The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1897-09-24
And so things were going a trife bet

able evidence against him; his friends
were making him entirely comfortable
in his confinement. and his lawyer as
cured him that his release would b"
effected in a very few days. Floyd wrote
shat an aid-de-camp of the general COM
'nanding had come with Lieut.. Warning
10 see him. and to say that his case was
being investigated and that: as yet. nc
charges had been preferred by the COM
mander of his troop. Little deiicaciee
and Injuries IN the way of tea, jellies
preserves and wine-things to which
they had been strangers since carly III
the war-were finding their way in and
greatly comforting the invalid mother.
and, could their doctor but say the dear
lady was really mending. the girIs
would have had hope and courage, but
me doctor could not say.
1--WE got to go to Quitman for two
| days on business, Esther" said Cousin
Bart one keen morning. land l reckon
| I'll ask DR.. / alconer to come back with
me, f you don't II ind. and have day
1T the birds. They'll all be gone in
week f this weather keeps on"
You have deeper reason than thai,
=
when he went out last night. It's con-
| sultation. IS it not?
"Whv. of co'se want Coleman to have
u chance TO talk it over with Falconcr,
and he'd like it, too. Falconer's NOR"
up to date. the old man says. and he
| thinks perhaps the new school knows
something with tryin'. You see, Cousin
Lou amt pickin' up fast as she ough:
to-"
| II see it all too plainly. Bart. What
I don't see is where all the money Is
to come from to pay for doctors and
consuta lions and-and-' Big tears
began yelling in her soft, sad eyes.
Bart, where does it all come from now:
low do we get all these dainties? You
can't spare it. 1t mustn't be Mr.. Lam
| bert's-"
Now just don't you bother bout
that. Esther. l made Il raise, tell you
! There's old Uncle Pete and that no
count niger Frank been OWN youl
mother on last years crawp o cawt'r
all this time. I made them pony up. an
told Hicks I'd sell out his mule an
cart f he didn't pay-made him hawwt
The money"
THAT wouldn't begin to cover the
cost of what you've been having sent up
from New Or!eans-the eXpressag,
even"
Now just don't you bawwo trouble"
Zone T in q sentence wasn't too much
FOR Potts. When they doubled up or
him he confessed judg1nent.) Lam
bert tends to all that. Uncle Sam. he
says. pays freight en- commissary stores.
Just dos l say, and We'll fetch Cousin
Lou round all right yet. and find some
body to rent the old place and send yo'
all down to Biloxi for the winter. But
I'll tell you what l do think. Esther;
y'ought to have Lambert over to sleep
in my room while I'm gone. He'll
come"
But when Lambert came to tea that
night half expecting to be welcomed
to Cousin Bart's place in his absence.
Il surprise awaited him. Esther, with
JOY in her eyes. blushingly told him
that her husband would be with them
before nine o'clock. A telegram had
announced his release and speedy COM
ing.
There's no train over before morn
ing. is there?" he asked.
'No-but-Mr. Scroggs took the stage
at noon for Vernon, up north of here,
and will get a horse there"
And. as it was evident that she looked
any moment for that longed-for COM
ing, Lambert decided to slip back to
camp instead of spending an hour in
chat or reading, as he usually did. At
this Miss Katesie's big blue-gray eyes
were opened wide with surprise, then
lowered in confusion, for he turned to
look at her.
"Oh! Goodnight Miss Walton" he
laughingly exclaimed. Il had almost
hoped you would ask me to stay
"Ah don't l:now wh'a All should was
the prompt and pouting reply. sis
ter Esthuh can if she likes"
''She doesn't like. to-night-as Il mat
ter of course. l couldn't expect her
to. But as your good mother is sleep
ing and Mrs. Scroggs will be able to
leave her to welcome her husband, and
you will be-well-rather superhuous.
1 thought l might profit by the situa-
ton to the extent of having an hours
chat with you-about your fair COM
patriots up north, for example"
"Ah don't know of any subject that
would interest me less. And they're
not my compatriots, as you call them y
answered Miss Kate. with fire in her
eyes.
-Ah. true said Lambert, with pro-
voking GOODNESS, and mischievous
smile twitching the corners of his
mouth; ~ recall your Indifference to
their photographs the other evening.
Will you kindly say goodnight to Mrs.
Scroggs for Inc. and tell her"
''Ah'n tell her you were simply hate
full and All thought you'd never go!"
We'll, L won't, if you think l ought
to STAY" said Lambert, returning smil-
ingly to the door and proceeding to
hang his forage cap upon its accus-
toned peg. She promptly snatched it
from his hand.
''Ah wish you and your photographs
wuh freezing up nawth, whuh. you
b'long. stead of coming down hyuh
ty'annizing over people"
Now do you know l was wishing that.
too? It's SO much nicer freezing up
north than being frozen here; and then
next weeks Christmas. Oh, you dom
have any mistletoe here. do you?'
1--WE did, before you all came. You