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Good workand prorn;.: delivery guaranteed. Give noe a call and see ?or yourself. ^spcctfully, Oe: D- W. J. CAWSEY. A Stoiy of Amer By CAPT. CHARL AUTHOR OF "THE COLONEL'S E "TH3 BS SE Copyrighted, 18S8, by J. B. Lippincott < Special Arrangement through t CHAPTER III. ^^^^^/E A NT I .VE Lieut. Perry N? v^r?W'Mr riding blithely down %llll?? ?'^ win^n?5 trail, total '^^?Wwj'wAf'ty unconscious that his ^Mtf ? W*Z ,uovements were of the y M ^?3 ?? ?j? ?f. fain test conse( j u cn ce to JP jSj* anJ"^J but Iumself, ?p N^ i'M^ anc^ heedless of -their being a source of "?^S^^ speculation. His horse ^^"^V-fv was one he rejoiced in, full of spirit and sprint an:l intelligence; the morning was nut ifni, just cool enough to be exhilarating; Iiis favorite bound. Bruce, went bounding over the turf under the slopes, or ranging off through the cottonwoods along the stream, or the shallow, sandy arroyos, where the grass and weeds grew rank and luxuriant. Every now and then with sadden rush and whir a drove of prairie chickens would leap from their covert, and. after vigorous flapping of wings for a few roils, would go skim? ming restfully rn long easy curve, and settle to earth again a hundred yards away, as though suddenly reminded of the fact that this was mating time and no gentleman would ho mean enough to shoot at such a season. Every little while, too, with prodigious kicking of dust and show of heels, with eyes fairly bulging ont of his feather brained head, and tall lop cars laid flat on his hack, a big jack rabbit would bound <>:f into space, and go tearing aero.-.- the prairie in mad race for his threatened life, putting a mile between him and the Monee before he began to realize that the two quadrupeds ambling along the distant trail were obedient to the will of that single rider, who had no thought to spare for game so small. Some Indian ponies, grazing across his pathway, set back their stunted ears, and, cow like, refused to budge at sight and liearing of the big American horse; whereat a little vagabond of a Cheyenne, not ten years old nor four feet high, set up a shrill chatter and screech and let drive a few well directed clods of turf, and then showed his white teeth in a grin as Perry sung out a cheery "Howl sonny," and spurred on through the opening thoroughfare, heedless of spite? ful pony looks or threatening heels. Perry's sp'nts rose with every rod. Youth, health, contentment, all were his, and his heart was warm towards his fellow men. To the best of his reckon? ing, he had not an enemy or detractor in the world. He was all gladness of na? ture, ail friendliness, frankness and cor? diality. The toughest cowboy whom they met on the long march down, the most crabbed of the frontiersmen they had ever encountered, was never proof against such sunshine as seemed to ir? radiate his face. He would go out of his way at any time to meet and hail a fellow man ii pon the prairies, and rarely came back without knowing all about him-where he was from, where he was bound and what were his hopes and prospects. And as for Iumself, no man was readier to answer questions or to meet in friendliest and most jovial spirit the rough but weil meant greetings of "the plains." Being in this frame of mind to an ex? tent even greater than his normal wont, "Mr. Perry's eyes glistened, and he struck spur to hasten Nolan's stride, when, far ahead, and coming towards him on the trail, be saw a horseman like himself. Being in this mood of sociability, he was something moro than surprised to see that all of a sudden that horseman had reined in-a mere black dot a mile away -and was presumably examining him as he advanced. Hostile Indians there had , been none for manya long month, '"road agents" would have starved in a region where there practically were no roads, cowboys might, and did, get on frolics and have wild "tears" at times, but who ever heard of their being hostile, man to man? Vet Perry was plainsman enough to tell, even at the mile of distance, that the stranger had halte?! solely to scruti? nize him, and, next, to his vast astonish? ment, that something in his appearance bad proved either alarming or suspicious, for the horseman had turned abruptly, plunged through the timber and across the stream, and in another moment, veering that way himself to see, Perry marked him fairly racing into the mouth of a shallow rav inc, <>r "break." that en? tered the valley from the south, and there he was lost to sight. "What an iii mannered galoot!" was his muttered comment as ho gave Nolan brief chance to crop the juicy grass, while rds perturb :d rider sat g::/.in;; across the stream i'> thc direction taken by the shy horseman. "I've half a mind todrofj tiie ranch and put out after that fellow. That ravine can't go in so very far but what he must soon show up on the level prairie; and i'd bet Nolan could run him down." After a moment's re? flection, however, Slr. Perry concluded that as he had como SO far and was now nearly within rifie shot of tire mysterious goai of bis morning ride, he might ns well let the stranger go. and pushed ahead hims? If for Dunraven. The