The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1895-06-05

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"Darljn!'
There was a silence between them for
some moments. Ratigan laid his hand
on hers whilo she was looking, with q
panied expression, out Of the window.
In her eyes was q far look Her lover saw
her troubled expression. He did not at.
tempt to comfort her by recalling what
he had said. He pushed on further.
"Darlin, he said, we're right when
We say i'm needed in Oireland. Gowith
me, darlin. Be me wife. Let all this
intense effort, this sacrifice ye'ro put
tin into q cause, which Oi foresee Is
doomed, be given to me tenants. The
estate is largo one, and there are hun
dreds of people for ye to befriend. There
ye can work to purpose, There yer eff
forts in behalf Of a really downtrodden
people will DO for good.
"And leave my brothers in the midst
Of this horrid struggle? ! will stay here
till the last gun is fired, till the last
blow of tho hammer has rivdted our
chains
Born and bred in the south, Miss Fitz
Hugh had never seen except with south
ern eyes Here was man who was Civ
ing her views never before open to her.
She had mind capable of grasping
them and saw the strength, the solid
sense, beneath them when properly pre-
scented.
"Darlin," said the young baronet,
1.-THE world moves on quickly. If yer
people succeed in this war, in less than
a quarter of q century yell either free
yer slaves or be blot OH the faca Of tho
earth.
ooh, Rats" she exclaimed "why
did l ever meet you? You've Slapped the
strength possessed for my work. can
never again do my duty as l have done
it thus far.
"Dnrlin" he said, drawing her nearer
to him, "Oi'll replace what Oi'vo taken.
Orll give ye other duties, tho duties
that belong 10 tho mistress of a fine es-
tate, the duties Of woman of high do
greo in country where birth is re-
spected far moro than here. With your
vigor, your strong impulses
Guided by your more steady light. ~"
"Ye may become one Of the most in
fluential women in tho three kingdoms. y
In her eyes came that humorous
twinkle lie hal once seen before when
she stood in her buggy in the road up
in Tennessee and tantalized him for his
stupidity in having been duped by her.
at would To nice to be-
"To be what, darlin?"
"Lady Refs" and sho hid her bushes
in tho pillow on which his head rested.
Tho sun setting over Lookout noun
tain shone directly in the faces Of May
ssSi and his party ~ retuNrEisg from
Ringold they rode into Chattanooga. 1t
was glorious October evening, and the
heights towering them, covered by I'M
seen Confcdoratcs, reposed about the
town like huge lions Watching wound
cd animal, confident that at last it must
fall into their power.
Dismounting before his tent, Maynard
entered it, and there found letter
from his wife. She begged him to come
to her if il were possible, and if not to
write to her. He read and reread the
letter again and again, and then made
an attempt at reply. After writing
half dozen, all of which he tore mp,
he abandoned the task in despair. His
position was too uncertain. The sem
tence of tho court martial hung over
him like a sullen cloud. What could he
say to her to comfort her? He well
knew that the only comforting she
needed was to know that he was not
miserable, and of that he could not as
sure her.
And so matters hung for a week.
Having no duties to perform, the time
passed all the more slowly. The Con-
fedcrates were sending occasional shells
from Lookout mountain, and rs they
were harmless the reports were some
thing of relief to Maynard, breaking
the monotony Of the silence. He spent
much of the time thinking Of what he
would do in case the sentence Of the
court wero approved and carried into
effect He formed many plans, which
were all abandoned. At last he settled
down to the resolve that he would go to
the army in tie cast, enlist under an
assumed name and await the coming Of
some missile to end his career, as he
had intended at Chickamauga
Ono morning an orderly rode up to
him and handed him an order to report
in person at General Thomas head
quarters. Calling for his horse and for
his own orderly, Jakey, to follow he
mounted, and in q feverish mood darted
away to obey tho order.
What did the summons mean? Some
thing definite in his affairs had come
about that he felt reasonably sure Of
Perhaps tho papers of the court in his
case had been found. Perhaps they had
been made out in duplicate The latter
suppostion was the most likely. His
offense could not he ignored. Indeed he
could not afford TO have it ignored. The
sentence must DO either set aside or car.
ried into effect Dismissal would be far
moro desirable than living in suspense
Two BE Continued
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