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worth your while. -
THAT will do" was tho stern re-
sponso. 'No more on that head. What
else havo you to ask or say?'
'Listcn one minute" pleaded the
prisoner. They'd kill me here if they
! could get me, quick enough-Indians or
troopers either. must be helped away.
know your secret. You love my wife.
Help mo out of this-herc--this night
and neither she nor you will cver''-
silence, you hound! Stink back to
your blanket whero you belong. thank
God my friend, your father, never
lived to know tho depths Of your dis
grace! Not q word" he forbade, with
uphtted hand, rs the miserable fellow
strove once moro to mako himself heard.
II or tho sake Of the namo to which
you have brought only shame you shall
bo protected against Indian vengeance,
but who shall defend you against your
self3 l will hear no more from YOU.
Tomorrow yon may eco your colonel, if
that will do you any good, but if you
have one atom Of deccncy left, tell no
man living that you are Royle Farrar,"
and with that, raging at heart, yet cold
and stern, the officer, needless OF further
frantic pleas, turned and left the spot.
But at tho porch tho captain turned
again. Wind and snow woro driving
across his path. The scntrics at tho
front and flank of the guardhouse, muf-
ted to their very eyes, staggered against
tho force Of the gale. 1t seemed cruelty
keep honest men on post night SO
wild as that for no ether reason than to
protect tho life Of o man so criminal.
Tho members Of tho guard, who had re-
sumcd their lounge around the rCdhot
stove the moment the captain disappear
ed, once moro sprang to attention as he
re-entered and called tho sergeant to
him.
Il am tempted to ask tho officer Of
tho day to relieve those scntrics and let
No. l come up into the hallway" said
he. II believe that, with tho watch VIC
have on the Indians, there is 10 posi-
bility Of an outbreak on their part"
"There isn't, Sir, was tho sorgeant'a
prompt reply. "But every man In the
garrison knows by this timo tNat it was
the captain that blaclguard >imcd TO
kill, and it Is not tho Indians alone that
would do him if they could. / find that
house some of tho mon have talked
loud for him to hear, swearing that lie
would be taken out and hanged ut day
break. Others want to tempt him to try
to escape, SO that thoy can pursue him
over to town and hammer him into q
jelly there. The tower is tho only place
where he can be unmolcstcd, sir. l
couldn't guarantee his safety from sOmo
kind Of assault, even if had him right
here in the guardroom.
And just then corporal came from
the little Office.
Sergeant, it's 1926. Shall / form
my relief"
The sergeant nodded assent. "I'll in
spect it i'll tho guardroom, said he,
and ns Lealo turned shortly away, in
tending to go in search of tho officer of
the day and tho sergeant opened the
door to let him out, Graicc could be
heard OH thc upper floor, savagely kick
ing again ut his bars.
THAT man has more gall than any
man / ever met, SIR" said Grafton.
Hos kicking because we refused to
send to the barracks for his share OF tho
Christmas cigars.
Did you search him before be was
sent up thcrc?" asked Lcale "Has he
matches Or tobncco?'
Nothing l could find, sir, but other
and sharper mon have been confined
there, and I'm told that somewhere un-
dr. the floor or inside tho walls they've
hidden things and he's hand in glove
With ,ely e The @e toufhf Gf n6ti}T ths CAPTAIN Ear
well," said Loale briefly, land ne will
attend to it," and he loft the building
on this quest just as tho second relief
came tramping out into tho storm, leav.
ing the guardhouse, its few minor pris.
oners on tho lower floor and that one
exccratcd criminal his old colonel s first
born and onCo beloved son, cursinG at
his captors in the tower, all to tho caro-
OF the members of single relief, and
the sentry ON No. 1 set up his watch
cry against the howl Of the wind, and no
one dozen yards away could have
hoard, nor did 1t pass around the chain
Of scntries, nor was there other attempt
to call off the hour that memorable
night For long days after men recalled
the fact that the last hour called from
under thc old GuarGLou.u orch was
half past 10 o'clock.
Meantime, having had two dances
With his now pleading and ropcntant
FweeSheart and having been ca ioled into
at least partial forgiveness, Will Farrar
had sought his colonel to say that he
really ought now to return to his guard.
st least for little time, but Fenton,
conscious Of the shadow that had over
spread the garrison earlier in tho oven
ing, seemed bent on being joviality
itself.
He bade tho boy return to his i'm
mediate commanding officer and obtain
her consent before again coming to him,
and Kitty fatty refused. She was dane.
ing with Martin at the moment, and
that left Will to his own devices, ard,
after fond word or two from his
mother, he had stopped back of tho seat
occupied by her littlc circle Of chosen
friends and was standing watching the
animated scene before him. Close at
hand, not dozen f 1 um.y, stood Hell
en- Daunton, partially screened from OBJ
servation Of the dancors 1t was at this
moment that Leale again came stridinR
In, glanced quickly around until he
caught Wills eye, and the young officer
promptly joined him.
''Is Fsrwell hero?" he asked
"He came In q moment ago Yonder
no is now, SIR" answered Will, indicat-
ing by nod tho figure Of the officer Of
| tho day in conycI SatjOn with some one