Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-10-11
CHAPTER X.-CoSrrNUED.

CHAPTER HOODWINKED.
1T SO happened that in returning
TO the forecastle about dozen troop
ers passed close to where Stuyvesant
Fay, a languid spectator, and at sight
of his pale, thin face two of them
stopped, raised their hands in salute,
looked first eager and pleased, and
then embarrassed. Their faces were
familiar, and suddenly Stuyvesant re-
rnembered. Reckoning them to come
nearer. che feebly spoke:
You were in the car fire. I thought
4 knew your faces"
--Yes, sir,' was the instant reply
rOf the first. Were sorry to see the
lieutenant SO badly hurt-and by that
blaelzguard Murray, too, they say. If
4hc boys ever get hold of him, sir,
he'll never have time for his prayers"
mo, nor another chance to bite"
erInned the second, whom Stuyvesant
NOW recognized as the lance corporal
%Df artillery. Hes left his mark on
both of US. SIR and, so saying, the
soldier held out his hand.
lin the soft and feshy part of the
palm at the base of the thumb were
the scars of several wounds. 1t did
not need an expert eye to tell that
they were human tooth marks. There
We're the even traces Of the middle
ipeIsors, the deep cash made by
the fang-like dog tooth, and between
the mark of the right upper canine
san6S those of three incisors a smooth,
'sIRscarre3 space. There then, must
have been a vacancy in the upper
Jaw, tooth broken off or gone en-
tRreiy, and Stuyvesant remembered
THAT as Murray spoke the eye tooth
Ezz=s the more prominent because of
Che ugly gap beside it.
HE had changed the cut of his
5ib considerably" family whispered
Sstuywesant, after he had extended a
Kind but nervsiess d1and to each, "but
fhzt mark would sbetray him any
where under any disguise. Was Eos
ter ever found?"
No, sir. They sent me back to
Sacramento, but nobody could re-
-Enember having seen anybody like
'EIins- oI'm afraid he was drowned
-9.hsre at Carquinez. Ny battery went
.sovexa witho the third expedition while
8 was mp there. That's how I happen
.ao be with the cavalsy on this trip"
Then up went beth hands to the caps
again and both soldiers sprang to at
4eniion.
sStuyXesant, BOOKING languidly around,
csavy that Mr.. Ray had returned saw,
moreover, that his sister was leaning
csIs has arm, her eyes fixed on the
=sFe.a al,T7s 0veather5beaten face. Again
st all flashed uPon, him-the story of
FOSTERS infatuatfon for this lovely
girl, his enlistment, and then his
strange and understandable disap-
fSnSarance.
I'm osorry, meh," interposed Mr..
Hay IN pleasant tone, but the sur
sgeon has ordered us not to talk with
E4i@ut- Stmyvesant, and [ shall have to
xepeat his order to you. You were
Tf the car thato was burned, 1 sup
pose
YES, sir. oBeg pardon-we didn't
i<aow about the DOCTORS orders.
Were mighty glad to see the lieuten-
ant again. Come long, Mellen.'
Wait" whispered Stuyvesant.
Come and see me0 again. I want to
talk with you, and-thank you for
stopping to-day"
The soldiers departed happy, and
StEyvesapt turned wistfully to greet
$sisss Ray. She was already beyond
reach OF his voice, leaning on Sandys
ssrul and gazing steadfastly into San
s3y's face. He ssev Mrs. DIR. Wells
coming swiftly towards him WITH en-
qE:sry in cher eyes. and impulsively
gsarvish1y and in disappointment he
1S1Ened again his face to the wall, rs
"a were. At 1eaSto that was not the
E,esi Cross nurse he 1onged for, good
and sympathetic and wise in Der way
as she undoubtedly was.
de. wished now with all his hear,
xEaat they had placed his chair sc
Giant he could look back along the
promenade deck instead of forward
ss<snr the forecaStle at the sparkling
SGD He felt that, pacing up and
down together, the brother and@sis
scr must come within ten feet of his
chair before they turned back, and
2fe songed to look at her. yet coulo
slo4- Sturgis had said he would re
&.srn in a few minutes, and he hadn'-
come. Stuyvesaft felt aggrieved. I
would be high noon before man,
minutes. Already the ship officer.
Vrere on the bridge ready to 'tak,
the sum-" and mesS-can for the mel
~SEz.s sounding on the lower decks. III,
would give a fortune. thought he,o t.
feel once more that ocool, soft, sien
der little hand ON his forehead
There were other hands, some tina
were certainly whittier than Mis-
Rays, and probably quite as soft an,
cool, hands that before the report o
.Ais slur upon the Red Cross woul'