The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1895-07-25

you have passed the crisis and viii live,
and have been down on my knees by
your cot thanking the Father for spar
Ing you to me. Now Ned, dear, listen
to me. You are not yet out of danger,
and you are in my care, and the doctor
has given me imperative orders to not
let you talk much. am going to obey
orders implicitly, and | am going to
make you obey me. Do you hear that,
Mr.. Ned? Here, now. II is time for you to
take your medicine. There! Be careful!
Don't spill it all over your chin. You
careless fellow! You are the most awlS-
ward patient ever had"
Thus she went on in mock reproof.
The happy tones of her voice and the
arch, loving smile which accompanied
her words did him more good than
could any medicine in the post dis
pensary.
But, Alice, must talk. cannot lie
here and"
mo, you must not talk, you rebellious
darling Then CHANGING around to see
that no one was near she implanted q
kiss on his pale lips and continued:
There now, see If that win seal your
lips. You must just lie there and let
nee do all the talking. Papa says am
little nuisance of chatterbox any
how, so | guess | can talk enough for
both of us"
Then tell me all that has happened
since / lost consciousness behind the
rocks, and win lie as quiet as mouse
and listen" he said, taking her hand in
his and pressing it warmly.
"All right, and don't you forget your
promise or may punish you again by
sealing your lips. You see, the people
at the FORT heard the firing when the
Indians came upon us, and just after
you tainted away troop of cavalry
came dashing up with papa at it's head.
He sprang from his horse with great
big tears in his eyes, the very first /
ever saw there in all my life, and |
thought he would hug me to deaSh.
He asked me ifthe Indians had harmed
me and told him they had not, but
feared You were killed. He stopped
down over you and looked at your pale
face and the blood all over your breast,
and then. o, Ned, he rayed like mad
man. / never saw him in such pas
sion before! He stamped the ground
and struck the rocks with his sword
and swore, oh. just awfully! He called
you by name, and now, you mustn't
mind, Ned, for it was only papa's
buster and he didn't mean it, he called
You a villain and told you get up and
not lie there making o fool of yourself,
and said if you attempted to die he
would have you drumlned out of the
service. He called you a brave, noble
rascal, and said he'd rather lose every
man in the garrison than you. Then
he turned on Capt Colby and asked
him what in the-bad man, you know
he was standing there for Ike - 80
idiot While the Indians were escap-
ing, and ordered him to follow and
kill every one of them. The troop
dashed ahead and overlook the Indians
in the sand hills across the river and
had an awful fight with them, for
more Indians had come after the band
that chased us. Papa sent his orderly
flying back to the fort after the sur
geon and an ambulance and then he
fused around and Rugged me and
called you good and bad names until
the surgeon came. Then you were
7 lifted in the ambulance, papa scolding
the soldiers and telling them he would
annihilate them if they hurt you. On
the way in you recovered consciousness
but were delirious. You kept begging
me to fly to the fort and save myself
and leave you to your fate, and papa
asked if you had talked that way when
you was lighting the Indians, and when
/ told him those were your very words
his lips trembled, and he turned his
back and began to abuse the poor