Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-02-20

"lho nearest town Is thirty mfu
away. How would you get him there
It's impossible. Besides. look at this.
| He pointed to tho sky. an oven blank o.
thick, gray cloud "Thntll DO fallin.
Ia another hour You'd be showed up
And then--hang Il all. man. must i,
"a mad as you are TO disouss the thin
ut all. You don't suppose that your
| going 10 get leave Of absence 10 nurse
johnny Robg
81 might take H." said Roland.
"hnd DO shot for desertiong
That's IA may be. Tho chances nri
shouldn't bo missed till you were 20,
far away 10 send back for me. / muH
20 and answer 10 my namo and thct
geo II can't drop behind"
Ned held his head In his hands as II 4
would else burst with tho folly Of hil
friends idea.
81 can't stay here all day talking ID
nonsense he said angrily. Elm %
into camp"
He strobe away aud Roland kcptra
with him. lie did not need his friend'i
assurance OF the folly Of tho act he
nediiatcd. He quite recognized TINT
but Il was only In the background Of hi.
thoughts, which wore filled with the
memory Of n woman's face. How could
ho leave the man Rose loved TO III,
while any possible effort OF his nigh,
suffice 10 save him?
Tho first fakes Of the coming snow.
storm fell ~ the detachment started. Il
marched In very loose order. for the
road was rough, the snow deep. most Of
tho men moro or less broken with wounds
and fatigue, and II was known that mt
enemy was within sixty miles. Roland
fell little by little to the rear. where the
clumsy country wagons Numbered along
full Of the wounded under Ned's charge
"You'll take caro- Of tho letter." lac
whispered, and thrust It into his friends
hand. "Goodby. shall fall In with
tho next detachment IL l pull through
long enough II not
lie nodded. and at u sudden turn OF
tho road, hero thickly surrounded by
maple and homlock, dartod among the
trees and listened with his heart in his
ears to tho Jingle and chatter Of arms rs
his comrades marched on. IL died away
upon tho snow laden air, and he retraced
his steps to the 6hod with an armful Of
dry leaves and twigs, with which, by
tho sacrifice Of one of his fow remaining
cartridges, ho speedily made u blazing
Ere. Vickom lay quiet watching him
through half shut lidsr
Say, Roland" ho said presently,
"what sort Of gamo Is tliisi"
'I'm going 20 sec II / can null Won
through" said Roland. with an uHccla.
ton Of checrfulnoss,
you can't" sald Vickors; 81 heard
what Nod said just now I'm booked
Tor the journey through, know Il.
Don't you DO q fool. Follow the boys
and leave mo here. I'm beyond any
mans holp. You WON'T Wen, you al.
ways were a nutmeg headed sort Of
creature. never know You to have moro
than ono idea nj n timo, and that one
wasn't worth much, as a general thing
"But this Is madness-shccr, stark
mgdncss. Look at tho nowl Another
hour or two and we shall be showed
up. It's Just ohucl,ing good lifo after
n bad one. know you amt doing II
for me; it's for Rose. Well, II it was
any use l wouldn't say no. But II isn't.
shall DO dead man In twonty.four
hours at most. Nothing can save me-"
I'm just going to the WOOD" said
Roland, taking up his gun and speaking
In quito casual tone "If thoro's any
game about. this weather will drive It
under cover. I'll be back presently
anyhow"
He flung come Of tho broken timber Of
the shed upon the Dire aud went out.
Ho had not takon six PAGES through
tho binding fakes when Vickors' voice
rang out with startling loudnoss and
audiences, "Goodby, Rolandr and
loud report seemed TO shake tho crazy
old hut TO its foundation.
Roland ran back. Vickcrs was lying
dead, with freight playing brightly on
tho barrel OF revolver clinobod In his
left hand.
Ten minutes later he was lying In n
deep snowdrift, and Roland was tramp
ing through tho snow on the track OF
his detachment - Horny Murray IN
Strand