The evening world., 1894-05-30

well-well-as Hard Cation over there
for stance"
Jack Stickles turned to Lieut.. Cation
as wor ne sp ok ana ano WSs ao foeu Ia foi remark rls
when he was surprised to see Cations
face suddenly grow ashen with anger. 3,
The ~latter's devilish nature showed
DO you mean that insult for me,
Stickles?" Cation roared, angrily. by
the eternal God, II you do, you'H have
This precipitation Of a quarrel on the
part Of Lieut.. Cation was without the
least p~rovocation. Every one there. with
perhaps the exception Of Cation. a
Sergt. Stickles's thoughtless speech, ut
tered on the spur OF the moment. without
meditation.
For a moment an ominous silence;
were dumfounded over Lieut.; CATIONS
unexpected outburst. As for Sergt.
Stickles. he had been rendered speech
He was incapable at first of a proper
conception of the situation Had he in,
suited Cation? No! Had he intended
to insult him? or course he had not!
soldier arose to the occasion. It had
been well weighed before spoken.
With the hot blood blazing In either
tllStn diu ~ iSht "a ;"
.dignation burning, in his flashing eyes
sergt. Jack turned on the Lieutenant,
Cation. you're a ~scoundrel!' he said,
E to yoa sH!p Fl T IS you Pa Sho must a aPSies't te
me; or IN thrash your carcass without
A Found table stood between the two
officers, but that mattered not. The
fiendish temperament Of Cation under
the excitement OF the moment would
lead him to do anything rash and Ill;
face.
Col. Stroke. who. up to this time, had
been overcome with establishment at the
two men and struck Cation a savage
blow upon his arm as he was In the act
of drawing his sword from It's s~cabbard
to cut down Stickles. who vas unarmed.
The spirit of a fend incarnate seemed
to rave taken possession of Cation. In
his rage he had lost sight OF the fact
that he was In the presence OF his supe-
rior officers. There was murder unmis-
age and in the ugly flashing Of his eyes.
With an oath he whirled upon Col.
Stroke as II to strike him. but Capt
furiated man, There was a momentary
struggle and Donald Haines hurled Cat
ton heavily against the table; The next
lighted candle had been overturned and
eNtinguished.
Capt. Haines's first thought was for the
safety of his Colonel. In his rage he did
not know what Lieut.. Cation might do.
He heard sounds of n struggle and sup
pressed breathing at his right and rushed
blindly In that direction.
The three men were alone In the tent,
for in the excitement the others had
hurrierd out In search OF a light. Jack
Stickles had been unable. after cropping
about, to hnd the one which had been
overturned in the scufie.
\ Can't Haineg reached the Of TuRglnC
men and Joined in the fray in order to
save the one from doing grievous in
jury to the other. He caught ore Of the
men. whom he supposed 20 be Lieut..
Cation. abou the throat with both
hands and closed upo 1t with a mighty
Loose your hold on Col. Stroke" ha
cried hoarsely, "or I'll throttle you to
But there was no response from Cat
ton, and still the struggle between the
three officers continued. II was only n
moment, yet II seemed like an eternity
TO Donald Haines that he bnttled with
the man in his grasp, and then II sud
denly grew dark around him. In the
terrific struggle he had struck his head
table, and the shock had rendered hin
unconscious.
The last rational thing to fash across
his brain was the knowledge that he was
choking. choking, choking to death
| Hardman Cation.
The darkness was slowly dispelled
Sergt. Stickles and the other oficeri
| hpving returned with a light.
| Donald Haines regained consciousness