer; he reached coast
ing vessel lying near; he had money
* bought his passage to France. after
few days at Cape Town, and then cam
'e. to America and enlisted. He got cor
au fession out of one of their irregulars VIII
was with him, Perry says. and that ws
m one of the papers he was guarding
mo iealously. He had given others to PER-
that very night"
'oe "They seemed to take to each otht
X YER like brothers from the start" said tt
.ne colonel, with quiet smile.
un "Just about" answered Capt. Stryke
ed Meantime, Perry and Sergt. Gwyn1
uSe have been riding slowly down the vale
neh Night has come upon Dunraven by Il
inc hour they reach the northern gate
ahu longer closed against them-and as tn
.1 ous near the house Perry slowly dismoun,
:, "rll take the horses to the stable myse
'a' I want to-" says his trooper friend, al
'n for the second time the young oftic
'ulo stands upon the veranda at the doorwa
VIZ then holds his hand as he hears again
= one soft melody of the piano floating G
10 upon the still night air. Slowly and 4
<. without pain he walks around to the q
the front. striving to move with noisel
ours 10 ho ,tonds nv tho or
easement, Just where he had paused
oaa surprise that night month agone. a
ny ~ slowly drawing aside one heavy fold
~ m-. curtain, gazes lcngingly in at Glat
sny, Maitland, seated there at the piano,
ese where he first saw her lovely face
form.
"a u Presently, under the soft touch OF
fingers, q sweet. familiar melody col
SUI rippling forth. He remembers it
> wv stantly; it is tho same he heard the nj
of his first visit-that exquisite "Spr
.n' Song" Of Mendelssohn's-andh he list
pau spell bound. All Of q sudden the sv
MAt strains are broken off, the music cea
mao she has thrown herself forward. boz
'no, her oueenIy head upon her arms. g
sffy leaning over the keyboard, her forn
ASa shaken by a storm of passionate te
"lnc Perry hurls aside the sheltering cur
on VI and limps rapidly across the soft
> Son noiseless rug. She never dreams OF
presence until. close at her side, q
ioneu she has learned to know and kEow
was "a voice tremulous with love, symp'
never and neutrality-suspicious. only her ns
'o"n "Gladys," and, starting up, she
came one instant into his longing eyes
g. sne Sergt. "Gwynne" Maitland. lifting
young ,o,+;ore a moment later, {
- a short at the entrance. gazes one se.
~ ~ at the picturesque scene at the p'
nu ne drops the portiere. and vanishes' U
So =. o. ticed.
u.'ns Things seemed changed at Dunrav
late wears. The -th are still at Roe'
ID ao- 90 is Lieut.. Perry. It may be the eli
or association with an American O
u per hood, or-who knows?-perhaps
'ssiser' body has told her Of Mrs. Belknap's
ss sen diction. but Mrs Perry has not yet b
MIS- to GROW coarse, red faced or stout
oi con- "a wonderfully popular with the lad
s'rl,s the-th, and has found warm II
woo,u among them. but Mrs. Sprague OF q
oman fantrv Ia the woman she particularly
cheeks ~ - rr,,tr ola k;nsnan DIR.
3 fairly : ~ - .,.a,cone o,,est af their fir
ced up :. 90 ha sbe told her husband
ds and - ,na;d tba mischief Mrs
/ Perry h.d h.en ahla to sow in one
Q SYM nt;or HAap - .rve known that ,
,m her, oonse.0 s;,ca sbe wore nina
~ 'as' Gladys She has some good points
:, but her one idiosyncrasy Is that
man she meets should bow down t