Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1916-11-02

checked by an old tattered letter case.
which he tossed on one side. With
strips Of his linen shirt he plugged the
ragged:looking wound and bandaged
it. The whole thing was the work OF a
few minutes Death swept down upon
them both, but this man was not to Gle
through him.
He had lifted the unconscious head
upon one arm; his eyes passed for an
instant to the tattered letter case ana
rested there. 1t had fallen open.
Moved by he knew not what impulse
he touched it tremblingly. A few dried
and faded rose leaves, a letter, yellow
with age. singed and pierced by his
own bullet Suddenly it grew very
still about him. The crash of battle
seemed to have sunk behind deaden-
ing veil of silence. There was nothing
left in the world but this man and him.
self. -.
Richard Farquharv'
The name escaped him without his
knowledge. The legionary groaned and
half turned. his unconscious hand
clutching Destinn's arm, and minute
later his eyes opened. They looked at
each other steadily. and Destinn shrank
back. This was the expiation-the
punishment. There was to be no curse
and no mercy, but the grim WORKING
out of logical merciless law.
You know now, sir?"
The weak voice sounded loud in his
ears-louder than the thunder of the
guns. He made movement Of stunned
assent.
eyes: you are Richard-Richard Far
quhar, my He broke off. He was
looking in the eyes of his Judge; he
awaited sentence.
Farquhar drew himself up with
desperate effort.
"They' re-they're coming on fast
aren't they, sir? l haven't much time.
And have message-from my
mother-who is waiting for youth
Sidi-bel- Abbes. She. gave 1t me two
years ago. Can you hear me, sir?"
"Yes-yes."
81 was to tell you-that night when
you left her-you won her. She has
waited for you" He dropped back,
gasping, into Destinn's arms. "Sir,
thank God-that at the last have
found you. also have my message
i understandable honor-and pity
you"
Destinn bowed his head. A word Of
release had been spoken. He was free.
The burden of years dropped from
him. He was gazing down into the
face of child, in the frank clear eyes
of memory. He held the wounded
man closer, shielding him with stern
tenderness.
81 too-thank God. Richard"
The cheering had grown louder.
Within a hundred yards Of the rocks
where they meant to make their last
rally the harried shot-ridden ranks of
Bedouin cavalry faltered. For an in
finitesimal second Of delay they seemed
to be gathering to face the new attack;
then the leaders broke away west
ward and with them, in magnificent
awe-inspfring semicircle, the whole
beaten, panic-stricken host.
1t was Goetz Won Berlichingen who
had led the victorious flank attack.
sweeping the retreat. far into the west.
He had had no orders to do SO and
only a small detachment Of chasseurs
at his command. But he had succeed.
ed, and now ne lay In the sand, cough
ing up blood from bulfet-riddled lung.
General Meunier knelt beside him. He
had no great interest in dying legion.
aries, but he wished to make sure OF
Colonel Destinn's last whereabouts.
"You say to the right-among the
rocks there?"
yes
'"Then your flanking movement prob
ably saved them. You are a daring
fellow If you had lived I should have
had the pleasure of court-martialing
you. AS it is-have you any request to
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