Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-05-13

suet him agdaH' AN'N $500
: his so like an OrientaPs, had de-
table feeling, but really the chap has
- sort of fascination about him you
ear,t help yielding to it. And yet at
.,os there is a sudden look or gesture
shat repels one"
ooh perhaps it is only my fancy l
10 saving anything nasty about a per-
&c. like to feel could trust all the
SoonIe about me. l feel rather depressed
tonigbt Father says you will all be off
~ +6p end of this week He is expecting
:nstrnctions every minute. I dislike him
ro;nc off alone. go to the hills, to my
ee,,nt Lady Fortesque, and then next
1,aar dads command win be over and we
90 home for good"
The next day the orders did come, and
oil was excitement and hustle inside the
white walls of cantonments and the huts
of the native lines.
After a brief leave taking the gallant
little band started for the frontier.
Laurence had hidden Norah hurried
"Good-bye," but managed to whisper
Remember, want to ask you a ques-
+ion when come back, don't forget me-"
Norah, with the tears in her eyes, an
swered brokenly-
Heaven keep you, l will remember!
Good -bye!"
Some evenings later the three school
fellows were sitting eating nondescript
meal in wretched Oak bungalow. Monk
ton had a Hindu servant, who had been
in his family's service for years, and was
devoted to his young master. He had
exerted his energies, and had concocted
fairly savory repast. That evening,
AZ they sat smoking after dinner, Lau-
renee who always felt there was some
thing malignant in his eyes when they
met his, remarked slowly
Il should not like to make that man
of yours an enemy, Vivian"
Monkton started, and after a few
words of amused incredulity changed the
subject.
The next morning all were up and
ready to start
where the dickens is Laurence Har-
COURT" said Capt. Hermon. "Have you
seen him, Monkton?"
"No, haven't seen him since he went
off with you last night. l slept in the
other end of the bungalow But we shall
miss the train unless we do quick
march"
Eyes, know, ] know, and the general
will be furious. l must go and see what
has happened to him"-and he clanked
away down the gloomy passages of the
now deserted bungalow
He looked into the room where they
had dined the night before. Empty! He
shouted "Harcourt!" at the top of his
voice
Can he have gone out for a walk
early. the young fool" he coliloquized
csN Al will just look in his room. but he can't
be there. My voice would have awak-
ened the dead!"
He burst open the door of Laurence's
room and started back with cry of
horror on his lips.
There was Laurence Harvourt lying
helpless and inert on his tumbled bed
Good heavens, Laurence, what is the
matter?"
He bent over him and felt his pulse
and lifted his eyelids and peered at the
senseless pupils
Great heavens Drunk-dead drunk"
There was no doubt about it. Hermon
moved away from the bed, and as he did
so his foot touched something that
Z rolled away. He bent down quickly and
picked up an empty brandy bottle.
The young fool What could have
made him do it"
At that moment, as he stood debating
what to do, he heard his name called
angrily in the courtyard outside. He
went quickly to the window and flung
it open
All right! Laurence Harcourt is i'll,
touch of the sunstroke, I think. I can't
mt h ! L L IL I IL
turned back into the room.
He took up the empty bottle and flung
1t into a doorway as he passed.
III, you say? Can't he ride?" queried
the general Here, [ must go and see
what is wrong with the lad"
A thought of his daughter, who he
knew liked the boy flashed across him.
Hermon led the way up the dusky pas
sage.
General, say, fear the poor fellow
d IS awful bad, and it is not the sun. Oh,
can't we keep it to ourselves"
Keep what?" asked the bewildered
general,
Well, | hardly like to say, but Lau-
M renee is drunk"
Drmk!" gasped the general, as he
stumbled into the close, stuffy room, still
',TN'lg WIN the tunes OF brandy.
Yes, there lay Laurence Harcourt,
9Funk. The general stood and gazed
Gown at him, hundred thoughts rush
ing through his brain at once
round drunk on active service. In
capable OF leading his men, incapable of
even standing! What did it mean?
"hy 1t meant disgrace, degradation. and
@flng cashiered-a young life spoilt, a
fathers head bowed with the dishonor.
sigh
We must go. Whom can we leave
with him?" he said.
viii ask Monkton if he will spare
aus fndu. l think he will; they are old
\, george Hermon explained hurriedly to
rlohSlon what had happened and he
l ly.aqliy agreed to leave his servant be-
-..'a IN charge His eyes glittered
ssyt'a4gely as he dismounted and called
The Hindu to him.
Il a. quiet Yes, Sahib. you can trust
'HN- reached fgoor~r,