The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1896-11-26

6upcrnumcrary.
"ndccd! Worse than 1 thought,
-draicc, said Lcalo calmly. "You will
bo wise to take q cool bath and a nap
then. at all events, sec that he does not
leave tho barracks this afternoon, SER
gcant."
Il will, Sir. Come on, Graice."
And conscious that he had been in
decd playing with fire, yet raging over
tho sense of his enforced submission,
the half drunken fellow turned and fol-
lowed his young superior.
Meantime thero had been anxiety
and diamay at the Farrars'. Helen had
speedily been restored to consciousness,
only to be overcome by fit Of hyster-
1cal weeping, succeeded by nervous at
tack that dctlcd tho efforts Of hor fond
est friends Mrs. Furrar had, of course,
sent iOr tho doctor, but Helen insisted
that his presence was utterly unneces-
sary. She begged TO be left alone. She
declared the attack to bo no new thing.
She had suffered just in tho same way
before, though not for two or thrco
years. She seemed eager to rid herself
OF all attendants. In truth, her one
longing WAS to be allowed to think un-
interluptcdly. Even at night this might
havc'Dccn difficult. By day, with sym.
pathetic inquircrs coming every few
minutes to hcr door and with her gen
tic friend sitting at her bedside, sho
found it impossible. If she closed her
eyes, that lCcring, half drunken, swollen,
triumphant face camo to torment and
distract her. If she opened them, it was
only TO find sweet, anxious features bend
ing over her, full of tenderness, sympathy
ana nnSpok2n inquiry. DO what she
could to nllay it, Helen Daunton saw
plainly that Marjorie Farrar moro than
suspected that there WAS some exciting
cause for that sudden prostration. III
utter hclplcS9ncss she lay, striving to
plan, striving to SEQ way ont of this
Ecw and lnost appalling complication.
That the man who had wrecked her lifo
should return as 1t were from the grave
was in itself horrible enough, but that
he should rcappcar in tho flesh hero, Mt
Fraync, where his presence was mon
nee to the peace of SO many who were
dear to her and to tho very lifo perhaps
OF the gentle invalid who was nearest of
all, was torment indeed.
For some hours she lay there facing
hor fato, shutting out all thought Of her
newborn hope and JOY Thus s,mmarily
blasted, seeing only, thinhing only
OF tho peril that involved her friend.
Tho short winter day woro on Tho
spirits Of the younger members Of tho
social circle seemed undimmcd, for as
stable call WAS sounding, she could hear
merry chat and laughter again in tho
parlOr below stairs Ellis alone seemed
to share with her mother the anxiety or
rnensiness which followed the events of
tho morning. Sho had refused to Join
tho little party that had gone up, as
they expressed it, "to call OH Kitty"
She had refused partly from feeling
OF ind,sposition to any gayety, partly
from sistcrly sympathy for Will, who,
she felt we'll assured, longcd for All un-
interrupted half hour with his capri
cious ]adylovc, and partly because sho
shrank from appearing in tho colonels
parlor, thereby possibly giving Ormsby
half reason to think she sought him.
Evidently tho young people had had
small mercy on Win. Evidently Kitty
had lent herself not unwillingly to tho
fun at his expense, for, aftcr bit; ;ng
savngcly at his finger nail and tugging
furiouSly ut his nustaclIc, tho bcdy had
pitched angrily out of the colonels
house and come homo for comfort, and
thithcr had they followed him, two or
three happier couples, and, catching
him IN the parlor, all unconscious Of
Mrs. Daunton 8 scclusion aloft, wero as
bent on coa aHing him to return with
them as he, with assumption OF lordly
indifference, was determined to make 1t
appear that he had no such desire or in
tention. He carried his point too He
knew we'll enough that Kit s completely
in tho plot was for the express purpose
Of teasing him. He couldn't afford to
let them see he was indignant at her or
at them; neither could no afford to lot
her 500 that he was not justly offended.
And right IN tho midst Of all tho babol
Of protest and laughter tho doorboll
rang, md at tho head Of tho stairs, just
as stable call was sounding, listening
cars heard tho unctuous, jovial tones Of
Corporal Rorkc inquiring for Captain
Lealo.
Then Will'svoico responded, and Will
was very distant and digniflcd. "Cap-
tain Lcalo IS not horc, corporal. Have
you been to his uuartcrs|'
Sure, / went there furst, sorr, and
thcy told mo ho was here if anywhere.
Thin, bcdad, hos nowhere.
He's gono down to the stables al
ready perhaps, said Farrar, "and you'll
ind him thorc. Yondor goes tho call
now"
! Il know, Mast--I know, solr, but
,he throublo's right here, SOFT. Higgins
mas been took i'll on guard. lIo was
I,eht out hero Oh No. s, sorr, back Of
I'll ,io quarters, and that spalpocn Ctracc
h, ,s sppernumorary, and they vo sint fol
a nan' and the first scrgeant's afraid,
What OFF,"
oralce had been drinkin this morn.
in. He's sOber o,,o,,,,, - ~