The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-13
CHAPTER v

CHAPTER V.
For several days Trooner r.
been in the guardhouse, A Iralce bad
check roll call, from his oua, snI lion
night and from reveille. he s Saa OVa,
up at sick call with a batta maa TUNED
and all the ear marks of druu drunk nas'
He had been hauled up beto,a % row.
mary court, Major Waype,s &C sun
after reporting at the post ana S'S' duty
sentence OF fine with a scoul; ,ec'l'd
and no word Of plea for c Ius lace
promise of betterment. What os
for fines? He could win mora !. Vaiea Be
than they could stop in a mO on hight
was out again doing penapce viii 10
police cart about the post the d.. y. -
available transportation cana Sas s
back from the railway with living
precious freight, and Troopcr G iSaa
splitting wood in the majors hso I,ais
dropped the ak with savage os,t 40
turned sickly yellow for one r m;' saa
wneh ne heard the busy tongues Of tSs
domestlcs next door proclaim;r. VIC
arrival of Lieutenant Farrar,s w 10 us
and sister. The sentry on dntv sSs
prisoners babe him stop his svss r;u
and get to work again, for Gu.
Leale was passing rapidly up the vals |
In front, and Leale was a man wb'a
eyes were ever about him and wh0s'
ears seemed never to lose a sonna =.
the captain merely glanced keenlv !,
the soldier with his brace Of malsOa
tents and hurried on.
1t was Leale who opened the doo, :,
the stanch Concord and assisted a.
ladies to alight-Mrs. Farrar, Ellis NJ,
the Farrars had returned to thu ,0,.,
and stranger, gentlewoman evident,
ly, yet one who seemed to shrink f,om
accepting aid or attention and Who.
beautiful blue eyes ever followed NJ,
Farrar. "My friend, Mrs. Dauntou \,
older friend. Captain Leale, Of whom
you have heard so much" were M
words in which these two were m,ds
known to each other, while Will ,nd
the servants were tumbling out bag,
and rugs and wraps, even as anotbm
and similar vehicle was being unlOsdd
in front of the colonel's. ~.
Leale dined en- famille at the Farrsu'
that evening, Will proudly presiding
as became the head Of the house and the
foot Of the table, and beaming upon his
mother, who sat facing him and rejoc-
ing in his happiness. Very bright and
coy were the prettily furnished quar-.
tiers, for, with boundless enthusiasm
the ladies Of the garrison had aided the
young gentleman in making them at.
tractive against the coming Of the wife
Of their honored old colonel and bis fair
daughter, and right after dinner the
visitors began to arrive, welcoming,
army fashion, the old friends long en-.
deared 10 all the other members Of the
RdTIiSCu, utu auu NOl1tu JUN, ANU
while Mrs. Farrar and Ellis mad hosts
of questions to ask and answer, Captain
Leale found himself interested in en-.
tertaining the stranger, to whom all
this blithe and CHEEKY intercourse all
the cordial, hospitable, homellke army
ways, were SO odd and new. 1t was
tattoo whom be rose TO leave and met
poor Will without = Will, who had
twice gone up to Fenton's hoping to
steal a word or two with Kitty, only 10
find that such portion Of post society as
was not gathered about his mother AID
sister was congregated at tie colonels
and then, fatigued by the journey
and showing plainly the effect Of TIE
excitement of her arrival, Mrs4 falTr
was induced to seek her room, wniie
Ellis remained in the parlor to cha'
with others still coming III 70 BID tDem
welcome home, and not until long allf
10 were the lights turned down II M
8, and not until even later did lnSy
CLEAN 10 longer from the big house Ou
the cdgc Of the bluff.
FRO BE CONTINUED