The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-07-10

to you, giving n full account OF tho
crime iot which he was cthvioted, M
we'll a. some other matters u q pcr
sonal nature. That, letter you must
| read alone IA his last message. but
the Truth of Nil he snys haS since boom
provcd!N .Ub : "t ~ 'vtVt.
She glanced w nj him quickly. ny
Murphy" =
Yes. by Murphy. who'is now lyins
m the hospital nj Bttltufc. slowly re,
covering. Ills sworn dcpositton has
been forwarded to tho Department At
Washington. and Viii undoubtedly ~.
Suit In the honorable repla6ing OF
your fathers name on the army llst
/, will. tell YOU briefly the mans con
f~ession, together with the few add
tional facts necessary to make It
clear. 1877 " ~" ,
d, "Your father and. mine were foi
many years friends and army com
rades. TREY saw service together dur.
'fhg the great war, and dfterward upon
the plains in bdian campaigning. TN
fortunately a slight mispnderstand
ing arose between them. One night
they openly quarrelcd when heated
by; wine, an~d-Texchanged blows. The
following evening your father chanc
ing to be officer of the guard and on
duty, my father, whose wife had then
been dead a year! was thoughtless
enough to accompany Mrs. Nolan
home at a late hour from a post ball
1t was merely an act of ordinary our
tesy; but gbssips magnifed the tale,
and bore II toTNolan. Still smartine
from the former quarrel ,~in.swhich ]
fear my father was In, the wrong, he
left the guard house. with the openly
avowed intention OF seeking imme.
date satisfaction. In the meanwhile
Slavin,. Murphy and a trooper named
Flynn, who had been to town without
passes, and" were half-dfdnk, stole
through the guard lines and decided
to make a midnight raid on the colo
nsl'ss pgiyatRs aflee. Dodging along
suddenly upon my 'fatkaeerr, then on the
way to his 1wnt unaftefs. i Whether
lthsy were Eseogniesi bys' him.; dr
Yhethasa. d.tak ,!maae them rsekless OF
consequences, Is unknown, But one OF
the men instantly fired. 'Thtn they
bran a d,suaoeeded in gaining the bar
I racks unexpectedly :, 81
She sat as if Fascinated mated ,bay his ire
cital. .I4s
s"Hourr fhtTfer heard and
I ssrang .towsEdstfre, seund, only to fall
headlong across my fathers lifeless
body. KS he came heavily, down, his
revolver was. S~afred'dit o~fSftsrholsteE
kapd dropped, unnottceds iA the grass.
An instant. later the, guard. came run.
hing up, and BY morning Capt. Nolan
was under arrest charged with mus,
der. The circumstantial evidence was
strong--hts !tlusrfel with the muir
dared man, his. ,heased Language "a
few ,mopsnts previous, the revolver
lying. beside the body. having .,twe
chambers discharged, and his being
+ found there, a%ioneawith the man he had
gone forth. to seek. .slavin. and Flynn
both. strengthened the case by posi-
tive Testimony HAs a resuft, a court
marital dismiss edrthetprfsone in dis
grace fromy+he army and asclyil court
sssntencsds him TO, ten years timpris
onment." - 4,
And my mother!" The Question
was a trembling whisper from culver
ing lips. .,.~,. r, q -, 81. =
- Your. mother" he said .regretfully,
was an exceedingly proud woman, be-
longing to a family Of SOCIAL promi
nepce ia the east She i,felt deeply
the causeless gossip connecting -her
name with the case, as .welr as the
+ open disgrace of her husbands con
yiGtion. She refused to receive hel
former friends, and even, failed II
loyalty to YOU father in his time Of
trial. 1t is impossible 10Y to f1
the fault clearly, or to account for hel
actions. Capt. Nolan t%urnedpver all hi,
property to her, and the moment she
could do SO she disappeared from the
fort, taking you with her. From tina
hour none Of her old acquaintance:
could learn anything regarding hel
whereabouts. She did. not return t.
her family in the east, o correspond
with anyone in the army. Probably, ut
lsterly' 'broken-hearted; she sought Sc
clusion in some city. HowtGillis OBJ
tanned possession of; you re"'a'rs :
mystery" -
els that all?" :, q
Everything" +4f.
They kept silentfor a hong time, th'
slow tears dropping from her eyes
her hands clasped in her lap. Hi
Il heart, heavy with symuathy. wouI(
not permit him; to- break. in upon he,
deep sorrow with words Of comfort
NADIA" he whispered at last, 'thi,
may not be the time for me to speal
such words, but you are all alon'
now VIII YOU go back to Bethun'
with me-back to the old regimen
as my wife?"
A. moment She bowed her head be
fore him then lifted. 1t and held GU
her hands, Il will" r.~
Say to me again what you ono
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