The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1900-03-20

NGGa5Ea ", night no one seemed to
w know. He was present
at sick call, and impcrturhablr rs ever.
OH the following morning. and the few
officers who were at hcadurartcrs after
guard mounting were able TO affirm that
the colonel had been courteous rs usual
in his greeting to the medical officer, and
that nothing whatever had been said
about his being away so late the prcvi-
Gus evening Can't. Strvkcr came hor. q
soon after midnight, had a brief talk
with his colonel, and went over TO ,ln
stables to inquire into Gwynnr's condi
ton before he went 10 bed. rarEc came
into pcrrv'S room after morning stables.
and told him. as he was vawnju" and
strctchin. in bed. that the captain had
had cutie a long talk with Gwyuuo that.
morning. and that "somcthinr w;u; u,"
lie didn't know what. Later in tho
day Perry Was sent for bv Col. Brainarl
and found tho commanding officer in
consultation with Capt. Strykcr and two
other troop commanders.
At their request no repeated tho story
of his adventure at Dunravcn, beginning
with his Instructions to tho men he left
at the gate, and ending with old Matt
lands swooning; and about an hour after
no had finished he saw tho adjutant with
small escort ride away down tho valley,
and rightly conjccturca that tho colonel
had sent letter TO Dunravcn inquiring
into tho cause of tho assaults on two
members OF his command. Battalion
drill kept him occupied all tho morning;
garrison court convened at noon and
sat until skirmish drill began at 3 p. M.
and SO it happened that not until near
parade dld he lind Il moments time to
himself. lie longed to SEQ Mrs. LAW
rcnco and question her as to the nature
OF tho 'DllnraVen stories sho had men,
toned; Tor what had been matter Of
indifference 10 him then had suddenly
become Of vivid interest. There were
ladies sitting on the Lawrcnccs' gallery,
no could plainly sec, rs the cavalry otli-
GERS came tramplng III from afternoon
stables, but he could not hope to ask or
hear anything about Il matter SO near
Ills ''e'',I III 'ho presence OF SO many
tyh!P''he''c ana interested listeners. lilo
nepI away t""ar"s his own gate, there
ioic' "ii'il TIC S'" thlt thcre, leaning on
INC sa'e posi- ana apparently awaiting
n'na' STOOD Dr. gum
Icrry would gladly have avoided the
DOCTOR the antasonism he was beginning
10 feel Tor him was of character that
would hardly brook conccalmcnt, Cor
dial and Joyous In manner rs he was to
almost every man, woman and child he
met, 1t was all the more noticeable that
10 thc very few whom he held in dislike
or dlstrust his bearing was cold and re-
pellent Ill tho last degree. Something
told nm tho doctor was there to speak
10 nm about their chance meeting at
Dunraven. lie did not want to speak to
nm ut ALL just now. Yet how could he
hope to have these matters explained
without n meeting and Il talk? While
tho officers strollrd over and stopped,
hos' Oh 'hem' III front or tho group OF
hao'cs ht hawrchces, Perry stalked
stra'ght across the parade and the boun'
gary ROAD, wi'h his blue eyes fixed on
'ho ooctor lace.
Iho latter was studying him ns ho
came, and doubtless read that expression
OF coldncss and distrust; possibly he re-
scntcd it. At all events, something
prompted him to speak in q tone less
cordial than no had ever employed to-
wards Perry" youngstcr whom
thoroughly approve Of" as he said be-
fore no had known him n week. Still
leaning on the cate post, and resting his
head on his ha Il, tho doctor began:
"Mr. Perry, | have been to sec you
twice today, but could not find you, and
wanted to speak with you on matter
of some importance.
"Iou could have found mo on drill or
tho court, II anything Immediate was
needed havo been nowhere else, OK
ccpt TO stables" said Perry, shortly.