The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1895-02-08


expected proper amount Of WomaHly
horror incredulity and indignation, bat
she was totally unprepare5 Cor the cut
burst that followed. Nina was trans
formed into . tragedy queen On the in
slant, and poor. simple hearted, foolish
Fanny Snttcn was almost scared ont Of
her small wits By the fire Of denuBeia-
ton and fury with which hsr story was
greeted She came home with white,
frightened face and hunted up Cub and
told him that she had been telling Nina
some Of the queer things the ladies had
been saying about Mr.. Jerrold, and
Nina almost tore her to pieces and
could he go right out to the fort to ses
Mr. Jerrold? Nina wanted to send
note at once, and if he couidn't go she
had made her promise that she wouId
get somebody TO go instantly and to
come back and let her know before
O'Clock.
Cub was always glad Of an excuse 70
60 out TO the fort, but a GOODNESS had
sprung up between him and JerroId.
He had heard the ugly EumOrs in that
mysterious way in which all such things
are heard, and while his shallow pate
conld not quite conceive Of such a mon
strous scandal, and he did not believe
half he heard, he sagoly felt that in the
presence Of SO much smoke there was
surely some fire and avoided the man
from whom he had been inseparable.
OF course he had not spoken to him on
the subject, and. singularly enough.
this was the case with all the officers at
the post except Armitage and the COM
mander. It was understood that the
matter was in Chester's hands, to do
with as was deemed best. twas believ-
ed that his resignation had been tender
ed, and all these 48 hours since the sto-
~ might be said to be fairly before the
public JerTold had been left much to
himself and was presumably in the
depths Of dismay.
One or two men, urged by their wives,
who thought it was really time some
thing were done TO let him understand
he ought not to lead the german. had
gone to see him and been refused admis-
sion. Asked from within what they
wanted, the reply was somewhat diff
cult to frame and in both cases resolved
itself into ooh, about the german, to
which Jerrold's voice was heard to say:
'The germans all right. I'll lead if
I'm well enough and am not bothered
to death meantime But I've got some
private matters to attend to and am not
seeing anybody today" And with this
answer they were fain to be content. It
had been settled, however, that the Off
GERS were to tell Captain Chester at 10
o'clock that in their opinion MIR. Jer-
rold ought not to be permitted to attend
so long as this mysterious charge hung
over him, and Mr.. Rollins had been no
titled that he must be ready to lead.
Poor RollinsI He was in sore perplex-
ity. He wanted nothing better than to
dance with Nina Beaubien. He won
dered if she would lead with him or
would even come at all when she learn
ed that JerEold would be unable to at
tend. Sickness was to be the ostensi-
BILE cause, and in the youth and inno-
cence of his heart Rollins never sup
posed that Nina would hear Of all the
other assignable reasons. He meant to
ride in and call upon her Monday even
ing; but, as i'll luck would have it, old
Sloat, who was officer of the day, step
ped on a round pebble as he was going
down the long flight to the railway sta
ton and sprained his ankle Just at
o'clock Rollins got orders to relieve him
and was returning from the guardhouse
when who should come driving in but
Cub Sutton, and Cub refined up and
asked where he would be apt to find
Mr.. Jerrold.
He isn't well and has been denying
himself to all callers today, said Rol-
Inns shortly.
well, I've got to see him or at least
get note to him, said Cub. tits
from Miss Beaubien and requires an an
swer.
''You know the way to his quarters
1 presume, said Rollins coldly. "You
have been there frequently. I will have
a man hold your horse, or you can tie
him there at the rail, just as you please. -
Thanks. I'll go over. believe "
And so he did, and poor Rollins was
unabl9toresist the temptation Of watch
ing whether the magic name Of Nina
would open the door. It did not, bat he
saw Cub hand in the little note through
the shutters, and ere long there came
another from within. This Cub slowed
in his waistcoat pocket and drove Of
with, and Rollins walked jealousy
homeward. But that evening he went
through a worse experience, and it wa:
the last blow to his budding passion fol
sparkling eyed Nina
It was nearly tattoo and dark nigh
when Chester suddenly came IN.
Rollins, you remember my telling
/ you I was sure some Of the men haC
been getting liquor in from the shore
down below the station and running it
that wayF believe we can nab tht
smuggler this evening. There's boat
down there now. The corporal has jus
/ told me. F"
Smuggling liquor was one Of Ches
ter's horrors He surrounded the pos
! with a Gordon Of sentries who had nj
higher duty apparently than that O
( preventing the entrance Of alcohol Il
any form. He had run a red cross
crusade against the post traders store ii
( the matter Of light wines and small
/ beer, claiming that only sdulterate,
stuff was sold TO the men and forbid
( ding the sale of anything stronger thar
pop" ever the traders counter. Then
when it became apparent that hquo
was being brought on the reservation
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