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CHAPTER XVI.
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nard to moye in aud take possession Of
the best guestrcom under Lis roof.
Barry had applied for long leave Of
Absence. Walters, with his little COM
yany, was relieved from duty at the
post and on his way back to Fort Steele,
and she last thing Warner did before
going was to help carry Maynard over
TO the other guest chamber under Ather-
toms roof, where the colonel declared
the gallant young fellow should stay
until perfectly restored. The arrest new
er appeared en- paper. never became q
matter Of record, fer Walters had sup
pressed all further mention Of it within
~ hours of his i'll judged order. Miss
O'Meara. languishing in the county Jail.
had been subjected TO the process known
~ 1.-The sweatbox," an iuterroSatory
torture that is supposed to compel tho
suspected malefaotor to unwittingly be-
tray The secrets Of the saDg to which he
may be attached. and Bridget had bro
k0n down under tho pressure
As . result Of her revelation Cook
had rushed for Kansas and was heard Of
no more for several days. and meantime
there wasn't woman at Russt II who
did not rejoice in the fact that she ct
least had never for an instant believed
that Miss Baird had anything to do
With the persons guilty Of the burglary.
Some of the ladies repeatedly said as
much. notably Mrs. Turner and Mrs.
Raymood. Walters had also bad to call.
poor fellow, and tell Mrs. Barry aud
Miss Baird how unhappy be was over
having ever believed that story Of the
latter . knowledge Of tie Iurglary. but
iu Justice to himself be must say that
not only did the sheriff admonish him
thas such was his duty, hut there were
even two ladies ut the post who kimi-
larly advised him. Neither Mira Barry
NOT Miss Laird would ask the question.
but Major Barry did. aud demanded an
answ er, aud then Walters named Mrs.
Turner aud Miss Maynard. both Of
whCn. as u subsequently, transpired,
had been sctuated only by the parcss
tnd best Of motives aud with no
thought Of malice. AL they said was
sbat they f0rsd sho was being terror.
ixsd BY susns ssosSdrsl Who bs.d hold
On hes. and all they hoped was to re-
lievs her from, such. . horror. OF course
II abe had dreamed the captain would
svss Quoss hes or take such steps - he
fsd doaas nsshins. said ArA Tuxnar.
spoSd svug Asvs induced her 10 open hee
lipa
AZ for Mis- Maynard. she was in .
sests bordering ON nervous prostratiou.
yet she weula allow no one slse 20 IKE
her plsce st Ronald's side. She. and
ehe sloue. should nurse and care for
him. and there were indeed several days
IN which his suncrinps were such he
was allowed to see NO visitor. Then he
bessn 10 mend. aud Barry had come
eud bsut over him with . world Of
gratitsde and affection in his speaking
syes. and Barry aid that he expected to
- away within The week. but that bic
wife declared that she would not 90 un-
Ill she and Nathalie could zee and thank
him In pe9sm, I'D Gfacs Maynard had
70 listsa 70 ts an. ~ - 80 lft.r E1i'
But two dsys later the Barrys drove
~ the station, all the officers and more
than half the women -acrompapyinR,
them 20 the train aud seeing them Oh
with syuruanifsssltion q Affection.
TIE doctsrs bad said that il was neces-
0ry fog Nrs Barry's health that she
should b taken away from Russell ~
soon % possible IL wss interesting 70
watch -fi,s different women in their
gaodby 20 Miss Baird. without whom
.1fra Bafiy went nowhere now. Mrs.
Freeman clung to her. kissed her on
buSh ciD.h1, almost cried over her. So
did Mrs. Ray. Mrs. Trusoutt, too, was
dsmoostrative. Mrs. Stsunard wns the
lass 70 leave her. and the eyes CT both
wsse brimning rs as last she bad to
hurry from the car. All the other wom-
-, young and old. were gentle and
sympasbet3c ID manner 60 her,. Miss
Maynard, 0f course. was still at her
beosher's hedsiile. Mrs. Turner, who
rarely missed an occasion of tho kind,
had . splitting headache' this day Of
days ~ thsssfors was unable to come
ct all. s1s was The BarTys' plan to 90 to
the south for complete change and rest,
both for Mfa Barry and Cathalie. and
sbee to speud July and August at the
ssaebota Tbs insurance sd5usters had
come and some. the FIRE losses were BE-
ing sssslsd Fort Rusesll had found oct
- iss satiss saaisfscticn that tho bur-
diaries were nSsd % . gang n which
Mi0 Baird could have lad NO knowl-
s.ags whasevef despite the accepted fact
sAas si,s Md some suspicious scquaint-
ssos. One reasop. indeed, that the
Bsrrys hurried was her continued III
hs.lth. When pg. Rsass heard all that
Hss. Ha1y hsd % ssll him On his re-
surn aoA I'D felt Hsthelis's pslo and
Iuukpa Into ~ nd eyes, hs hummeA
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