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

OF the men went back 10 hospital. one
was 10 go with the major to Cincinnati.
he might have gone ashore. They
only examined those coming aboard
Sentries posted along the wharfboat
declared no man had got on or off the
steamer save by the stage plank, the
nam entrance.
wen have to search that room. %
said the officer, and again No. % was
invaded With anxious heart Nor
man saw the door opened. saw the can
tain enter, barring his head and Uttering
apology In a moment he was out
again. Nobody there except the major.
ana ne says he don't care a damn if
the attendant doesn't come No good
anyhow All ne wants is to be let
alone quOth the captain, and Norman
Dreathed fTeer. The big bell was boom
ing on the hurricane deck The huge
LaUH.e wheels were slowly churnine the
muddy waters as the ha .ESers were. be
ing cast off The provost guard .scrann-
bed ashore and COlIided with a young
soldier DUndle-laden, who created a
connection by declaring he was Major
Fayne nurse, with Major Payne's
bundles. and he mustn't be left behind
A relentless officer demanded his Dass
and the soldier jerked his head over
MS LETT shoulder He's got EN-" said
he, and stTOVe to push ahead
iJ s. All Il5nt, lieutenant" called the
sergeant. Here yOu-here's yer or
u5rs- shove ahead now" The soldier
took the paper in mis- teeth. both arms
being fun, and aided by deck hands
pushed across the plank. just "trem-
bling on the rise" forced 4 way
through the crowd on the lower deck.
elm oed the braSsbOund stairs to the
brightly lighted cabin, and, still bur
dened with the Dig official envelope still
held in his teeth, bored a passage
through the thrOng until he came to he
door OF No %. There he glanced about
him as though to ask some one to aid
him by opening the door. His eyes fell
on Norman Holt, who was at that mo-
ment unfolding and spreading a news
paper Down went the bundles with
sudden crash. Down dove the soldier
after them, and, never Strengthening up
or looking back, he thrust Open the
door, showed the packages ahead Of
him over the sill, daIted into the dimly
lighted staterOOm and kicked shut the
door behind him"
1t was early morn when the steamer
tied IN at the foot Of the long, slOping
leVee at Cincinnati Early as it was,
\ Orma1 was awake and dressed. eager
10 get ashore. The air was crisp and
keen, the sun, just peering over the
eastward Mills and gIinting on the bay
On6JS or the soldiers at the landing.
Even here the provost guard was in
evidence An officer and certain men
were aboard before the wheels had
fairly ceased revolving, and darted up
the stairway without a. glance at the
tall young man in civilian garb. who,
with valise in hand, was brushed aside
In their rapid rush. A bath and break
fast at the BUrnet house, a visit TO a
big tailoring establishment, and by 10
o clock, feeling that his outer man was
deCently clothed again, though not in
the uniform he so impatiently awaited,
Norman Holt with brisk, elastic stride
va -, p, I
sought so often with beating heart and
faltering feet in days of doubt that pre-
ceded the war. Now, virtually exon
Grated, a commissioned officer in spite
of secret and hostile influence, q gen
tlenan by birth and lineage, matured
and bTOadened by the stirring expert
ence of his eighteen months of cam
paigning, he dared TO hope TO see the
giTl he loved he meant to ask for her.
no matter who might answer the bell,
for he believed from Mrs. Lanes brief
letter that she herself rarely left the
bedside of her slowly cOnvalescing hUs-
band. As he reached the little bend in
the familiar Old street and the bay
window came into view ne was star
tied to see a number of idleTs gathered
al front, staring curiOuSly at the en-
trance, where stood an officer With two
armed soldiers The bayonets of half
a dozen more canned above the heads
VI az lAA- is'' 80 20 IA e44iil1 1s1iAS
running from east and west, and Nor
u ans heart sank within him. What
could it mean but that they were in
search OF the deseTteT, that the reCk-
less. witIess boy had dared to make
his way to the old home, had been
tracked and followed? The door was
opened from within. The officer and
his immediate companions disappeared
before Norman could reach them. The
soldiers at the foot Of the steps de-
tanned him, but he spoke authoritative