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

What had become of Captain En-
yart's benevolent plan of sending Holt
home with Lane? Early in February,
while the army of the Tennessee was
closing in around DOneIson, and their
comrades of the Ohio were cOncen-
trating at Nashville, the doctors pro
nOunced that mother-cOddled young
scapegrace quite able to travel, and
some were so fIinty-hearted as to say
he might as well travel to the front.
Norman, on the contrary, was ap-
parently fretting himself into another
fever. Far from taking comfort in the
/ dainties rendered him by Mrs. Lane
(WhO from the very day of the dTamat-
ic announcement of his release from
charge of the guard had mounted an
other in the shape Of herself to see
that never again had he and Daisy a
chance for a world, the lad was ner-
vOusly eager to see the general com
handing, to secure a fair. full trial by
| general cOurt-maTtial, and the tri-
umphant vindicatio he considered alb
sOlutely necessary to his soldier honor.
! Pale, weak and Ianguid he had man
! aged twice to go to headquarters.
but Captain Enyart had been sent
/ to the front on some important mis-
! sion. There was no one among the
! busy officers coming and going
whose face was familiar to the
/ tall young soldier in his loose, iIl-fitting
.
, an OverwOrked aide-de-Camp, who took
! down his name, company and regiment,
/ told him it was impossible to see the
! general and that. even if he did. it
would do no good A soldier could not
! demand trial. A trial could not be held
/ without witnesses. The witnesses were
still prisoners in the hands of the
/ enemy, the Lord only knew where, and
| the best Norman could do was to take
/ the furIough granted him, get d rest
a little strength and then rejOin his
/ regiment. The aide was not unkind
/ He was simply bluff, straigh forward
and brief He had to be. Then Holt
/ asked when he could hope to see Cap
/ tain Enyart. Back day after tomor-
1 row. Show in the next man, orderly
| Now, what yo you WANT And Nor
/ man YEARLY went his way There was
/ time for little sentiment in those days
/ He walked slowly back to the big hos
/ pital and painfully climbed the st8fTS
! He had seen but little of that beloved
! face of late. Daisy is visiting friends.
! explained Mrs. Lane. The air of the
hospital is bad for her and now that
/ TheO and you are doing so well it is
best she should take care of herself II
he only knew who and where those
/ friends were it would be easy to seek
/ their home. 1t would be joy to see
; her'face again. He had even sought tC
! ascertain, but saw plainly that Mrs
Lane fathOmed his motive and meant
not to tell His heart was heavy as
his feet as he climbed the stairs tC
/ the second floor and. entering the room
her presence had made sweet and sd.
cred, despite the sorrow in his heart
looked blankly about him. There was
his cot, there stood his few belongings
/ but everything of Theos was gone.
/ THE lady left gOOdby for you and
: was sorry you were away said a stew
ard. she viii write after they ge
home, and-she left all these for you.
These" were two or three bottles O
wine and some jellies and tonics anC
Whatn from which in SpeeChleSs
helpless sorrow Norman turned away
Unerringly he saw through il all Mrs
Lane never meant or wished that h
should go home with her They cOulC