Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-03-31
1t will take US ali night as things are

to help you"
elias he been drinking, sire" said the
sergeant major, in surprise. Il never
knew him"
oh, it isn't that said Gray. hastily,
"only he's-he's got--otlcr matters Oh
his mind! Bring me hi, oyercoat. lie
said it was in his tent" and the young
officer jerlled his head at the patch of
little "A" tents lined up in the rear of
those of the officers.
Get Morton's overcoat and take i.
to him at the guardhouse,' snapped the
staff sergeant to the clerk. BE spry
now, and no stopping on the way
back" he added, well aware how muct
in need his assistant stood of creature
comfort of some surreptitious and for
hidden kind. The man was back in
n moment, the coat rolled on his arm.
"I'll take it," said Gray, simply,
"You needn't come"
go on with it," ordered the ser
geant as the soldier hesitatcd. Dye
the service has gone &c the devil ana
officers are runnin' errands for enlist
ed men? An get back inside two min
utes, too" he added, with portent in
his tone. The subaltern of hardly two
months service felt the implied rebukc
of the soldier of over 20 years and
meelly accepted the amendment, but
IA thought occurred TO him: lie had
E'onised Morton paper, envelopes and
stamps and the days neWspapers--tne
lad seemed strangely eager to get all
the latter, and vaguely Billy remem
perd having heard that Canker consid'
Ted giving papers to prisoners as
.auivalent to aid and comfort to the
aAemy.
"rake it by way Of my tent" said he
rs they started, and, once there it tool
time to find things. go back to the
sergeant major and ten him L sent
YOU" said Gray, after another search
lie needs you OF those papers,
And when the officer of the guard
returned to the guardhouse and went
in to the prisoner, the sergeant saw
and others saw-that, rolled in the
soldiers overcoat he carried on his
arm, was bundle done up in news
paper Moreover, a scrap of CONVEX
sation was overheard.
"There's no one at the generals, y
said the officer. 81 see no way of---tiX-
ing it before morning"
MY God, lieutenant. There-must
be some way out of it! The morning
will be too late"
"rhen III do what l can for you to-
night" said Mr. Gray, as lie turned
and hurriedly left the guardroom-a
dozen men standing stilily about the
walls and doorway and staring with
impressive 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-swept aisles Of score Of
camps the bugles and trumpcts were
waiing the signal for flights out" and
shadowy forms, with coat colIafs
turned up about the ears or capcs muf-
fed around the neck scurried abont
the company streets ordering laughter
and talk to cease. A covered carriage
was standing at the curb outside the
officers gatc-and the sentry there
posted remembered that the officer OF
the guard came hurrying out and
asked the driver If he was engaged.
answer. mo lnr "'"9 'h"
well, where can one order ear
riage tonight without going clear to
town?' inquired Gray. II want-onc;
that isl wish to order one Il once"
And the driver, who knew very well
there were several places where car
riages could be had, preferred loyalty
to his own particular stable away in
town, and so declared there was none,
you can telephone there, If you
wish. sir" he added.
sand wait till morning for it to &c.
here? No! III get it-somehow."
And that he did get it somehow was
current rumor on the following day,
for the sentries on the guardhouse side
of camp swore that a closed carriage
drove down from McAllister street for
all the world as though it had just
come out of the park and rolled on past
the back of the guardhouse, the driver
loudly whistling 'Kllarney," so that
it could be heard above the crunching
OF the wheels through the rough, loose
rock that covered the road, and that
carriage drew up not Il hundred yards
away, while the lieutenant was out ,is-
iting sentries and presently they saw
him coming back along the walk,
stopping to question each sentry as to
his orders. Then he returned and in
quired if all was quiet among the pris-
onerS, and then went and put cut his
light in the tent reserved for the Of
ticer of the guard, and once more left
his post, briefly informing the sergeant
OF the guard he was going to the officer
Of the day. Then it was ascertained
that he had visited half a dozen places
in search of that veteran captain and
appeared much disturbed because he
could not find him. In half an hour he
was back, asking eNcitcdly of the
sentry in rear of the guardhousc if a
carriage had come that way. 1t HAD,
said the sentry, and was waiting down
the street. Gray hurried in the dirc2-
ton indicated, was gone perhaps three |
minutes and returned, saying that the |
sentry must be mistaken. that no car
rage was there. But the sentry reit-
Grated his statement that it had been !
there and had been waiting for some
time, and must have disappeared while
he was temporarily around at the oppo-
site side of the building. This was
about Ii y. m.
Then when Gray appeared at reyeillc
Morton had disappeared.
offs not the sergeant let them fcllers