The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1897-01-21

0 10 be taken back to Abraham's bosom
0 10 be forgiven, and, what was moro tc
the purpose, feasted. And by this time
, Will was woll enough to bo out again
} and to ride to meet them and to vol.
come Wayne with especial enthusiasm,
for tho major had ro. enforced his ragged
limo just in time to savo him from an
, other rush such rs had burst it and
downed him on the slopes q milo to tho
east, and Kitty, no longer imperious
sweetheart, but devoted love, had found
It high time to take no further chances
and SO had named tho day and had
amazed the dreamy MAJ jor by hor dec]a
ration that sho would DO married only
whore Unclo Fcnton could givo her
away and Major Wayne, who had
"savcd her Willy" could DO best man.
Thoro was ono hlissful episode, therefore.
In that sad and sombcr winter.
But SO far as our friends tho Farrara
wero concerned it WAS about tho only
ono. Not until tho day after honest
Fcnton had gono did it occur to Mrs.
Farrar to inquire how and why it was
tho colonel left tho command and spent
chat night ut Allison's ranch, and then
as tho story was unfoldcd by Will her
sympathy and indignation knew no
bounds. Even at such time, when
wounded and maligncd. when robbed
of his command ut the very moment
when it WAS dearest to him and when
he must havo been burning with eager.
ness to faco and confound his uccusrrs,
Fcnton had turned back to learn the
truth about the fight ut Elk canyon and
| wiro to hcr--to hrr--tho glad news of
her boys safety, the proud news Of his
spirited and sollicrly behavior Ii Fen
| ton could havo sccn her emotion when
from Wayne and Will sho learned tho
| whole story, ho would have found his
trials easier to bear.
Ic had gonc however. to department
! headquarters, and thcro his nccuscrs
wCro missing. Not ono remained to face
him, and when called upon to substan-
tiato thoir statements, rs they had en-
gcrly declared their readiness to do, ono
and all, they had business elsewhere
| Tho chief conspirators had achieved in
part ut least tho ends for which thcy
! were striving, row with Big Roads
band that would enable them to get
square with White Wolf Pretty Bear
and tho other alleged asSailnnts of Pete
Boland, rcplcnish their stock Of ponies
and other spoils of Indian war and
! double tho price Of forage, and, though
! the alleged murdcrcrS escaped them and
tho village in great part fell into tho
hands of the Twelfth and Ecnton came
back from headquarters vindicatcd
man, still they had given him and his
! regiment far more trouble than tho reg
lmert had ever caused them, SO honors
were moro than easy. "We've learned
the old man not to monkey with tho
cowboy again.
lhcre was swoot, womanly, CRATE
full note awaiting the colonel when, aft
er all absence Of a fortnight, he return
Cd to Frayne, hut the Farrars were
gone. The doctor had said they could
not too soon move Ellis, once she could
be moved ut nil, TO southern California,
and. with n months leave i'll his pocket
thilher had Will escorted them, Kitty
going, too, rs matter Of course. Jacl
Ornsby came west once moro to NEE
Malcolm Leale and to tcndcrly conduc
him, sightleSS and suffering, to New
YcrS, and Fenton felt that yengeanc
iE,.etd had been wrought by Thorpe AM
that the Lord had been with the Phil
lst!nes across the stream, for the ligh
had gone OUT Ct his life, and smiles an
sunshine seemed to have vanished fror
Fort Frayre. Will came back in Fet
ruary and threw himself enthusiastical
ly into his duties with his troop, an
Wayne went Il coming night after nigh
to tie co.Cuel's freside, and Terr
RCrkc, crippled with rheumatic twiug
atoUc au cid bullet hole was limpin
and growing about the post, and Fer
TON prayed for the coming Of spring an
sunshine and June and roses, for Kit
=; haI still another freak-she would /
married only from under the shadow {
t.a flag and Uncle Fenton's roof Wit
. ELS better, but still not we'll, the Fa1
rars and Kitty had taken the Sunse
: route from Monterey to New Orlear
[ the end Of March and reached Gothal
just as the buds were opening in tn
I park, and Wayne, east on leave o
some mysterious mission, called to we
come them home and to say that Orm
2 by was to sail at once with Malcoll
! Lealc, who was TO 60 to Germany
consult AL eminent oculist, and Ell
lost the color which was fluttering
her cheeks when they hove in sight {
the familiar landmarks of the beautift
= harbor, and Helen Daunton strove
. conquer her own disappointment tn;
. she might comfort tho poor girl, wh'
since tho tragic night Of her brother
death, had neither seen nor heard frol
u the lover she had rcbuffcd and wronget
even though here and now she had wri
= ten, admitting her sin against him an
humbly yet confidently asking his fo
b givencss. That was Thursday night, an
J there was ample time, but ho sailed {
u Saturday with never n word.
n fro BIZ CONTINUED.
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