The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-07-24

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to me and to us all than can explain. "
81 don't know | can't imagine"
"Was it to see her again that night?
Il don't know at all. If it was, he
fooled her, Tor he mover went near her
again. Rollins put her in the carriage. "
"Whose? Did she come with the Sut.
tons?"
why, certainly. thought you knew
that"
"And neither old Nine. Bcaubien nor
Mrs, Sutton with them? What was the
old squaw thinking of"
By this time they had nearcd the
guardhouse, where several of the men
We're seated awaiting the call for the
next relief All arose at the shout Of
the sentry on No / turning out the
guard for the officer of the day. Chester
made hurried and impatient acknowl-
edgment of the salute and called to the
sergeant to send him the sentry who
was at the bridge at O'Clock. 1t turned
out to be young soldier who had en-
listed at the post only six months before
and was already known as one of the
most intelligent and promising candi-
dates for corporalship i'll the garrison.
"Were you on duty at the bridge at
l O'Clock, Carey" asked the captain.
II was, sir. My relief went on at
11:45 and came off at 1:4j."
"What persons passed your post dur
ing that timer"
"There was q squad or two of men
coming back from town ON pass. Ihalt-
ed them, sir, and Corporal Murray came
down and passed them il. "
Il don't mean coming from town
Who went the other way:"
"Only one carriage, sir-Mr. SUIT
TOMS"
Gould you see who We're in it,"
Certainly, sir. 1t was right under
the lamppost this end of the bridge that
l stood when | challenged. Lieutenant
Rollins answered for them and passed
them out. lie was sitting beside Nh.
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, Oh the front seat,
driving, and two young ladies on the
back seat"
Nobody elso?"
Not asoul, sir. Icould SEQ in it plain
as day. One lady was Miss Sutton and
the other Miss Beaubien I know | was
surprised at seeing the latter, because
she drove home il her own carriage last
evening right after parade. 1 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. l 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:
Il should say that there was no way
in which Mr. Jelrold could have gone
downward 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 l had al
ready questioned the sentry on that re-
lief. 1t was the third that inspected
and visited this morning"
"Woll, how do you know he wanted
to go to town? Why couldn't he have
gone up the river or out to the range?
Perhaps there was a little game of
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 OH
with Gaines in command. That isn't
Jerrold's game, oven if those fellows
were bent on running their cyesight and
nerve and spelling the chance of getting
the men on tho division and army teams.
/ wish it were his game instead of what
it is.
"Still, Chester, be may have been out
i'll the country somewhere. You seem
bent on the conviction he was up to mis-
chief here around this post. | won t ask
you what you mean, but there's moro
than one way of getting to town if q
man wants to voTy bad. "
"How? OF course he can take a slliff
and row down tho river, but he'd never
be back i'll time for reveille There goes
6 o'clock, and l must get home and
shave and think this over. Keep your
own counsel, 10 matter who asks you.
If you hear any questions or tall, about
shooting last night, you know nothing,
heard nothing ard saw nothing"
Shooting last night?" exclaimed
Sloat, all agog with eagerness and cx-
citement now. "Where was it? Who
was it?"
But Chester turned q deaf ear upon
him and walked away. He wanted to
see Rollins and went straight home.
"Why didn't you tell me Miss Beau
bien was out here last night?" was the
question he asked as soon as he had en-
tered the room where, all aglow from
his cold bath, the youngster was dress
ing for breakfast. He colored wildly,
then laughed.
"Well, you never gave mo much
chance to say anything, did you? You
talked all the time, as / remember, and
suddenly vanished and slammed the
door. would have told you had you
asked me" But all the same it was evil
dent for the first time that here was a
subject Rollins was shy of mentioning.
"Did you go down and see them across
sentry post?H
Certainly. Jerrold asked me to- He
said he had to take Miss Renwick home
and was too tired to come baok-was
going to turn in. I was glad to do any
thing to be civil to the Suttons." -"
"Why, I'd like to know? They have