The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-09-17
pretty face dimpling with happy

Smiles.
cit means, little girl" repliel the
Major, slowly, taking her brigh. face
between his two kindly old hands.
ut means that my daughter has
gone"
Gone wh,re. dally?" said She, at-
ter one glance at him, for she felt what
was coming.
Over to the enemy" returned the
Major.
Then, us they went arm in arm into
the library, he added:
Dorothy, Dorothy, to thiak OF
you DESERVING Mt this time"
But I'm not deserving dear, I'm
not ~ she cried.
Then she asked slowly:
'What-wha. did he say?
Nothing" replied tho Major,
shortly; she wasn't soldier enough
Tor that, so he wrote it,.
at was not because he wasn't sol
der enough, papa, but because he
didn't have time. And now you call
him coward-and-and he's up to
where those wicked miners are, and
he may bc-killed-"
But the rest was unfinished, for the
tears had welled up into the pretty
eyes, and the next minute the contrite
Major was apologies and declarations
of better behavior in the future.
''He isn't coward, daddy" muir
INJURED Dorothy from the depths of
the Majors shoulder, where she had
taken refuge again, land -"
"My dear child, / didn't cay he
was, demonstrated the harassed old
soldier; "and you mustn't cry any
more"
But all through supper, though she
chntted and laughed so brightly, the
Majors old heart was still tribe
sore, for he kept saying to himself {:
"Only half her love is mine, and the
rest belongs to Governors Guard !"
That night, after the evening had
worn away and the daughter of the
house had gone to bed, the Major
climbed the stairs, when he heard n
patter of small bare feet coming along
tho entry, and the next moment a
white-robed little figure stood beside
him.
You aren't angry with me, are
you, daddy dear?' she asked, hugging
him lovingly, ''and you won't feel
badly about it, will you?"
"Of course l won't" replied the
Major, laughingIy, "but run back to
bed, my dear girl, or you'll catch
cold. OF course, you couldn't expect
me to feel very gay" he added again,
'when I'm about to lose n daughter -
now could you?"
"But you AREN'T she answered
quickly; you're going to find q son
Tom says SO himself"
Two days later the Guards were in
the city again. The night they
reached the mines an attack had been
made upon them by the desperate strlk-
ers. and though they were taken by sur
prise, their officers had not lost their
heads. Using row of salt bags as
breastworks, they received the charge
and repulsed the enemy. Then the
Guard had captured fifteen of their
principal men, driven the rest back to
their homes, and waited until the Sec
ond Regiment arrived on the scene to
relieve them. The latter having ap-
peared at last, the Guards were or
dered home with their prisoners. The
papers were, of course, full of the
story of the fight, and the fact that
Lieutenant Holloway was mentioned
as one of the most efficient ard col
lected officers there, did not tend to
harden the Major against his would
be son-in law. He had also received
n painful, though not serious wound,
in his left arm tlom the knife Of a
murderously inclined miner, which
necessitated his carrying the arm in n
sling.
Later in the day all sorts of rumors
began to fly about the town concern
ing the injured feelings of the miners
in regard to the Imprisonment OF their
ripglenders, and as night came on, the
| report that they would come to the
city in force and endeavor to take
their men from the Jail was gaining
ground every minute.
"Thnt is nonsense, plain and sim
pie" said the Captain Of the Guards
when approached by Newspaper man
on the subject. "Tho miners have
had dose thoy will not soon forget.
The only danger the city now stands
in is from men ont of work, who are
moro desperate by hunger and want,
and who will take to robbing if they
cannot find any other way to live
And that very night the Captains
words we're proven.
The Major and Dorothy had been to
the theatcr and were returning
home. The night was warm and soft,
and the moon shone so bright and
clear that the old soldier and his pret-
| ty daughter walked on another square
before going in to enjoy the night.
The Major was about TO say something
about the stiffness of it all, when from
/ behind them there came light tread,
and the next moment, without the
slightest warming, the kindly old SOL
/ der was staggering forward from n
/ stunning blow on his head
With little cry Of terror Dorothy
cnughtnt him rs he fell, but she was
| quickly grasped from behind, md n
hoarso voice whispered in her car
Scream, an I'll choke the life ont o
ycl'
"Go through his pockets, jim, -
continued the fellow, who was now
binding Dorothy's arms TO her sides