Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-12-05
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ton. q detachment AZ soldiers awaited,
in -melo ncholy silence, the coming Of
the trail which was conveying to them
the body of their dead officer and com.
rade, whom they had all respected and
ADMIRED. Close by, the gun carriage
was r.Anding on which Gerald Jocelyn
was 20 make his last journey to the
ceme.ery on the hillside mile away;
and ata few yards distance a closed car.
rage was drawn up in which sat Mrs.
TailyOur holding in mute sympathy the
hand Of the girl widow, who. white and
fearless, leaned back beside her, i'm
movable In calm despair. She had
scarcely spoken since she recovered
from the deep swOon into which she
had fallen after hearing of her hus.
bands death. had only announced her
determination to bid him last fare
we'll beside his grave.
Capt. Ferguson was standing near
the carriage and whispered to Mrs.
Tailyour that the train was signaled;
then he withdrew from her sight inside
the station. Putting and painting, the
train swept in; there was strange
silence for a few seconds, followed by
n muflled murmur Of voices, the sol.
diers bent forward eagerly. and mes
sage was passed down their line from
one to another. accompanied by looks
Of amazed surprise. Mrs. Tailyour
pressed her companions hand tighter,
the terrible moment had arrived-how
would the girl face It? Was 1t possible
that she possessed sufficient strength Of
mind and body for the horrible ordeal
which she had set herself?
Then Mrs. Tallyour saw Capt. Fer
guson emerge from the station with Q
dazed look Of CONSERVATION on his face,
the result evidently Of great and over
powering emotion.
He came hurrledly toward them,
making signs to Mrs. Tailyour. which
she failed to understand.
HAS It not Gomez she whispered to
him a. he approached.
"There has been a mistake" he nur-
INJURED In reply; and Maud-though ap-
parently unaware Of what was passing
around her-caught his words, her face
woke to animation, she leaned for.
ward, saying:
"A mistake! He has not come! o, tell
me quickly, I can bear It, he Ia not dead
he II alive-1 see It on your face; foz
PHYS sake don't keep me in suspense
let me out.-1 must 60 to him."
She was struggling to open the dool
when some one put Capt. Ferguson
quietly aside. and then with loud cry
Maud sprang past Mrs. Tailyour and
fell sobbing on her husbands breast.
Yes! there had been mistake. Ger
aid was alive. though not uninjured
for he carried one arm In O sling. and
Q bandage round his head accentuatsd
the startling pallor Of his face.
Two words omitted In the telegram
that day explained the mystery Of biz
resurrection. Accident. Jocelyn wound
cd, gunner killed." altered the whole
meaning Of the message. Private
Brown, n. A.. had the honors accorded
to him which had been prepared fol
Major Jocclyn's funeral, and Geralt
drove back to the villa with Mrs. Toll
your and his unconscious wife. JOY
never kills. they say, but Maud up
preached very nearly to tho shadow
land Of the great unknown. She cam'
back from the borderland Of eternity
no longer laughing. thoughtless child
but woman In mind and feeling. TIL,
shock Of a great sorrow, followed by {
great and overwhelming Joy. Ind awal
cned her sleeping soul, and brought h
maturity the deeper and finer traits 9
character which she possessed, bu
which. hitherto untouched by tho mold
Ing hand Of sorrow, had lain Quiescen
In her and unknown.
Capt. Ferguson averred that he hat
faced the horrors Of war and endured
many terrible experiences, but ut n
time In his life had no some so nca
utterly losing his presence Of mind o
In that moment when his dead friend
Gerald Jocelyn. stepped from the trail
AMI laid o hand upon his arm.-S'
Paul's.