The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-05-11

cred her left cheek and sense of sus-
picion had been growing up within
him. He put forth his hand suddenly
and pulled the shawl aside.
Good Cod" he said, with fierce
outburst of mingled rage and horror.
''The brute has stEuck you-struck
you! And you can ~even think of re-
naming with him after that?"
She had shrunk back from him
blushing with shame and too deeply
overcome to speak.
Look here" said Garviston, laying
hand upon each of her shoulders and
looking her straight in the eyes. II
am going back to England in two days
and you are going back with me--you
and the boy"
mo, no." she cried out despairfully.
"You mustn't ask it, George. 1t is
enough that my life should be
wrecked without wrecking yours
Think what it means? l am your
colonel's wife-his wife, George, and
the mother of his child. It cannot last
forever, this martyrdom we both are
enduring. At the rate he is going on
Jim will drink himself to death in an
other year or so, and after that"
"You are going away with mel" he
reiterated again. ''1f you don't, as I'm
living man I'll kill Jim Sandry."
She looked up at him fearfully, ap.
pealingly, but said never word.
He went back to where his horse
stood, and getting into the saddle, rode
down the dusty, sinuous path as hotly
as he had come up it dozen min
utes before.
The night had come down, the night
big with fate. Outside in the steel,
clear, white moonlight the cheepah
bird was making his melancholy noise
in the far corner of the compound
where the peepul trees loomed black
against the Opalescent sky; inside
| Garviston was stewing his brains in
wondering if the money he had in
hand would be sufficient to defray all
expenses until he got back to England
and, if not, if the bank-now that he
had closed his account-would ad-
vance him something more and take
his note of hand for it.
Lighting a fresh cheroot he walked
up and down the short length Of the
| room in fever of expectancy. -.
The curtain was lifted and his man
appeared.
"Beggin' pardon SIR he said, "but
| there's young gent come to see yer,
sir, and he says as it's summin i'm
| portant from headquarters"
| Garviston faced round suddenly and
as he did so a small infantile shape
stepped over the threshold and sa-
luted him.
REX! Why, you blessed little beg
gar, what's brought you here? Oh!
I say (You can go, Atkins, shant
need you), isn't this rather late for
you to be out of bed? You surely
didn't come over here alone?'
Eyes I did," said the child. II want
ed to and mummy said I might. I
wanted to ask daddy-him bein' my
s'perior offcer-but he'd went back to
Simla this afternoon, so l took orders
from mummy as his deputy. You see
wanted to tell you somefing, Cappum
Carson. I wanted to tell you vat
mummy and me is goin' away to-mor.
row afternoon and amt comm back
here no more"
"Why do you think so?'
"'Cause she cries every time she
|
and a gentleman, I think I'd cry, too u
"Why?"
| II dunno, but I reckon it's cause
amt never goin' to see you any more
and do like you so much. Daddy
isn't goin' with us mummy says, and
if daddy don't go with us the regiment
will have to stay here and so will you
l don't like to think of that cause you
see you taught me all my drills and
salutes and when soldier and a gen
tleman teaches you your drills and sa
lutes you get to like him a great deal
1 told daddy it was you that taught me
mine and he was SO pleased. Only
don't think he sees well, Cappum
Carson, do you?"
Don't you? Why not?"
"Why, cause you're burnt almost as
dark as cork and daddy said when ]
| told him about the drills and the sa
lutes, Learnt 'em from him, did YOU?
Well, you couldn't learn 'em from a
whittier man, baby. You'll never &c
wrong if you follow out what Gars'o on
tells you And I'm goin' to do it, too
cause I want to be like you in just
everything. Mummy says it will make
her so proud of me when l grow up
and want mummy to be proud of me
you know"
Look here, old chap" he said
switching round suddenly. "'Out o1
the mouths of babes and sucklings,
you know-but no! you don't know
and so we'll chuck it. Give me your
hand, will you, and let's walk over and
see you safely in the mummy's arms
Or no; it's too long walk for you and
L know better way"
He StOOna1 and catching the child