Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-08-01

! and was already known as one of the most intelligent and promising candi- dates for a corporalship in the garrison.
 "Were you on duty at the bridge at l o'clock, Carey?" asked the captain.
 'I was, sir. My relief went on at 11:45 and came of at I:45."
 "What persons passed your post dur ing that timer"
 There was a squad or two of men coming back from town on pass. Ihalt- ed them, sir, and Corporal Murray came down and passed them in.''
 '1 don't mean coming from town. Who went the other way?''
 ''Only one carriage, sir-Mr. Sut- ton's."
 Gould you see who were in it?'' Certainly, sir. It was right under the lamppost this end of the bridge that stood when challenged Lieutenant Rollins answered for them and passed them out He was sitting beside MT. Sutton as they drove up. then jumped out and gave me the countersign and bade them good night right there. Rollins again." thought Chester. "Why did he keep this from me?'' "Who were in the carriage?' he ask ed
 ''Mr. Sutton, sir, on the front seat, driving, and two young ladies on the back seat"
 Nobody else?''
 Mot 0 soul, sir. Icould see in it plain as day. One lady was Miss Sutton and the other Miss Beaubien- know was surprised at seeing the latter, because ] she drove home in her own carriage last evening right after parade. I was on post there at that hour, too, sir. The sec- ond relief is on from 5:45 to 7:45."
 ''That will do, Carey. see your re- lief is forming now"
 As the officers walked away and Sloat silently plodded along beside his dark browed senior the latter turned to him:
 ''I should say that there was no way in which MT. Jerrold could have gone townwartl last night. Should not you?'' "He might have crossed the bridge while the third relief was on and got a horse at the other side" ''He didn't do that, Sloat. had al. ready questioned the sentry on that re. | lief. It was the third that inspected and visited this morning."
 Well, how do you know he wanted to go to town? Why couldn't he have gone up the river or out to the rangei Perhaps there was a little game oi draw out at camp"
 ''There was no light in camp, much less a little game of draw, after II o'clock. You know well enough that there is nothing of that kind going on with Gaines in command. That isn't Jerrold's game, even if those fellows were bent on running their eyesight and nerve and spelling the chance of getting the men on the division and army teams. I wish it were his game instead of what it is"
 'Still, Chester, he may have been out in the country somewhere. You seem bent on the conviction he was up to mis. ] chief here around this post. I won't ask you what you mean, but there's more than one way of getting to town if a man wants to very bad. ''
 ''How? Of course he can take a skifi and row down the river, but he'd never 6 o'clock, and I must get home and shave and think this over. Keep your own counsel, no matter who asks you. If you hear any questions or talk about shooting last night, you know nothing, heard nothing and saw nothing"
 Shooting last night?" exclaimed Sloat, all agog with eagerness and ex. citement now. "Where was it? Wh' was it?''
 But Chester turned a deaf ear upoI him and walked away. He wanted t, see Rollins and went straight home.
 "Why didn't you tell me Miss Beau bien was out here last night?" was tn question he asked as soon as he had en tered the room where, all aglow iron his cold bath, the youngster was dress ing for breakfast. He colored vividly then laughed.
 ! Well, you never gave me mucl chance to say anything. did you? Yo talked all the time, as remember, an suddenly vanished and slammed tn door. would have told you had yo asked me" " But all the same it was evi dent for the first time that here was subject Rollins was shy of mentioning
 'Did you go down and see them acros sentry post?"
 Certainly. Jerrold asked me to. H said he had to take Miss Renwick hom and was too tired to come back-wa going to turn in. was glad to do any thing to be civil to the Suttons.
 "Why, I'd like to know? They hay never invited you to the house or show you any attention whatever. You ar not their style at all, Rollins, and IT glad of it. It wasn't for their sake yo staid there until 1 o'clock instead ( being here in bed. I wish''-and h looked wistfully, earnestly at his favol ite now-"I wish could think it wasn for the sake of Miss Beaubien's blac eyes and aboriginal beauty"
 Look here, captain," said Rollins l with another rush of color to his fact you don't seem to fancy Miss Beat bien, and-she's a friend of mine, m one don't like to hear slightingly spC ken of. You said good deal last nigl that-well, wasn't pleasant to hear '' II know it, Rollins beg your pa don. I didn't know then that you wel , more than slightly acquainted with he I'm an old bat and go out very ittl, 6