Evening journal., 1892-07-28


of her swoon. He suspects that Sergea Mt
Ellis, a recent recruit and man with Lis
tory, had some connection with it.
begun Tuesday July 26-Back numbers at
the Counting Room.l
pant. But there was no ladder What
was more, the blinds were tight shut
and boited on the inside. The shades
within We're drawn down, and the lace
curtains looped over each.
Between them stood long, old fash
ioned mirror above the toilet table
draped with lace curtains very much as
were the windows themselves. No one
from without could have been visible to
any one within. No one. within could
have been seen by any one without
Moreover, the Holdens' cook-an indom-
table Irishwoman-wa on the back
porch at the moment of Miss Guthrie's
fright saying good night to Corporal
Murphy, who had long been Kathleen's
devoted admirer, and both stood ready
TO swear that nobody was ON that roof
The rear windows thus disposed of, the
doctor had turned his attention to the
window at the side, aud here there was
possibility Of explanation.
As has been said, the Holdens' house
was one of the Oldest at the old frontier
fort, but so solidly and substantially had
it been built that, when others were con-
demned and ordered replaced along the
row, the authorities had decided to re-
tain "Bayard Hall" It was originally
double set, with hallway in common,
intended for the use of four bachelor
officers, each to have his two rooms, there
being four rooms ON the first and four
on the second floor, while the kitchen
and servants rooms were placed in a
wooden addition at the rear. The
ground fell away rapidly from the front
piazza so that while the first floor front
was but few steps higher than the
walk, the rear porch was full story
above the ground giving abundant
space for storerooms, etc, under that
part Of the house, and necessitating a
fight of dozen steps to reach the porch
or the kitchen doorway. Around the
front and sides Of the second story there
ran originally broad gallery, but this
was before the days of the war of the re-
bellion, during which the post was lit
tie used, and when. after certain repairs
and alterations, the house was declared
assignable as family quarters, the old
wooden gallery had been condemned
and torn down. Nevertheless, the beams
which were its support on the east were
found solid and firm.
They projected through the wall Of
termaster, selecting the house for his
own use, had thrown a light gallery out
upon them. 1t made such a convenient
place for flower pots, shrubs, bathtubs
and things of that description, said he.
Furthermore it was a place where he
could go in the warm evenings and
smoke and sip his toddy with his chosen
associates, and not have every garrison
gabbler crowding in to disturb their
chat and absorb his precious Mononga-
hela. The gallery had no roof, was only
five feet wide and was inaccessible except
through this one window, which the un-
sociable major had had cut down level
with the floor. Robbers Roost" the
disdainful subalterns used to call it in
the days when bluff old Blitz had occu-
pied the quarters and barred out all but
his chums, and by the same name was it
known when Holden moved in with his
wife and olive branches and took up his
abode there a few years before the open
ing of this story.
When the Eleventh marched out and
the Twelfth came in, Colonel Farquhar,
finding the doctor in possession, decided
that the Holdens should not be disturbed
that there was abundant room for
others in the new quarters. The Hol-
dens entertained a great deal. Pleasant
people were visiting them month after
month, and everybody in the Twelfth
blessed them for the brightness and gay
ETY. their presence lent to the garrison.
A sterling fellow was Holden, one Of the
best men in one of the very best corps,
personally and professionally, in our lit
tie army; and as for his wife, an accom-
plished society woman, a st. Louis belle,
still in the heydey Of youthful woman
hood, everybody in the garrison delight
ed in her friendship and kindhness.
There was no more popular parlor than
Holden's, and night after night the young
officers gathered there. But Robbers
Roost" had fallen into disuse. The glass
door was generally shut, and the vene-
tian blinds with which old Blitz had
decorated it were ordinarily closed ex.
cept when this, one Of their two guest
chambers, was occupied. Shades and
lace curtains similar to those at the real
windows draped it within, so that from
the interior this side door presented al
most the same appearance as the win.
dows themselves, and it stood directly
opposite the hall door.
But Miss Guthrie had become enthusi
astic over the lovely view down the
Pawnee valley from that side gallery
She was frequently to be seen there. She
had gone out for one farewell look as the
valley lay flooded in the light of the full
moon, and this was Immediately after
changing her dress. She was exclaiming
over its beauty as arrayed for her Jour
ney she came dancing down the stairs tC
Join her hostess and the excited children
in the parlor. She suddenly missed hei
gloves, remembered that she had lef
them in her room, had scurried up th,