Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-08-15

ing forehead, picked up MS SomDfero,
turned it aimlessly about, put II down
and went on:
"The Thirteenth Light Cavalry
which had come to be known by that
time as the Devils Own. was ordered
to India. more to get it out Of harm
way than for any other reason. Maude
and his wife went with It, In Calcutta
in Bombay and in the hills the pace
was kept up The smash came at Sim
la Maude was mixed up in some rae
ing transaction Of which we have never
had the rights. There was much feel
ing against him and he sold out. He
disappeared, going down the country
alone His wife waited for his return
for she loved him with all OF her little
soul, and then died. the doctors said OF
a decline and her friends said OF a
broken heart. Remember that all Of
this happened when | was a boy and
what am telling you is hearsay with
rae. lie may have had some justifica-
tion of which we do not know"
IL understand said Lois, go on"
"Maude was next heard OF in Bur-
nah in the service of Thebaw. He
was Master Of the Elephants, or some
thing. and drilled the niggers. You
know that we English drift all over the
world and it is hard for man of a
| good strain to keep himself hidden. He
| left Burmah for no reason that Is
known and for three years was out of
sight utterly His family thought him
dead Then there began to come from
| the interior frontier of Algiers rumors
of an Englishman who headed pre-.
! datory band OF Arabs. Some said his
men were Arabs; some said they were
Moriscan Riffs; anyhow, there was no
doubt that he had them and that they
were fatal to caravans. For four years
! they kept their section OF the Sahara in
| terror The French government sent
one or two expeditions against them
and these blacks. led as they were,
| fought like fends. The Frenchmen
had nothing the better of the encount-
ers. There was q woman with them,
an Egyptian, yellow as gold, but of
great beauty, 1t was said that she was
| the Englishman's wife. It was said
also that he abused her That may, or
may not. be. 1t is certain, however
! that the retreat OF the band was be-
| trayed by her to French troops and that
the band was cut to pieces, Their
{
tured. after desperate resistance, in
which he pistolled two of his assail-
ants. He fought so gamely, in fact.
that the French, romantic fellows at
best. rather liked hir. and instead of
! shooting him then and there they put
| him on camel and started to Algiers,
/ intending to try him and shoot him ac-
cording to law.
Now. riding with the French was
! globe-trotting fellow who had gone
out To see the fun. His name was
! Francis Chetwynd and he was an NJ.
/ =. from Yorkshire. He had been much
| in London siciety some years before.
! He talked good deal with the prison
err finding that he was English, and
! finally. on the principle that blood is
| thicker than water, slipped him a pen.
| knife. That night the captive disap-
peared. nor have the French or Algiers
seen him from that day 10 this.
Il need not tell you more, Miss Eng
! lish The man was Maude. Chetwynd
| recognized him beyond doubt The
worst of il was that, returning to Lon
/ don Chetwynd drank too much wine
| one night and told the story 10 an in
| innate. This intimate told it TO an
other intimate and so on. 1t did not
! become generally known, but all of
/ the family connections and the friends
( Of the family knew il. Maude arrived
( in London not a great while afterward.
Society in general had nothing against
him, except a faint memory of the old
racing scandal about which there was
never anything positive. His wife was
dead lie seemed to be possessed OF
means. He was received practically on
/ his old footing This was only a year
ago. Glynn got a letter from him one
/ day in which he expressed n wish to
come out He came, liked the country,
| bought some cattle and has been with
/ us since. Six months later my folks
wrote me the details OF this ! have
wished often since that they had kept
mn m about It, but am glad now that
/ I was made acquainted with the facts.
/ II has enabled me 10 do you a service
/ ! know that you acquit me OF any self
ish motive. In fact with a wide
smile. " asked you 20 marry me before
+ | told you and was rejected with
sCOrn"
! Lois put out her hand and took his
She held II closely while looking into
his frank eyes There was a dash OF
moisture in her own and her voice was
inw ami controlled with an effort as
She said
You are my brother. Mr. Allyn-'in
/ this wide country my nearest Of kin
1 For what YOU have done for me God
will reward you some day, know, with
good woman's love You have done
by me as you would wish your sister
so placed. to be done by | shall never
forget t. don't know that would
have accepted last nights offer-I don I
/ think would-but the service render
ed has been great, nevertheless. |
shall write him his answer this after
noon. Nothing OF the things you have
told me shall appear In it He shall not
know that ! have been warned"
BY Jove, yes said Allyn do you
know what would happen IL my share
IN his rejection were known to him %
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