The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-10-23

Once within Brayton's hallway, De
LAncy turned and slammed shut the
door, for others were coming ON the
run from far across the parade. Over ct
the guardhouse the men had started for
their breakfast, but hung there, cluster
ed about the sentry post, gazing over
the criescfoss plat of the parade and
muttering their conjectures as to the
cause OF the trouble The sight Of Lieu
tenant Winn wandering ON down the
row, turning from time to time, halt.
ing as though uncertain what he ought
to do. while every other officer was
running 60 the other end Of the row.
was something they could rot under.
stand. Ea8 a2 ~ 4#a
Then MrA Winn. in riding habit,
came suddenly forth upon her piazza,
and, gazing wildly mp and down, caught
sight Of her husband, now some so
PAGES away along the, gravel walk.
Stretching forth her arms to him, she
began 70 call aloud; Harry HarryI
Please como backI" He never turned.
She ran down the steps and out to the
gate and called him louder, louder, so
that they could hear the voice all over
the garrison in the sweet, still morning
air; but on he went. doggedly now,
faster and faster. She gathered mp her
clmging skirts in one hand and, plead
ing still. followed after. Not until he
had mounted the steps at the colonel's
did the young officer turn again. Thea
with uplifted hand and arm he stood
warning her back. Something in the
attitude, something in the stern, quiv-
ering, white face seemed at last to bring
TO her the realization Of the force Of
mis- unspoken denunciAtion
Harry HarryP' she cried "Oh,
come and let me tell you'll You don't
understand meant no wrongl was
only going for q ride. Not with him,
not with him, HarryP' and 30, plead
ing, weeping, she followed almost to
the colonel's gate before the door was
opened from within and Winn was
swallowed up in the darkness Of the
hall.
By this time some inkling of the
trouble had been borne to Collabone,
ever an early riser. As he came hastily
forth from his quarters, the first thing
he saw was the dropping form OF Mrs.
Winn weeping at the colonel's gate.
Seizing her arm with scant ceremony,
he whirled her about and bore her
homeward, she sobbing out her story as
they sped along. he listening with
clouded. anxious face.
"Go back to your room, Mrs- Winn,"
he said. so solenIaly and warningly she
could not but heed. go to your baby.
I'll go first next door, then I'll find
your husband" She shrank within the
hallway and threw herself, weeping
miserably, upon the sofa in the pretty
parlor-the parlor where she had so
fascinated Hodge There the sound of |
her baby's wailing reached her in an
interval of her own, and she called to
the nurse to do something to comfort
that child. There was no answer.
Miss Purdy. with Gathering tongue
and eager eyes and ears and half a
dozen sympathizing neighbors, was ont
in rear of the house, deaf to demands
of either mother or child There Cola |
bone found her and sent her scurrying
within before the fury Of his wrath.
Now, this will not do. Mrs Winn,"
he said. as following he lifted the moan |
ing woman from the sofa. "You must |
go TO your room-to your child, as ] |
told you Captain Barclay will soon be |
all right. He has lost much blood, but |
the hemorrhage is checked. Now / Will |
go for Mr.. Winn. It's q bad business,
but don't make it worse by any more
nonsense. With that he not too gen.
tly pushed her up the first few stairs.
then turned abruptly and FASTENED
away TO FRI zier's.
In the hall he found that gray hair
ed, gray faced veteran listening stupid
ly to Winn.
II don't understand, SIR" he was
saying. lyon struck him-with what:"
Il don't know" said Winn. "They
say I've killed him. Ihave come to sur
render myself" His eyes were as dull
and leaden as his heart.
Its not so bad, burst in the doc
tor. Barclay fell or was knocked over
q chair, and the jar reopened his
wound He tainted from loss of blood,
but it's checked now."
"But-how-why!" the colonel was
Over the balustrade aloft
popped one head nightcapped, and two
with tousled hair, and blanched faces
were framed in all three, and Rasping
words were heard, and whisperings as
OF awestricken, news craving souls
Where did this occur and when did
you return, sir?''
"On the back porch Of my-of our
quarters, colonel-when got back.
just before gun fire."
"And what possible excuse or expla-
nation have you, sir? What could war
rant such-such conduct?" demanded
Frazier, as though At loss for suitable
words Yet, even as he asked. his
wife's predictions reasserted them
selves, and he glanced uneasily aloft.
Come into the parlor. colonel" !" inn
plored Collabone. "Say no more here.
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