The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-01-19

, Half an hour later Cram astonished
! the aids-de-camp and other bored
staff officials by appearing at the gen
eral loafng room at headquarters To
the chorus of inquiry as to what
brought him up in such a storm he
made brief reply. and then asked i'm
mediately to speak with the adjutant
general and Lieut.. Reynolds, and. to
the disgust and mystiication of all the
others. he disappeared with these into
an adjoining room, There he briefly
told the former of the murder, and
then asked for word with the junior.
Reynolds was a character. Tall,
handsome and distinguished, he had
served throughout the war as a volun-
teer, doing no end of good work, and
getting many a word of praise, but. as
all his service was as a staff officer, it
was his general who reaped the reward
of his labors- He had risen. of course,
to the rank OF major in the staff in the
volunteers, and everybody had
prophesied that he would be appointed
a major in the adjutant or inspector
generals department in the permanent
establishment But there were not
enough places by any means, and the
few vacancies went to men who knew
better how to work for themselves.
Take lieutenancy now, and we viii
fix you by and by. was the suggestion,
and so it resulted that here he was
three years after the war wearing the
modest strap of second lieutenant,
doing the duties and accepting the
responsibilities of far higher grade,
and being patronized by seniors who
were as much his interiors in rank as
they were in ability during the war
days Everybody said it was shame.
and nobody helped to better his lot.
He was a man whose counsel was valu-
able on all manner OF subjects. Among
other things. he was well versed in all
that pertained to the code of honor as
it existed in the ante-bellum days.
had himself been out" and, as was
well known. had but recently ofnciated
as second for an officer who had need
of his services He and Waring were
friends from the start, and Cram
counted on tidings Of his absent sub
altern in appealing to him Great,
therefore, was his CONSERVATION when
in reply to his inquiry Reynolds
promptly answered that he had neither
seen nor heard from Waring in over
forty-eight hours This was facer.
What's wrong. Cram?'
Read that. said the captain, placing
a daintiIy-written note in the aid-de-
camps hand 1t was brief but explicit:
Coz BRAx-oS: Twice have I warned you
that Tie attentions Of your Lieut. Waring 70
Nine LasceIles meant mischief This morn-
ing. under prete-se CT visiting her mother. she
left Tire house II = cab, but IN half an hour was
seen driving with M WarinG- This has been.
as have reason 10 know, promptly carried 10
n LasceIles by people whom he had en-
ployed for the purpose I could have told you
last night tEat " LasceIles' friends had mott
fed Lieut. WarinZ that duel would be exact
ed should he be seen with madame again anc
nov il VIII certainly come You have seen IT
10 sco-n nv warnings hitherto, the result Is on
your head"
There was no signature whatever.
Who wrote this rot?- asked Reyn-
olds. 1t seems to ne I've seen that
hand before
so have I. and pitched the trash
into the fire. as do everything anon
ymous that comes my way. But Brax
says that this Is the second or third,
and he's worried about it. and thinks
there nay be truth in the story"
'.As to the duel. or as TO the devo-
tons TO madane?" asked Reynolds,
calmly.
Well. both, and we thought you
would oe most apt to know whether
fight was or War;ng promised TO re-
turn to the post on taps last night In
stead of that, he is gone-God knows