San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-01-24

ago. Have you been to ms quarrersE
''Yes, sir; and they told me he was
here, at Capt. Lanes. Corp. Brent is
took worse, sir, and the steward thinks
the doctor ought to see him. He's wild
like and raying."
mabel dear. I'll be back in a mo-
ment," said Lane, rcappearing at the
parlor door. Don't wait for me: I'm
going to see if the doctor is at Hearn's
They went away together. Corp. Brent
is reported worse"
Throwing his cavalry circular" over
his shoulders Lane stepped forth into
:ho night. It Was mooalcss and pitchy
dark. The lamps around the quad
rangie were burning brightly, but hard
ly suificed to illulnine more than a
small sphere in the surrounding gloom
Across the wide valley distant ruddy
spark showed where some farm home
stead was still alive; and far away to
the westward the electric lights, swing
ing high over the thoroughfares of the
thriving town, shone with keen, cold
luster, and were mirrored in some deep
unrUffled pool of the stream. Turning
his back on these the captain trudged
briskly down the walk, the hospital at
tendant following, ana opened the little
gate some fifty yards from his own. As
he surmised, the doctor was here. for his
voice, and Kenyon's, too, could be heard
before Lane tapped at the door.
Come in" shouted Hearn in answer
to the signal, and the captain entered.
"You are asked for at the hospital.
doctor. They say Brent is delirious."
At this the medical man dropped the
cigar he had bat half smoked and left
the room. Lane was for going with
him, but Hearn begged him to stay:
No time like the present, captain, and
want you to see the papers in the cele-
brated case of Braine VS.. Hearn while
Maj. Kenyon is here. I'll beg Mrs
Lanes pardon in the morning, and not
detain you more than minute"
Standing against the wall in the midst
of what had been old Blauvelt's sitting
room WAS u plain wooden table with a
pigeonholel desk upon it, the lid of
which, turned down, made the writing
shelf. In the pigeonholes were numer.
Gus folded papers, well filled envelopes,
package of tobacco, brier root pipe, a
pair of shoulderstraps, several pairs of
gloves, some fishing tackle. some carte
ae-visite sized photographs, damaged
saberlnot and the inevitable accumula.
ton of odds and ends with which a
subaltern's field desk is apt to be lit
tered. But the pigeonholes had been
quite Systematically labeled There
were compartments bearing the legends
letters unanswered" "lecters an.
swered," personals. ""bills paid" ''bills
unpaid" doth impartially occupied,
pay accounts" maps" field notes.
etc.
II never knew the necessity of having
some sort OF system about these matters
until after the experience | have been
telling you OF, captain, and am in
debted to deer OIL Rawlins for it, You
never met him, q I You. Maj. Kenyon?"
No, except inst for a moment in the
Shenandoah valley during the war. He
was commanding his regiment then"
Yes, and lived to be shot down in
cold blood by Il lot of ambuscading
Apaches nearly a quarter of century
after, and-nOthing but Il captain of cav
airy"
He had some little property here in
town at one time. said Kenyon That
was nearly ten years ago though, and it
went at u sacrifice, I'm told Perhaps it
was while he was local taxpayer that
he got to know your Hebrew friend of
today"
"He never told me what he knew of
him, beyond the mere fact that he was
dishonest and a born mischief maker
But the moment he took that case up
for me Schonberg dropped it. For some
reason the jew was afraid of the old
man, as every one called Rawlins
HeaTn was turning over in his hand
as he spoke package of folded papers
held together by elastic snaps Remov-
ing the upper band, he began looking
over the docketing at the top of each
paper.
"Rawlius himself Endorsed this par
ticular packet for me and showed me
how it should be DONE" he said. I've
often thought that if we could drop out
a little slice of the mathematical course
at the Point. and have some coaching III
this sort of thing. how much better
fitted we should be for the every day
duties of life. Now, l. Why, this
is odd certainly had those papers in
this very packet not three weeks ago. |
saw them the day moved in here.
remember overhauling this very desk at
the time.