Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-22

| cOiCEel and Brother Jack, looming IN
through Il cloud CT ciea, smoke, cacutcd
10 TIE SUI ring sub.:lteru t. come in
"sa'h.ui and stung to the quick Sy Kit.
u S cc4uetry. Farrar turned Indignant.
~ away and sought his own Quarters
The lights were still burning in the nar
ior' and ne Tell sure Leaie and Mrs
taunton were there ard he was too
mined To care to see them. \ dim
iight Was burning III his mothers room.
and he believed her e. have retired car
ii"r and so E:ad" il an excuse NOT to 30
Tor her Sood night kiss and blessing
iLc door opened just as hc was hurry
III: by AMI Wayne came forih into the
clear moonlight, and tic boy wondered
t4at nc should he there. instead OF III
fciiton :, rs usual. but Inc didn't wish
To see or speak with him. He slammed
the door OF his chum : bachelor den =.
lac boiied III. never noticing the briuht
hight i'll Ellis window u dreaming thar
| his sister sat there alone III her trouble,
While lie. witt: "a lovers seitiShn, S., saw
nothing Beyond his own She heard his
quick. iinpctuCus step. however, and.
Ieci.ing through TIE curtains. sax, the
hight l"p up i'll the window; oi'l.o site her
own. and Readily she OWNED that Kit
had been turnenting him again
Verify the Ornisbys seemed 10 exercise
t"lcful influence over tire E;.rrars.
ard, with Ill her admiration for kittv's
better qualities and L,r Remembrance
oi All JACK goodness i'll the past, Eog
heart was hardening against them, -
al WAS, III jealous CiisIElct, against Hell
| I'll Daunton ~ that moment shc seem
ed 10 long for the co.npani0nship CT lex
brother and wished he had come III
She heard her mothers gentle words
miErlin,: with Lcal2's dCrr baritone
ana Helen Daunton's low. .cft voice,
and again the feeling gained ground
within Ter thgt she, To UI-1m tie l.U; II
II ciur- with such love ard dcrcnd.
crcr III tie past. was herself il need
CT GGvicc and sympathy, while that
r."'ACr was finding other hClE;ls HOW
| Wayne !lad gene, the servant, lad re.
tired. and still tire pleasant, friendly
! Chat went ci. 1t Was all we'll enough
50 fax ~ Malcolm Lc"lc was concerned.
bet Why should h'r r.cthr so utterly
CoiIil.U IN one Of whom size Li.,N 50 lit
Tie and o. whom ILLS was beginning to
suspect So much; Why should r. len
| DauH!sn l2 "lloVCt! ~ accept those TN
riisi.:.aL!c attentions from Captain
Lcalc even wLCn E.r actions plainly
show j THAI ,h,.c had been some Llys-
tCriogS iie between her and Jack Orus-
by iii thcNJast:
Then, again, came rccCllectious of the
note shc had sen her slip i'll Oimsby's
hand HAT night. ami, longing for some
bCuy. fer something. 20 distract her
thoughts from hcr own angry self, shc
tore aside the oUrtai:. and pcered out on
the night Th,re. not 80 feet away. was
Wits window. There. to her right,
the snow covered Czpansc Of the parade
terminated at the far southern side hy
the black bulk If the one story barraok ks
and the glis,cuing lights of the guard
house tower, whCrc, Oh the lower floor,
the sergeant Of the guard and his coy
purals held their sway. OF to the loft
lay the rolling slopes, all white and
peaceful in their fioCcv Eanilcs and
glistCring i'll Tic moonlight. save where
scanned by pathway leading TO the river
the hack yards.
Far across the Platte the red light.
burned at Bunko Jim's, and some un-
Eallowed revclry was going Oh. for even
at the distance the black shapes Of
hcrscs could lie seen tcihCsru about ;hc
premises. and che CT two InIrc dim dots
OF pSucsirlanS seemed slowly creeping
across the stream. The pos; Cf sentry
on No. >, &: TIE north Crd Ci the G..ri-
scn, began back Of the colCr,l's quar-
tiers Gu the roin, of tie bluff and coi!,iE-
ned o. 10 the ry... of the otiig cTa' G.i:.---
tiers ut the eastern front, W bore 1t join
I'd that CT No. y. AID even ~ Ills ga: d
from her window she could see hat the
two se:;rics. approaching each other.
were :! parcntly having some conference
about the situation. There was IL low
fence separating their yard iro:i that
next door, and the STOW Was almoS; I'LL
tIodGcn. IEeIc was 10 pathway GiCUEd
the t.chOicr don next door, as there
was around No. ). Post servants and
crderlics thought nothing Of utilizing
the Railways &c quarters occupied sole
~ ty S-h..lierns. The back gate stood
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walk lrading from it to the rear door
was visible fer half its length. That
had been clcanly swept during the day.
and leading ftom the gate diasonally
across the yard through the srowdrifts
was the track OF a man, and right at
: the rear corner IF the bachelors ouar.
tcrs, half concealed from the from, and
peerirg eagerly around. evidently s,u6v.
: ing the windows Of the ground Coor If
the house occupied by the ladies of tho
farrar family. was the man himself a
: big. burly, heavily bearded fellow. in
: the fur cap aud rough greatcoat of the
cavalry.
: Even as, half alarmed, half annoro5
yet certainly fascinated, Ellis hung :,
the window she heard the party break.
ing M down stairs. heard Leale wish.
ing them a cordial good night and clos.
ing the door. The silent watcher heard
that. too, for at the sound Of the siam.
without which few frontier made doors
were ever known to shut, the dark f;s.
ure popped back and remained out of
sight until Leale's soldierly form had
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