Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-06-09

it. He enlisted as a blind
way:" ~ '" '"a'
we are going to the front. The first
cnance he gets he will desert to his side
nos playing Yankee trick on Won.
and You amt sharp enough to see il. ,,
Doeeone him, but yo' may be right,
iootenant, yo' may be right!''
"of course I'm right. You lust move
ABOUT right smart and give the bows the
UP: Dont even elect him CORPORAL.
lie s Just one O. that sort that if he pnts
any Office at all he'll want to run tbe
whole company" -'''
And We don't propose to be rnn2"
III course not!''
| steve soon turned the tide against
nehtoh, and that without apy one
knowing exactly what was taking place
Inc citizens of the town were almost nc
much interested in the election ma tbo
members OF the company. The old law
yer hau lett kenton to settle the matter
according to his own Judgment. Whom
he heard that the young man had ON
hsted, he was secretly pleased, and il
was his lnanence which made number
OF the rank and file seIit,e on eIectinp
Mention as third officer of the companv
am not in the least disappointed. ,,
replied Royal when the result Of tho
Voting was known and the Office had
gone 10 another. Il enlisted without
thought OF position and prefer the ranks
TO any place they could give me Re-
tides, am Yankee, you know, and it
Is only natural that there should be
little feeling in the matter"
Ihere We're two callers at the Percy
mansion that evening. Duke Wyle came
hrst. As previously stated, he had been
a frequent caller for year or more.
Some people had even said that there
was an engagement. That was n mis-
take, however. Try as hard as he could
he could remember little or nothing 70
encourage him in believing that he was
favored suisor. Neither had he the
slightest reason for believing that ROYAL
henton had any advantage in that re-
spect. 1t was simply the fact that he
was also visitor at the house that
rc1sed the splIlr or Jealousy and the de-
sire to work mischief. His reception
was cordial by both mother and daugh-
Ter, anu both congratulated him ON his
election az one of the company officers.
This paved the way for him to observe.
Il presume You have heard of the I'M
blushinS assurance of the Yankee, as
all call him, in making every effort to
be elected second lieutenant:''
do You refer to Mr., Kenton?"
quickly answered Marian.
OF course. He is the only Yankee
l know Of in this locality. The men
saw through his scheme before it was
too late, however,
Did he have scheme?" asked Mrs.
Percy.
Most certainly, ma 'am-that is. the
members of the company fully believed
he had.'
What was it," quietly asked Ma
rian.
We'll. they all think he volunteered
to hoodwink us, and that he will desert
the first chance he GETS
"But you don't believe it:''
We'll. Ill can't say that l do,
but he leans toward the north, Won
know"
mo, / did not know it. He is Vir-
gilman by adoption. He owes her allie
glance. He did not enlist until he felt
1t his duty to go with his state. You
did not enlist for any other reason, did
you. Mr.. Wyle:'
''Of course not, but I'm born vir-
gilman, you know"
well, ! think Mr.. Kenton acted ac-
cording to his conscience and best judg-
ment, and that the guards would have
had reason to be proud of him as an Of
ficer.''
Yes. think so, too" replied the
mother.
The lieutenant realized that he was
walking on dangerous ground and let
the subject drop, but in his own mind
he decided that he had new cause for
hating Royal kenton and removing him
from his path. During a moment of
silence plan flashed through his mind,
and he presently said:
1t is an old saying, you know, that
blood will tell. 1t may prove false in
TINS case, and L hope 1t Will, for Ken
ton is fine young man. Suppose, how
ever, he should actually desert to the
Yankees and come back to fight against
us?''
Then l should be glad to hear of his
being shot as deserter and traitor!"
exclaimed the girl as her eyes flashed
and her color deepened.
He would deserve it, added the
mother.
Duke Wyle had made his call intend
ing to make every effort to discover just
how he stood in Marian Percy s estima-
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