stream i > ?: ?t sont ii ward just at the pr int where he had ?irst caught sight, of the horseman, and around that point he knew the randi to be. Very probably that was one of lae ranchmen of whom Mrs. [jawrencehad spoken-churlish fel? lows, with a civil word for nobody, grim and repellent. Why, certainly. That accounted for his evident desire to avoid the cavalryman, but he need not have been in such desperate haste-need not have kept at such unapproachable bounds, as though he shunned ev< n being Seen. That was the queer thing, thought Perry, i lo acted just as though lie di<l not want to be recognized. Perl taos he'd ^ RANCE ican? Frontier Life. ES KING, U. S. A., ?AUGHTER? "FROM THS RANKS," RTSR," ETC. Company, Philadelphia, and Published by he American Press Association. i boen up to some devilment at the'ranch. This thought gave spur to his speed, j and Nolan, responsive to his master's j mood, leaped forward along the winding j trail once more. The point was soon ; reached and turned, and the first object ! that caught Perry's eye was a long row of stakes stretching from the cotton? woods straight to thc south up the gen? tle slope to the prairie, and indicating be? yond all question the presence there of a . stout and high and impassable wire fence. There are few things the cavalrj'man holds in meaner estimate. . i "That marks the western limit," j thought Perry to himself, "and doubt? less reaches miles away to thc south. . from what 1 hear. Now, where does one j enter?" A little farther on he came upon a : trail leading from the low bluffs to his left hand. It crossed the winding bridle path on which he rode, though some of the hoof tracks seemed to join, and wheel tracks too. Ile had marked that between the fort and the point no sign of wheel appeared: it was a hoof trail and noth? ing moro. Now a light and little trav? eled wagon track came in from the north, anti while one branch seemed to cross the Monee and to ascend the opposite slopes close along the wire fence, the other joined lum and went on down the stream. This IK- decided to follow. A r?'Vi of a few hundred yards brought him to a point where a shoulder of bluff j twisted the trail well in towards the j stream, and he, thinking to cross and re i connoiter on the other shore, turned No? lan in that way, and was suddenly brought up standing by the heaviest and most forbidding wire fence he had ever seen. Yes, there it stretched away through the cottonwoods, straight as a die. back to the angle whence started the southward course he first had noted, and, looking down stream, far as the eye could reach, he marked it. "Well," thought Perry, "I've often j heard an English man's house was hi? castle, but who would have thought of staking and wiring in half a county half a Texas county-in this hoggish way? How far down is the entrance, anyhow?" Following the trail, he rode down stream a full half mile, and still there seemed no break. Nowhere on the other shore was there sign of bridle path lead? ing up the slopes. Turning to his left in some impatience, Jie sent Nolan at rapid lope across the intervening "bottom," and soon reached the bluffs, which rose perhaps forty or fifty feet above the stream. Once on the crest, the prairie stretched before him northward, level as a floor, until it met the sky; but it was southward belonged to look,and thither quickly turned. Yes, there it lay-Dun? raven Ranch, in all its lonely majesty. From where he gazed the nearest build? ing stood a good long mile away. That it was the homestead he divined at once, for a broad veranda ran around the lower story, and white curtains were visible at the dormer windows of the upper floor. Back of it and on the eastern flank were other buildings, massive look? ing, single storied affairs, evidently stables, storehouses and corrals. There was a tall windmill there-an odd sight in so remote a region-and a big water tank. Perry wondered how it ever got there. Then at tho southwest angle was a build? ing that looked like an office of some kind. Ile could see horses tethered there, and what seemed to be hunian figures moving about. Beyond it all, to the cast and south, were herds of grazing cattle, and here and there in the dim dis? tance a horseman moved over the prai? rie. This reminded him of the stranger who had given him the slip; and he gazed westward in search of him. Far up the valley, between him and the distant post, he could plainly see n black object just descending the slopes from the southern prairie to thc stream. Not another was in sight that his prac? ticed eye did not know to be cattle. That, then, was his horseman, once more going fort-wards in the valley, after hav? ing made a three or four mile detour tc avoid him. "Now, what sort of a Chris thai is that fellow?" thought Perry, as he gazed at the distant speck. "Going to the fort, too. By thunder! I'll fine1 out who he is. anyhow. Now I'm going to the ranch." Down thc slopes he rode. Down the winding trail once more lie trotted, peer? ing through every gap among the cot? ton woo: ls, .slaking Nolan's thirst at a lit- j tl,' pool in tiie stream, and then, aftei uno: her long half milo, he came to