Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1900-02-23

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river redoubt. It was his devoted
bunky. Private Latrobe, who volun-
teered to carry the division COM
mander's dispatch across the open rice
field and the yawning bitches that sep
arated the star from the rest of the
charging -teenth, and who died glo-
riously In the r1shton the r4bel,works.
Man Nters man! Of the'woolly westerners:
had been referred to by name, while the
Dudes had nothing to show but their
wounded colonel's modest report that
"where every officer and man appeared
to do HE whole duty it would be I'M
just to make especial mention Of even
. limited few" The Dudes were getting
hot over the taunts Of the "Toughs,"
~ some onehad misnamed their neigh
bors; and one night whea'!there was
more or less interchange Of pointed
chaf in lieu Of q fight with a common
foe there was heard q shriIl voice from
the flank of the rife pit nearest the
w%esterners, and what it said was re-
peated in wonderment yer the brigade
before the Dudes were another day
older.
"Well, dash your thievin' gang! We
made our record for ourselves, any
how. We didn't have to rely on any
dashed deserters from the regulars-as
you did"
And that was why sergt. sterne, ct
the Dudes, wal sent for by the field
officers Of both regiments the follow
ing morning and hidden to explain,
which he did in a few words. He wa
ready to answer that tho wounded
Corporal Norton was the very same
young man he saw in the adjutant's
Office Of the -teenth regulars at Camp
Merritt, and was then called Morton.
And that evening the veteran sergeant
major Of the -teenth was hidden to
report at the reserve hospital in En-
mita, close to the Malate line, was con-
Quoted to the bedside of a pallid young
soldier whose ticket bore the name of
Norton, and was asked to tell whether
he had ever seen him before.
II have, SIR" said the veteran, sadly
and gravely. HE is a deserter from the
-ttenth. His name on our rolls wal
Norton" And that night. Col. Arm
strong cabled to "Primate," New York,
the single word Found" Nor was 1t
likely the lad would soon be lost again,
for a sentry with fixed bayonet stood
within ten feet of his bed with orders
not to let him out Of his sight a second.
Mrs. Garrison appeared at the hos
pital that very evening and heard Of the
episode, and reached Billy Gray's bed
side looking harassed, even baggard.
During the past three days she had been
accorded admission, for Gray was so
much improved there was no reason to
longer forbid; but on each occasion the
wounded volunteer officer and the brace
of attendants present had precluded all
possibility of confidential talk: She
must bide her time. Gray would be up
In a few days, said the doctor; and then
nothing would do, said Mrs. Garrison,
but he must be moved to their big,
roomy, lovely house on the bay side,
and be made strong and we'll again
made to give up those letters, too,
thought she; for she had wormed it out
of a %bystander that a packet of some
kind had been given by the dying SOL
dier to the lieutenant, and she we'll
knew what it must be. She had ever
penned him a little note, since not a
whisper could be safely exchanged, and
headedit: "Give this back to me the mo-
mentyouhave readit." Init she remind
ed him of his promise, and-did he need
to be reminded of hers? She knew that
packet of Nita's letters had been in
trusted to his care. She assured him
she had it straight from the surgeon
who attended both Latrobe and, him'
self, and they must reach the hands Of
no man On earth, but m1st come to her
Would he not give them at once or tel
her where she could find them?
He gave back the note, but closed hi,
eyes and turned away. In the presence
OF Armstrong day after day, and in the
recollection 81 Latrobe's dying face and
the last parting touch of his stricken
hand, Gray's eyes were opening to hi
own deplorable weakness. She plainly
saw her power was going, If not gone
He had wrapped a silk handkerchie
about the packet and still kept it, will
his watch and purse, beneath his pillow
He would not tell her where it lay. Sh'
smiled archly for the benefit Of the at
tendant; but her eyes again eagerl.
claimed a look from his, her lips framed
the word Tomorrow"
E But neither on that morrow nor We
the next day came her opportunity
t The gallant fellow who had lain Their
: for days, dumb and patient, but a bar
: rier to her plans, had taken a turn TO
. the worse, and she was again denied ad
mission. Then came the tidings tina
the barrier was removed, the long fgh
8 was over; and the heartless woma
, actually rejoiced. Now at last sh
: could talk to Will Gray; and when mid
I night came she knew that now at las
she must, for Frank Garrison, wor1
Q and weary, returning late from tn
+ 'front.' briefly announced that Ger
0 Drayton purposed visiting the hospits
the following afternoon, and long be