Barton County democrat., 1904-12-09

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assuring word Cordially he held forth
his one free hand
Its all right, Doctor said he. 'sYou
and Miss Chiffon have pulled me round
famously. 1 can stand Libby diet now
just as well as anybody. and I'm bet
ting on speedy exchanges. Then-our
fellows will be doing something now"
| he added. with significant smile.
! who knows but they may gather in
! game as big as that" with a laughing
nod toward the resplendent major.
"Or, is he, like so many of our staff,
only for duty at the rear?" And Ben
ton meant that Lounsberry should
/ hear, and hear he did and flushed red
under the taunt.
do not judge our methods by the
! little you know of yours, Mr.. Benton
he retorted, albeit with admirable
self-control. Then, as though again
determined to ignore the northerner,
| may l be permitted word with
Lieut.. Chiffon, doctor?' a question
which seemed to recall the doctor to
himself and left Benton to his own
devices. Without another glance at
the unwelcome visitor, the latter turned
and ascended the stairs to the second
| story, and there, in the dim light of
! a night lamp, by the eastward window.
stood the girl he longed to see and
speak with, and she who had avoided,
now came half timidly forward as
though to meet him.
From the neighborhood of her aunt's
door and her own, and close to the
westward windows Rosalie Chiffon si-F
lently led her captive soldier, and thenn
turned, her face pale and sorrowt
stricken, her great dark eyes filing
with unshed tears. ,,ii J
II have a confession to make, me-
Benton said she, at length. do you,
think-it's easy for girl to say1she,s
glad to find that she was wrong?'
Something has seemed to me very ]
wrong of late,' answered Benton, so
much so I was glad to get away 7on
any terms, even to LibbE. .Foro what
have I been punished?"" zyaog soio5
'I shall tell frankly stsshsban
swered, standing with downesstu eyes
before him, her wh7te hands loosely
clasping DO you RnSW, Il thought
heard-that you Weres lplottfng With :,
people outside toe escapeg and, father !.
being responsiblsufm rSo1f, Fl S4sseerHeadf
ungrateful-inssed dis heaefabqedz Ar d
But what On ssaJI5th fhsaYf L sHaF ore
done done to W.T. TaEFa{ hs, Rs1igt si,,i hsSb
NOTED r5te NO sq aa1 N ssas
there came this little unsigned note. I
saying FIAT 1tst1.Yas hs As ,as1fb b6s to RislG5
hs~ m0na aaSs sF senf anSMfrsa it ,ssT ssi
But the note" and aswtsitsAf2fe
locke iup eagerly ohyfoST you have iEalsflIIg'1
e 'RnlrRedN Rnlr it Ete- oashes sthe ihour' nt
eame!i" ge hes ssaal alpsyMgersdroa ygIsdroa sd. 81 szo1b
Bns ,1sef y9q sd TaY wE9f 7yEbfs4 pFFNuE Ffo EbssboH
VINO lett H!a -osts8 -
Z Isl Il ssMff q 55'hefmpn1sixely began, then
stopped short oflt What VIA right had had hs, g,
Union soldier, to give information.
against Some possible onion 5Io77sar In 3
/ their miastl gngzwhb MAS seeking .to
|, be OF, serYiceCt TO, him at thai? ?77e''7o 4
+ "Oh, you needn't. sayi"", cried Miss t
Clifton, With a cdrr of her lip. I'VE
kaIow-at least X knowAt the girl! What
\ we4 heard. or at. least .Ilheard, week
ago. was, that. .youEthat they, that
Oh, cant explain can't go on." she |
said and. now btlrning bltfshes,5 to his !
amazg, sufusad her face and she COW
cred it with, her hands. $40. d"oi J 2. +
Then voices we're heard below stairs
tie doctor Showing the major from |
Jacks room to- the door, ceremopiouse
and .courtly even when 7aggrieyed- !
He will wish to see me- perhaps |
YOU tco-at once," suddenly exclaimed |
2 5Miss9ChiltOn, starting inpulsiveIy for
ward. q just want to know that
that what 1 now believe. is true, and |
to be able to say so confidently TO
father. and perhaps TOTO others. You
had, not thought OF trying to escape
so long as you were with US p, And for |
an instant the dark, glorious. eyes |
looked full. into his face, then fell be-,
fore, the, intensity hofs his.tiod
ON my, word, Miss Chiffon no"
Than-tken,o she. vehemently cried;
~ don't care how sooK you de try
now! III and with that sshe7 darted paskl
him, to- her own, room and presently
the doctors slow step was heard as
cendif1g the stairs III" >So' ,.-,.,.,,
|, .It6was elate,Ithat night and the moon |
!, had dipped beyond, the Blue Ridge
when, after a family talk in Jacks I
ireem, they isepafatgd.E N6t' another
change had cRentOna6 speak to Resale,
butt fog good and Sufficient, Fgeasen he
had found. her, actions Of most unusua
INTEREST PSfs5 7and' sffent, abs aHbssdrsea in
fuhousbE9 shaohad taken jHtHle psrt.iRss
the es9 ss099feffe4nlGe II isEjes Eshe st9leu softly
to the WinaoW dfeF asiddel rs enfEta[nP sn1E5ai
aRG peereU through the outer dark |
ness; t9ieffo While lRerDEatnepQ Was ear
nestfy talking, She seated hersdlf close
Ito dhe fcassama ssnd1 RHhtUh, W atching
tlsfEE thsEE WITH dsEPu1EiPg eeSsas aeESthat she
was listening intehtly for sounds csifgksl