Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1895-02-21
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rRoM LAST WEEK.
CHAPTER XVI.

INNER ealup - -
l y, excitement for Tintop and the
Es INT Once more. however, the
4, n social gayety was abroad, and
~ christmas holidays were merry
~ mOny charming function. Hops,
~. ANS dinners and contemporaries,
..-icals. minstrels and soldier
s. dov after day and night after
=. we're in full career at Ransom,
Ia dense and binding snow-storms
,rked the roads and soon succeeded
,asting the trip from fort to town
no venture than the winter pas
a, the Atlantic. Starting from
" with sunshine and sleigh-bells,
might encounter storm and temp
before half the distance was trav-
], December, though sharply cold,
been bright and beautiful until
M the 18th; then came the success
al billiards that cut communica-
!, almost entirely and caused wall
aismav from the shopkeepers of
,.ta most ofwhom had laid in goodly
,rss Of TOYS and trinkets for the de-
,tstion of their best customers, the
onle out at the fort. The stage had
he taken of, and for days the mails
ara carried to and fro in saddle. The.
rtrs, senior and junior, found
ertv to do at the fort and little To
smnt them elsewhere, SO their visits
Morgan became infrequent. There
as inst one man at the post whom no
an could daunt, no storm could con-
uer and that was Schramm.
E7ery one knew that Morgan was
lovl7 growing feebler. ''He ought to
ave zone to the Hot Springs long
bal said the doctor, 'but now it is
"a late.1 He could not stand the jour
sv without special attendants and
,conmodatiols, and those were
bings be could not, and Uncle Sam
Eould not, pay for. Knowing that he
kouli have nothing to leave, and deem
br him near dissolution, his creditors
rsre bounding him again. If he lived,
be fftv dollars per month would grad
Esllv pay them off, but if he died
here was nothing; hence the renewed
klsnor for immediate settlement. The
FEATHER was bitter, the little house
bid and draughty, fuel was horribly
Intensive, and there was the veteran
lagoon, helpless cripple, looking
hath in the face and imploring him
let little while to hold his hand, not
EAat the broken-spirited soldier might
recover his strength-he was past all
khat-but that he might linger on even
b labor and sorrow, that with his
annuity he might save his children
from utter restitution. Hours he sat
In loneliness, for it was impossible,
save at rare intervals, for his old COM
rades to reach him now. He wondered
how Connie could sing so hap
ply about the house. Surely
she and Dortha, the middle-aged
naid-of-all-work, had accomplished
Fonders with the little sum h.
could devote to household e.
pnses. Lot and Billy looked hearty
End rosy and well-fed and clothed
Fhen they came tumbling noisily In
nom school. Comics sweet face and
slender form were rounded. The dark
circles under the big brown eyes were
gone. Here he was, hardly daring to
sat thinking how soon they might be
eit without bite, sup or cent. Yet
.Snnie smiled and sang, and was pick
ng up little household words and
Phrases in German, and blushingly ac-
'osted Schramm in his native tongue
snen sehramm came, as he rarely |
lalled to come, twice, thrice, or oftener
llFing the week, to pay his respects to
lAe gnadige Fraulein, and to see what |
Ae could do for the Herr Rittmeister.
VINO ever since the day of the Thorn
Nns coming, had vainly protested |
ssslnst the further use of the name
N'aramm, had insisted that the time
aaa come for the German sergeant to
uop his punetilious observance of the
.Flefenee due all superior officers, and
va Informed Connie that he should be
'a1ieSsed as Herr Won Rhetz: but it
va al to no purpose. Schramm for
sle' 4 left my name with my past
'4sa came to enlist in this army"
WIDE Il had to win future for
lsl and so took my mothers name |
rTNane Call me by that so long as
.sNlhe blue" Indeed, he couldn't
- nAave the gnadige Fraulein ad-
~, ~sa fin as sergeant" at all. He
''~ nat from the first he loved to
Y her lips as she struggled with
y VOnolnation that finally gave ut
'iance toa Sch-r-r-ramm. There could
10 question that he loved to watch
q ups no matter what she might be
'sng, and email blame to him either.
out out at Ransom Schramm was
cunning notability in earnest.
'spl'e his plea to Col. Thornton to
Y, Y. secret as yet the story of his diff
. !, with his stern old father, hio
.lement from the German service,
practical Punishment from home,
y 'nen the profered forgiveness and
there were so many
aplclons that the Thorntons were
-, ~, WIN questions they could not al
s 4 : dodge. Everyone knew by
= ame schranm had money in
NY and that it was deposited in d
,a bank in the east. Eyes," said
.o'n0on' that was his mothers for
: ~ y, wn'eh had become his own" but
= .oionel refuced to tell more, saying
soiuier had a perfect RIGHT tn serve