Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1891-02-06


how hard would have been the Young
fellows fate if there had heeu no one to
come to the rescue. There isn't better
or Drawer officer in the Eleventh today
than Hoaiu, and hc is just as steady as
rock; but soldiers rs good rs he have
been driven out of the army for lack of
some such friend as c1me to him in his
extremity"
You would have helped him, Fred
dear" said Mrs. Lana, iondly crossing
over to tie captain and strokins the
grizzlcl s,ubbl" about his brows as
though it were TIE iuvcdest hair il tho
world. Lime possessed himself Of the
soft white head and throw his arm about
her shapely WIS.
81 wor'l cor."'n}Y had known, Int
nine ont OF .n d2rot happon to be able
to hcip. even #ucn our inclinations
woull e." Z. Ard then. however much
W believed in Iioarn's story and Schon-
bog, r.s..litY, who could prove it,
"NioG.l prove it| asked Miss Mar
slaIl ii. -.r a pause.
"Noi.Np coN lhot know Of. All we
lHYU thai ~ehon6er8 was glad TO drop
tnc mater tir.t yoars ago when Capt.
Rawiu- first tackled the case. Hearn
SAYS uo 'aa never alluded 70 i ION that
tnnn to iis Il the fellows language
today; l"t ;hat was only some vague
drunken thr at.'
"Nu, i1. on The contrary, it should
prove thnt h' uc"lnt to max, moro trou-
b. for 'r. He2rn,' asked Miss Marshall,
els CW.t. E2U.Is hercE
"Gr "uyo.' exclaimed the captain,
f.a,.ut Suddenly to las feet, his face
s1-Win- as suddenly grave a0i sad,
',hoJ pos lily explains the Lesser that
came tn ra Yesterday morning | was
reading If a5 You Cal1o down 20 break
t..,-3 low, anonvHou5 thing, and /
l,uN'3 il. now ] wish had kept that.
"Au9Jt Ir. Ilrlrn, was AZ asked
Mr. Lane Gn1iousiY.
Yes; and now J en- begin to under
stand it, too. Hiss 1l8rahali.' said he,
turning improsaNc-v toward her, ''yo1r
question goes q taoNorr bottom Of this
case. Iao friend WHO blocked their
game three years ago IS gone: A2wlins
Wa, iIlled IN the last campaign in All
zoNa.'
"Oh, lrcd.' cried Mrs. Lane. "And
was there DO ono cls9 who had helped
Mir. llcan:"
no one but our old Rawllns, Mabel:
and OF al men % help him now he won
have been the moss valuable here with
orr new colonel. for lD' and Morris E2d
been devoted and Intimate friends IN war
days, and am told the colonel was deeply
cut up by the news OF RaWAns' death.
There was somethlnS romantic about
their early friendship. Capt Rawhns
was u WooWer whose WIG had dltu
within lew years ct her marriage, and
l have heard that Both ne ana Morris
when young officers were ~ love with
her, but that she had chosen t'a"Hns.
But, Capt. Lane, aalu Miss Marshall,
whose thoughts seemed less nHed upon
eide Of fine case ",ur.lv 1Ir. Haarn bas
recejDtsi1 full for this amount"
81 40 understood him. Miss Marshall.
and vet [ do not l-l,ew the nature of the
paoers to which no refers. [ th;nk he
said tbatbe had her letter; but that's OF
less value ncrv"
"And WHIP" azl-ed Mics Maraha1l
oI}ecouso the widow married ScboD-
berr."
Then 1nret the lew be merciful "
guotod Hiss Marsha,I.
And for o few moments not another
word yvas eDo,,en. Il WA that youpn
Indy herself rho broke the silence.
"Perhaos you thinl, mo undn!y apnre-
henHve Cant. Lame. That mans face
made powerful impression upon lng
when I saw him TO-DAY. and perhaDs Ma
bel has told vo1 sor,ethjar Of NV own
e,,nerieuce in irving to retrieve INV ia.
tbors fallen fortunes when he was too
Old and broken to do ANYTHING for him
self learned then tie y5rthlessness
Of sroken words. end that nothing but
written contracts and receipts were bind.
ire.n
She had hardly ceased speafins when
the gGto was heard to swing on its rusty
hinges, resolute step creaAoi across the
pia22a, and somebody was tumohnS at
the bell knob.
''W no can that be ut this hour OF the