The morning times., 1895-11-04

| dIans had lost quite a few to the happy
hunting grounds. They at last gave up the
chase when the storm set in. The 'mysteri-
Gus private was missed when the troop
emerged from a strip Of wuods about
twenty miles from the fort He was
wounded during the fight, aud had evil
IDENTIFY given up the flight from exhaastipu.
While the men were telling this we stood
about and wondered what would be done
to find the poor feilnw, who had now uu-
doubtedly passed into another world.
''The storm had again commenced with
seemingly added fury, and we realized
what dangerous undertaking it would be
for any one to set oct with the Intention
Of finding the poor fellows body. We re-
tired to our quarters aiter bearing no end
OF narrnw escape stories from some OF the
privates. to await orders from the com
mandlnt as to the next move.
We rad I'll given MP TIE idea OF going
after the body by nightfall-that Is, all but
one
Before my time for arising the next
morning there came TO my ears the loud
est cheering. mixed win shouts. that /
have ever heard in an niy lifetime. has
thy dropped into my clothes and ran out
to see waat WIS up. Near the sat-- SAW
almost the entire population Of the fort,
so II seemed to me, most OF them engaged
in cheering and shouting over something.
Before / reached the crowd ii parted and
terious private and Genevieve Hntle. As
she passed me. standing almost glued 20
the spot with surprise, she called out.
Pleasant morning, major Just as though
she had come in from mornings pleasure
ride.
THAT girl had actually ridden ont of the
fort at dawn to find that youig scamp,
who did not seem to be hurt at all, save
for a few scra tches such as the rest OF the
troop had received. She had met him, for
utnately, riding toward the fort. or God
knows what might have become OF that
brave girl in the snow. II surprised me,
perhaps, to see her so happy after such a
dangerous undertaking. But that was, of
course, natural then. as l did not know
what had passed between them during
that ride.
During the absence of the young fellow
one OF his comrades had cheek enough Co
examine his effects-to find out who he
was and to notify his relatives OF his death,
so he said, but, as l believe, to find out
what the deuce it was that kept him SO
busy during the evenings. But the big
stories the man expected to tell OF what he
found are stin untold for he found only a
lot or books, principally law books. news
paper clippings of testimony in trf8ls and
lot OF other useless trash as he expressed
himself. What the deuce the fellow was
doing with these was more than he could
imagine. Then a great light burst uponme.
Imagine a private in the service OF Uncle
sam giving up all the pleasures OF army
service-very few there are-for the sake
OF studying law, and you have a view OF
our mysterious private with the mys-
terry cleared up.
''Wen, as you have perhaps already
guessed, they both left us a few months
later. The young fellow s enlistment ex-
pired, and / guess he was pretty tired of
army life. He went 10 New York. be-
lieve, taking the belle of the fort W ith him.
/ have strong reasons to believe that this
was settled during that ride into the fort.
/ heard OF him once since then. One Of
his friends at fort said he had quite a law
practice down East here.
THE Indians We're rounded up afterward
and subdued. They were scared, 1 guess,
by whatthey had done. and"-
What's the matter. I.angdon. not going
already, are you? This story did not effect
you So seriously. did it? Why, man. / sct-
ually believe there are tears in your eyesl"
We'll, no-but-I really have to go now
1 have an appointment at hcme and I've got
to go now, or am liable to be late"
Whether Robert Langdon had an appoint
ment at home or not does not matter much.
Sufficient is II IN say that he did go directly
home, where he found his wife on the
lounge, just where she had thrown herself
as he left to go TO the club. A sob greeted
him as he approached her.
"Genevieve, can you forgive me7 1t
was all my fault, and if you'll forgive
me, III never do il again"
She turned up her tear stained face to
him and he bent over and kissed her,
wondering how II ever entered into him
to be SO cruel.
No, it was not your fault, Il was mine.
/ actually drove you to that horrid club,
when kno W you don't care to 20 there"
We'll. VIC will not fight about that
just now Do you remember Major Hunt
at the fort? j heard him tell a story at
the club tn-night-a story Of how Young
girl at a Western fort, a few years ago.
rode out into the snow to rescue a man
who had got lost from his troop. ard how
she brought him in safe nd sound shan
tell II to you? l remember IL, word for
word
No, yon need not. and If you're not
gong TO stop~your everlasting talk about
That am Just going to get ma adagain;nowy"
he stOpped.-Chicago News.