Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-13
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, The Junior officer had heard the orderly
call distinctly, but he did not know Just
what the occasion demanded OF MIN, 30 ne
busted himself in producing Mr. Burton, 70
slowly to light and was fOrcibly plooeh" "
step to the tent and explain a certain paper.
This brought him into full view, ana IN
graham knew him at the instant Burton
at the Long bridge was the Blunt-"Just
plain Blunt'-who babe him shake hands
with Mr. Premier at Wizards Verify Blunt
was a man of affairs-many analrs.
No sooner did the red-sashed omcer
catch sight of the orderly's pass than ne
handed it back and bade him ride on. OF
derlies really should have some distinguish.
be held up at every post. You'll have 10
hurry"
Hurry he did, though now he would have
been glad to tarry a moment and learn
something about this doubly named stran-
ger He connected him in some way with
the mysterious trouble in which he was In
volved, and, next to the longing to get at
once to New York and to learn from
Editha's own lips the secret OF her silence,
was this newborn craving to Gluten TINS
fellow by the throat and shake out or MIN
the story Of his share, at least. In the CON
spiracy against him. 1t seemed the crlsls
of his life 1t seemed his right, his duty,
to probe the situation to its depths, to clear
his name Of every shadow of suspicion. Yet
here he sat in saddle, squirting away from
the test instead of to 1t, all because OF tnat
obey the orders of the officers appointed
over him, and one of these had now hidden
him to ride on.
His nerves were on edge. He was annoy
ed and angered, and in no mood TO listen
to further opposition, when, barely third
of mile beyond, he came to the end OF
the earthen caus away to point Where sew
eral roads went winding through the sloppy
low ground and here, too, at the fork or
the road stood opposing sentry, with lev
eled bayonet, and waiting guardsmen grim
ming at the joy of bringing regular 10
bay. IT am Col. Hunters orderly ne
called land ordered to waste no moment,
and he waved the paper slip over the SEN
trys head in hopes of fastening the ser
geant's coming, but that worthy seemed to
rejoice in elaboration, and when at last he
had spelled out the words Of the pass ne
professed inability to decipher the sigma
ture And the lieutenant amt here just
now to help me- said the New Englander.
whats your hurry?"
1.-The hurry is my orders, was the in
dignant answer, and Ingraham was flush
ing now with evaporation. Where is your
lieutenant, anyhow
Gone over for snack at the suffers,
answered the non-commissioned officer,
with a toss of his head over his broad blue
shoulder.
Then call for him or send for him, if
you can't read" shouted Ingraham, now
mad clear through as the sentry swore
to it later, and one object of his shouting
was to attract attention at the suffers,
rambling roadside shanty, with long coun-
tiers of unpianed pine, aluringly garnished
with all manner of emergency items. About
the counters clustered a motley array of
militiamen from Fort Runyon and the
neighboring camps, especially about that
section of the establishment where Iced
beverages warranted to contain no intoxi-
can't were being sold in copious lots under
the supervision of certain members of the
guard, while a side door, opening from
within only in response to certain signals
from a uniformed guardian stationed with
out, gave ingress or egress to favored
few mainly wearers of shoulder straps,
whose general appearance warranted the
belief that the warrant referred to did not
extend to the beverages within.
And so absorbed We're the visitors in their
occupation that none of their number gave
heed to the excited shout of the orderly,
who thereupon did what he had no right
to do-began upbraiding the sentry, who