Evening star., 1903-07-28

from sense Of utter injustice and wrong
YET must ierf"rce listen But it is a favor
lie occasion with the over guild Janet
thought 1t would be a long step in the
rlsht direction To bring her hcidstrong
niece To the belief t Il all the trouble was
the direct result OF her having sought
against her fathers wishes Il meeting with
Mr.. Blakely. True. Janet had now some
doubt that such had been the case but
In what she felt only stubborn pride
i!ef niece refused all explanation. Father
would not hear mo at ths time she sob
bed. Il am condemned without a chsncs
TO defend myself or-him." Yet Janet loved
the bunny child devotedly and would go
through fire and water to serve her best
interests. only those best interests mus,
DE as Janet saw them. That anything
very serious might result as consequences
OF her brothers violent assa ult on BIakrIy,
She had never Yet ina gineti That further
complications had arisen which might
Dlacken his record she never could credit
Tor "A moment Mullins lay Still uncon-
scious. and not until he recovered strength
was he to talk with see any one era
ham had given faint hopo of recovery and
declared that everything depended on his
PATIENTS having no serious fever or set
back. In a few days he might be able 20
tell his story. Then the mystery as 30 his
assailant would be cleared in a breath
Janet had taken deep offenSe that the
commanding officer should have sent her
brother into close arrest without first hear
ing OF the extreme provucation 1T is
utterly unheard OF proc.eding.' snid
she, this contniug of officer and gem
tlclnan without Investigation OF the affair"
and She glared al Graham. uucomprehend-
ing when, with iIupa tient Shrug of his blk
shoulders he asked her what had they
done between them to Angela. 1t was his
wife put him up to saying that she rea-
soned, for Janet's Calvinistic dognas as
10 daughters In their teens were ever at
Variance with the views of her gentle
neishbor. If Angela had been harshly
dealt with, undeserving, II was Angela $
duty to say SO and to say why. said Janet.
Meantime. her first care was her wronged
and misjudRed brother. Gladly would She
have gone to the office Wit him and stood
proudly by his side In presence OF his op-
pressor could such thing be permitted.
She narveled that Robert should now show
So little Of tenderness for her who had
served him loyalty, IL masterfully, SO very
long. He merely laid his hand on hers
and said he had been summoned to tho
commanding officers. then went forth into
the light ana left her.
Major Plume seated at his desk,
thoughtful and perplexed. Up at regi-
mental headquarters at Prescott Wren was
held in high esteem. and the majors brief
telegraphic message had called forth anx-
ions inquiry and something akin TO yelled
disapprobation. Headquarters could not
see how Ii was possible for Wren to as
sault Lieutenant Blakey without some
grave reason. Had Plume Investigated?
No, but that was coming now. he said to
tlIifScI, as w rem entered ana SlOOU III
silence before him.
The little office had barely room for the
desks Of the commander and his adjutant
and the table on which were spread the
files of general orders from various superior
eadquarters-regimental. department, divi-
sion. the army and the War Secretary. No
curtains adorned the little windows front
and rear. No rug or carpet vaxed the
warping floor. Three chairs Kitchen pat
tern. stood against the pine partition that
shut off the sight. but by no means the
hearing. OF the three clerks scratching at
their fiat-topped desks In the adjoining
den. Maps of the United States, of the
military division Of the Pacific and Of the
territory, as far as known and surveyed,
hung about the wooden walls. Blue prints
and photographs OF scout maps, made by
their predecessors of the -th Cavalry IN
the days OF the Crook campaigns were
scattered with the order files about the
tables. But of pictures. ornamentation or
relief Of any kind the gloomy box was destl-
tute as the dun-colored fiat of the parade.
Official severity spoke In every feature OF
the forbidding office well as in those OF
the major commanding.
(To be continued tomorrow