Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-02-25

gesture; ~ am expecting my husband He
may be coming back at any moment;
must be there to see him frstl Please let
me go back, sir, with your men; put me
anywhere ashore between them and those
men that are coming. Lock me up; keer
me prisoner in in my own home; do any
thing else if you think am deceiying you
but don't keep me here to miss him when he
comes ~
But you can see him later,'' said the
general.
But I must see him first" said Mrs.
Bunker, desperately. Il must see him
first. for-for-he knows nothing of this.
He knows nothing of my helping Col
Marion; he knows nothing of-how foolish
1 have BEEN and-he must not know it from
others Therei" 1t was out at last She
was sobbing now, but her pride was gone.
She felt relieved, and did not even notice
the presence of two or three other officers,
who had entered the room, exchanged few
hurried words with their superior, and
were gazing at her in establishment
The generals brow relaxed, and he
smiled. Very well, Mrs. Bunker; it shall
be as you like, then. You shall go and
meet your husband with Capt Jennings
here''-indicating one of the offcers-''who
will take charge of you and the party"
And" said Mrs. Bunker, looking i'm
ploringly through her wet but pretty laShes
at the officer, The won't say anything to
Zephas. either
mot a syllable" said Capt. Jennings
gravely. 'sBut while the tug is getting
ready, general, hadn't Mrs. Bunker better
go to Mrs. Flanigan2"
81 think not,' said the general, with q
significant look at the officer as he calamity
offered This arm TO the astonished Mrs.
Bunker eff she will allow me the pleasure
of taking her to my wife,
There was an equally marked respect in
the manner of the men and officers as Mrs.
Bunker finally stepped on board the steam
tug that was to convey the party across the
turbulent bay. But she needed it not,
neither did she take any concern of the still
furious gale, the difficult landing, the pre-
ternatural activity of the band of sappers
who seemed to work magic with their picks
and shovels, the shelter tents that arose
swiftly around her, the sheds and bush in
closures that were evoked from the very
ground beneath her feet; the wonderful
skill, order, and discipline that in q few
hours converted her struggling dominion
into a formal camp, even to the sentinel,
who was already calmly pacing the rocks
by the landing as if he had been doing it for
years. Only one thing thrilled her-the
sudden olthNrSt5 ffHseSzing and swapping of
the n3Honal flag from her hk&ie flagstaff
Ne would see it, and perhaps be pleasedl
And indeed it seemed as if the men had
caught the infection of her anxiety, for
when her strained eyes could no longer
pierce the murky twilight settling over the
gate. one came running TO her TO say that
the lookout had Just discovered through his
glass clsse-reehd schooner running in b.
fRre the lind. was her husband, md
scarcel5A an hof after night had shut IN he
scheer rouqHR4 "a 3of
the poiR'# dfopps ker beat
ahdf spa4 away a5 kzHchoraes.
Ard then s. Snk Ter, amin, lreheadeda
desyn the breal&1g in 5n the hur-
ted plasffon OF 3 ofica al the guard,
threw Herself upon 7her b $hkRiss breast ]
and sobbed and laughed as = hsr..b earr
would break -
Nor did she scarcely hear his hurrsd
to the officer and unconscious cor
raced them from the gate, was heading for
he bar, but suddenly sheered on and put
1way to sea again, as If from some signal
from the headland. "Yes-the bluff,'' in