Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-05-30
CHAPTER XI.-continud.)

w oAUlhtu dS u luGlT WHEREABOUTS In1L
night. First, Sergeant Merriweather,
whom the s.ofgeant of the guard had in
CURED for just after visiting sentries,
and solely because a light was burning
30 late in bis window. The second was
the new trooper, Hunter, found nearly
800 yards away from his proper post,
blinded, senseless, bleeding and halt
drowned. The Kid had told the plausi-
BILE tale that "him and three other fell
lers was sneaking of to town for q
lark when detected. Merriweather de-
clared that he had heard horses stamp
ing and snorting in the stables and had
considered it his duty, though no longer
stable sergeant. to go and Investigate,
and that he saw no sentry ON No. 6.
but hunted up and down for him, won
dering where he could be, and was so
occupied when the explosion occurred.
But Hunter had not yet been approach
ed. There We're reasons why it was
deemed best to let him suppose no sus-
pioion attached to him.
For, no sooner was it light enough to
see, the morning after the explosion.
than Atherton had some of his best Off
GERS securing the prairie for traces.
They found tricks, bullets and unexplod-
ed boxes of cartridges all over the neigh
borhood. but not one of the 40 revolvers
and only 90 of the so boxes of carbine,
rifle and revolver cartridges tLat should
have been there. OF the barrel of rifle
powder and half barrel of cannon car
ftridges not yestige, of course. remain
ed. All this was brought out by the
board, and, the boards findings having
been sent to department headquarters,
Anterior, as has been said, had gone off
on leave; so had Stannard, and this left
Mainwaring in command.
Nota word, not hint to that fellow
until tell you" said Mainwaring to
the post surgeon, who, an older man
and major senior in rank by several
years, WAS nevertheless his inferior in
the eyes of military law and regulation,
be being debarred from assuming COM
mand. And SO. as Hunter grew stronger
every day and watched with eagerness
for the coming each morning of the
young devotes, there dawned upon him
no ray of suspicion of the tolls that
were surrounding him, for Miss Leroy,
who used to talk at home Of her pupil
patients, had become silent as to one at
least and uncommnnicatiye as to all,
for Mrs. Mainwaring of late had ex-
pressed her disapprobation in no meas
ured terms, and there was no longer
that sweet accord which should obtain
between aunt and niece.
One bright morning the doctor babe
Hunter lay aside the shrouding bandages
entirely and wear only green shade
over the eyes. Orders were orders, but
when Miss Leroy entered and, as usual.
spoke to him a dainty handkerchief was
pressed to his face. The light, he said,
was still too dazzling.
But you are much better, said she
In her clear tones. The doctor says you
can soon return to light duty, probably
before Christmas. "
Then as she took her seat to read, her
side face toward him, he slipped the kerr
chief a little to one side that he might
gaze undisturbed.
The men had asked that she should
give 10 minutes at least to the leading
events Of tho day, and a Chicago paper
was selected for their edification. From
this she chose such items as she thought
might prove of interest, and to these
Hunter listened in spite of himself.
First she read Of the political news;
then the doings of great dignitaries,
foreign and domestic, and then came
accidents by flood and field and another
railway hold up on small scale. 10 all
these he lent but languid ear. He was
Watching with eager eyes the move
menss Of those soft, sensitive, curved
red lips. He hardly paid even faint at
tention to what she was saying until
something in the names struck him as
familiar. All the foremost part of the
paragraph had passed unheard, unheed-
ed, but now--now only by strong effort
could he restrain himself from sitting
bolt upright in bed and reaching out
and seizing the paper and reading for
himself, for what she read, when once
again he became conscious of her words,
was this:
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feet of water, her taper masts and upper
rigging all that remain visible. Mr..
Hunter is doing we'll, carefully attended
BY DR.. Lambert at the Hotel des Am
8 passadeurs. The bodies of Mrs. Hunter
Ind her unfortunate friends will doubt
less be recovered this morning. The la.
dies were caught in the cabin when thy
Amorita was struck, and escape was
impossible. She went to the bottom like
shot. English and American residents
are in deep grief. The ballroom at the
Casino lass right was almost deserted.
Many New York and Philadelphia fam
files are at Nice for the winter, and the
tragic fate of Mrs. Hunter has cast a
gloom over the community. Mr.. Hunter
had greatly improved in health, but it
is feared this bereavement may again
PROSTATE him. They have no children =
The Amorita? That,yacht was owned