The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-12-23

lconscious stupidity. Blar1t felt not
only dIsa ppointed. but had a singular
impression that she was not the same
woman that he had first seen. Yet
there was the tall. graceful figure, the
dark profile, and the turban2d head
that he had once followed down the
passage by his room.
Her story was as stupidity simple
I She had known missy from q chilel
She had Just trapsed over to see her
| that afternoon; they were walking to-
gether when the sogers stopped her
She had never been stopped before,
even by "pattsr rollers, - Her ole
nlassa MANLY had gssb leaf to go see
Miss JoSey and hadn't said noffin'
about no orders
More annoyed than he cared to con-
Tess. Br-ant briefly dismissed her With
a warming As ne cantered down the
slope the view OF the distant plckets
recalled the window in the wing, and ne
turned in his saddle to look ait it
There it was-the largest and. most
dominant window III that part of the
building and within 1t a, distinct and
vivid object, almost fiking the opening,
few hours ago removed. restored to It's.
original position. He smiled The
hurried entrance and CONSERVATION OF
Miss Faulkner was now fully explained.
He had Interrupted some impassiomed
message, perhaps even counterm andsd
some affectionate rendezvous beyond
the lines. And it settled the fact that
it was she who had done the signallin &.
But would not this also make her cog
infant of the taking OF the despatch
box He reflected. however, that the
room was apparently occupied by the
mulatto woman; he remembered the
calico dresses and urban ON the bed );
and it was possible that Miss Faulkner
had only visited 1t for the purpose of
signalling to her lover. But the circum-
stance did not tend to make his. mind
easier. 1t was, however, presently
diverted by an unlooked-for incident
AS he rode through the camp a group
of officers congregated before a. large
mess tent appeared to be highs
amused by the conversati0n-ha-f mono
logue and half hlarangue-of a singular
looking individual who stood in the
centre. He were a ''s,ouch' hat, to tn
band of which he had impaired q. mill
tary air by the addition of a gold cord,
but the brim was caught up at the
side in a peculiarly theatrical and high
ly artificial fashion. a heavy cavalry
Sabre depended from a broad buckeled
belt under mis- black frock coat, with
the addition of two revolvers, minus
their holsters, stuck on either side of
the buckle, AFTER the style OF stage
lsmugglers. A pair of long enamelled
heather riding boots, with the tops
turned deeply over, as if they had once
done duty for the representative Of
cavalier, completed his extraordinary
equipment. The group were so alb
sorbed in him that they did not perceive
the approach of their Grief and his
orderly, and Brart, with a sign to the
latter, halted only a few PAGES from
this central figure. His speech was
singular mingling of higfl-flown and ex-
allied epithets and inexast pronuncia-
stion, with, occasional lapses of western
slang.
well, I amt purtendin to any STRAIT
ugetical smartness, and I didn't gradoo-
ate at West Point as one of these
Apocryphal engineers; l don't do much
talking' about flank movements or
| trecognizanses in fcrce,' Ehellon
skirmshing,' but when lit comes down
| to square Injun fightin' I reckon / kin
have my say. There are men who
!don't know the army contractor he
added, darkly who mebbe have heard
of Red jim I don't mention names,
gentlemen, but only the other day a
imam you all know says to me, IF I only
knew what you do about scoutin' I
wouldn't be wantin' for information as
I do I amt going to say who it was,
or break my confidence between gen.
ttlemen, by saying how many stars ne
Il. e, PATROLS civic home guard in the
South that kept surveillance of slaves.