The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-02-03

took him to task for his long stay. de-
manded water and quiet. and. hardly
daring 10 stir. the boy had sat i'm the
uarAnesS long hours, trembling But at
last the boat seemed wrapped in Slumber
The major at least was sound asleep
and as the dawn came on, Thee uoiseless-
civilian dress, and as they ueaUed the Old
familiar landing, let himself into the cab
IN and out upon the deck. Home he must
gOi Almost the last dollar Of his ilI-got-
ten gains was spent. Your friends must
get YOU to, Canada. with the. bank CASH
lerS ana the ccpperheads, was what
his Louisville pals had told him. LnlessA
Norman Holt had "blOWn' upon hiu,
he believed himself unrecognlzed, un-
watched. The street was deserted. save
for dismal cab. when ne tapped at the
basement door, aud was a. last admitted
by "a frightened domestic. Tt was 10
Daisy he first confessed, in part. the sit
uation-that he had run away. after nav
ing been refused fHTtough to visit .ncm
treated by everybody. She must get him
money; he must run on 70 canada AID
safety until father ana M. Nalloy could
fix things for him. In bewildermCut
Daisy babe him tell his mOller every
thing and this he was beginning 90 do
butts were heard on the steps, and ia
terror he darted up the stairs, seeking a
place to hide. Then came the secret sAry-
ice men, discovery and arrest.
Norman called at the house and begged
to speak with Mrs. Lane or Miss Daisy.
Mrs Lane was ILL., Miss Lane begged TO
be excused. Then he wrote TO Mrs Ray
at Lexington briefly telling her of his
presence there, of Theodore sad plight
and of his unjust accusation This letter
ne sent by a young officer going thtther
at once. and in less than thirJy-siX hours
came the answer Mrs Ray and if posi-
Die, rate would come 70 MN without dc
lay. He wrote to Daisy an earnest, man
tui letter, protesting against his being
judged unheard. and it came back within
six hours. apparently unopened. in an
outer envelope addressed in Malloy's Dor-
tentious fist Had it come TO this that
the politician was not only the business.
but the domestic dictator OF the Lanes
On Thursday came Mrs. Ray and, with
her, Kate, brave, sympathetic as ever.
but looking so worn and tired that Nor
they went to the Lanes and were shown
into the parlOr. Presently a. maid came
down with the request that Mrs Ray
step upstairs. The same maid shortly
redpDeared with little silver tray, a
decauter Of sherry and some biscuits. It
was the old. kindly IaSnlOn. but there
was nothing further. Kate. often a Wis
itOr at the house, followed the maid into
the dining room and asked if Miss Daisy
were coming down The reply was that
she understood Miss Daisy could not
leave her fathers bedside he seemed SO
feeble Kate came back to Norman with
troubled face We saw This illness
coming on him in Washington said she.
He was dreadfully worried over your
trial and that atrocious sentence lie
was a comparative stranger OF Judge
HClt, but We had long known him. and
went to the judge at once, and II was he,
Of course, VINO TOOK US TO the president
1t was you who saved mc2'' inter
Tupted Norman. as he seized her hands.
and raised them to his lips. The time
will come when Henry will thank and
bless you when he knows all
\ faint flush stole into her pale, seri-
Gus face, but quickly faded away.
We went instantly of course" said
she, but 1t was Major Lane VINO tele-
Eraphed US to come II We would save
you We couldn't believe the story was
true, Mrs. Enyart.' and hero there were
symptoms of another flush. "or rather
the captain had written that you would
never be ordered-shOt, even If so SEN
fenced. But Mr. Lane knew the war
secretary and the situation. He got tel
egraphic news from Nashville and strOve
hard with Stanton. who refused TO listen
and forbade his gong 10 me president
The major took his bed the day after We
got there Judge Holt took US 70 the
YOU know. Lee had punished US SO at
Antfetam and got back to Virginia, and
Mr. Lincoln looked utterly worn out and
broken, but you should nave seen his
eyes I'LL as mother tod MN your STORY
and then the quaint, sad smile as he told
US one of his Then the judge led MS
away and it was all over The order was
teIegraphed direct, and mother sent me
to tell Major Lane. lying i'll at W Hard s.,
and there was Daisy and Mrs. Lane just
arrived. and Daisy chung TO me and sob
bed with Joy
God bless you. Kate-sister," and again
he raised the slim, soft white hand to his
lips and looked into her trimming eyes,
and neither of them heard the light step
on the stairs; neither saw the slender
form that paused at the doorway. then
turned end vanished
A moment later, as Kate arose 70
send again a message by the maid the
same light step was this time heard in
the hallway. and with white, wan face.
but with the ghost Of a smile Daisy en-
tered went straight to Hates extended
arms and kissed her. viii YOU come
upstairs to mother, just a minute said
snt,. then turned, barely glanced at the
Young soldier. who had come so eagerly
take charge of this. Mr.. Holt were the
cold words that greeted him. and TO
excuse us2' then led her companion 10
the door
wait for me. Norman. won't you2'
pleaded Kate. with reprOachful glance
at Daisy. with eager sympathy for him.
81 shall be down IN a moment
Without SO much as a fitting glance
the girl had handed him an ObiouE pack
ct. For q moment he stood EazInE
dUmbly after her. then took 1t To the
light. It was addressed in her hand to
volunteers, Burnet house, and eagerly
he tore II open Within was a little
note and "a check for $500. in wonder
ment he read.
Ny father is too i'll to be able to at
tend TO business. and vet. despite our
ton on my brothers account. he insists
on attempting to attend to the aIIalTS
concerning which you wrote nlm- BOJn
The doctor and his business partner nave
objected so strenuously that be Is per
su4ded not to leave his bed, but ne dds
me assure you that the moment ne is
able to be about the matter snail nave
his best attention, and meantime ne pegs
that YOU will use the iuclOSed check,