The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-09-17

Inc TtRlHnHhl camp On 1TcSlOlO Heights
looking San Francisco Harbor is stirred up by fors
Of moving orders to Manila and by the arrival from
visitors In search OF runaway boy who is believed
nS9 yoSnS oe IN S sps me
PSseo ac9u9in,anre with one o. the visiting party
ps!sy scored by Col Armstrong attends wS r.vieW
On the drl grounds and Is disturbed by the sight OF
near them and by collision among the carriages
CHAPTER w.. CONTINUED.
Not ten minutes later occurred tho collision be-
tween the hack and the heels that resu lied In tn.
demolitionof and decentralization of the rider of
the victor While tho latter was led away by tho
obedient Mr.. Ellis, lest the sight Of him should
bring another nervous attack Mrs Garrison
was suffering herself to be comforted Her nerves
we're gone, but she had not lost her head Lots
OF Preside danes and damsels were up on tn,
heights that day in such vehicles as the post af-
forded None appeared in anything so stylish
and elegant as the carriage Of the Prime party
She was now and comparative stranger there
and II would vastly enhance her social prestige
she argued. 10 be seon in such swell surroundings
With 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 Stanley Arm
strong htter grudge, and had nursed IL long
She had known him ten years and had hated him
nine Of them Where they met and when, IL really
matters not In the army people meet and part
IN hundred places when they never expected
10 meet again She had married Frank Garrison
in a hand gallop said the garrison chronicles
sbefore she had known him two months" said the
men before he knew her at ALL" said the women
She four his senior II tho chaplain could
be believed and five months his Junior II she could
Whatever might have been the discrepancy in
their ages AZ the time of the ceremony, one would
suspect the truth who saw them now. It was he
who looked aged and harassed, and she who
preserved her youthful bloom and vivacity.
And now, as she reclined as though still too
weak and shaken TO leave the carriage and re-
turn TO the saddle, her quick wits were planning
the scheme that should result in her retaining
and his losing the coveted seat There was lit
ue time TO lose. Most Of the crowd had scattered.
end she well knew that he was only waiting for
her 70 leave before he would return. Almost at
the instant her opportunity came A covered
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 recog
nized at once the wife and daughter Of a promi
nent officer Of the post
:. ooh, how kind you are!" she cried Il was
hoping would come. Indeed l did
get little wrench" And then. as she moved
, with sudden gasp of pain, she clasped Miss
Lawrence's extended hand.
Indeed, you must not stir, Mrs. Garrison +"
said that young lady. I'VE will drive you homo
o. once" Miss Prime and her father adding
their pleas. She looked UP, smiling family
Il fear must trouble you" she faltcred. "Oh
how stupid OF me! But about Stanley Armstrong
i haven't even thanked him. All, well-he
knows. We've been--such good friends for
ycars-dear old fellow"
CHAPTER v.
There had been morning of Jubilee in the
camp Of the Fifth Separate Brigade and row
in the tents OF the regulars. Up TO within fort
night such state of affairs would have been
considered abnormal, for the papers would have
II that the former were on the verge Of dissou-
ton through plague pestcnce and famine due
20 the neglect Of officials vaguely referred to as
the military authorities, or the staff, while, up
to the coming OF Canker to command sweet accord
had regned in the regular brigade and the vol
unteers looked on with envy But now a great ma
martial magnate had praised the stalwart citizen
snldiery whom he had passed in review early in
the day, and set them to shouting by the announce
ment that reward for their hard work and
assiduous drill, they should have their hearts
desire and be shipped across the seas to far Ma
nla 1t had all been settled beforehand at head
quarters. The chief had known for four days
that that particular command would be selected
for the next expedition, but It tcklcd the boys
10 have it put that way. and the home papers
would make much Of it So there was sing
ing and triumph and rejoicing all along the eastern
verge of a rocky. roughly paved cross street, and
rank basphemy across the way. To tho scandal
and sorrow Of the -teenth Infantry some OF the
recent robberies had been traced TO their very
doors \ commissary sergeant had weakened.
a cartman had squealed, and OF the most
popular and attractive young soldiers in the whole
command was now a prisoner in the guardhouse
charged with criminal knowledge Of the whole
affair, and of being large recipient of the ill
gotten money Morton Of the Adjutants Office
private in company H.
What made 1t worse. was the allegation that
several others. commissioned officers and
special duty men, were mixed up in the matter
and Canker had rasped the whole commissioned
force present for duty in his lecture upon the
subject and had almost intimated that officers
were conniving at the concealment of the guilt
OF their sergeants rather than have it leak out
that the felony was committed in a company of
their commanding
He and Gordon had had what was described
as a ed-hot row, all because Gordon fatty de-
clared that while something was queer about
me case OF the young clerk who had money to
burn, as the men said, he'd bet his bottom dollar
he wasn't a thief Cankcr said such language
was reflection on himself az he had person
ally Investigated the CASE was convinced Morton 8
Gullt could be established and had so reported
To the brigade commander in recommending
trial by general court martial Indeed. he had
made out case against the lad even before he
was arrested and returned to camp. Gordon
asked II he had seen the boy aud heard his story
Cankcr Redeemed and said he hadn't, and he ddnt
mean IT, and didn't have to. Gordon said he
had he had talked with the lad fully and freely
on his being brought 10 camp toward O'Clock
~ and was greatly impressed with his story AS
M would any one else he who heard it, Canker
| Redeemed still more and said he wouldn't allow
MI onoefS I" interview prisoners without his au-
vi thorlty
III prefer charges against the next that does
! IT, said he
Md No. three hours later Mr. Billy Gray,
Spawning on his camp cot striving TO forget
va sorrow ot the earlier morning, and 10 memo.
u" page Of paragraphs ot army regulations,
was suddenly acrostcd by an orderly who stood