New-York tribune., 1903-04-15
a Clean Bill.
BY GILBERT DAYLE.

In the drawing room Of house in Mayfair
Violet Raymond. pretty. thoushtful looking SRI
awaiting the arrival Of an expected visitor. Pres
emily there was j tap at the door, and servant
captain Walter Grenyine miss o.o,,.
thirty-fve into the room
! hope you will forgive me for asking you TO
smile. 4 heard you were back in London. and I
fink ff fha f qnd6e 6er tRe y ans Gd shee has
retired with bad headache, else she would also
Il am only too glad to be of any service he
re4pVfse nof Written al Should have ventured to cali"
She sat down opgosite him The only NY previous 1JI
ernool three years ago; when he had set sail TO
had been her brother. young Dick RAYMOND, then
starting his military career as a subaltern, ana
she and her aunt had 1ourneyed down TO see the
He remembered every detail of the short time
again after the terrible thing that had happened,
his hart I've went a Gut to 3S5 %5nt IN f6 P she said
quickly. y only saw your official dispatch pub
God knows it was hard enough to write" he
1T was kind OF you to say what You dd5A gal. gal
liant and promising officer" she exclaimed. But
I'VE were in Sierra Leone when the rising IN
the Badal,uta district broke OUT he began speak
disnatched with an expedition to quell it; your
or9ner cRde cond aJf b ~i snare We got Tp near to
Acandro and enCamped overnight on the south
cross: the natives we understood, were ambushed
about two niles away " on bea the 20 0n6 nT6ss e I e
attacked by them in the rear They w5,re n fuil
degTerate Numbers Of our men fell and looked
if We we're in tight corner when SherstTn and and
in time We dropped fat on our faces and, and they
fred over heads-thn situation was saved
And Dfck?" she incurred TREMENDOUSLY.
C2rcnviTe shifted his foot unFasily.
fora IS sberson came up he said Speaking with
dfficuItv. He threw his arms suddenly and
into the river?' she WHISPERED: He, nodded.
70 her feet The tears were glistening in her eyes
09r IF 't It he'd s to be- thank God he died as did
agftfng Al his post!" she cried ITS something
for ne 70 be proud et:"z,,-. Of,
YES, lis. good TO think that" he said SLOWLY.
moment fun OF enthusiasm. Then Il died away
and she sank down and covered her face with her
little later he left with pE2miGSs to come o to
e+raipht to the rooms which his mon had engaged
for him in Duke-st P"cadiIly Sinking into an
.rYes. I Old right" he said ar last with sigh.
Ah1t werE * th honqa f H Mavfer and he Vent
With a curious feernG Of eager anticratio1 Hiolst
ard he found the cor1p,e of hours snert in her so
exnerierced Presently. when he rose to depart pIr
Lady Shenlev who was about 70 take 6sr aTrHr- ut
and he ACCENTED gratefully.
al He @ set oroosite violet end Lady sherey in the
OMEN victoria replying politely 20 the ietters gay
arA frresnorr1te chatter. He formed the inonres-
woV to Violet thu two had ~ much in common:
ana N this ne was correct. Tho Girl was bu'l' Of
far more stuff than her light hearted pleas
The car-'a@ re turned into Pond-st. and rolled down
toward PiccadfIlv a GOOD rece. Az n svent
round the corner there was sha-n cry OF varn-
nm and cav child running across the road a few
wards ahead. She lost her foct'nE on me eTHasv ,
-ioht IN front If the horses. The coachrnan nuuHI
be@e "a s us ano+her ve11 rom the bystard-
ers. then sudden silence The Sar,,aee r swan, 115
have t-arnrIad on the chfd ha9 rot f9'Ire, Dart
10 raHv from the surS nl9a or h@r o TO-" ~ barg
-ev The next rror0e-t his foot slinned on the
s+-,,olz him ard he tramrle7 on.
The c9rr'age came 10 a starHsfu W, w., 5 lrr5
Had ra+hernd ro,1rd the rroe+ro+e Hg7,rP: he vas
+r-oreb ond leo oc.7 over the wan He was ap0ar-
emily +raroo: his clothes we've IN raps. bis face
etra erI,rg black hoard on his chin From wound
in hts forehead the blood yves sfresT1'nF ~ aNS ne ne
beside him SLOWLY oDened h's ewes The o%ffGH- %
nar's face He rose 10 he feet c''iol.v.
'Nr7. roor0s are t,,st ooTos'THNn 20 sad il,e en-
noa-od Take him there and VIII get doctor
rIa hfr-,a1 hack n tho rriage where Violet was
whiting role and TREMBLING. , ,s.,
''rt's rather bod accident he S@'a @"Ia,T. -. ~
I'm havfr~ him token 20 nv roo"7s Ho'l 70 TEX
nov: Wv let ycn Eroy" arrr 49, Tsdv s-cr
lev r'+~o,re1v. ''F>ver. owe IS looking at US Tel
"r-a-'t rA'-''' ee'@ 'rA latter anxiousy to
G--rv',,H T1e sno1l h.@ nHaa- --orso+as +nen COVE
d,rac+,cre ~ 80 goodman: tho carriage turned
a-5r e--if+iv a-v-v.
rra e1-roa 81 tho F-o+ nr 0eonle ara'n. e,reHnV
q r.,,,++a- rod oh-at-r7 and the -o'rHH[ man
7.tz ,,-o- - Trav ra'-ed him carerrnv s16 c"r-
-,,s Ssv, .r~oss road tNe ~-~--d @r nV9tan'e-S
C--~rvF1T- s4t tNa NV TO tne
ho,,-. ,,t o,orrd Noor wf+t q laf~HFev
"c.riya,ar" ne caTAS Out 70 hfs servant VINO
,~-oo-os e. .Ns herf been al accident;
SSc-n---,Tfolf'
ncf~-- hat. T,7e now
b-oueh+ IN. c7--'N6 si" w W.
s.as-s and @e1osft@S he's fH-T .ecoI'ue -
ward q doctor arrived. ana GrsnviIie was busily