The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1901-07-05

puard-houSc. and 4 perfect tnnglc OF
dense shrubbcry only 80 yards away
to the west. IL was into this thai
most OF the fugitiyes divcd and were
instantly lost to sight, while others
had doubled behind the guurd-house
and rushed into an aIlcy-way that
passed In rear Of the club and q row
Of officers quarters.
some of them apparently had taken
refuge in III. cellars or wood and
coal sheds until thick darkness came
down. and others had actually dared
To ,ntrr IN, quarters Of Lieut.. Ray.
for the back door n found wide
open, thu sidchoard, wherein had
been kent some choice old Kentucky
whisky produced only on special oc.
cnsions, had been forced. and the
haif-cmptied demiiohn aud some
glasses stood on the table In u pool
of sloppy water.
Hut what was worse. the llcutcn.
ants desk In the front room, secure.
IN locked when he went to- town.
had been burst opcn with a chiscl.
mud MIR. RAY had declined 20 say how
much he nnU lost. lnUttttU. M UlU moi
fully know.
..T,, h,sv 10 comc in" vns The
u,..,y, a., ,.l ..n, hi. mo,h,r ,h,
,,nrrinv ,ucr ia, d-i.,ov.rV and vel
an ,t,,t morn,ny he r,mninrd nhoui
I his uunrtcrs infer ON, brief inter
view with the ~urrturbcd aud eNasprr.
nt.d nos, commander, r~nnsarklnr
desk. DRIVER. and trunks IN thu
win brur tbnt he mi,b, find In Them
ron. 81 the missing propsrty, for III.
,ls Ia u,u, the r,nIisntion wn, forced
upon hin, that his lass would sun
mn several hundreds MI through his
avn nrrlrrt and through disregard
Of his fathers rnru.st council.
o,iv ,br.c J,y. b.f,r. ia, licutcr.
an, -,nwn,,tin,, ht. ,r,on hal b,,n
..n, ,n or,,,n ,r1 vn.hing,on on
dn,y connected Win IN, must,riuy
M, ,,innt.srs Th,ir rnp,niu was IA
a,,d ,ni.cr ~ IN. ,f IN, -r,yin,ntq
/ a, his umti,. stn,. md In burri.Jly
lr,yi,n Ji,u,. Crra,,eil Ind turned
ovcr 10 hi. yom,r subordinate not
ouly thr tram fund. nmomtlnr io
over sam. hut the money hclnnrinr
IN tho un,t athletic n.soclniion. and
marked .n,clop.. containing the my
ar rrrt,i, snLii.r. ma t,mnornry ,I.,.
,n,b.d .rr,ic, In all h.,,yr,n soon
,n1 "a "A
.ub.n.,. ,o, Inns, .,r. az nut.
IA. -, .,.n ,,,,,r,rit, nn, 4,
a, au.. into 4. n-,,r,., ini,,,l
S,nt.. J,pnstt,rv" snid hi. mtbcr.
"Ev,n nnirr snf,. iu turrtrun nrr moi
s,f.." he had further snid. ",l,rka.
.nn.h,,y l,nrn tb,. ,nmbjp,tI,n am,
nrr t,mu,,d sonctim,. bryunJ their
.tr,n.ib I,s. ma Time. therefore
4, ,.c,tiny r,ur funds into the bnuk.
And TINT wn. whnt hr mrnnt io II,
In tbia ease. only. ~ the absent
trunncrs wore rSn,rtrd To return In
,vo ,nys. what IVA. the usc of Irrnl.
Ing mn those s.nI.d .n,rIopc. and de
posi,inp the Who'll. thing only in bay,
III, men came Ia him ior up
Tb,re .to,J bi. avn Jc.k. n benuti
nni and r,stlv tbiny his motl,.r'
yju--witb IA. strnn, locl. md intri
,ntc system of piprnn.holrs and 81,
rret drawers. lie would "chnnrr H.
one night. he said. mud give his trust
ed servant orders 10 stand quar-,
over the premises. aud ~ the Ilt,l,
bag Of gold went iniu one closed com
pnrimrnt, the cn,rlopes aud wnds al
i%rrnsury uuics into the hlddci
DRIVER, and the key into his wnicl
pockct.
Ills srr,nnt WINS N youny mnt
whose father had been with col. In,
for a uunritr uf a CENTURY. % faithful
freshman lbs the name OF Hogan. n,
was honrnt To the core and hnd bu
n serious failure he would drink.
And now Saturday morning Will,
IA. runs of Alrntra> were honmln,
In snIut. across ia. bny and MI IN,
garrison wns out nlong the sbor. u,
an th. s.awnrJ .lybts. vn,inp fnr..
well to the Vinton %iotilln, and hi.