The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1900-03-16

renee uld not come. or course tho In K
was about the incident OF tho rycniu,..
and, later, the rumOrJ abOet Dunravrn,
MI Tins WaH new to tho ravalrymru:
they lah heard, nB yet, nothing at all,
and wrro not II littlo taken aback by tho
evident embarrassment and Omiuo,Is 81.
I"nco OF the tlIrcn infantrymrI, when
the colonel turned suddenly on I,r!knaI
with the question:
i'y Tn" way, captain, | had no tinu
I" ask Lawrence, and it. realty did not
occur tn mo until after Ir ha,l gone, but
what did Il" mean by saying that DR..
tluin could tell MS something about tho
people ut Dunravrn>"
l'rlknap turned rcd and looked un.
comfortably at hia two comrades, IA
though appealing I" them for aid Tho
younger officers, however, wuuId say
nothing ut all, and the colonel promptly
SAW that h" had stumbled on some piece
On garrison gossip
"N"vrr mind" ho said, with kindly
laugh. ~ don't want 10 drag any sturirI
ont by tn" roots. The doctor cam doubt
less explain it alt in good SEASON."
"NrlI, Cot. Rraiuarl," answered ivl.
KNAPP, hnlhily, "tn tell the truth. realty
don't know anything about it. aud |
don't know amy one who does, though {
have heard s,umlr woman tails about tn,
post. Th" relations between Dr. Quin
and #Nrur OF the officers ui tho Eleventh
""r" rather strained. and hn j., Il some.
what reserved and avcrrti>r man. Thu
hturi'" were set alluat here last fail. and
"" hnL to hear moro or less Of hhr,n nm
til tAr Eleventh went away this :rrinu
We know only that DR.. Quin has been
to llunra>ru and tho rest of ,ls haven't.
Possibly som" Of the Eleventh were
pluurd because they had no such luck,
or perhaps their ladies did not like il lc.
rauS" Gum wouldn't tell thcm ANYTHING
about what h" SAW. At all events, hu
refused I" talk on tho subject ut all, and
allowed people 10 draw their own con.
tNi>irnS.
"ilr probably told his post com.
mand"r." suggested Lieut. rurnham,
who. rs acting adiulant Of tho post anu
an aSpiraut for the ahiutancv of tn,
regiment, thought it Il good opportunity
OF putting IN word as Indicative of
what h" considered tho boundcn duty OF
an officer under like circumstances.
"N"li, no, fancy not" replied Bel
knAp "Ah"ut tn" only thing wo really
dn know Is that, in Il somewhat angry
interview last fall. Col. Stratton forbado
DR.. Qnin's leaving the post or going to
iMnraNrn without hiH rNprrSS permits.
Sion. happrurd to hr in the otlicc ut
the timr."
NV Il" 1t before or after that hc wa.
said 10 X" there SO oftrn?" asked Farm.
ham.
"W"l, bolh," answered Rrlknop. rc
mNaMtly. "But understand me. Mr.,
farnha'n, know nothing whatovcr oi
the matter"
II should not suppose that Col. Strai.
tom would car" TO restrict his post sur.
%""n from going thilhrr if they needed
hl@ professional Hcrviccs," said Col. Brai.
nard, plras,inlly
"Fhat WAS tho point at issue, appar-
rntly," answered Bciinap "Col. STRAIT
tom said that ii WAS not on professional
grounds that he went and thereby seemed
TO widen the breach between them. DR..
gum would not speak to tho colonel after
that, except when duty required it,"
lho conversation changed here, and
little moro WAS said; but Col. Brainord
could not help thinking of matter that
hc carefully kept to himself. 1t WAS not
his custom TO require his officers TO ash,
permission to leave tho garrison for rido
or hunt when they were to DO absent
from no duty, and only 10y day. Here it
was midnight, rs hc Thought it over, and
tho doctor had not returned, neither had
he mentioned his desire to ride away,
although he had hcrn with the colonel
well nigh an hour before parade True,
hr hau sent the doctor word to go and
loln Lieut.. Perry ut the gate of Dun
raven, and that would account for his
detention; but he knew that the surgeon
was several miles away from his post and
his patients ut the moment that message
was sent
Meantime, Perry. too, WAS having "A
communion with himself. and finding il
all v"NA'lHn OF spirit. All the wa,
homo the memory OF that sweet Enylish
iarc was uri"TnoSt in his thoughts lie
had been startled at tho sight of Il vouny
and fair woman 1T Dunravcn. he had
felt 4 SENSE of inrxplirable rejoicing
when she said to him. II am Miss Matt
land;' it would have Jared him to know
that shc was wife; he WAS happy. kncrl
ing by tho side Of tho beautiful girl he
had never seen before that evening, and
delighted that he could be of service to
her. All this WAS retrospect worth in.
dulging; but then arose the black shadow
on his vision. How camo DR.. Quin
strldlng III there as though "nativo and
to the manner horn?"--how came he to
call her "GiadyS:" Perry had been
pondrrng over this matter for full half
an hour on tho homrward ride before he
hethouGht him Of Mrs. Lawrcnce's re-
marks about the signal lights. One
thing led to another in his recollection of
her talk. The doctor answered the sig.
nais, no ono else, the doctor and no ono
else was received at Dunravcn; the dec.
tor had declined To answer any questions
about the people at the ranch, had been
silent and mysterious. yet frequent in
his visits. And then, moro than all
what WAS that Mrs. Lawrence said or in
!matcd that Mrs Quin, "such lovely
woman. tto " Ia, n L,p n, l.