The Dermott news., 1917-05-31
FOURTH INSTALLMENT.

filled. Poor fellow. he repented of his folly. and then. like man. submitted to the fate he had asked for. He nev TT Intentionally added to the difficulty dr delicaey Of the charge of those who had hlm In hold Accidents would happen. but they never happened from his fault. Lieutenant Truxton told me that when Texas was annexed. there wHz earefHl discussion among the officers. whether they should get hold of Nel8H'S handsome set of maps, and eat TrN5- aHt If f. from the map of the world and the map of Mexico. The tUfFa1 SfateS had been cut out when tIe atIas was bought for him. liHf # eas voted rightly enough. that to do this would he virtually to reveal tu hu wh8t hud happened. or as Harry Cole said. to make hm think old Burr had succeeded So f was from na fault of N0lans that great bafeh happened at my own table when. fnr n short time, was in command of the George Washington corvette. on the south American station. We were lying in Che l.a Plata. and some of the officers. 8hH hal been en shore. and had just iaiued again, were entertain ins us with accounts of their misad- ventures "a riding the half-wild horses ef BHeaes Aires NeIan was at table. and Nas fn m unusually bright and talkatIte mod Some story of q tum- hle reminded him ef an adventure of hIs own. when he WIS catching wild harsts in TeXaS with hfs brother Stcph- eu. at time when he must huvc been aHIte hes H. tald the story with n eassd fisHi If <frtt-sa much >o. that the silence which often follows T good SfuFy hung aVer The tahtp Tor an in. staat. to he broken bY Nolan himself Tor h. aSsrt. perfectly uucuusciousty.
 "Pray, what las become ef Texass After ths Mexieans eet their independ- cine. thought that province of Texas would ea1ae forward very fast. II k really 6He ef Che finest regions on earth f ls the Italy ef this continent. Huf have nnt seen ar heard word ef Texas far near twenty years"
 There were two Texan officers at the table. The reason he had never heard of Texas wns that Texas and her af- fairs had been painfully out of his newspapers slHee Austin began his ssttlemeuts so that. while he read of Honduras aud Tamaulipas. and. till quite latsly. ef California. thIs virgin province. fH which hIs brother had travelled sa far and believe. had died. had esassd to be with him. Walters and Williams. the twu Texas men. iaatseA sElHly at each other and tried Dot ta hugh. Edward Morris had his affeufIau attraeted hy fhe third link in the chain of The captains chan. delisr Nafrau- was seized with con sulslan ef surezlng Nolan himself saw that something Nas fa paY he did nst know what And I. as master of the feast had tH s4y
 "TtNa. ts ant uf the mlp. Mfr No Ian. Have yau sesl eaHain Backs curious aeez.nut af SIT Ih4mas Rae.s WeIaefas 2.
 Aftes That cruise usrer saw No Ian aes4a l wrote ta hum af least tzstEs XaaE faE n thaE XaXaEe WC heeame tAeH e.HaAaHt#Ie Intimate; bat he never efssts ta me The other men teil me thaf in fhssss fifteen years h. aged very inst. as 0sd he might Indeed huf thaf he Was sfsIl the same eeutIr. uu atuplalaine sIIeal saffefer that he ever Nas bearing as test he could his self apuaiafet punishment. rather less sne1aL perhaps uIth ueN meu whom ba did uat knHW tut more aHstaHs apparently than ever ta serve and hefrlend and leach the bays. some of wham fairly seemed to worship hlm And noN it seems fhc dear uid fellow is dead iie has found q home at last. and country.
 Since writing this and while con sidering whether or na ] would print II, as warning ta the young If tnsiay of what II is tu throw away country l have received frem nanforth. Wha is m board the isvaut. a letter which gives an account If Nolaas last hours.
 To understand the trst words fl the letter. the n8nprefesSieHAl reader should remember that after islT the IAfNAAAuh LII NAN&N NAlAAN& MHAa kAAA ANAs Ian ln charge vas one of the Ereatest delieaey The government had failed to renew the order af isl7 regarding him. What vas Il man to dof Sheald he let him go7 What. then. if be were called to account by the depart. ment for violating the order of H~gsf Should he keep himf What. then. if Nolan should he liberated some day, and should bring an action for false Imprisonment or Kidnapping against ~ cry man who had had him h eharEef l urged and pressed this upon south ard, and I have reason te think that other officers dld the same thing Hat the secretary always said. as they VI often do al Washington. that there were no special orders to give. and that we must act on our own JasiT ment. That means. "if you succeed. l x,e.. xx.kn t.. 4# .m.ws. Al