, 1897-09-04

when he wtnt t. >Clri n..sna SAY
IN" nuth
ALEX. The arEorut q! yuu is vary
bad. ioavc barely scratched ~r'rouG.l
on two things, ana yon We - i On
mathematics altogether I've i..i you
that natl ,n'aii,s is tie Is, 1T ;!.l
Point" Csio:.c udmOuisi cd
"Oh, come. ! say. let III, Harhtri.
TN try,rr IN learn this p.ure." &c
picked Oh HIlh tgaLtiinl uhsu, Wion Ut
tie guitar the l~.tuten;nt had given hin
Put upthat thing aud listen to rae. ~
Alexander obeyed, as all men d:J
when Osborne willed.
II am GOlrr to get yDu into WJ=f
Point at 90 When | say | am a0irg TO
do 1t, you l.iIow it is going to lie Guro.
Don't you: None of 1t dsprIGs Oh You
except the study | can't MAKE you
drink, but I'll take o to water and
keep you there Until yen fad it will be
easier to drink You can so iaci. to the
ranch if you lie, tut I'm not mtrnd
You'll like 1t | don't wait to u:.t
you as Il small boy unless YOU at u .
part of II You can learn and wa
u al VI iut XIV lltls VIII ~ u.
and the hops will stop, and the gCl,..7
will stop-also the tennis. Iou have
been cutting time, hut honccfor;h ven
will study fun hours II day and ! VIA
sit with you to help you and see that it
is done"
So four bnurs out of every ~ Osborne
put to the use of teaching one who dil
not wish to learn. Density can be bored
through With patience. 1t is t!ic ln0ia
rubber Of Indifferent Clcvcrnpss that re-
sists. After some of the struggles Cs.
borne would lie awake for the rest Cf
the night from sheer NERVOUSNESS The
boy slept with unruillcd brain. The
lieutenant almost came to forget the
girl. but never quite. A letter would
come when Alexander was most inert,
and Osborne would stare straight in
front of HIM and grit his teeth and
wonder that IL man could live with both
sides of his nature thwuTted and put
back. But he had his reward. AIc=an-
der went in:o the academy at 2O lie
was the haEdsomest and most popular
cadet III his class-and he failed i'll the
first year
inst how such things are done no one
is. ever quite sure, but in Osborne. : case
it must have been sheer force of deter
mlnatlOn. Alexander was reappOimted,
and he himself was made instructor ut
the Point
He stood over the cadet with the
stinging lash of his ambition, aud Alex
ander was graduated. Osborne un.
wisely took some credit to himself.
"Nonscnse!' said Alexander I'D
have done it alone. The first miss was
only bad luck. Don't think it's your
circus.
at dorSnt make any great difference
to me whose circus it is so that you
come out all right. I'm only glad you re
getting some ambition
"AnibitlOn be hanged! It's the ore
word III your lexicon. I'm sick of the
sound of it 1t is the sin by which the
angels fell. Look out you don't fall,
angel brother"
"l'm not likely to fall, but | should
not mind II If it put you on IA mountain
height.
mo heights for me. l cant breathe
rare air, answered the younger.
Now in the course of army events it
came to pass that IL strange fate made
Alexander Osborne second lieutenant in
the troop Of which his brother was first
lieutenant, ard the first lieutenant
continued his ambitions g0ading. Alex.
andor was independent ut present and
resisted TO some purpose. He would not
spend his nights i'll study aud his days
in wnc pulling. The war department
did not reward that sort of thing, he
said 1t WAS action it approved. Wait
until his tine for action came. Then he
would satisfy his brother.
And the time for action did come,
hut tl" action WIS Disappointing. They
maICEcd 200 miles and then marched
back again. Alexander complained loud
ly tInt he had had no occasion to dis.
play his proves in battle.
lie should have been quite safe in
this, fer that evening they would be
once more in Grant. But the Indian
host is rot to be rockoned with. At sun
set, within ten miles of the post, the
ApaciIcs cangllt the battalion in Il III.
vine and kept it there until well into
the night.
The neon came up and showed to the
bucks hltlng behind the cedars and
scrub oaks On tie rise the soldiers pen
nCs, III the gully below them. 1t was
merely for the latter aGucstion Of hold
ing ont ard having Il few men killed.
The danger was not great unless the
Apaches should he r%e-enfnlccd or the
ppnrlpyS glnulI nnf roach tIn fort O.
the men took shelter behind bushes and
rocks and iilrd at the flashes of light iii
the darkness above them. The officers
walked aEoat in the deep shadows. fir
ing, too. ana giving orders.
His, u, uieuant Osborne was with
his strReurt and another lieutenant
VIXEN he ci.n!e upon Second Lieutenant
Osborne CIoUched down between two
rocks. his arms Ci.cpcd ovcr his benz
head and his carbine dropped on the
glCund ltsIdc him
There Was II mistake to tie made
Tho ether lieutenant hesitated, the ser
geuni drew .:.Ck. tut Osborne went u,
and touched his brother with his foot.
"LieutCEGlt Osborne" he said to
the junior, Ego and report to tho Office,
in communal. Captain Clarke. l shall
have pccodcl you and have reported
you for Cowardice.
He went III search of the captain and
made his report, and Second Lieutenant
Osborne was sent under arrest back to
the d%isinounted horses in the rear Then
the first lieutenant threw open his
blouse and covered his breast with u
uidp ybitp sill ,pdkorch,a th,,