Arizona republican., 1892-08-14

sweetheart. Good luck he thought it.
 because it kept him in the power of hi.
 unreasoning enemy. Forbidden her fa.
 thers house, constantly under her ia.
 thers eyes, what could he see of her
 anyway. Did he ever see her, anyway
 Well, he was Lake, you know.
 And he was put in arrest for what:
 For very grave offense. Hyacinth's father was man who would not have gone out of his way to do Lake an in.
 jury. On the contrary, if Lake had not
 always offered the occasion the colonel
 would have left him alone. Even the
 colonel recognized the youngsters good
 qualities.
 There was that time in the Geronimo
 campaign when he made ride on duty,
 unaccompanied, of eighty miles through
 hostile country in less than twenty
 hours. And there was the occasion
 when he risked his own life to save that
 of a wounded corporal in the fight down
 in the San Samoane valley. His general
 efficiency in the field, his willingness to
 perform duty no matter how hard it
 was, were all in his favor. But when
 there was no serious duty to perform,
 when it was mere matter of post duty
 or company discipline, Lake and the colonel could never agree. He was al-
 ways breaking regulations and post orders himself, and always trying to shield men in his company from just punishment for doing the same thing. To be sure, there wasn't man in his company who could not have been trusted, when it was a matter of neces- sity, around the world if need be, but discipline is discipline-and poor Lake could not get it through his head.
 He was put in arrest because, with his usual impudence, he had entered the presence of the colonel one morning as he marched off duty as officer of the day and reported that he had not inspected the guard the preceding night between
 midnight and broad daylight" Be it known that every officer of the day is required to perform this duty during these hours, and if he does not he is, as they say in the army, lon honor" to re- port himself for his failure to do so. So he did nothing more than was required of him; but he offered absolutely no ex- planation of his conduct, even after he was questioned by the colonel.
 Arrest meant, with the colonel, charges and a court martial. They meant more than that. They meant sure punish ment of severe description. And so every one on the post but the colonel himself was severely grieved-but who knows but that the colonel himself was a trifle sOrry2
 Hyacinth's love for Lake was the only thing that had ever threatened the per feet love of father and daughter in the colonel's small household. He had never spoken to her about it. He merely guessed it. She had never told him. When he had forbidden Lakes calling on her he had informed his daughter of the fact, that was all. He did not be- lieve she would ever see him again, but he did not warn her not to. How seri- ous it all was to her he did not know. She was not the kind of girl to nope and cry. Indeed, she was too proud a girl to protest. The matter had simply been dropped by them during the re- years at the academy and the few years at Apache, and whether even Lake himself still held on to the old at- tachment the colonel did not know. He not. These things are easily forgotten by most men.
 The colonel merely considered it un- ta thaf | nly haI ,A,.,x1 ,, ment and had been assigned to his post. He never dreamed that Lake had had anything to do with getting there and that the cause was Hyacinth and Lakes love for her. The colonel presumed that the young people had of ten met in the small society of the post. Never had they met in his presence, though, for Lake always carefully avoided the colonel. It was cut be- tween them. Of course the youngster was too high strung to be refused ad- mittance to mans house and still keep np a speaking acquaintance with that man, even though ha were his com officer. Thero were those in the regiment who said that if Lake | would offer the opportunity the colonel would be glad to renew the amicable re- ations that had once existed between l hem, always, however, with the under | standing that Lake was to consider his | ,uit for Hyacinths hand thing of the | past. When the matter was preached | 0 Lake he gave a snort of disgust and | refused to reply.
 On the morning of the arrest Miss Fly | lcinth had visitor of class she did | lot often meet. He came to the back | loor and asked permission to see her in he kitchen. It was Sergeant Connor, ,f Lakes troop. He was one of the | ,ravest and best noncommissioned off | ,ers in the regiment and was one of | Lakes special favorites. He was a 'oung Irishman, and like almost all rishmen a splendid soldier in the field md hard one to handle in the garrison. lake had pulled him out of the fire many and many time. He had been | of the guard the previous day md had just had time to march off," IS they say when the old guard is re- ieved by the new guard, get over to his barracks, change his clothes and fix himself up bit. He waited at the door if the kitchen for Miss Hyacinth to ap- ear. She knew at once that something vas wrong when notified of her unusual 'isitor. That it was something about lake she did not doubt. She tried to ,e calm however. It does not do to let he men know too much about the pri- ate affairs of the families of the off CTS. They usually know it all, how yer, so it might save good deal of 4o ,,,t;g,, tbn,,, o+ ,r,n