The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1895-01-25
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mother'0 answer 1T was powerless to
move Captain Arniitage. He secuted
the idea Of your guilt from the moment
he set eyes ca you and never rested un.
til he had overturned tho last atom Of
evidence Even / had to explain, +" said
her mother, simply to confirm his the
DRY OF the light Captain Chester had
seen and the shadows and the form ut
the window. 1t was just exactly as Ar
mitage reasoned it out. was wretched
and walieful, sleeping but fitfully that
night arose and took some bromide
about o'clock and soon afterward
heard fall or noise like one.
thought Of you and got up and went in
yorr room, and al was quiet there, but
1t seemed close and warm, so raised
your shade and then left both your door
and Rhine open and went back to bed
II dozed away presently and then
woke feeling all startled again, dont
you lsnow-the sensation one expert.
ences when aroused from sleep, certain
that there has been q strange and star.
Ting noise, and yet unable to tell what
it was? / lay still moment, but the
colonel slept through it all, and won.
dered at it. / know there had been
shot CT something, but could not bear
to disturb him. AT last got up again
and went to your room to be sure you
were all right, and you were sleeping
sounGly still, but breeze was begin.
Mig to blow and flap your shade to and
fro, SO ! drew it and went out, taking
my lamp with me this time and softly
closing your door behind me- See how
it all seemed to fit in with everything
else that had happened. 1t took man
with will of his own and an unshak.
en- faith in woman to stand firm against
such evidence.
And, though Alice Renwick was ST.
lent, she appreciated the fact none the
less Day after day she chung to her
stalwart brothers. side. She had ceased
to ask questions about Captain Armi
tarc and that strange greeting after the
first day or two; but. oddly enough, she
could never let him talk long Of any
subject but that campaign, Of his ride
with the captain to the front, of the
long talk they had had, and then the
stirring fight and the magnificent way
In which Armitage had handled his long
skirmish line. He was enthusiastic in
his praise Of the tall Saxon captain. He
soon noted how silent and absorbed she
sat when he was the theme of discourse.
He incidentally mentioned little things
she" had said about cher" that morn
ing and marked how her color rose and
her eyes flashed quick. joyful, ques-
tioning chances at his face, then fell in
maiden shyness lie had speedily gang
ed the cause of that strange excitement
displayed by Armitage at seeing him
the morning he rode in with the scout
Now he was gauging with infinite de-
light the other side of the question.
Then, brotherlike, he began to twit and
tease her, and that was the last Of the
confidences
All the same it was an eager group
that surrounded the colonel the evening
he car down with the captains letter.
"It settles tie thing in my mind Well
GO back to Sibley tomorrow, and as for
you, Sergeant Major Fred, your name
has gone in for commission, and Two
no doubt q very deserving sergeant will
be spoiled il making very good for
nothing second lieutenant. Get you
back TO your regiment, sir, and call on
Captain Arr'itage as soon as you reach
Fort Russell and tell him you are much
obliged, He has been blowing your
trumpet for you there, and as some Of
those cavalIymen have sense enough to
appreciate the opinion of such soldier
as my ex -adjutant-some of them mind
you; don't admit that all cavalrynen
have sense enough to keep them ont Of
perpetual trouble-you came in fer q
hearty Endorsement, and you ii probably
be up before the next board for exam.
nation Go and bone your constitution
and the rule of three, and who was the
fathc- Of Zebedee's children, and the or.
der of tie Ptolcmies and the ScleucidG,
and ot3.r such things that they'll be
sure to ask you as il ispcEsable to tie
mental outfit Of an Indian fighter" 1t |
was evident that the colCrel was in joy. |
Gus mood, but Alice was silent She |
wanted to hear the letter. He would |
have handed it to Frederick, but both |
Mrs. Maynard and Aunt Grace c. ,nortd |
to hear it read aloud, so lie cleared his |
throat and began:
good, as the inclosed repu5 VIII Soy |
you, but even were tbs not the Case
would have but one thing to say in ar
swer to your letter-he should 60 L.
to his troop.
Whatever our friends ard fellow cit
liens may think on the fl jcct, | Lid |
that the profession ct thes, to
the full as honorablecs airy J.: lie, |
and it is liable at any mC.-oIt TO be /,
more useful. l do not mean G.. or !
alone. say and mean the so.t,icr. As |
for me, would rather he first sergeant !
Of my troop or company or sergeant |
major of my regiment than any lieuten
ant in it except tho adjutant Hope Of |
promotion ia oil rat can make subal
terms life endrrable. but Tic IF ser
geant or the first sergeant, hcI, I'd and
respected by his officers, decorated fer
bravery by congress and lookCG Up TO by
his comrades, is king rmc- g men. Tic
pay has nothing to Go with it. Iscy to
Renwick, Conc back az soon as your