The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1895-07-25
PRIVATE BROWN.
Nv CAPTAIN JACK CRAWFORD.
,SrHE PoEr SCOUT,
Copyrighted sso4. BY CAPTAIN JACK CRAWFORD
All Rights Reserved
CHAPTER XIX.

came here? What is the matter with
me?"
-'You have been very sick, Brown
Can you not recall the past? Do you
not remember being wounded by the
Indians?"
"Wounded? The Indians? What In
dians?" He looked up at the surgeon
in establishment.
TRY to remember. Seeif you cannot
recall your desperate fight with the In
dams from behind the rocks"
Brown closed his eyes and endeavored
to collect his truant thoughts. Slowly,
family and indistinctly at first, but
growing clearer and clearer as his de-
lirium-prostrated brain regained power,
the rescue, the desperate ride for life
and the battle all came back to him.
.''Oh! tell me, doctor, was she-was
| Alice saved?'
~Calm yourself, my boy. The least
excitement may yet undo ais my work
in my efforts To save YOU Miss Sanford
is safe with her father
~God be praised" he fervently said,
great tears of JOY starting in his pain
dimmed eyes. How long have been
| here, doctor?"
"For four days. You have been de-
lirious all that time and very near to
death, but you have now passed the
crisis and there is a good chance for
your recovery. You are built Of good
material, Brown. That shot would
have killed any ordinary man"
"And Alice, doctor, Miss Sanford,
has she been TO see me?''
been here TO see you, indeed? Why
the little witch will scarcely take time
| to eat and sleep. bat wants to sit here
by your side all the time. The young
lady is filed with gratitude toward
You, Brown, for your heroism in rescu-
ing her from a horrible fate, and the
whole garrison is singing your praises.
1t was brave undertaking, my boy
a noble. heroic venture successfully ac.
complished."
A smile of qualification spread over
his pale wan face. He cared not for
the laudations of the people Of the gar.
rison. His Alice had been near him.
and that was worth more to him than
would have been the plaudits Of the
universe.
"nos Col. Sanford asked after me,
doctor?" There was an eager look on
his face as he put the question.
"Col. Sanford calls to see you several
times day, Brown. You cannot real
ize the dangerous position in which
your care places ne. The colonel has
given me the most emphatic orders to
save your life, and says if | let you die
he will at once have me taken out and
shot. Now you see the peril which
confronts me, and you must do all you
can to hasten your recovery by implic.
lily obeying my orders. You must not
speak another word. You have talked
too much already. You must remem-
Der my life is at stake, my man"
He smiled knowingly as he referred
to the colonel's clustering threat.
There was smile of perfect peace and
satisfaction on the pale face Of the
wounded man as he closed his eyes to
reflect ever what the surgeon had told
him. Alice was with him almost con
stantly, and, of course, it must be
with her fathers consent, And the old
commander, himself, called several
times daily to ask after him. This
knowledge was sweet to his soul, and
he felt Supremacy happy. Gradually
his senses grew more ard more in
active. and he soon sank into a sweet
refreshing sleep, the first since he had
been brought into the hospital. The
surgeon bent over him ard noted hi,
strong, regular breathing, and softly
felt his pulse.
Excellent! Excellent.' he said t.
himself. Brown, my brave boy, 20,
are worth whole regiment of deat
men yet
When Col. Sanford found hi
daughter once more safe in her home
he acted in manner that at time
almost made her fear he was losing hi
reason. He would call her many time
day to come to him, and clasping he
closely in his arms, as if he feared sh
mightagain be taken from him, woul'
weep like child and mutter praise
and thanks to Heaven for her deliver
ance from death. The old mans hear
, was filled with joy unreasonable, an
, the light of love was never before S
, bright as now as he gazed Upon he
lovely face.
The day following her return h
! called her into his business Office an,
said:
Sunshine, that young scapegrac
I. saved you from God only knows wha
fate. and must reward him. wan
you to tell me all you know of hiI
from your first meeting to the presen
time"
Papa, dear, may I not give it to 20
in writing?" she asked, slight fius
suffusing her face.
"Yes, daughter, that's militar.
Make full report to me in writin
and place it in my hands at the earl
est possible moment. Give your oil
bear Of father kiss and get to wor
on your official report at once, dear"
She kissed him once, twice, thric'
and ran away 20 her room. Her pc
fsw over the paper with great rapidit
as she fully, freely wrote down ever
detail Of her relations with the pr
vate soldier from their first meetin
until the present moment She told I
his enlistment. being ignorant of a
fact that the colonel had gotten Il,