The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1891-01-31
1IHE DESERTER, !"
A Thrilling stony Of Amy
Life,
By Capt. Charles Gn6, .. S. l.,

Oh one Oh TIE tal1 WrEIefl f7llafk. aDe
other. Havne. with white clinclbin- fists.
advancing: upon hifr- Adore the low
b,pi,, and roar Vt the B1r5 she distinctly
iaea-s tlse clear tenor rirbS III his voice in
the tone II command sisc last heard TN
der the shadows Of the EocAiez. two
Thousand miles away:
HIATT
No wonder gentleman in civil life
looks amazed At so I,eremisor- sum
mons from a total stranger. In his high
Indignation will lac no: strike the itnper-
ainent subaItern to earth: As well
tired woman it occurs 10 her that she
ousht to rush on, and avert hostilities BIZ
Introducing them Or something: bat she
has no time to act The next words
simply take her breath away:
''seryt. Cover. arrest you ~ q de-
sester and thief: You deserted from r
troop. til cavalry, at Battle Duttie:"
She sees the fearful CLEAN on the dark
mans face: there is sudden spring, .
ciinch. . strsininy to and fro Of two
fnrms-one tall. black. snaky. the other
light. 1.-the. agile and trained: muttered
cure, painting breath. AMI then, sure -
1ste, the taller man 3 being borne hack
Osrd against the rail She sees the dark
arm suddenly relax it. grasp nf the gray
farm and disappear IN inaEant. Then
4hsso Il comas aGais. asd with Is .
E1esm q steel With one shriek 1T
Wasnfng and terror che springs towards
1hs0-ja2 IN time. Hayne glances M.
0te1sso do lifted writ, hasis his whole
Oe&Ght sDou tlss tottesisg figure, and
Svss Goss ths Knickssbockes prooe upoo
~ 1aos. Hsyse tarssoos Instant: Go
tsdocrs. Ma Raynss. This Il no place
1er yoA Lave Hin = ma"
Ard n tist Instant. beEoss other can
Qssves4 Sesvea Van Antwerp, alias
0eves. sgsiaGS 70 hi fsst. lsspsoves ths
balcony rail- and diaappsars In tie depths
Ae3ow. Il h . dsseeaf Il not more than
- Sest 70 ths sands heyoad Tie dark
fa1aGe that usdss1ias he piazza, but he
res gone down into the passage itself.
When M. Hayns. running down the
sesps. gains his way 10 tie space beneath
fhs piazsa, NO tsaoe a tis fueitiss can
be 1nd.
ss
Nor docs Mr.. Van Antwerp appear It
breakfast on the following morning, nor
again to any person known to this story.
An officer Of tho -th cavalry, spending .
portion Of the following winter in Paris,
writes that he met him face to face one
day in the galleries Of tho Louvre. Be-
ing In civilian costume, Of course, and
much changed In appearance since he
was . youth In the straps Of q second
1ieutsnant, Il was possible for him to
take good look u the man no had not
seen since he wore the chevroos Of Z
Aashing sergeant In the Battle Butte
campaign. HE has grown almost
white" wrote the lieutenant. land I'm
told he has abandoned his business In
New York and never will return 10 the
United States"
Rayner, too, has grown gray. A tele-
gram from his wife summoned him to
tho seaside from Washington the day
after this strange adventure OF hers. He
lound her somewhat PROSTATE, his sister.
tn-iaw very pale and quiet. and the clerks
Of the hotel unable to account for the
disappearance Of Mr.. Van Antwerp.
Lieut.. Hayne, they said. had told them
no received news which compelled him
to 60 back to Now York ut once; but the
Eentleman's traps were all In his room.
Mr.. Hayne. ton. had gone to New York:
and thither tho captain followed. Alet.
ter caNe TO him 1t tho Westminster
which he read and handed in silence to
Hayne. It Was ~ follows:
''By tho time this reaches you shall
be l0yond reach OF the law and on my
way to Europe to spend what may be
1eft Of my days.. ! hope they may be
few; for the punishment that has fallen
upon mo Il more than I can bear, though
NO moro than deserve. You have heard
that my college days were wild, and that
after repeated warnings my father drove
me from homo, sending mo to Wyoming
to embark in the cattle business. I pre-
ferred gambling. and lost what he gave
me. There was nothing then left but to
enlist; and I joined the TIL. Mother
still believed mo in or near Ecnvcr, and
wrote regularly there. Tho lie was hor-
rfble to me after tho luxury and lack OF
l had enjoyed, and meant to
desert. Chance threw in my way that
robbed poor Hull tho
night before he was killed. rcpackcd the
paper SO that even the torn edges would
show tho grcenbacks. resealed tall just
~ have had to hear through her pure
and sacred lips it was finally told and
lier lover saved.
"God knows was shocked when I |
heard in Denver he was to bc tried for
The crime. fastened to Cheyenne. not
larins to show myself to him or any
1re. and restored every cent Of the