Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1894-10-13
CHAPTER KIN.

very weak anu IdiHt. cir. TOW
came here? What Is the matter with
me?"
"You have been very sick. rrown.
Can you not recall the past? DO you
not remember being wounded by the
lndians?"
Wounded? The Indians? What In
dians?" lie looked up ut the surgeon
in establishment.
Try to remember. Secif You cannot
recall your desperate iigh, with the In
dams from behind the rocks"
Brown closed his eyes and crdcavored
TO collect his truant thoughts. Slowly,
family and indistinctly ut first. bat
growing clearer and clearer MS his de-
lirium-prostrated brain regaircd power,
the rescue. the desperate ride for life
and the battle all came back to him.
"0h! tell me. doctor. WIS she-was
Alice savcd?"
calm yourself, my boy. The least
excitement may yet undo all my work
in my efforts to save you. Miss Sanford
is safe with her father"
God be praised" he fervently said,
great tears Of joy starting in his pain
dimmcd eyes. 'lIow long have ! been
here. doctor|
"For four days. You have been de-
,irious all that time and very near TO
death. Int you have now passed the
crisis and there Is n good chance for
your recovery. You nrc built of good
material. Brown. That shot would
have killed any ordinary man."
"And Alice. doctor, Miss Sanford,
has she been to see me?'
''ieen here to see you. indeed? Why
the little witch will scarcely take time
20 eat and sleep. but wants to sit here
by your side all the time. The young
lady is filed with gratitude toward
YOU. Brown, for your heroism in rescu-
ing her from horrible fate. and the
whole garrison is singing your praises.
II was brave undertaking. my boy
noble. heroic venture successfully ac-
complished.
A smile Of qualification spread over
his pale wan frce. lie cared not for
the laudations of the people of the gar.
rison His Alice had been near him.
and that was worth more ~ him thar
would have been the plaudits OF the
universe.
''llas Col. Sanford asked after me,
dcctor?" There was I'm eager look on
his face MS he pat the question.
''Col. Sanford calls to see you several
times day. brown. You cannot real
lie the dangerous position IL which
your care places me. The colorol has
given me the most emphatic orders To
save your life, and says II let you die
he will ut once have me taken cut and
shot Now you see the peril which
confronts me. and you must do all you
can TO hasten your recovery by implic-
lilly obcying my orders You must not
speak another word. You have talked
too much already. Yen must rcmem-
Der my life is ut stake my man."
lie smiled knowingly rs he referred |
TO the colonels clustering threat.
There was smile Of perfect peace and !
satisfaction on the pale face Of the
wounded man rs he closed his eyes to /
reflect over what the surgeon had told |
him. Alice was with him almost con- !
stantly. and, OF course. II must be |
with her fathers consent. And the old |.
commander. himself. called several
times daily to ask after him. This
knowledge was sweet to his soul. and |
he felt supremacy happy. Gradually !
his senses grew more and more in
active. and he soon sank into n sweet. !
refreshing sleep. the first since he had
been brought into the hospital. The
surgeon bent over him and noted his :
strong. regular breathing, and softly
felt his pulse.
Excellent! Excellent" he said TO
himself Brown. my brave boy, You
are worth a whole regiment Of dead
men yet"
When Col. Sanford found his
daughter once more safe in her home, ;
he acted in manner that ut times +
almost made her fear he was losing his =
reason. lie would call her many times
a day to come TO him, and clasping her
closely In his arms, us II he feared she .
might again he taken from him. would .
weep like child and mutter praises .
and thanks TO Heaven for her deliver I
ancc from death. The old mans heart |
was filed with joy unreasonable, and
the light Of love was never before so
bright rs now as he gazed upon her
lovely frce.
The day following her return he
called her into his business Office and 3
said:
Sunshine, that young scapcgrace
saved you from God only knows what
fate. and must reward him. want
you 10 tell me all you know Of him
from your FIRST meeting to the present
time"
"Papa, dear, may not give II TO you
In writing?" she asked, q slight flush
suffusing her face.
"Yes, daughter, that's military. !
Make full report TO me In writing
and place Il In my hands at the earli-
est possible moment. Give your old
bear of father liss and get 10 work
on your official report 1t once, dear"
She kissed him once, twice, thrice,
and ran away to her room, Her pen
few over the paper with great rapidity
rs she fully. freely wrote down every
detail of her relations with the pri-
vate soldier from their first meeting
until the present moment. She told Of
his enlistment. being ignorant Of the
fact that the colonel had gotten full
report of that from Private Lannan,
told Of their many meetings, Of mutual
love and Of her urgent appeal 70 brown
20 go 10 her father aud tell him all,
and ask his sanction TO their engage
ment. Nothing was withheld. and
when the statement was completed
abe took Il to her fathers Office, laid It
on the desk before him. kissed him pas
sionatcly and ran away to her room,
her young heart throbbing with anx-
iety.