The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-01-15

ing the wrecking of hislong cherished
plans, drove the young man rom his
house forever, and reused to let him
have further to do with Kit.
The lovers, with the aid OF n fifth
ful servant, kept upa correspondence
however, and one night Kit left the
house, met Charlie and they drove
away to a clergyman's and were
married. just as the ceremony was
finished, steps were heard outside,
and the next instant in rushed the
Captain ond four burly sailors.
Taken by surprise, their escape cut of,
Charlie could do nothing but fight,
and while one of the men bore Kit
from the room, the Others attempt
ed to seize and bind him. He resist
ed furiously, and the Captain, losing
control of himself, pulled pistol
and fired at him. but Fortunately
missed his mark. Charlie sprang at
the old man. but was felled by
brutal blow from the hare! fist of one
ofthe sailors, and lay senseless, while
the party left as quickly as they had
come.
The affair caused much excitement,
and Charlie was nearly wild with
grief and rage, but Kits place of
confinement could not be discovered.
One night Capt. Rogers, meeting
Charlie, fired upon him again, and
the young man, thoroughly aroused,
shot back. The old man Tell. and
Charlie thinking he had killed him,
fed. At length he found himself in
Milwaukee, where he enlisted under
another name, and after serving
with marked bravery, was disabled
at Pittsburg Landing and sent to
the hospital, whence he joined the
Reserve Corps. But his msfortunes
hung heavily upon him.
News of his death ut Pittsburg
Landing appeared in the papers, and
to no one except his sister did Char
lie correct this error, and she kept
the secret of his whereabouts. Here
he was in these barracks n cripple
for lie, and by that fact shut of
rom his vile and reconcile ton with
the Captain. He could not retrieve
himself.
In this story which we had learned
was the full explanation of Charles
melancholy. How should we aid
him? was now the question, for our
sympathy was aroused, and We de-
termned to endeavor to bring about
reconciliation with the father OF his
wife.
But where ~ uld we find Kit Roy
ers? Our first step was to take the
young mans sister into our conf
dence and offer to assist in bring
ing about the desired renewal of
friendship with the old man. Jennie
entered heartily into our plan. Our
correspondence was carried on with
the greatest secrecy, and we learned
from her that Kate was still living
now with her father After he had
been assured of Charles death, the
Captain had gone to France, whittier
he had sent her to her mothers peo-
pie and brought her back.
But Kate was a changed woman:
so changed, indeed, that her old nc |
quaintances scarcely knew her. The
beautiful color in her cheeks was no
longer there. Her once laughing
blue eyes were sunken and lusterless. |
Her features bore a wan look. and
she had grown retiring and silent,
stunning company of which she had |
once been the life. And the old Cap
tain? He had failed to crush her love
Tor Charlie, and in attempting it he
had ruined the health and beauty
and ambition of the one being he
really loved. He had wronged n
bright young man, the only one who
could have made her happy, the son
OF one who had ever been staunch
friend to him in the days of early
struggle and made him what he was.
And the thoughts of all this, with
the constant pain he endured at the
TACT of his daughter being Indifferent
to him, even stunning him, preyed
upon his mind, and bore their fruit.
All that he could do or she would al
low him he did for Kate. Nothing
was too good for her. But with it
all, she betrayed so little care about
what he did or about what he did or
about him, that at times he grew
Wild with his own feelings. "Alas."
ne cried: II would give all | possess
10 be able to undo this great
wrong"
When Charles sister became ac-
lualnted with these facts she began
TO tell her friends that she had heard
rom the Chaplain of the hospital in
} certain city that Charlie was still
wing. The news soon reached the
ears OF the now careworn and gray
haired old man. One morning he an
)eared at the house where Jennie
vas staying and asked to see her.
IN broken, almost incohercnt words. /
md with bowed head. the grief
stricken father sued for pardon of
he one whose brother he had SO
'ruelly wronged, and besought her
% tell him the truth.
YES" she said in answer to his ,
lager questioning, sit is my belief {
hat Charlie is still alive, but he has ,
'een badly wounded, and is a Grip. {
de for liie."
THANK God, thank God, he Ives {
ried the old man. 81 pray that | {
nay be able to repair the great
wrong | have done" '
lie lost no time in hurrying home {
o tell the news to Kate In spite of
Ils excitement he managed to ap- !
roach her with calmness. He wish
d not to startle her; she was so
leak of late; she had seemed to be
wing up her hold on life, and this /
ad only increased the old mans a.