The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1895-01-04

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after yoa ga
The colonel sat in WT6tched silence a
few moments Then he arose.
If it Eers not fre her danger-her
heart--I would never drop the matter
heTe-neYerl I would see Is throazh
to the bitter end But you age probably
right as to the prudent course TO take.
III get them away On the noon train.
He thinks they do not start until later.
Now I must 90 and face it Ny God,
Chester, could yoR look at that child
and realize it? Even now, even now.
sir, belieYe-I believe some way
sOmehOW-She is innocent
'God grant it, STRIP
And then the colonel LETT the Office.
avoiding, as has been told, word with
any man. Chester buttoned the telltale
letter IN an inner pocket, after having
drst folded the sheet lengthwise, and
then inclOsed it in long official envel-r
Ope The officers, wondering at the
oolonePs distTaught appearance, had
come thronging in, hoping for informa-
ton, and then had gone, unsatisfed and
disguised, practically turned out by
their Grabbed senior captain. The Is
dies, after. chatting aimlessly about the
quadrangle for half an hour, had decid-
ed that Mrs Maynard must be i'll, and
while most Of them awaited the result
two of their number went to the colo
nel's house and rang the b5l A
servant appeared. Mrs. Maynard
WASH t very well this morning and was
breakfasting in her room, and Miss
Alice was with her, if the ladies would
/ please excuse them. " and so the ennis
saries returned unsuccessful Then,
too, as We have seen, despite his good
intention Of keeping matters hushed as
much as possible, Chester's nervous IT.
ritability had got the better Of him,
and he had made damaging admissions
to Wilton of the existence Of a cause
of worTiment and perplexity, and this
/ Wilton told without conjunction. And
/ then there was another excitement that
set all tongues wagging Every man
had heard what Chester said; that Mr..
JerrOld must not quit the garrison IN
til he had first come and seen the tenn
porary commanding officer, and Hall
had speedily carried the news to his
friend.
care you ready to go?" asked Mr..
Jerrold, who was lacing his boots in the
rear room.
"'No. I've got to go and get into
cts first
"All right. Go and be lively I'll
wait for you at Murphy's, beyond the
bridge, provided you say nothing about
it."
"YOu don't mean you are going
against orders?"
Going? OF course 1 am. I've got old
Maynard's permission, and if Chester
means to revoke it he's got to get his ad-
jutant here inside Of 10 seconds. What
you tell me isn't official I'm off nOwii
And when the adjutant returned tC
Captain Chester it was with the infor.
nation that he was too late. Mr. Jer.
rold's dogcart had crossed the bridge
five minutes earlier.
Perhaps an hour later the colonel sem
for Chester, and the captain went to hi
house. The old soldier was pacing slow
ly up and down the parlOT floor.
'Iwanted you moment A singulai
thing has happened You know tina
'directoire' cabinet photo of Alice? III,
wife always kept it ON her dressing ia
bic, and this morning it's gone, Tha
frame the silver filigree thing-wa
found behind a sofa pillow in Alice
room, and she declares she has no idei
how It got there. Chester, is there an!
new significance in this?"
The captain bowed assent
"What is it?''
''That photograph was seen by MajO
Sloat in Jerrold's bureau drawer at re
veille this morning. -
And such was the situation at Sibley
the August day the colonel took hi
wife and her lovely daughter to yisi
Aunt Grace at Lake SablOn.