The Saint Paul globe., 1897-12-05

return II, you know. We had to gal
"Then-you had 1t with you In the
Indian fght?" cried Jess, in thrilling
excitement. Really Oh, Nell! How
wish it were mine. But how'd it get
SO blackened there-and crushed?
You haven't told u.s.
| Tell you some other time, Jess.
Don't crowd a fellow he laughed.
But when his eyes stole their one
quick glance at Elinor. standing there
In silence. he saw the color creeping
up like sunset glow all over her beau
| tiful face as she turned quickly away.
! Lannion had told them of the close
shave the lieutenant had had and the
havoc played by that bullet in the
breast pocket of his hunting shirt.
CHAPTER XII.
Meantime "Old Pecksniff." as COM
mentators of the day among the grace
less subs were won't to call Col, Stew
ems, was having his bad quarter of an
nour. Leaving his team with the or
derIy, John Folsom had stamped into
ms presence unannounced, and after
MS own vigorous fashion opened the
ball as follows:
stevens, what in the devil has that
| young fellow done to deserve arrest"
| oh, ah, shut the door, Mr. Adju-
tant said the commanding officer,
apprehensively, to his staff officer,
and-d L desire to confer with M,
! Folsom moment whereat the ad-
Jutant took the hint and then hied
himself out of the room.
NOW, ah, in the first place, Mr..
foisom this is rather Q long and-d
painful story. Tm-m-ah, ah-in a
peculiar position"
For Gods sake talk like a man and
not like Burlefgh,'' broke in the old
1Ci Irp1Jr
OF on on over twenty years, and you
never used to talk in this asinine way
untll you got to running with him.
Come right to the point What crime
is young Dean charged with? Those
girls OF mine will have to know it.
They will know he's in arrest. What
can 1 tell them?"
"Crime-ah-is hardly the word Fol-
som. There has been a misunderstand-
Ing Of orders, in short. and he was
placed under arrest before-ah-before
had heen furnished with a mass of
information that should have been sent
| to ne before
well, what fault is that of his? See
mere, man, you don't mean to say it
| is because he didn't get here three days
! ego? That's no crime and [ haven't
! knocked around with the army the last
| torty years not to know the regulations
IN such matters. Do you mean without
! ever rearing what kept him and what
! splendid, spirited service he rendered
| there along the Laramie, that you've
inundated that fine young fellow and
put him in ARE st?"
Fecksniff Whirled around in his chair.
Really now, Mr.. Folsom, !. can't per-
init you TO instruct me in my military
duties. You have no conception of the
way IN which I've been ignored and
nisled in this matter. There are col
cir -,
! er-forced on me in fact, by injudicicus
| friends of this young man, and he-he
| must blame then1-ne must blame
! them, not me. Now if you'll permit
! me to glance over thi; mass of matter.
| | can the sooner co justice in the prem
lses." Ard over his goggles the colonel
| looked pleadinely into his visitors irate
features.
Read as you like but he quick about
! 1t. was the angry rejoinGer. II want
| to take that boy back with me to town
! ard confront Kim with one of his ac-
| cUsers this very day-that man [ be-
! lieve, by the gkcst of Jim Bridger. is
/ at the bottom of the whole businessr'
| and Folsom Topped heavily and dis
| Suestedly into chair, at the sound of
| rap at the door, which opened an
inch and the adjutant's nose became
| visible at the crack
| Major Burle;gh, sir, would like to see
/ you"
Ard I'd like to see Maj. Burleigh!"
| stormed Folsom, springing to his feet,
! Commanding officers Of the Stevens
| stamp had 20 terror for him. He had
| known his man too long
| "Gertlemen, gentlemen!" cried Peck
| sriff, Il can have no disturbance now
| over this unfortunate matter Really
Mr.. Folsom, cannot permit my office
to be the scene of any-of any
But his words wandered aimlessly
away into space as he discovered he
had no listener. Folsom, finding that
| the major had apparently charged his
mind and was not coming in, had
| changed his plan and was going
out. He overlook Burleigh on the
| board walk in front and went straight
to the point.
Maj. Burleigh, you told me a short
| time ago that you had nothing to do
with the allegations against this young
| gentleman who was placed in arrest
here this afternoon, yet l learn from
| my own daughter that you spoke of
| him to a brother officer of his in terms
Of disparag cement the day you got
! aboard the car at Sidney. MIR. Loomis
| corroborateS it and so does Miss Dean
| I've heard of two other instances of
! your speaking sneeringly of him. Now
| | ask you as man to man what it is
! you have to tell? He has saved the
| lives of my son, his wife and child
! and the people of the ranch, and by
the Eternal I'm his friend and mean to
see justice done him.
Burleigh listened with solemn face
! and with no attempt to interrupt. He
waited patiently until Folsom came to
| a full stop before he spoke al all. Then
his voice was eloquent of underserved
| rebuke-of infinite sympathy Mr..
| Folsom he said ''it would be useless
| for me to deny that before [ knew
| your charming daughter or her-ah-
very interesting friend I did speak in
| their presence-ah-incau per-
! haps, of Mr.. Dean but it was in con-
tinuance of a conversation begun be-
| fore we boarded the car, and what I
| said was more in sorrow than in criti-
| cism. The young gentleman had at
| traCted my attention-my favorable
! ah--opinion on the UP trip to the Big
! Horn, and [ was-ah-simply disap-
| pointed in his conduct on the way back.
| It was perhaps due to-ah-ineXper-
| ierce only, and my whole object in COM
| ing here in haste this afternoon was to
! bear testimony to his ability and zeal
as a troop commander, and to urge-ah
| Col. Stevens to reconsider his action
! and restore him at once to duty. [ had
! hoped, sir to be here-ah-ahead of
! you and. to have driven him in my
/ buggy-ah-to meet you, but [ am dis
| appointed am disappointed in more
ways than one"
Folsom stood and wiped his streaming
! face, and looked the speaker square in
| the eye and Burleigh stood the scrutiny
| with unlCoked-for nerve. Long years
! at the poker table had given him COM
mand of his features, and the faculty
! Of appearing the personification of
| serene confidence in his hand" when