Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-08-24
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have neglected his opportunities sne
deserved to be hanged" What made
Stanton so hot against Ladue was that
so many women. c~lergymen, church
people, and others took TO pleading for
the lad. Then it was that McKinnoA
began to find favor at the war de-
partment. Then it was that Capt.
Benton's limits were restricted instead
of being enlarged. Then it was that
soft-hearted surgeons at the Old Cap
itol hospital were replaced by men Of
sterner stuff. Then it was that the
Chiltons were notified that they must
leave Washington forthwith, and the
Squire, bursting with wrath at being
forbidden to see the doctor and his
daughter, had had brief conferences
with Fred, now almost fretting his
heart out at the barracks; had learned
through an officer of rank in the reg
ular service that beyond possibility Of
doubt Maj. McKinnon was at the bot
tom of all these new and most oppres-
sive orders; had gone to the white
house with a demand to see the presi-
dent; had been promised an opportun-
ity Immediately after cabinet meeting
that afternoon; had met McKinnon
sauntering down the avenue in COM
pany with a fellow soldier-lawyer, and
had hurled himself upon him then and
there, to the end that the major was
picked up and carried to Wizards,
the squire escorted to the police sta
ton, and the interview didn't come of.
It is recorded of the president that
when told of the incident that evening,
his sad face frightened for the first
time in a week. 81 wonder If the
squire would let me make him a gen.
eral," said he. cat least he fights"
That night a soldier of the regular
service did a thing that, had Stanton
known it, would doubtless have sent
that soldier to close arrest, if not to
a cell. He was an officer of rank, a
gentleman of gentlemen, and a fellow
beloved of his fellow men. Entrusted
with an order to see that DR.. Chiffon
and daughter were safely sent to the
steamer for Old Point Comfort, a suit
able guard going with them, he had
called on the kindly old V~irginian late
in the afternoon.
There had been a brief, courteous
talk. The officer deeply regretted, he
said, to have to be the means of car
rying out the order, but he would call
with a carriage at $50. Was there
anything he or his wife could do for
Miss Chiffon?
"There is, sir" answered a voice
and with cheeks flushing through theiI
pallor and eyes that flashed despite evi.
dence of recent tears, Rosalie Chiffon
swept quickly into the room. "We heal
that Mr.. Benton-Squire Benton-too
has been arrested mand-my aunt will
not admit of a~nything-but l feel tina
it is to him we are indebted for mos
generous aid. Major, I wish to SCI
him, to thank him, to-tell him some
thing-as his daughter is not here
Can that be arranged before We go?'
IF a possible thing" said the major
well knowing the squire was out OF
bail by this time, and would c~ertainl,
come in person. All the same, he toll
his wife at dinner of Miss Chiffon
request and, what had not that keen
witted army woman already known O
: surmised?
HE cannot leave barracks sal
. she, on the spot, "but you can invit
u him here to your quarters; then brin:
J. them here on the way to the boa
and leave the rest to me-"
) "He cannot leave! Why, my dea.
U he isn't in barracks. The police
g begins the major, obtusely.
q Major! You ask Capt. Benton her
/ and-and-no questions" lnterpose
madame with severe and superior wis
y dom. Then oring-her to me-" An
y light begins to dawn on the ma5te
l. and he obey3.
n That evening a carriage Whirled pa!
,e the guarded gateway of the barrac
al square and drew up at the quarters
l. the commanding officer. The mac
st stepped forth, rendered his hand to a
* agile, slender girl who followed ht
lg soldier escort 10 the doorway, wher
,e with eyes that shone and cheeks TIKI
E. colored and lips that puckered az
hands that clasped in sympathy an
1e compassion, a warm-hearted wife an
ID mother met the motherless girl al
" drew her in. The major went back
e. the doctor; the lady led her guest
d. the parlor door and ushered her I'M
10 the dimly-lighted, cozily-waTmed al
in closely-curtained room: then vanishe
#. and, for the first time since that mig
r. at Charlottesville, Fred Benton stot
We face to lace, alone, with the girl he
fondly and SO sadly loved.
as And when he, in yearning and low
IN stepped eagerly toward her, his ey'
Nv shining, his hands outstretched, Il
as furred hood fell back from her fushil
e. face, revealing it in all its dark al
al queenly beauty. Her eyes, too, fiashe
he as in amaze, and then in anger 81
Id recoiled. One instnat she glared
at him, then spoke:
ed capt. Benton, you-you're a COZ
alf ard!"
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