The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-12-30

noted how Wistful was the appeal in /
her humid eyes, how piteOus the CULVER /
about her pretty mouth. he knew she !
was thinklng of Norman and mutely /
pleading for justice for him. She
wouldn't believe Malloys aspersiOns /
The men would never have elected him
their drst lieutenant if those stories /
had been true. The very card MallOy
mad played turned the trick against
him. The news that Norman had gone
as private soldier, cheated out of his
commission, had reused her to such a
pitch of wrath ard woe that for the
nrst time in her life the child had
stcrmed against her parents, had de-
-lared them cruel, heartless, wicked
nd, bursting into passion Of tears,
lad fed TO her room, hanging and lock
s the door behind her, leaving them
gazing into each others white faces. /
stunned and aghast.
We must leave it to time the ma
Jor had said, after their long, dreary
conference. 1T is probably the end of
poor norman, anyhow, and the rest
viii come later
The story of the Iuci-less raid on
BeHeVleW was not told n full in the
press Of the day. Like every fiascO.
big or little, the first year of the war.
the affair was only q reconnaissance
But Mrs Lane got all the particulars
through the Rays at Lexington. Who
oddly enough, seemed to hear not in
frequently from Major Henry Clay
Holt of the confederate staff cOrus
Through them she heard how success
Iuiiy the work of PROSECUTING had been
going on, how vehementlv the old ,I0c-
tor had been working and how hospIt-
ably he had entertained the officers de
tailed fer the duty by Sidney Johnston
and Buckner. how the latter had sent
two SquadrOuS of cavalry TO cover
BellevieW pending these operations. an
other to serve as escort for the officer
IN the lower counties and still certain
otner riders, not in confederate gray
10 keep Vlgil2nt watch along the front
And so when Wings squadron made
its essay. based on secret and reIiabl
information of the presence of thc
party at BelleVieW, the guard was OF
Lookout for him, and never did Belle
view tender warmer reception. What
nearly broke the old doctors heart
hOWeYer-What stunned him. yet en-
ragged him, was to find that his own
boy, his own little Benjamin. had led
the column that came to capture him
That, said Kate Ray. is something
none of US who know Norman can in
the least understand. 1t sounds in
credible. Major Holt seems to feel it
as deeply as does his father"
But what Kate Ray did not know
and Mrs. Lane did not learn until later
IN letter from MallOy, was that Nor
man Holt. so far from serving as
guide Tor the purpose indicated, haC
played a double game, had treacher-
OuSly brought about the disaster to the
Union arms and was now a prisoner
awaiting trial by cOurt-martiaL 2
prisoner whose sentence might de
seTVedIy be death.
And this was news over which Lane
himself began TO weaken. This was
carrying the matter too far. he had,
meant TO remove Norman as a possible
sutton, not to slay him as felOn. Ht
T read with ina 70 the story sent n is
wife and in sore perturbation tried to
study the pros and cons. He could
cOnceiN of Norman doing one of two
/ things in this matter, but could not he
lIeve him guilty of playing a double
part He wrote Tor CONSERVATION of
Malloy's possibly biased statement and
got it. The report was true: the charge
might not be. Then came the tidings
of his own boys prostration. and then
Norman was for the time forgotten
Meanwhile, what could Mrs. Lane do
but ask that Norman should be trans
TeTFed TO the ward where Theodore was
/ lying. much smaller one. where he
might receive at her hands some of
/ the care and dainties Iavished on her
+ SON a surgeon had come an conversed
with the accused patient and noted
/ symptoms Of excitement that led to
eNaminatiOn- The cause not being ap-
parent in NOrman's personal condition.
the doctor sought further and found it
in the fair SRI seated by her brothers
bedside across the hall Then an officer
( from the staff OF the commanding gen
( eTal dropped in-an officer who had
been on duty at West Point when Nor
man was cadet sergeant of company ..
/ The recognition was instant on the part
+ of the young soldier, but he gave no
sign The visitor was shocked and
/ panied to see how the lad must have
suffered. NOrnan'S connection with
l the raid to BeIlcview was of course
I n he
hold word in the army, and the story
by this time had gone from mouth to
m0uth-kentuck being sadly and
fearfUlly divided about it. And now
. Captain Enyart had been sent to see
if Norman had nothing to saw for him
self. The report Of his conduct when
he could have escaped had found its
/ way to HEADQUARTERS and staggered
those who believed in his guilt
And SO there came a day not soon to
be forgotten, and scene long remem-
bered in the general hospital, q scene
that when descT 1 to Mr.. Burnett
LallOy, less than eek later, sent
him nearly Wild with -prehensiOn and
jealous misery And well it might.
Matters were lively at the front and
ne couldn't get away. The army of
the OHIO was concentrating at Nash
Vile 1t was his own captain who was
the narrator, and little doubt was there
that the OuId man enjoyed the priv
ilege and made the most of il. Calf
nav had learned to love and lean on
Norman. He felt that the lad had been
undermined by this smooth, well
provided fellow, whom he both hated
and feared-hated for his superior airs
and education. but feared for his un
doubted influence and power. Oppose
him openly or incur his enmity he dare
nor. CAPTAIN Gaffney had not lived
long in Irish-AmeriCan political life
without learning from bitter expert
ence the depth of its intrigue But in
common with almost every officer of
the regiment. he knew by this time
EIauoy's aspirations regarding Daisy