The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1894-05-31

foine days Nhju the officers was all
gintlemen and .oIdiers- Hes truer TO
sc than all the rest OF thin. sir. Dye
Eoiud that. capt'in? Ye wouldn't he
lave it. mabby. but there's them that
can tell ye Loot uant Waring was no
friend OF yours. sir. and worse than
that. If ould Lasseelles could spake now
but there's thin left that can, glory
be 20 God.''
"Oh. for Gods sake shut up" spoke
Cram roughly, goaded beyond all
patience Doyle, answer mel" And
he shook him hard You were at the
Pelican last night, and you saw Mr..
Warning and spoke with him? What
did ne want of your Where did he go?
Who were with him? Was there any
quarrel? Answer, | sayl Do you
know" But maudiin moaning and
incoherencies were all that Cram could
extract from the PROSTATE man. Again
the woman interposed, eager, fearful.
Sure he was there, capt in, he wa
there; he told me of il whin | fetched
him home last night to git him ont OF
the storm and away from that place;
there was no gettin' down here to bark
for anybody. The cabman, sir, said no
carriage could make it"
"W hat cabman? That's one thing
want to know. Who is he? What be-
came Of hin?''
Sure and how do I know. sir? He
was quiet, dacent man, sir; the same
that Mr.. Narinr bate so cruel and
made JcTers kick and bate him too.
| saw it all"
And was he at the Pelican last
night? / must know"
Sure he was indade, sir. Doyle said
50 when / fetched him home, and
though he cant tell you now. sir, he
told me thin. They all came down to
the Pelican. sir. Waring and Lascelles
and the other gintlemen, and they
| had drink, and there was trouble be-
tween the Frcnchman and Waring-
sure you can't blame him, wild has wife
gOin' on so wild the lOOt'nant all the
last month, - and blows was struck.
and Doyle interposcd to stop it, sir,
loike the gintleman that he is, and the
| cab-driver took a hand and pitched
MIN OUT III 10 the LIlutl- sure ne u UtSn
drinking a little, sir, and was aisy
upset, but that's all he knows. The
carriage drove away, and there was
three of thin, and poor Doyle got
caught out there in the mud and in
the storm, and twas me went out wild
Dawson and another of the byes and
fetched him in. And we niver heerd Of
the murther at all all, sir, until came
| down here to-day, that's Gods trOot.
and he'll tell We so whin he's sober"
she ended breathlessly, reckless of her
descriptive confusion of Doyle and
Divinity.
And still the Irishman lay there,
limp, soggy, senseless, and at last, dis
mayed and disheartened, the captain
turned away.
''Promise to sober him up by reveille,
and you may stay. But hear this: If
he cannot answer for himself by that
time, out you go in the battery cart
with policeman to take you TO the
calaboose." And then he left.
No sooner had his footsteps died
| away than the woman turned on he1
patient, now struggling to sitting
posture.
Lie still, you thafe and cur, and
sware you to every word | say, unless
you'd hang in his place. Drink this.
now, and go to Shape, and be riddv to
| tell the story give We in the mornin'
or may the knife We drove in that
poor mummy's throat come back to cut
| your coward heart out
And Doyle, shivering. sobbing. crazed
with drink and fear, covered his eyes
with his hands and threw himself back
on his hot and steaming pillow.
The morning sun rose brilliant and
clOudleSS is the horses Of the battery
came forth from the dark interior of
the stable and, after watering at the
| long wooden trough on the platform.
were led away by their white-frOcled
! grooms, each section to it's own picket
| line. Ferry, supervising the duty,
presently caught sight of the tall
muscular form of his captain coming
| briskly around the corner, little Pierce
tripping along by his side Cram
acknowledged the salute of the battery
officer of the day ia hurried fashion.
"Good-morning, Ferry" he said.
Tell me, who were there when you
got Doyle away from that woman yes
terday?"
only the three, sir,-Mr. and Mrs.
Doyle and the negro girl"
No sign of anybody eise?''
None, sir, didn't go in the house
at all. | rode in the gate and called
| tried to parley, but refused to recog-
/ IL
obeyed without any trouble whatever,
| though she kept up a TRADE all the
| time and said he was too sick to ride
| and al that, but he wasn't He seemed
| dazed, but not Misunderstanding not
sick. He rode all right, only he shiv-
cred and crossed himself and mOaned
when he passed the Lascelles place,
| for that hound pup set up howl just
as we were opposite the big gate. He
was all trembling when we reached the
post, and took big drink the moment
he got to his ROOM
"Ye-es, he's been drinking ever since
I've just sent the doctor to see him. Let
the corporal and one man of the guard
| go with the ambulance to escort Mrs
| Doyle out of the garrison and take her
home. She shall not stay"
why, she's gone, sir" said Ferry
"The guard told me she went out of
the baok gate and up the track towards
Anatole's-going for all she was worth
just after dawn"
1.-The mischief she has! What can
have started her? Did you see her
yourself, Sergt. Bennett?" asked the
captain Of stocly little Irish soldier,
| standing at the moment with drawn
saber awaiting opportunity to speak TO
his commander.
"Yes, SIR" and the saber came flash
Ing up to the present "Shed whit
over to the hospital to get some medi-
cine for the lieutenant just after our
bugle sounded first call, and she came
runnin' out as wint to call the officer
of the day, sir. She ran back to the
ieutenant's quarters ahead of me, and
was up only minute or two whin
down she came wild some bundles, and
away she whit TO the north running,