The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-11-07

thought know they could carry that
out practically as we'll without me, If
need came. d4
Thus, at ten Of the evening. I told
them I would so to Low to see that the
arrangements We're completed, and des-
pite their advice to lie close, I went out
through Queen street and so to the
Walton mansion, having first stopped
at Mrs. Hodges and got my tawdry
suit. There had been a rumpus indeed.
The maid, who was the only person I
saw, looked, at me in terror, and ran
away as soon as she had let me in; and
in u room there might have passed a
Whirlwind for the look of it.
Everything we had, which was little
enough, was thrown about. The fur
niture was broken, and all the signs Of
what I rightly enough guessed must
have been a military search for our
selves and whatever papers we might
have had We're evident. My fancy suit
was picked up here and there and
donned. And SO I entered the Walton
mansion at the front door.
It must have been II o'clock, and the
affair was at its height. The beautiful
rooms on either side the great hall were
crowded with guests, n I soc found
the prince standing to receive them. He
looked at me and welcomed me with a
polite bow, but a surprised look, as If
to say, "Ha! my man, n SO o will
still be gu in public!" and then I.
passed on. searching always but for
one. My figure, my face, must have told
some strange story: for people who
knew nothing Of me turned and looked
after me n spoke together softly. But
I only saw 1t as in a dream. On I went
through the rooms. looking for out one,
and not finding her.
Thus came to the banquet hall, and
to the little study beyond, where we
had breakfasted the day before. And
there I found her.
She was standing just inside the big
hall with her back to me talking with
some two or three people, her arm rest
ing on that Of a young officer whom I
had not seen before. + stopped q mo-
ment, II then passing behind some
large screens, set there to hide serving
tables at the corner Of the room, I stood
a moment to catch my wind, which
seemed to strangely fail me on the
moment, as if I had been running long
and hard.
A moment there and T stepped out
within a yard Of her, still with her back
to me. Again something in my face
must have shown, for a lady who was
talking with her, and thus facing me,
looked up, and her face changed, so that
Mistress Philipse turned to learn this
cause.
h saw me. I. looked at her a mo-
ment and then stepped forward to greet
her. Heaven forgive her!, On the in
slant she looked straight at me, straight
through me, and said in a cold, naughty
voice to her companion:
Captain, Il feel a sudden cold
draught. Let us 10Y on" ,S
And she turned her back on me and
walked slowly away.
I put my hand to my eyes, n stood
SO a moment. Then the need of the
open air came to me, and I stepped
back behind the screen and leaned far
out of an open window, trying vainly
to loose the collar of my shirt. So
sitting or rather leaning from the win
dow, L stood, how long no one-least of
all I-could tell, neither thinking nor
conscious Of pain, till I heard a strid-
ent voice back of me on the other side
of he screen saying in an evident at
tempt at a low tone:
eyes, t is just settled. Habberton is
to take his brigade with Barnard's and
board ship on Sunday. A battery will
go ahead on Saturday night, n they
should be in Huntington harbor by
Monday evening""
"How many men, Sir Henry?'
Five thousand all told"
Aiu WHEN Will the ATTACK DeGlnf
GAS soon as they can reach Newport
harbor. And you will take with you 8
force sufficient to- q
And I heard no more, for they hai
moved on. -g..E,
Five thousand men-Huntington har.
bor-Newport! IT was the attack final.
ly settled on. Sunday! It was Monday
night now. Aye, Sir Henry, I had by
the greatest chance learned the ont
thing I should have learned long ago
and I cleared the sill at a bound anG
went out of the garden to Cherry street
as 1 had lone but yesterday morning.
Walking by the lower part Of the
town and up through Beaver street, 81
the great news. And then I went off t.
a back window n sat by myself
looking out upon the night, black will
heavy clouds to add to its blackness
but as light as day compared with my
heart and thoughts. And SO they
found me when it came time for us tt
leave, and I went with them, longing
for something such as this desperat,
attempt to cool my blood and clear m.
mind. f - @'
How could she do it! Might she no
lave had a better faith in me? Nay
y. there was something wrong with thu
world, If a woman who had looked int
my eyes and seen what she must hay,
seen there could lose her faith SO Who'll
". How could she do it!
!. Continued Next week.)