The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-03-12
CHAPTER NIIN.

When he entered tne alter''hI H' =" y
n searching look round. and. apparently
NOT seeing the person he wanted. SAT down
ana took up a paper To wait ms ARRIVAL
II was some twenty minutes later INV
Barry Iarron came in and took NJ ms
position ny the fire. -.
.rnristmas weather with n vengeance,
he -rumbl"d. us he rubbed his hands. III
This goes on for another week we shall ne
able t. eat our plum-puddinss and mlhte.
ni.> without feeling the i~ncongruity "f
thu fare"
Tho Ground was quite white with frost
this morning. said Valentine Graeme.
! Young subaltern looked up eagerly.
H. was Just out from England. and nav
iu- found So much unlike what he had
boa led to expect. began To WONDER
whether he had also been advised wrong
ly to leave his skates ii home.
Valentine. reading his unSp"k'h
thoughts. laughed aloud.
No. no. De We're. Put that out 81
your head at once. The ice is not likely
to bear. though. by Jove, it helps US TO
bear the hot weather.
If if helped lis To bear your bad jokes
with e1uanimity. it might be of even more
service. SAN IlllNhs A'ih'
at should help YOU To take oven them
coolly." WAS the quick rctort. Colonel
Prinsep broke into the idle chat.
VIII it be taxing your memory too
severely. Larron," he said. putting down
his paper, IF | ask YOU 10 let me know
any rccollcctions you may have OF the
seventh of N~ovember:'
The seventh of November. cried IRE
prc,>ihle Val. "Why. that was the day
poor Lynn was murdered.
"Ah. yes. To be sure. Thank YOU for
reminding me. Graenc. 1t was the day
of poor l.ynn's murder, Colonel.
Major l.arron spoke carclcssly enough.
ami >troked his dark mustache with Il
sva-yer that seemed like consummate
ease to the admiring subalterns, but noi
to his intcrlocutor.
III was a more personal remembrance
that | wished for" the Colonel went On.
'Do YOU haplen to remember 1hat You
and | We're on the rifle range that day
fr IA one o'clock till after four:'
- have the worst memory in tAe
world" WAS the shy reply: looking. how
ey,r. >|tudiou>ly in the opposite direction.
y am afraid | must ask You to exert II
in TIL, case" said the Colonel. firmly.
although the matter iii itself j. trivial. to
m. If is IF importaucc: and ! think
with cmphasi>-"you can scarcely fail 10
rouaenlrr that YOU were with me. that
d, arrin. rs umpire in a match with the
B,I-al Cavalry"
y NAV have hcrn.'
You We're" cmphatica,ly declared Val
en,ine. "lt was who met You both with
the news about Lynn
Hitherto this fact had escaped the
memory # all three. Now it REQUIRED 10
thou..
..oh. YES. of ~coursc. Now I recolloct the
circumstance pcriartly." said Larron.
or;.Alv.
Then | am sure you will not object 10
MI, il down in black and white lest yon
shnuId forget again. II i, t. settle some
dorb- rhot ourhr never 10 have arisen.
All thank Won. Nalcntino.' as the Adj
Infant handed him n paucr ON which. an
oskal. he had iottad down some memo
rauda. Then he handed il 10 Major Lar
roY. who hastily scrawied hi, name III
a--asfntion.
II. That all YOU reauirc:" he asked.
ratL,r detiantlv.
YES. that is all. had no idea you had
suca 4 bad memory. Larron."
TIL, Colonel spoke with an accent If
SYMPATHY that deceived all his hearers,
eNcrl,, him To- whom il was addressed.
In hi> case conscious guilt caused him
r. instantly detect the satire. When
Colonel Prinsep took up his hat. and,
thru>tin- the paper into an inner pocket,
went out. he followed him into the YER
anda.
You don't think. Colonel. that | inten-
t~ionally suppressed any knowledge l pos