Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1891-03-15

to give him. In piteous accents he i'm
plored Kenyon to have him sent away,
even to prison at Leavenworth. He
would plead guilty to desertion, guilty
TO theft, guilty to assault guilty to any
thing, if the major would only get him
away from the terrible scowls and
curses of his erstwhile companions.
Only if the major would but believe
him, he really had never struck the cor
poral at all, he had hurled the pepper
in his eyes and run. Brent, blinded and
raging, had rushed in pursuit, and had
struck bis head against the sharp edge
of the brick pillar at the south end of
the troop barracks. Very possibly this
was true, for the cash was deep and
| jagged.
And Brent was convalescing rapidly,
but between the ladies of the Lane,
Brodie, Cross and Graves households
stood in danger of being killed with
kindness. There was just the least lit
tie spark Of jealousy among the women
of the infantry because it was TO com
parative stranger that he should have
revealed his identity, and by her be
brought to the front at so supreme
moment But it was Miss Marshall who
had been greatly interested in his case
from the very night of the mishap, and
she and Mrs. Lane had been most kind
and asSiduous in their attentions TO him
during his days of suffering.
When he heard of the charges against
Lieut.. Hearn, and of the outrageous
Justification of the Jew, Schonberg, his
determination to conceal his name was
| l., hall a nd
to Dr. lngersOll he told his story. His
| fathers sudden and lamentable death at
the hands OF the Apaches had left him
no alternative but To make over TO his
sister every cent that had been boarded
up and set aside for his educatiOn-eve-
ry cent that was his by the old soldiers
willard then, leaving with her the lit
tie box that contained the captains
papers and letters, and quitting college
he went TO New York and enlisted,
choosing. the infantry service rather
than the cavalry, because his fathers
and old friends and associates were
mainly i'm the latter, and though he had
seen none of them since his boyhood
days, he thought recognition not impoS-
Sible, and he determined to make his
own way and owe nothing to any man.
I'm glad he came TO US" said old
Kenyon. I'D do pretty much anything
TO see him in any other profession, but
a he is bound to be a soldier I'll do all
| can to place candidate alongside his |
name on our muster roll. and then it
would be just my luck to find him com
mSsioned in the cavalry
But if there was eXcitment at Ryan, /
just fancy the feeling of the officers and /
men in the Eleventh, now 200 miles /
away in the Indian Territory, when the |
letters came detailing the events of the !
last day of that court manifestations
berg's exposure, Brent's unveiling, |
WelShS disgrace. Hearn'S undOubted |
acquittal, Lawler put to confusion and
flight, and Georgia Marshall the heroine
of the whole thing
"A Daniel come to Judgment; ay,
Daniel quoth Martin, as Lane read
aloud Mabels enthusiastic description
of what she termed the trial scene"
The whole regiment sends heartfelt
congratulations to Hearn and love to
Portia." was the telegram that came
flashing back TO Mrs. Lane. Morris lost
no time in debating diplomatic mes
sage to his absent Subaltern, expressive
of his desire to welcome him back TO
duty after so complete a vindication.
But Morris felt very i'll at ease, and was
not surprised that no answer was vOuch
safed. He retired to his tent, and was
not seen for some hours after learning
of Brent's identity.
Meantime, just when one would sup
pose that all was plain sailing, balmy
breezes, sun kissed wavelets, etc, just
when nothing should have stood in the
way of Mr.. Hearn's rejoicing with all his
heart, and just when the course of his
true love ought 10 have been smooth and
sweet, the very imp of perverSity seemed
to have suddenly developed in Georgia
MarShall'S breast, and she who had done
so much TO clear his name Of 1.-The clouds
that lowered over" il, and had for two
weeks been the young soldiers most
valued friend and ally, now most unac-
countaby held aloof and fairly stunned
his society She met him only in
crowd. She simply would not meet him
alone. On one preteXt or another she
avoided him, and poor Hearn, wounded,
utterly unable to account for this sud
den change, utterly incapable OF faith
oming woman'S within. was now
plunged in the depths OF distress eX-
ceeding that from which he had just
emerged. She had rescued him from
the tolls only to plunge him into worse
ENHANCEMENT.
It was the fourth day after the ad-
iournment of the court when Major
Kenyon came to Mr.. Hearn'S rooms with
telegram just received from division
headquarters, and found that young
gentleman deiectedly reading long let
ter in the handwriting OF Judge Hearn,
his father. Kenyon had grown TO know
it well. Released from arrest, lad.
That means you can 90 and Join the
regiment as soon as you like. What
does the Judge say now?'
Read that page was the answer, as
Hearn placed the letter in the majors
hand. And with knitted browS Kenyon
read as follows;
"And now again urge upon you. my
son. the step so earnestly cOunSeled in
my last. Mai. Kenyon's telegram just
received says that your acQuittal is as
Sured and that your vindication is tri-
umphant. This felt would be the case.
But what reparation have you for the
wrongs and insults heaped upon you by
the Northern press? What proportion OF
the people vino have had you portrayed ,
to them as Il low bully. drunken brute,
and a swindler will ever know the con
trary? What paper that has viliiied you
will have the decency or the courage ,
now that it knows the truth. to make
the faintest amends? Not one.
THE time has come for you now to
Quit at once and for all a profession {
which the people of the north so little
appreciate and so persistenty decry. I
am aging fast, and shall be glad 70 have
your strong arm 10 lean upon. A year :