The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-01-26

me- uuu Whot "a 10 " WIN aho"neAs'S'
working for my country"
"And haven't ye promised ye would
do no more telegraph workiny"
"Oh, that duty has come to an abrupt
termination i shall never attempt IL
again. How could ! after the sacrifice
you and Colonel Maynard have made
for me? Besides. IL seen within the Fed
sral lines, should be recognized, and !
would then deserve my fate. F"
"Ye'd better abandon the cause"
Never, so long as it is cause. So
long as my brothers continue the strug-
gle will be with them.
Then 20 long as the Union army Is
fghtin ye Oi'll be in its ranks
You'll do no such thing. You will
go home, where your presence is more
needed--to your mother, to your ten
ants. Ireland needs all her landowners
such as you at home. That is your coun-
try. You have no interest here. "
"And the United States is your coun-
try. You have no other"
"Ratsp'
"Darlipr
There was silence between them for
some moments. Ratigan laid his hand
ON hers while she was looking, with
panied expression, out Of the window.
In her eyes was far look Her lover saw
her troubled expression. He did not at
tempt to comfort her by recalling what
be had said. He pushed on further.
''Darlin, he said, "ye're right when
ye say Dim needed in Oireland. Go with
me, darlin. Be me wife. Let all this
intense effort, this sacrifice ye'ro put
tin into q cause, which Oi foresee is
doomed, be given to me tenants. The
estate is q large one, and there are hun
dreds of people for ye to befriend. There
ye can work to purpose. There yer ef-
forts in behalf of really downtrodden
people will be for good"
"And leave my brothers in the midst
of this horrid struggle? i will stay here
till the last gun is fired, till the last
blow of the hammer has riveted our
chains.
Born and bred in the south, Miss Fitz
Hugh had never seen except with south
ern eyes. Here was man who was Civ
ing her views never before open to her.
She had a mind capable of grasping
them and saw the strength, the solid
sense, beneath them when properly pre-
sented.
'fDarlin," said the young baronet,
''the world moves on quickly. II yer
people succeed in this war. in less than
quarter of century yell either free
yer slaves or be blot on the face of the
earth.
"Oh, Rats" she exclaimed, "why
did ever meet You? You've sapped the
strength possessed for my work. can
never again do my duty as / have done
it thus far. ;"
"Darlin, ne said, drawing her nearer
to him, "Oi'll replace what Olive taken.
Oi'll give ye other duties, the duties
that belong to the mistress Of fine es-
tate, the duties Of woman of high de-
gree in a country where birth is re-
spected far more than here. With your
vigor. your strong impulses
Guided by your more steady light. :"
"Ye may become one Of the most in
fluential women in the three kingdoms. I"
In her eyes came that humorous
twinkle he had once seen before when
she stood in her buggy in the road up
in Tennessee and tantalized him for his
stupidity in having been duped by her.
'It would be nice 10 be-
"To be what, darlin?"
"Lady Rats, and she hid her bushes
In tho pillow on which his head rested.
Tho sup setting over Lookout noun
tain shone directly in the faces of May
nard and his party as returning from
Ringold they rode into Chattanooga. Il
was glorious October evening, and the
heights towering them, covered by un-
seen Confederates, reposed about the
town like huge lions watching wound
ed animal, confident that at last it must
fall into their power.
Dismounting before his tent, Maynard
entered it, and there found letter
from his wife. She begged him TO come
to her if il were possible, and if not to
write tn her. He read and reread the
letter again and again, and then made
an attempt at a reply. After writing
half dozen, all of which he tore up,
he abandoned the task in despair. His
position was too uncertain. The sem
tence of the court martial hung over
him like sullen cloud, What could he
say to her to comfort herr He we'll
knew that the only comforting she
needed was to know that he was not
miserable, and of that he could not as
sure her.
And so matters hung for week
Having no duties to perform, the time
passed all the more slowly. The Con-
federates were sending occasional shells
from Lookout mountain, and as they
were harmless the reports were some
thing of a relief to Maynard, breaking
the monotony of the silence He spent
much of the time thinking of what he
would do in case the sentence of the
court were approved and carried into
effect. He formed many plans, which
were all abandoned. At last he settled
down to the resolve that he would 60 to