Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1896-01-02

realized what q dangerous undertak
ing it would be for anyone to set ou
with the intention of finding the
poor fellows body. We retired tC
our quarters, after hearing no enc
Of narrow escape stories from some
of the privates, to await orders from
the ecommandant as to the next move
We had all given up the idea o.
going after the body by nightfall-
that is, all but one. Before my time
for arising the next morning, there
came to my ears the loudest cheer
ing, mixed with shouts, that / ever
heard in all my lifetime. l hastily
dropped into NV clothes, and ran tC
see what was up. Near the gate
saw almost the entire population Of
the fort, so it seemed to me, most OF
them engaged in cheering and shout
ing over something. Before
reached the crowd it parted, and two
persons rode toward me-the smys.
terious private and Genivieve HUI
tie. AS she passed me, standing al.
most glued to the spot with surprise
she called out, pleasant morning,
major just as though she had come
in from mornings pleasure ride.
That girl had actually ridden out
of the fort at dawn to find that young
scamp, who did not seem to be hurt
at all-save for a few scratches such
as the rest Of the troop received
She had met him, fortunately, riding
toward the fort, or God knows wha,
might have become of that brave
girl in the snow. 1t surprised me q
little, perhaps, to see her so happy
after such dangerous undertaking
But that was, of course, natural
then, as l did not know what passed
between them during that ride.
During the absense of the young
fellow one Of his comrades had
cheek enough to examine his effects
to find out who he was and notify
his relatives of his death, so he said,
but, as I believe, to see what the
deuse it was that kept him so busy
during the evenings. But the big
stories the man expected to tell of
what he found are still untold, for
he found only lot of books, prin-
cipally law books, newspaper clip
pings of testimony in trials, and a
lot of other useless trash, as he ex-
pressed himself. What the deuce
the fellow was doing with these was
more than he could imagine. Then
great light burst upon me. Imag-
inc private in the service of Uncle
Sam giving up all the pleasures Of
army service-very few there arc
for the sake of studying law, and
you have view of our mysterious
private with the mystery cleared
up.
Well, as you have perhaps already
guessed, they both left us few
months later. The young fellows
enlistment expired and ] guess ne
was pretty well tired of army life.
He went to New York, l believe,
taking the belle of the fort with
him. l have strong reasons to be-
lieve that this was settled during
that ride into the fort. l heard of
him once since then. One of his
friends at the fort said he had quite
a law practice down East here.
The Indians were rounded up af-
terward and subdued. They were
scared, I guess, by what they had
done, and"
What's the matter, Langdon p
not going already, are you? The
story did not affect you so seriously,
did it? Why, man, 1 actually be-
lieve there are tears in your eyes"
well, no-but-I really have to
go now. have an appointment at
home and rve got to go now, or
am liable to be late"
Whether Robert Langon had an
at home or not, does
not matter much. Sufficient is it to
say that he did go directly home,
where he found his wife on the
lounge, just where she had thrown
herself as he left to go to the club.
A sob greeted him as he approached
her.
"Genevieve, can you forgive me?
1t was all my fault and If you'll for
give me, 1'll never do it again.
She turned her tear-stained face to
him and he bent over and kissed her,
wondering how it ever entered him
to be so cruel.
No it was not your fault; it was
mine. l actually drove you to that
horrid club, when l know you don't
care to go there"
Well, we will not fight about
that just now. Do you remember
Major Hunt, at the fort? heard
him tell story at the club, tonight
"a story of how young girl at a
Western fort, a few years ago, rode
out in the snow to rescue man who
had got lost from his troop and how
she brought him in, safe and sound.
Shall l tell it to you? l remember
1t, word for word.n
No, you need not ; and if you
are not going to stop your everlast-
ing talk about that, am just going to
get mad again; now"
He stopped.
ACCOMMODATING.--In countries
which are visited much by curious
travellers, everything becomes show
- n ~, tho nat;x,na) ,...I