The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-04-14
Synopsis of Chapters Published.

Synopsis of Chapters Published.
CHAPTER 1. - Lieutenant Loring of
the regular army, having been Tilted by
Geraldine Allyn during his cadet DAYS
at West Point. is ordered to Arizona.
III and lll.-Lieutenant Blake arrests
a deserter, Higgins, whom a Mexican
girl, Pancha, endeavors to protect. Nv
Captain Nevins, appointed to the
regular army from civil life, a gambler
and embezzler of government funds, is
tried by court martial. He makes a
confession, stating that he was always
bad, but had married good woman.
tie asks Lieutenant Loring, judge adj
vocate of the court, to carry his watch
and some jewels to his wife, stating
that Loring is acquainted with her
sister, Miss Geraldine Allyn. V.-Lor
ing accepts the trust, putting the jew
els in an envelope and placing the
watch and jewels in safe. VI.-Nev
ms sends for loring. who doess not
the return of the jewels. lie is inform
ed that they have been sent. VII
Captain Nevins leaves the garrison for
parts unknown. VIII.-Loring and
Blake. with All escort, are making for
San Francisco with the jewels in
charge when Blake is lured from Lor-
ing by Mexican girl, Pamela. and
meets two Gringos, who hand him an
order to furnish men from his escort to
conduct Colonels Vance and Turnbull
to Tucson and an order for Blake and
LoriAg to go to the Mexican capital on
court martial duty. Blake's escort is
thus reduced. The next night Blake is
lured away again by Pancha, who in
forms him that the stage near by is to
be attacked. Joining his men, he
dashes away, leaving Loring, who is
robbed of the watch and jewels. Lor-
ing. who is severely Injured, is ordered
by his physician to rest and a sea voy-
age. He takes steamer for San Fran
CISCO Pancha is sent on the same
steamer to school. X and XI.-Loring
learns that Escalante, Pancha's uncle,
has deposited a package with the purser
containing the missing jewels. He had
informed Geraldine of their loss and
sent her and her sister. Mrs. Nevins. a
check. XII and XIII-Pancha con-
vinces Loring that she is innocent. The
ship is wrecked. the officers are craven,
and LOring preserves order, thus get
ting the passengers into the boats
XIV They are taken on board a
coaster to San Francisco. Loring is &C.
cused of having secured the package
deposited with the purser by Escaante
and learns that Geraldine Allyn is his
accnser. XIV. and XVI.-Loring is or
dered to duty. and Nevins is dismissed
from the service. with years imprison-
ment. Loring is detained bv his com
handing officer. He appeals to the sec
rotary of war, wherenpOn he is placed
under arrest by his commander XVII
N q
!: tion which puts new aspectnn affairs
Loring is ordered by the secretary ri
war to procead to his new duty. XVIII
XIX; XX and XXT.-FIe meets his old
love. Graldine ALVIN. and scorns her
XXII.- Captain Navins is raptured
NXIII.-Loring' S fight with the Sioux
Indians.
rnere is sound of coming thunder
|: in his ears, the blare of distant trumpet,
the warning yell of wary Indians, the
rousing cheer of charging horses and
the earth seems turning round and roll
ing up to meet him as he droops, faint.
ing at his post, the battle won.
Well and calamity done, was the
universal verdict of the frontier on
\ Walter Loring's maiden fight. Brave,
!.
peril he had proved, and many SYM
pathizing soldier lowered about the
hospital tent where day after day he
lay in the delirium of fever that fol-
lowed his wounds Yet will it be be-
lieved that when at last convalescence
same and the doctors were compelled tc
raise the blockade the news was broken
to him that SO soon as he should be de.
clared strong enough there was still an
other ordeal ahead. The gallant general
be had served SO we'll had indeed been
ordered elsewhere, as was prophesied
at Omaha. "a new king came who
knew MT Joseph The senior colonel
was assigned to temporary command of
: the department., and he Gold Pecksniff,
listened to the tales Of Nevins and OF
that new arrival from California Petty,
REINFORCED by heaven alone knows wha,
allegations from the lambs of Lam bert Is
. flock.
!. They found some dashed trumpery
. jewelry in tin case in a trunk you left
: with your traps at Omaha, was the
indignant outburst of Lieutenant Dean,
j. who had led the rush of the cavalry te
. the rescue of Folsom IS ranch and Lor.
ing's exhausted party, "and some idiot
!. has preferred charges on the strength Of
: them!''
CHAPTER XIV.