Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-01-17
CHAPTER xIrI.-(Continued.S

up TO the Dlookhouse, diSm0unt 8
call out. MI. duncan. Then began
great hustle. among. the soldiers,a q
what reason I did not understand urt
I'll q knocking at my door brought
gillie with Colonel Guy Johnson's conf
pliments and would I dress in my uni
form to receive Sir John, who was ex3
pected for breakfast.
I dressed in my red uniform, ted
my silver gorget, hung my sword and
drew on my spurred boots. I twisted
strip Of Grape In my hilt, shook out
tho black badge on my sleeve and went
downstairs, very soberly, in the livery
OF the. king I must one day desert,
Perhaps / wal now wearing it for the,
last time.
As I reached the porch Mr.. Duncan,
came hurrying past, buttoning his
gloves. /,
"Sir. John IL In the village" he said,i
fsturning my salute.
us Felicity with Sir John7". I in.i
Qutred.
mo-" he answered. without turningd
My throat swelled and my mouth
Nufvered. Where was she, then? What
did all this mean?
The breakfast was short and. dreary.l
Str Johns unsympathetic presence had
never yet warmed ven his familiars
to gayety.. Those who were under his
orders found him severe and unbend-
Ing. His equals, think, distrusted him,
but his superiors saw in him a latent
energy which they believed might be
worth their control some day and SO
studied him carefully, prepared for
anything from fidelity to indifference
and even, perhaps, treachery.
When the gloomy breakfast was end
ed Colonel Guy Johnson conducted his
guests to the porch, where they made
ready for the inspection of our two
stone blockhouses and the new artil-
lery in the barracks sent recently by
Governor Tryon at Sir Johns request.
sSupposing I was to follow, I started
of, but was recalled by a soldier, who
reported that Sir John awaited me in
the library.
Sir John was sitting at the great oak
table asI entered, and he motioned me-
to q seat opposite. He held in his
hands a bundle Of papers, which he
slowly turned over and over in his I'm
gers.
He first informed me that he had Sc
lected another aid-de-camp, not be-
cause he expected to find me unsatis-
factory, but because 1t was most de-
sirable that young, inexperienced off,
cers should Join the colors as soon as
possible. He expected me, he said, to
return to Albany with the squadron
which had served him as escort.
To which I made no reply.
He then spoke OF the. death Of his Ia
ther, Of the responsibilities Of his own
position and Of his claim On me for
obediASee- ~ kpokA Of ny fsisstoq 70
Cr0sap ana the GtS4seSix a. 4 AsASeshe
In policy, and I burned to hear him
criticise Sir Williams acts. He asked
me for my report and I gave it to him.
He frowned, listening with lowered
eyes.
I told him how Silver Heels escaped
from Dunmore. Then I related every
circumstance in my relations with
Walter Butler, from my first open
quarrel with him here at the Hall to
hts deadly assault on me while in dis
chEtSe Of NY mission, and finally how
he hA4 fallen under my fury in Dun
mprs4 presence.
Biz John pointed out that Dunmore
was the royal governor Of Virginia; that
an alliance with Felicity was an honor
we were most unwise to refuse. He re-
GREETED the quarrel between such a
Jealous loyalist as Walter Butler and
myself. but coolly informed me that
he had heard from Butler and that he
was recovering slowly from the break
ing Of an arm, collar bone and many
ribs.
! was slowly beginning to hate Sir
John.
l told him how we had done to death
the wretch Greenhouse and how 1 had
shot the driver Of the coach.
Sir John informed me that I and my
party had also slain Wraxall and Toby
Ttce and that Captain Murdy alone
had escaped u fury.
\ was CoAtcuIcu W uedE III COuLouLeu
to hear too. that Walter Butler lived,
for, though no man on earth deserved
death more than he, 1 had not wished
to slay any man in such a manner. I
could wait, for l never doubted that
he must n day die by my hand,
though not the kind Of death that he
had escaped SO narrowly.
Sir John now spoke of the will left
by Sir William. He held a copy in his
hand and opened it.
you know" he said, that your for
tune is not considerable, though my fa-
ther has invested it most fortunately.
The income is ample for a young man,
and on the decease of your uncle, Sir
Terence, you will come into his title
and estate in Ireland. This should
make you wealthy. However, Sir VIII
liam saw At to provide for you fur
Their"
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