The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-12-25

but asked for no help through Wash
ington.
\ "'Twill break the old mans heart,
thought he when the truths known. =
Little DR.. May. who was known to
officers and men alike. so Immediately
appropriate was the nickname, as the
kid, was then the contract surgeon. !
or Citizen DOCTOR" attached 20 the I
post. lie WAS smoking his last Eipe be-
fore turning in one night when a knock
came to the outer door of his quarters.
Opening it, the light of the lamp fell
upon Spud NIurphy's face.
Doctor" said the dog robber quiet
ly, Lieutenant Owens almighty bad.
Will We come and see him?"
The Kid put away the lamp, askeds
some questions, put few things in
his pockets and stepped off to Owens
quarters at the end of the row, some
what isolated from the rest. Owen
had the house all to himself. Spud
followed five PAGES behind, as was
seemly. At the house he gained on
the doctor and spoke hesitatingly.
Doctor, ye'll soon see. for yerself,
and it's no use lyin about it. LIT
it's not against the rules and regula-
tions, will We keep it to yerself? Its
drink
DR.. May whirled on his heel and
stared at the man. No one had ever
seen Lieutenant Owen drink. lie whirl-
ed again and entered, and Spud MUIR
ply followed him.
On the edge of the bed sat the un-
happy young officer, shaking horribly,
while great drops of perspiration.
trickled down his cheek His face was
ashen His eyes We're full of a pitiful
horror.
Doctor he cried and tottered to
the Kid, ''save me! For Gods sake;
save mel"
The clean shaven, plump rosiness Of
the Kids cheeks We're in strong con-
trast to the gray leanness OF 0we1ks.
AS great was the difference between
his cool firmness and Owens horrible
unstrung condition.
"Get back into bed" said the, doc
tor, land tell me what all this is
about
Then followed a wretched, CHASTITY
scene as the young officer, with shak-
ing voice and weak tears, chartered in
1coherently. He told of his last year at (.
West Point, where the vice had got
hold firmly of him; how he had escap-
ed detection marvelously and how,
when on his leave after graduation, he
had let himself go. He had hoped the
neM life OIL the plains would help him
to freedom but-Spud Murphy alone
knew of the hopeless lonely fight In
the bachelors quarters.
He kept on crying, "Save me. doctor;
save mel"
The doctor spoke to Spud, who stood
off in the shadows, watching Owen
with a curious mingling on his broad
face of pity sorrow, contempt and
shame.
Has he been like this before?' the
Kid asked. 4.
Twice" said Spud. ..Not SO bad,
but I've had the worst time keepin it
dark. Tonight was sure he was aus
gespieled, so gives the thing up, and
l goes for ye. Seey'
Suddenly the man in the bed rose up
with screech, his eyes rejecting hor-
ror. Instantly Spud pounced on him
and clapped u hand on his mouth that
the sound might not penetrate un-
friendly ears. He and the Kid held
the maniac down until the paroxysm
passed Then May took syringe from
his pocket, filled it and barred his pa
TENTS arm.
Murphy" he said after awhile when
the injection was taking effect, 'swhy
have you said nothing of this?'
Sure, SIR Murphy continued, .she
was once like a little brother to me
when he was kid in our ward.
'Twould be eternal disgrace to his old
man., that's goin to be our senator.
and to all the boys and to my father
and to me if he was bobtailed-that is,
got the G. B., him bein officer ind,
gentleman. See? We think the wbrld
of the Owenses. See?"
The doctor looked at him curiously.
He had in his library volume on dip. (
somania, others on heredity. Some
idea of the fight before the lieutenant
dawned upon him, and even he shiver-
ed little at the thought of what owen Z