The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1900-04-26

officers are runnin' errnnds for enlist
ed men? An get back inside two min
utes, too," he added, with portent In
his tone. The subnltcrn OF hardly two
months service felt the implied rcbuke
OF the soldier OF over 20 years and
mcckly accepted the amendment, but
IA thought occurred TO him: lie had
promised Morton paper, envelopes and
stamps and the days ncwspapcrs--thc
lad seemed strangely eager TO get all
the latter, and vaguely Billy rcmem-
bcrd having heard that Cankcr consid-
cred giving papers to prisoners as
equivalent TO nid and comfort TO the
enemy.
Take IL by way OF my tent said he
MS they started. and, once there IL took
time 10 find things. go back. to the
sergeant major and tell him | sent
you," said Gray, after nnothcs search.
"Hc needs you ON ihoa, pGpcrs."
And when the officer Of the guard
returned TO the guardbousc and went
In TO the prisoner, the scrgcnnt saw
and others saw--that, ;pllcl In the
soldiers ovcrcoat lie carried on his
arm. was u bundle done up In news.
paper. Moreover, u scrap of con,cr-
saiion was overheard.
There's no one at the generals"
said the officer. "I see no way of-iix.
ing IL before morning"
my God, lieutenant! Thcrc---must
DC some way out of it. The morning
will DC too late"
Then III do what can for rJu to-
night" said Mr.. Gray, as he turned
and hurriedly left the guardroom- II
dozen men standing stiiily about the
walls and doorway aud staring with
impassiyc faces straight to the front.
Again, the young officer had left the
post OF the guard and gone up into
camp, while far and near through the
dim, fog-swcpt aisles OF u score ol
camps the buglcs and trumncts wcr,
wailing the signal for lights out" and
shndowy forms, with coat collar,
| turned up about the ears pr cnpes muf
| fled around the neck, scurricd about
the company streets ordering laughter
and talk to cease. n covered carriage
|
officers gatc--and the sentry there
posted remembered that the officer %
| the guard came hurrying out nnt
asked the driver II he was engaged
"i'm waiting for the major" was ,h'
answer.
"Wcll. where can one order car
| riuge tonight without going clear Il
town." inquired Gray. II want--onc
that isl wish 10 order one NJ once
And the driver. who knew very wei
there were several places where ear
riagcs could he had, preferred loyalt.
to his own particular stable away IT
town. and 80 declared there wns none
"You can telephone there, IL yo'
wish. sir" he added.
"And wait till morning for II 10 sc
here? No! I'll get it--somchow."
And that he did get IL somehow wa
current ruinor ON the following da,
for the scntrics on the guardhousc sid
of camp sworc that II closed earring
drove down from Mc\llister street 70
all the world n though II had jus
come out of the park and rolled ON pas
the back Of the guardhouse, the drive
loudly whistling Killarney" So tina
il could bc heard above the crunchin;
Of the wheels through the rough. loos
rock that covered the road. and tina
carriage drew up not II hundred yard
away, while the lieutenant was out Wis
iting scntrics and presently they saw
him coming back along the wall;
stopping To question each sentry III u
his orders. Then he returned aud in
quired II Ull was quiet among the pris
oners, and then went and put out hi
light IN the tent reserved for the oi
iicrr OF the guard, and once more LET
his post. briefly Informing the scrgcan
of the guard he was going To the Office
of the day. Then Il was usccrtainc'
that he had visited half u dozen place
in search Of that veteran captain AM
appeared much disturbed because u
could not find him. In half an hour II
was back, asking cXcitcdly of tn
sentry Ia rear Of the guardhousc II
carriage had come that way. |, had
! said the sentry, and was waiting DOW
the street. Gray hurried in the hircc
/
tion indicated, was gone perhaps ihrr
minutes and returned. Wing that tn
sentry must he mistaken, that no ear
rage was there. liut the sentry rcit
Grated his statement that IL had beer
there and had been waiting for som
time, and must have disappeared whil
he was temporarily around NJ the oppo
site side of the building. This wa
about IL y. III.
Then when Gray appeared at revcill
Morton had disappeared.
ITS not the sergeant let them rcllcr
out" said the regimcntal nraclcs
: This Is no ici-dolar subscription
business" And so until late in ih
afternoon the question that ngita'c'
the entire range OF rcgimen'ai camp
was: How did those fellows br"al
away from the prison OF the ---ieenih"
Then came clrw. aud ihcn-discovery
Dy order of Lieut.. Col. Carkcr
hoard of officers h"d been convened Il
investigate the matter, and after pues
,ioning every body whom "Spueers' h"'
already budgcrcd with his assertions
threats and queries, they went Ia ih'
; runrdhousc aud began thorough In
sprction OF the premises. The woodci
building stood In the midst OF n vast
of sand blown In from the shore line u,
the strong sea wind. II was pcrche'
on something like dozen stout post
driven into the soft soil and then th
space between the floor level and 'h'
sand was heavily and stoutly boarde'
in-,hick planks being used. Betweei
The floor and the sand was n space ~