The San Francisco call., 1899-12-03


married colonel Frost ana Latrobe followed
Ter from place 20 place. seeking an Interview
until be is located IL san Francisco and sus-
Ie"ted ~ being with Morton. A valuable pack
ucc of letters has been lost from General Dray-
t-ns tent Latrohe Is a nephew " the general
colonel Armstrong defends Cray a. the trial
and secures his release Gravs regiment sails
tor Manila. haJ stopping az Honolulu Gray is
taken ODD.
Continued.
Canker had To place him in arrest
onG prefer charges When asked IL
ne was sure 81 his ground in making
50 serious an accusation. he declared
he had proof positive. at least he
would nave the instant they reached Ma
iila. and his intention was 10 take the
boy along with him 10 he tried there BY
court martial. where no meddling out
sloers. as De said. could buy on wit
ntsses. II WAS plain that he considered
himself out ~ my Jurisdiction. and that
Le resented my stan officers questions.
blt Ir Morrow had appealed 10 me in
behalf of Gray. SAID thar II compelled
10 continue prisoner aboard that trans
port under tankers tNrannical rule GRAY
might he coaded into insanity. lie was
li eoholInn nnfDeriug on brain fever
when Morrow came 70 see me. and in an
oihel uaN Was raAlnE. That settled IL
] ordered him taken of and placed IN
hospital mere. and Canker had to 20
without MN. But ] wish YOU would see
Armstrong ana tell him about GRAY so
r'Nl as return. tanker evidently in
tended NOT 90 ict Us know his proofs He
probably believes that he viii find a more
crcduious and complaiSant listener in
lralton. but his msinuations pointed TO
Gray as an least am ahettor in the theft
all ne went 80 Tar as Go say that N Arm
ttrong could he hrousht before the court
some very lnltfcNtnE testimony could be
dragged from him. and finally. that
Inih Armstrong and Mrs.-Wcl thA
wife ~ a staff sficer who Is already we'll
f#f rfHrHs#
PEELED 20 testify. / cannot bring myself
10 repeat more that he said. but he was
!n ugly ana almost defiant mood. and I
haa 10 give him dressing down. You
mat say 10 Armstrong for me that I do
nor believe one word Of Canker's caluunY
an his expense or that of the lady in the
case. But he declared his intention OF
laying The whole matter before General
BraAton Immediately on his arrival and
u ls best that Armstrong should be pre-
pared. A. for the lady. Canker said she
and Armstrong We're very close friends
when they were AT Fort Stanhope ten
years ago. though they no longer meet
Aud that brings me 10 another matter.
J declined positively 10 allow two or three
laoies wives of officers 10 go on 10 Manila
with tarkers command. and they said
that as ] had promised Mrs Garrison a
passage ] had no right 10 refuse them
Pressed JOY their authority. two very
Hstimable women told me that at he
Preside two DAYS before We sailed. Mrs
Garrison ClenlN hoasted of having my
promise 400 send her on the very next
steamer. NOW. who h. really the fabri-
cator' ] told her positively th-t. with
my consent. She should not 30: and she
laughed de.iEhtcdlY. and said she only
asked as matter Of form-the whole
thing had already been settled. Just see
% IN that li any more transports start
before my return no women is permitted
ABOARD Nc,pt. OF course authorized
nurses. Cray is "A very sick boy tonight
hut you might wire his father. SAVING
nothing ~ The arrest that the doctors
are connd"nt of his recovery IN course Of
time
Armstrong read these pages twice over
before ho looked up.
How Gid This letter come?' he asked.
'BN fhc Salvador yesterday
And the next mail for Honolulu
ouercd Armstrong. rising from his chair
and handing back the folded letter
THE noEt mail closed ar hour 60 man
The china sails az ,. No other boat for
week. Where are YOU going now 20
- TO camp Tor ten minutes, then 10 the
"Oh. come over 10 the club and have
bite first: said the adjutant general. ris-
ing and NrEcliUg out OF the uniform coat
a. he did So. Il won't keep YOU half an
That half-hour may prove precious"
answered Armstrong. already at the door.
Many hanks all the same"
Vel Hold on. What am / TO say 10
the general as 10 Gray and those .etters?'
asked The stam officer. intent upon the
subject uppermost In his mind at the
you amt say anything that will reach
him before be returns. You have Just told
ne no other boat leaves for a week By
that time he'll be coming home" And
with that Armstrong let himself out and
tfode 10 the elevator, leaving ais friend
% cogitate on the question ever his
luncheon. IL was decidedly that officers
opinion fhat Armstrong knew much more
than he would tell.
But Armstrong knew much less than ba
himself believed. Fastening back To camp
hnr Naa
speeding up the slope 10 the wind-swept
heights overlooking the Golden Gate. The
morning had opened fine as silk but by
noon the sky was hidden IN clouds and
the breath Of the sea blew I'm salt and
strong. The whitecaps were leaping on
the crest Of the surges driving in through
the straits and the surf bursting high
OF The jagged rocks at the base OF the
GINS A little coast steamer from Santa
Barbara way came pitching and plunging
lh rom sea, and one or two venturesome
craft heeling far 10 leeward tore through
the hilloWs and tossed far astern a froth-
ing Wake. With names and tails stream
Ing ln the sim gale. the troop horses Of
the tourth cavalry were cropping at the
tcanty herhage down the northward
slope, and the herd guard nearest the
ROAD lorl MS grip on his drah campaign
hat as ne essayed a salute. and galloped
OF on "A stern chase down the long
raNine 10 The east. as the colonel trotted
hrlsklE by. one Keen glance over the bay
beyond the rocky Alcatraz had told aim
The emma was not Yet away from the
pier lie nlkll nave TO send a disnarch
by that swift steamer. and even then il
would he six days getting 10 Hawaii n
the department commander should nv
that time be on his homeward iourneyy,
the Information would sill be OF Interest
- general s4ssassa .ai4T 11,-1z mil
itary district at 'thc Cross Roads OF the
Pacific and Of vast benefit possibly ~
his late client, Mr.. Gray He wondered
what Canker's grounds could be for sad
ding so foul a suspicion on the bo,'s
good name He wondered how long thaf
poor lad would have 10 struggle with this
attack OF fever and remain. perhaps ham
PLY. unconscious OF this latest indignifv
lie wopdered II Amy Lawrence vet knew
of thai serious seizure. and. IL she lid
what would be her sensations Down the
winding sloping road he urged his wav
Glencoe. his pet charger. marveling al
the unusual gait. The cape of the sen
try's overcoat whirled over the sentry's
head and swished his cap off as he pre-
scented arms TO the tall soldier spurrlng
past the guardhouse. 81 envy no one who
has 10 put 10 sea this day." said Arm
strong 10 himself. as he turned TO the
right and reined up In front OF little
brown cottage peeping out from a mass
OF vines and roses. shivering In the wet
wind Half q dozen strides took him
across the narrow walk and up the wood