The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1896-07-30

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e tho chsnoe that some toiskin mstss
I quick flush OF you 10 set your tsss
D Brian broke oa. shall iust take yoo OF
J nv back be ended roughly.
/ fol mean to carry mei
lol are ltshtweisht, sit. and Ne
/ shall soon IN ct 40 outGt after We get to
, the word
II se should mset a sestch party
looking Tor me, they ~ill take you prts
onef.
Bnan irowned. owe you good iurn,
Captsin, You tried to get that media for
me the boys say ! deserved. and the Colo
nel kept from me- II I'm lucky shall
put You into prairie schooner and skip.
II I'm unlucky, and get hauled back to
the poet
They will give you two years 10 pris
Gu
You may take odds. SIR, III break Jail
Brian asserted hopefully. Why, I've
been runIiaes away all my life and 1t has
been fnn every timeI ran away from the
oirons after row that WASH I my fault, |
ran away from the regiment because the
rules were too stiff
You didn't run away from the ludiAof,
Cameron murmured, smiling.
No time for compliments, sir We must
Ut waste day igbt I'll ltit you rs easy
as can,
He koelt, drew bis Captains arm about
his neck with one hand. and, taking the
injured foot 10 his strong hold, rose slow
ly again. The slight capacity for endur
snoe Which Cameron had reesined from
snch food and care as be bad received
kept him conscious through an agony OF
difficult stumbling progress. But present
ly his head dropped on his rescuer's
shoulder, and his cold fioger, relaxed their
clasp.
I'll rest a bit, Brian gssped I'm Just
blown, and can lay him down without {
hurt now.
Gently he lowered Clmoron TO the grass
and crouched beside him. t
He's a gentleman, he is. be muttered.
With thoughts to spare for every poor J
devil in his troop and picture of a chap d
co. even lying here ss white as his shirt, 2
Sure. some pretty lady will bless me
when she hears what I've done for him
his day
He stared about through the rosy glow
Il sunset, A hundred yards away stretch D
d the gray roughness Of the praire road II
nd along its distant winnings several 81
orsemen trolted briskly. II
That party is from the post, be ponder D
d grimly, II | skip they are so damned "
tupid that they will likely pass him by II
nd with him no more Knowledge of them Ia
ban il be was 10 heavenl b.
He froSned down on the inanimate fig
re beside him. Liberty was precious h'
} this wsit OF society. who had spent his
igorous youth in running away from re h'
RANT. SC
A two year Job, you said you warned m
e fair, though it might cost your life n'
e exclaimed EC
He sprsng to his feet and ran TO meet IN
le advancing riders. wi
They will catch bird unexpected, WI
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3 cried with laugh that had sob in ISL
rit
During the fortnight which s6sued
risn, In his hot den at the guardhouse,
d not grow reconciled to long impris Nd
ment Rumors OF popularity Of bis res
e Of Cameron among his comrades reach 10
him from bis Jailer, and positive proof tfc
ereof in the shape OF shameless Snug
od tob,ooo and spcb other lnrn,ios a. rid
cir finances permitted. But the fact
at be was the temporary hero Of Troop lev
failed to console him 81 be waited for wa
e assembling of d court martial, which
IS to cit 10 judgement upon him and var on
IS offenders Of the kind. Was there not SD
big, free world from which bis folly bad wa
ut bim2 WI
Meanwh hile Camer0n's convalescence was we
newhat retarded by the keenness Of bis shf
crest in the progress OF q correspon :
nee between Post Headquarters Depart DO
mt Headquarters and Army Headquar !
s at Washington a correspondence TO st1
I'd whose result the chief fpctor wps 3 hea
ter be wrote before be codld leave hls I'm
!, aud whose plea was more the less lat
ong because It's writing was shsky. W.
rbat discipline must be maintained"
be first Of military rules Yet even the
ct renowned soldiers are soft Of heart lie
a generous action, aud such soldiers out
iu3 are subtle enough to devise a strat
cal solution for dellmms, v
Thus 1t happened that, after briet ap was
rance before the board Of the court tryI
rti.l. and a diynifed rebnke for the self
inflicted ruin Of q promising career.
an received. not a sentence Of lmprson
1t but his dismissal from the Army.
/ was ditmlsssl whose meaning Of A
mediate freedom be had scarcely under hlf
ID, when be was summoned to the csp a.
Is quarters, H-E
,smeron lay in loungingl char, bis De'
sier encssed leg stretched before hin, !! =
beeide him sat the Cplnnel Ho''
or gallant conduct during the last a
,psisu, the ColouDl ssil, while Brsns ing
szad eyes beheld between bis stout r''
j the brotz' me isl
! is irregular 10 beftJu this medal Up
sol Ter who bss been di.misstd from
seryice hnt the commander 10 chief