New-York tribune., 1912-04-21

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as long as memory lasts, and the only ano-
dvne is work. Sometimes ] believe memory
goes farther than the grave. He leaned
over and placed his hand upon the boy
knee.
Hes not a woman hater, Darrow; but
he can't find himself comfortable with them,
perhaps. 1t tears at the old wound. You
see, if he hadn't cared, there would have
been others There has never been another.
There IS still but the one. How many men
do YOU know that could have been as faith
ful as that; You see, happen to know.
We were at school together"
THE others returned after time, and the
group sat chatting until long after taps,
while the FIRE died down TO filckenng bed
Of glowing Goals. Several times during the
evening De LcsScps caught young DarroW
frowning, and be knew the boy was chatlng
under the restraint Of inactivity, when he
felt he should be up and doing He felt at
tractcd to the young fellow too, and won
dercd what he could do TO break down that
ridiculous antipathy to General Allison.
There was vibrant activity throughout the
night. and the dull thud Of horses hoois
upon the hard sand spoke Of the gallopers
who came and went between headquarters
and the end Of the talking wire, fifteen miles
back along their routc,-thc wire that was
creeping closer with every hour that the men
of the Signal Corps toied along the shifting
surface. or among the rolling dunes; the
wire that maintained tenuouS grp on the
civilization they had left 50 far behind.
Toward midnight an aide had come tear
inq in with his horse in lather, and ten
minutes later two troops Of lanccrs mao
dropped quietly out OF camp and disap-
pearcd in the reddish light Of the moon thdi
was lust showing like d huge orange DalI
above the little hills.
"That was O'Hara, commented BennGti'
&c tbev saw the aide climb stittly into his
saddle again and walk his morse on we
hear something before long. He's Deen up
ahead. ,.-.,f
s,;nned quietly out Of camp, attended only
bv his aide de camp, and tool; the way by
which OHara had come. Then stiffness
fell over the troops, broken only by the
challenges, and the faint, rafting movement
of the rifles as they came TO the port or pre-
sent Gradually the moon swung mghcr IN
the velvet, spangled sky, shedding us pMe
radiance upon the slumbering groups that
dotted the white surface Of the desert.
w1HEN De Lesseps awakened, fully alert,
w in response to the touch upon his
shoulder. he found Captain BayneS, the
Generals aide, bending over him. The hre1
had sunk to bed Of redly glowing Goals. and
bevond the sand lay white in the brilliant
moonlight. The aide put his finger to his
lps as DE Lesseps sat up.
"Get your pals up quietly, old man, ne
WHISPERED. %The General wants you.
aWherc2 Hcadquarters"
give miles up ahead. I've had your
beasts saddled and led out. See that hillock'
Right behind there. can give you five mn
utcs BE slippy!r
He moved softly away, and the CORE
erondcnt turned to rouse his companions.
@Wake up, you chaps!" he whispered as ne
et;rred them out. Something dong. The
old man sent for us"
aWhat, Where" they demanded as they
rolled out Of their blankets.
aHpsbl | don't know. Baynes Just called
me its up ahead somewhere. Come on,
Five minutes later they were mounted and
sIecDilv picking their way through the out
skirts Of the sleeping camp, with captain
Ral,ncs giving countcrsign IN answer to|
Challenge. When well away they broke INTO