The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1895-01-11
CHAPTER VII.-Contihued.

CHAPTER V1.-COntihUed.
cit is hard to say. He was so uerv-
ously anxioug to get away to see the
general the very day you arrived here
that there vas not a moment in which
Icould ask him about himself, and since
his return he has avoided all mention
Of it beyond saying it is no thing but
indigestion and hew0uld be all right in
a few days. 1 never knew hin b to suffer
in that way in my life. Is there any
regimeutal matter that can be troubling
him?' she asked in lower to- he.
Nothing Of any cOnsequehc what
ever. OF course the officers feel cha
grined over their defeat in the rife
match. They had expected to stand
very high, but Mr. Je1rold's shooting
was unexpectedly below the average,
and it threw their team behind. But
the colonel didn' make the faintest al
fusion to it. That hash t worried him
anywhere near as much as it has the
others, I should judge.
II do not think it was all Mr.. Jek-
rold's fault, mamma, said Miss Rem
wick, with gentle reproach an d a very
becoming fash. 'I'm going to stand
up for him, because 1 think they all
blame him for other mems pc or work.
He was not the only one on our team
whose shooting was below former
scores. -
''They claim that none fell So far be-
low their expectations as hd, Alice.
You know I am no judge Of S ch mat
tiers, but Mr.. Hoyt and Captain Gray
both write the colonel that Mr. Jerrold
had been taking no care Of himself
whatever and was entirely out of form. -
I'm any event, I'm glad the cavalry
did no BETTER" was Miss Renwick's
loyal response. ''You remember the
evening we rode out to the range, and
Captain Gray said that there was the
man who would win the first prize from
Mr.. Jerrold-that tall cavalry sergeant
who tainted away-Sergeant Mcleod.
Don't you remember, mother? Well,
he did not even get a place, and Mr..
Jerrold beat him easily. :"
Something in her mother S eyes warn,
ed her to be guarded, and in tha at indie
Enable but unerring system of feminine
telegFaphy called her attention to the
man sitting by the door. Looking quick.
" to her right, Miss Renwick saw that
he was intently regarding her At the
mention Of Fort Sibley the stranger had
lowered his paper, revealing a bronzed
face clean shaven except for the thick
blond mustache and a pair Of clear,
steady, searching blue eyes under heavy
broWs and lashes, and these ey were
very deliberately yet respectfully fixed
upon her own, nor were they withdrawn
in proper confusion when detected. II
was Miss Renwick whose eyes gave III
the contest and returned in some sense
of defeat to her mothers face
"What letters have you for & he colo
nel?'' asked Mrs. Maynard, coming au
secours
'Three-two of them from his de.
voted henchman Captain Chester, who
writes by every mail, should imagine,
and these he will go off into S pine Sc
cluded nook with and come badk look
ing blue and worried, Then here's an
other, forwarded from Sibley too. I dc
not know this hand. Perhaps it is from
Captain Armitage, who, they SAT is tC
come back next month. Poor Mr.. Jer
iroldp'
"WhypoO Mr.. Jerrold?" askd d Aunt
5555race, with laughing interest, as she
i1oted the expression on her niece Is pref
~ face.
g Because he can't bear Captain Armi
sage, and"-
! "Now, Alice, )" said her mother re
e1roYingly, you must not take his view