Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-04-11

sloe. - ou re all right, my boy where
are you" Why in the captaiL's tent,
to be sure, and that's pretty good quar-
ters for the rank AMI file, I shorid
think"
"The captains tenta How came
here1"
"That's just what 1 can't tell you
you'll have to ask himself, | guess. You
amt any relation to Cap-ain Keene, be
you2"
"Keene -Keene!" repeated TIE man.
Because" pursued Spicer, ''lf you'd
been his own brother b1ru, he couldn't
have taken better care of YOU. His
cousin, maybe!"
"No! God forgive me, mol" faltered
the wounded man with a low, bitter
groan. s->..--
''Here he is now," said Spicer, the
familiar accents of his voice falling to
more respectfully modulated tone as he
rose and ssluted his officer. ."He's all
right. Acaptaia-as clear headed as
b.llI"
"Very well, S5icer; yoI can 60"
The private obeyei with alacrity.
When they weie alone together in tue
tent, Wallace K.ene came to the low
bedside.
80 you're all right, Mr.. Harneyl" ne
asked kindly.
Captain Keenc," murmured Harvey,
shrinking from the soothing tone as if
it had been 4 dag gers point, 81 have
no right to expect this treatment at
your hands"
"Oh, never mind" said the young
man lightly. "What can I do to make
you more comfortab!el''
Harney was silent, but his eyes were
full of the tears he fain would driva
back-tears of remOrseful shame and
he turned his flushed face away lest the
man he had once 50 grossly insulted
should see them fall.
The next day ne again alluded to the
home subject.
"Captain Keene, you asked me yes
terday what you could do 70: met"
eyes"
"I want you to obtain leave for Nay
to come and nurse me wnea an trans
ferred to the hospital" :"
Captain kaele turned to ward the sick
man face white and hard as mlr0.e
and said in strangely altered voice:
"Do you mean your sisterl'
'My sister-yes."
"Of course, if you wish it, eau Oh.
tain permission, Harney. But"
"Weni"
Keene's cheek colored, and nc bit his
lip.
81 should not suppose she would be
willing to leave her husband for the
very uncertain comforts of hospital life."
Harvey smiled, looking into his COM
panion's face with keen, seaching eyes.
May is not married, Captain Keene.
Sic has no such a23eu iase as hus-
baud!"
"Not married.
81 know what You tnou yht. Sne was
enga yed and almost married. We had
nearly induced her TO become Lisle
Spencer's VIE, but she refused on the
very eve of the wedding day."
Keene had risen and was pacing up
and down the narrow limits of the tent
with feverish haste.
Because" went on Harney, "she
loved a certain young volunteer who left
$ about two years ago too we'll ever
to become any other mans wife"
"Harney-yol do not mean to say"
"I do, though, old fellow, and, what
is more, mean to say that since I've
been lying in this tent my eyes have
been pretty taorou ghly opened to my
own absurd folly apd impertineloe."
Captain Keene wrung his conplnioa's
hand and hurried away, to mistake the
bootjack for the ink,tald aui to c)n-
nit several other no less inexcIsable al
surditles.
81 see you'll get nothing written to-
day." sighed Harvey as be lay watching
Wallace Keene tear up sheet after sheet
of condemned note paper.
AZ shall, though" smiled Wallace.
,"Only can't tell exactly which end 0:
my letter to begin at"
Captain Keene did write and if he
inserted little foreign matter into the
epistle it didn't matter, for Harney, con-
siderate fellow, never asked to see it.
Marion came, and when her brother
was promoted into the convalescent ward,
aud she went hone again, it was only TO
lose herself III bowers OF orange BIOS
SONS, forests OF white satin ribbon aa1
acres of pesrly, shimmering silk, SHOT
with frosty CLEANS of silvery brocade,
for the course of true love, after all its
turn and intricacies, had at length found
its way into the sunshine and was run
nIng smoothly over sands of gold.--NeT
York News.