The Russellville Democrat., 1893-08-10

DoAA &@Vt AHk QNA v othG AV tLAfNh HD more of him. Tell her not to strive to 6ud him or to ask what he is, or even where he is. beyond that he has gone to Sonora"
 Lieutenant, said Patterson, suddenly appearing at the opening, "could you step here momentfp
 Drummond springs up.
 "One moment, Mir. Drummond, < whispers Wing, weakly sI must say one word to you--alone.
 "l'il return in a minute. Let me see what Patterson wants
 Miss Harve, and Ruth have risen i; the former is very pale, and evil dently trembling under some strong emotion. Once more she bends over him.
 tDrink this, Mr. Wing, and now talk no more than you absolutely have to. ]"
 Then, renewing tho cooling band age on his forehead, Ter hands seem to lnger-surely her eyes do--as she rises once more to her feet.
 Meantime the lieutenant had stepped out into the canon.
 "Whst is it Patterson--qu ick r
 "That was some of our fellows, sir, squad of four, but they turned all of a sudden and galloped back out of sight. It looks to me as though they were attacked. "
 "How far away were theyf How many miles down the desertf"
 "Oh, at least six or eight miles down, sir-down beyond where you met them yesterday
 "How about our traili Any body in sight therei"
 Nobody, sir, not even a thing {; not even a whiff of dust.
 "very well. Keep on the alert. It's good to know that all the Apaches are not around us yet. Neither bullet nor arrow can get down here so long as we man the rocks above. I'll be out in mo ment. ,"
 Then once more he kneels by Wing.
 Lieutenant, did you ever see a girl behave with greater braveryf Do you know what she has under gonei-Miss Harvey, I meanf'
 Both are behaving like heroines, Wing, and think 1 am beginning to see through this rlot at last.
 "Never let mother know it-- promise me, sir-but when Harvey discharged him--my uncle, mean he swore he'd be revenged on the old man, and twas he"
 "The doubled-dyed villain! 1 understand now, Wing; you needn't tell me. He has been in the pay of the Morales gang for months. He enlisted so as to learn all the move ments of officers aud scouting par ties. He enlisted under his bene- factors name. He has forged that, too, in all probability, and then, de- serting, it was he who sought to carry away these precious girls, and he came within an ace of succeeding. By the Eternal, but there wil be a day of reckoning for him if ever 'C' troop runs foul of him again! No wonder you couldn't sleep, poor fol- low, for thinking of that mother. This caps the climax of his scoun- drelism. Where-when did you see him lasti-.ince he enlistedp
 But now Wings face is again averted. He is covering it with his arms.
 "Wing, answer mel" exclaims Drummond, springing suddenly to his feet. By heaven, l demand to know P Then down on his knees he goes again, seizing and striving to pull away the nearest arm. "You need not try, you cannot conceal it now. 1 see it all--all. Miss Har vey," he cries, looking up into the face of the trembling girl, who had hastened in at the sound of the ex- citement in his voice. Miss Har- vey, think of it; twas no Apache who shot him, twas a worse savage his own uncle. 1"
 "Promise me mother shall not know" pleads poor Wing, striving to rise upon his elbow, striving to restrain the lieutenant, who again has started to his feet. "Promise me, Miss Fannie; you know how she loved him, how she plead with you"
 "I promise you this, Wing" " said Drummond, through his clinch- ing teeth, "that there'll be no time time for praying if ever we set eyes on him again; there'll be no mercy. "
 "You can't let your men kill him in cold blood, lieutenant. l could not shoot him"
 "No, but, by the God of heaven, 1 could !"
 And now as Wing, exhausted, sinks back to his couch his head is caught on Fanny Harvey's arm and next is pillowed in her lap.
 "Hush !" she murmurs, bending down over hiu as mother might over sleeping child, "Hushp' you must not speak again, l know how her heart is bound up in you, and I'm to play mother to you now"
 And as Drummond, tingling all over with wrath and excitement, stands spell. bound for the moment, 8 light step comes to his side, a little hand is laid on the bandaged ar,,, and Rpkh Harvau,O ,arattu