The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1895-08-24

scoundrel, get out Of my sight before
kill you Go, say, you audacious viii
lain, or I'll crush you as j would q
snake! Begone!"
Selling sword that lay near by, he
rushed at the young soldier and would
have run him through had he not
hastily reiterated through the door.
The grim old warrior was terrible in
his wrath. Pacing to and fro across
the room ha raved and swore and
slashed his sword about, his face pur-
ple;with passion. Then new idea
seemed TO strike him, and paasing in
his mad march he said:
''Why, the fellow is surely crazy. He
is as mad as March hare and must be
looked after or he may harm some one.
What en- old fool was to fly into q
passion over the irresponsible rawlings
of an insane man Hal ha! ha! bal
Why, damme, should laugh over his
absurd fancy instead of wanting to
kill the fellow. Alice! Alice, [ sayl''
A side door opened aud, pale as a
ghost and trembling in every limb, his
daughter entered. She had heard it
all, and her heart was wen-nigh
broken. Seeing her agitation, the old
man placed an arm fectionately about
her waist, and, drawing her tenderly
to his bosom, said:
There, there, my little treasure,
don't lie frightened. 1t was nothing
but poor insane soldier who imagines
himself TO be In love with you. Fla! ha!
hal hal Isn'b it ridieulo,ls2 Come Sum
shine, don't tremble SO, for the poor
fellow has gone and cannot harm you.
I will ct once order mis- confinement in
the guardhouse until he can be re-
moved to en- asylum. Kiss your old
fool father, little sweetheart, and dis
pei your fears" Il,
Throwing her arms about his neck,
she kissed him fondly, and, in a voice
choking with sobs, said: ...s
''Oh. papa, dear, darling papa, would
you doom your little Sunshine to a life
Of unhapp iness? know the gentleman
who was just here. He is man Of
honor and integrity, and love him as
love my life!'' g>t
The old father cast her from him and
would have fallen to the hoor from the
shock had he not clutched his desk Tor.
support. Gazing upon her trembling,
covering form he said hoarsely:
care you, too, crazy? Speak, girl!
Are you, too, raving lunatic? What!
You bestow, yonr love upon a worthless
private soldierl Oh, my God, this is TOO
muchl Would you disgrace the honored
name you bear. a name upon which
there has never yet rested stain, by
lowering yourself to such depth? Get
out Of my sight this instant, and never
dare to enter my presence again until
you have repented Of this mad folly
and are ready to ask my pardon for tho
gross insult you have flung in my face. I
.".But, father, in the name Of heaven,
in the name Of my spirit mother, listen
to me-
NO, not a word, Leave my sight, or
may forget that you are my child aud
curse you! Begone, ! say, this Instant
sobbing violently the poor girl left
the COON and fastening to her own
chamber threw herself on the bed and
gave way to her grief in'the rncst pitt
eous cries and means.
( Col. Sanford paced his room like
Gagged lion Twice he sat down and
wrote an order addressed to the officer
Of the day instructing him to place Pri--s
vate Brown under arrest and confinet
him in irons In the guard house, and as
often tore the order into fragments
and cast it with an oath into the waste
basket He knew Of no military law!
which made it crime for a soldier to
fall in love with a pretty girl .....
When her first burst OF grief had
spent itself Alice arose, and going to,
the stables mounted her pony and rode
away over the mesa to the southward,
hoping the fresh air might cool her
ferered brow. On, On she sped, re-
gardless Of time or distance, until she
reached the head Of e g1,lch fo,Ir mile
below che fort Down the gulchy she
rode, intending To re turn tos the gar
along the Aver anIk long the
Epath aieh she had vs1ersed wiith her;
lever hut two As.
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