Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-16

overlooking Francisco harhor. IS stirred
up by of moving orders to Manila
and by the arrival from New York of lady
visitors at headquarters. The visitors are
in search of Il runaway boy, who Is believed
to have entered the army. and Lieut.. Gray,
the popular young officer in his regi-
ment through a supposed acquaintance with
of the visiting party Miss Amy Law
renee. is envied by his fellows. The party,
escorted by Col. Armstrong, attends re-
view the drill grounds and is disturbed
by tie sight of young prisoner who breaks
away from his guards it and by
collision among the carriages.
Not ten minutes later occurred the COLI
sion between the hack and the heels that
resulted in the demolition of one and de
moralization'' of the rider of the victor
While the latter was led away by the ODE
dent Mr.. Ellis, lest the sight of him should
bring another nervous attack, Mrs. Gar
rison was suffering herself to be comforted
Her nerves were gone, but she had not
lost her head. Lots of Preside DANES and
damsels were up on the heights that day in
such vehicles as the post afforded. None
appeared in anything SO stylish and ele-
CANT the carriage OF the Prime party.
She was a new and comparative stranger
there. and 1t would vastly enhance her So
cial prestige. she argued. to be seen in such
swell surroundings. With a little tact
and management she might even arrange
matters so that. willy nilly, her friends
would drive her home instead of taking
Col. Armstrong back to camp. That would
be a stroke worth playing She owed Stan
ley Armstrong bitter Srudge, and had
nursed 1t long She had known him ten
years and hated him nine of them. Where
they met and when it really matters not.
In the army people meet and part in a hun
dred places when they never expected to
meet again. She had married Frank Gar
n hand gallon.
chronicles, before she had known him two
months, said the men, before he knew
her at all said the women. She was four
years his senior if the chaplain could be
believed and five months his junior If she
could Whatever might have been the dis
crepdncy in their ages al the time of the
ceremony no one would suspect the truth
who saw them now. 1t was he who looked
aged and careworn and harassed. and she
who preserved her youthful bloom and vi
vacity.
And now, as she reclined as though still
too weak and shaken to leave the carriage
and return to saddle, her quick wits were
planning the scheme that should result in
her retaining and his losing the coveted
seat. There was little time to lose. Most
of the crowd had scattered. and she well
knew that he was only waiting for her to
leave before he would return. Almost at
the instant her opportunity came. A COW
cred wagon refined suddenly alongside and
kind and sympathetic voices hailed her:
"Do let drive you home, Mrs Garrison;
You must have been terribly shaken" She
recognized at once the wife and daughter
of a prominent officer of the post.
oh, how kind you are she cried. 81
was hoping some would come Indeed
l did get little wrench" And then, as she
moved. with a sudden gasp of pain, she
clasped Miss Lawrence's extended hand
Indeed. you must not stir, Mrs CARR
SON said that young lady. I'VE will drive
You home at once" Miss Prime and her
father We're adding their pleas. She looked
up. smiling family.
7 mi ST SIa Palt
"Oh. how stupid of me! But about Stanley
Armstrong; haven't even thanked him
All. well-he knows. We've been-such good
friends for years-dear old fellow"
Chapter v.
There had been a morning of Jubilee in
the camp of the 9Th Separate Brigade and
row in the tents of the regulars Up to
within a fortnight such A state of affairs
would have been considered abnormal for
the papers would have it that the former
were on the verge of dissolution through
plague, pestilence and famine due to the
neglect of officials vaguely referred to as
the military authorities or the STAFF"
while. up to the coming of Canker to ccul-
manl, sweet accord had reigned IN the
regular brigade, and the volunteers looked
on with envy. But now a great martial
magnate had praised the stawart citizen
soidiery whom he had passed in review
cary in the day. and set them to shouting
by the announcement that, as reward for
Their hard work and assiduous drill, they
should have their hearts desire a nd hc
Shlpped across The seas to far Manila It
had all been settled beforehand at head
quarters. The chief" had known for four
Gays that that particular command wur ID
pe selected Tor the next expedition but IL
Sckied the boys to have it put that wev /
ana the home papers would make SO much
OF IL so there were singing and triumph
and rejoicing all along the eastern verge
OF a rocky. roughly paved cross street and
rank blasphemy across the way. To the
scandal and sorrow of the -teenth Infan-
Try some OF the recent robberies had been
traced to their very doors commissarv
sergeant had weakened" a cartman mad
squealed. and one of the most por,l,ar
anu attractive young soldiers In the whole
command was now prisoner In the qua, |
house, charged with criminal knowledge of
the whole affair. and of being \ large re-
c,pient OF the ill-gotton money Morton CT |
the adJutants office, private In Conn
pany X.
What made 1t worse was the allegation |
that several others. non-commission, ed off, |
GERS and special duty men," were mixed
up in the matter and Canker had ras,ad
the whole commissioned force present fer
duty In his lecture upon the subject and
mad almost intimated that officers were con
niFihg at the concealment of the guilt ot |
their serseants rather than have 1t leak |
out that the felony was committed In a |
company of their commanding
He and Gordon had had what was do
scribed as red hot" row, all because |
Gordon fatty declared that while some
tiiiS was queer about the case of the |
young clerk who had money to burn y |
as the men said, he'd bet his bottom dol |
iar he wasn't a thief. Canker said such |
language was reflection on himself. as |
ne mad personally investigated the case. |
was convinced Morton's guilt could be es-
tablished, and had so reported to the bri
sade commander in recommending trial NV
general court-martial. Indeed he had
made out a case against the lad even he
Tore he was arrested and returned TO camn
Gordon asked if he had seen the boy and |
heard his story. Canker Redeemed and
said he hadn't, and he didn't mean tn and
didn't have to- Gordon said he had-he
had talked with the lad fully and freely
on his being brought to camp toward q |
o'clock. and was greatly impressed with |
his story-as would any one else be who
heard 1t. Canker Redeemed still more and |
said he wouldn't allow officers to interview
prisoners without his authority. "rn pre- |
fer charges against the next that does It," |
said he
And not three hours later. Mr.. Billy |
Gray. sprawling on his camp cot, striving |
TO forget the sorrow of the earlier morning
and to memorize a page OF paragraphs Of |
army regulations. suddenly accosted |
by an orderly who stood at the front of the |
tent scratching at the tent fiap-the camp
substitute for a ring at the bell