The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1894-12-07

ed, and all these As hours since the sto-
ny might be said to be fairly before the
public Jerrold had been left much to
himself and was presumably in the
depths Of dismay.
One~or two men, urged by their wives,
who thought ii was really time some
thing wero done to let him understand
he ought not TO lead the german, had
gone to see him and been refused admis-
sion. Asked from within what they
wanted, the reply was somewhat diff
cult to frame and III both cases resolved
| itself into "Oh, about the german, to
which Jerrold's voice was heard to say:
"The germans all right. I'll lead if
I'm well enough and am not bothered
to death meantime. But I've got some
private matters to attend to and am not
seeing anybody today And with this
answer they were fain to be content. 1t
had been settled, however, that the Off
GERS were to tell Captain Chester at 10
O'Clock that in their opinion Mr. Jer-
rold ought not to be permitted to attend
so long as this mysterious charge hung
over him, and Mr.. Rollins had been no.
titled that he must be ready to lead.
Poor Rollins! He was in sore perplex.
lty. He wanted nothing better than to
dance with Nina Beaubien. He Won
dered If she would lead with him or
would even come at all when she learn
cd that Jerrold would be unable to at
tend. sickness" was to be the ostensi-
BILE cause, and in the youth and inno-
cence of his heart Rollins never sup
posed that Nina would hear of all the
other assignable reasons. He meant to
ride i'll and call upon her Monday even
ing; but, as i'll luck would have it, old
Sloat, who was officer of the day, STEP
ped on a round pebble as he was going
down the long flight to the railway sta
ton and sprained his ankle Just at
O'Clock Rollins got orders to relieve him
and was returning from the guardhouse
when who should come driving in but
Cub Sutton, and Cub reined up and
asked where he would be apt to find
Mr.. Jerrold.
lie isn't we'll and has been denying
himself to all callers today" said Roll
Inns shortly.
well, I've got to see him or at least
get note TO him, " said Cub. cts
from Miss Beaubion and requires an am
swer. "
You know the way to his quarters
presume, " said Rollins coldly "You
have been there frequently. l will have
a man hold your horse, or you can tic
him there at the rail, just as you please "
Thanks. I'll go over believe"
And go he did, and poor Rollins was
unable to resist the temptation Of watch-
inS whether the magic name Of Nina
would open the door. 1t did not but no
saw Cub hand in the little motto through
the shutters, and ere long there camo
another from within This Cub slowed
in his waistcoat pocket and drove off
with, and Rollins walked jealousy
homeward. But that evening he went
through q worse experience, and it was
the last blow to his budding passion for
sparkling eyed Nina,
1t was nearly tattoo and dark night
when Chester suddenly camo i'll.
Rollins, you remember my telling
yoU | was sure some of the men had
been getting liquor i'll from the shore
down below The station and running it
that way? / believe we can nab the
smuggler this evening There's a boat
down there now. The corporal has just
told me.
Smuggling liquor was one of Chcs.
ter's horrors He surrounded the post
with a Gordon of sentries who had 40
higher duty apparently than that Of
preventing the entrance OF alcohol IL
any form. He had run red cross
crusade against the post trader store in
the matter of light wines and small
beer, claiming that only adulteratcd
stuff was sold TO the men and forbid
ding the sale OF. anything stronger than
pop over tho traders counter. Then,
when it became apparent that liquor
was being brought OH the reservation,
he made vigorous efforts to break up
the practice Colonel Maynard rather
poohpoohed the whole business Ii was
his theory that man who was deter
mined to have drink might better be
allowed to take an honest one, coram
publico, than Struggled and delete
rious article, but he succumbed TO the
rule that only light wines and beer
should be sold at the store and was le-
nient to the poor devils who overloaded
and deranged their stomachs i'll conse-
quence. But Chester no sooner found |
himself in command than he launched |
into the crusade with redoubled energy |
and spent hours Of tho day and night
trying to capture invaders Of the reser-
walton with bottle in their pockets. |
The bridge was guarded, SO was the
crossing of the Cloudwater to tho south, !
and so were the two roads entering |
from the north and west, and yet there
was liquor coming in, and rs though |
ito give Chester benefit" some of tho |
men in barracks had royal old spree |
on Saturday night, and the captain was
sorer headed than any Of tEo partici.
pants in consequence. In some way he |
heard that rowboat came up at night |
and landed supplies of contraband down
by the riverside out of sight and hear
ing of the sentry at the railway station,
and it was thither he hurriedly led Rol |
Inns this Monday evening.
They turned across the railway on |