The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-10-16

had the door OF Barclay . quarters open
ed and swallowed mp the new callers I
than the majors wife turned back to it.
"You don't mean a letter from
him?' she asked. with q nod of the
head at Barclays quarters.
81 didn't mean to say anything about
it." said Mrs. Faulkner with proper
hesitation, "but you seem to know as
much as do, and she made no secret
of it whatever. Indeed don't know
that there's anything in ii that anybody
mightn't see."
81 think she has mo business what
ever receiving letters nov that her hus
bands away-nor any other time, for
that matter" said Mrs. Frazier hotly, |
land mean TO tell her no. and I'm as
tonished at him."
"For heavens sake don't tell her ] |
let it out" exclaimed Mrs. Faulkner. |
You've just got to say You saw 1t
away from his door"
"Well, think the sooner Mr.. Harry
Winn gets back the better it will be
for this garrison, and I'll say 90 to
Colonel Frazier this very night" ex-
claimed the colonel's wife, bristling
with proper indignation. "And he'll
come back if we have to send couriers
to order him."
But no courier was needed to sum-
mon Lieutenant Winn. Two days later,
fast as jaded horse could carry him, fol-
lowed by a single orderly, he was COM
ing, full Of hope and pluck and en-
thusiasm, the bearer Of tidings that
meant SO much to him, that might be
of such weight in the removal Of some
portion at least Of the serious stoppages
against his pay. Away out in the
Apache mountains, where the remnants
of the Friday gang seemed to have scat
tered into little squads Of two or three,
! one party had been trailed and chased
to its hole, q wild nook in the rocks,
and there in brief, bloody fight two
more of the gang bit the dust in reach
ing that height Of oGsIaw ambition,
"dying with their boots on" Others
were wounded and captured, and still
another, neither wounded nor combat
ant, but trembling skulker, was drag
ged out from a cleft in among the
bowlders and kicked into the presence
of the commanding officer by burly
Irishman who would have lost the bliss
= of a dozen pay day sprees rather than
Q that one achievement, for the skulkinl
q captive was Marsden, and Marsden wa!
u English
A more abject, pitiable, helpless
Is wretch even Texan troopers had nevel
y seen. Imploring his captors to protec
q him against the illimitable posi- ibilitie
q of lynch law-for there were veteran
N soldiers present to whose thinking
| w&iol ord ~
E. execution were all too good for Marsdel
7r the ex-sergeant told the story of hi
10 stealings and the names of his accom-
Or plices, but declared that all his i'll gottel
er gains were gone. Every cent he had q
lg the time of his fight was taken fror
ne him, ne protested. by the gang Of des
TX peradoes among whom he had foun
refuge.
IS Hes lyin, sorr," declared SergeaI
ad Shaughnessy at this juncture. HE
ne hidin the hoith Of it somewheres, a
be there's nothin like the moose Of a lari;
ng to frishen his mimory." But old Mu
ne lane ordered silence.
ne go you back to Worth fast as yc
ed can,' said he to Winn. write the T
n port for me to sign before you star
tn Tell the colonel where what is left
i'll the stolen property can be found, al
zee we'R bring Marsden along with us. II
on qul1Anar you get there the more you CT
nd save"
ler Worth was $50 miles away ON a b
he lire, and Winn had to twist and tur
1t but he rode with buoyant heart. !
De- prompt measures much Of his misfC
me tune might be wiped out. Then. wi
lat the uroffered loan with which to sett
me his accounts and pay off certain pressil
in creditors, he could start afresh, his he
led at last above the waters that had weig
ng ed him down. He would lead a simpI
ad- inexpensive life, and LA1ra would ha
nd to help him. He could set aside or
as fourth, or even perhaps one-third, of
Idy pay 90 send each month to the bank
San Antonio. 1t would be hard, but
his least ne would be honest and manfl
and Laura would have to try to dir
ier and live inexpensively. She used to S
ed, she would rather share exile and power
you with him than a palace with any ott
man, but that seemed a bit like hyp+
no. bole in the light of her subsequent
lip reer.
TX Long before this, he said, the ba
would have sent the money to Wort
1t was doubtless now awaiting him
Fuller's safe, or possibly Trott's- HI
blessed thing it was that the cash
should have been an old and wal
friend of his father-that he shot
have written proffering aid for {
times sake to the son Of the soldier
had known and been aided by and b
learned to love in bygone days. 1t v
odd that Mr. Cashier Bolton had
= made himself known to him, Hal
"A Winn, when he and his lovely bri
were in San Antonio, but all the M
was the offer appreciated. 1t was c
that he should couple with the offel