a sudden turn to the right. The road dipped and twisted through the stream bed. rose to the other side, wound through the cottonwoods and then out on th? op'.u turf. Huzza! There it stretched up the slopes straight away for the south, straight through a broad gap between two heavy gate posts standing on the stake line ot' that rigid lenee. Nola:' broke into a brisk canter and gave a neigh of salutation: Perry'sweyes glistened will? anticipation as he bent over hi charger's neck, keenly searching the odd looking structure growing on his vision as they neared the fence. Then, little by little. Nolan's cager .stride shortened and grew choppy. Another moment, ami horse anti rider reined up short inj disappointment. Between the gate posts swung a barrier of cobweb lightness, slender and airy ns spider ever wove, hot bristling with barbs, stiff as "bullfinch" and unyielding ns steel. Ono glano showed Perry that this inhospitable gat' was firmly locked. Fora moment he sat in saddle, study? ing the situation, while Nolan poked hi head over the topmost strand of win and keeping at respectful distance from | tie* glittering barbs gazed wistfully over tire melesed prairie in search of comrade quadruped who cou h I tell hin? what manner of' place (lins was. Mean tili? Iiis rider was hitently evin.-; th . heavy padlock 11 J : ? t w as SCH! red on the innei sitie of the gate, it was square i.i shape, m e--ive and bulky-something ut. ly unlike anything he lia ! ev, r seen a no rg tin* (piartermaster's stores. Dismount? ing, and binding Nokin well bael: from Iii-,' a:;;: - ive fence with one hand. he gingerly ....-?.-< ? tho Other through the spike fringed aperture and turned the padlock so as to gvt a better view. It was of Eng?ish make,.as he "surmised, ind of strength sufitcient to resist anv? iling short of a tri:? hammer. Evident? ly no-ad m issi on VMS to be gained here, he reasoned,a:i<i vet it wastbrott rh b< re that that horsemen had come but aa hour fore, i?ere were the fresh hoof prints the trail, and it was evident that t rider had dismounted, opened the ga led his horse through, closed and fa cued it, then remounted and ridd away. Perry was plainsman enough read this from tire hoof prints. Studyr them carefully, a look of surprise cai into Ids face; he bent down and close examined tho two or three that wc most clearly defined upon the trail, th gave a long whistle as a means of c pressing his feelings and giving play his astonishment. '.Johnny Bull holds himself too hi. and mighty to have anything to do wi us blarsted Yankees, it seems, exce when he wants his horses shod. 'Abc shoes were set at the post blacksoil shop, or I'm a duffer,'' was the lieute ant's verbal comment. "Now, how w it done without the quartermaste] knowing it? That's the cavalry shoe!" Pondering over this unlooked for rev lation. Mr. Perry once more rnount< and turned his disappointed steed aga downstream. At last, full half ami farther on, he saw that a wire fence ri southward again across the prairie, ? though marking the' eastern bouudai of the homestead inciosure, and co: jecturing that there was probably a tra along that fence and an opening througl even if the southeastward line should I found fenced still farther, he sent Nola through the Monee to the open bank c tte northern side, cantered along tint the trail turned abruptly southwan ar.d, following it, found himself one more at the fence just where the heav corner post stood deeply imbedded i the soil. Sure enough, here ran anoth( fence straight up the gentle slope to ti south, a trail along its eastern side, an a broad cattle gap, dusty and trampe with the hoofs of a thousand steers, wi left in the fence that, prolonged dow stream, spanned the northern bound ar] Inside the homestead lot all was virgi turf. Following the southward trail, Pen rode briskly up the long incline. It wc east of this fence he had seen the catt! herds and their mounted watchers. II was far beyond the randi buildings, bi felt sure that once well up on the prairi he could have an uninterrupted view c them and doubtless meet some of th ranch people and satisfy himself whs there was in the stories of their churlis and repellent demeanor. The sun wa climbing higher all this time, and h< eager in pursuit of his reconnoissanc? gave little heed to fleeting minutes. I fair means could accomplish it, he an Nolan were bound to have acquaintanc with Dunraven Randi. Ten minutes' easy lope brought II?E weil up on the prairie. There-westwar now-was the mysterous clump of brow; buildings, just as far away as when h stood, bafi?ed and disappointed, by th gateway on the Monee. Here, leadin; away towards the distant buildings, wa a bridle path. Here in the fence was ; gap just such as he had entered on th stream, and that gap was barred ans guarded by thc counterpart of the firs gate and firmly secured by a padlocl that was the other's twin. Mr. Perry' comment at this point of his explora tiona was brief and characteristic, if no objectionable. Ile gave vent to the sam low whistle, half surprise, half vexation that had comforted his soul before, bu supplemented the whistle with th unnecessary remark: "Well, I'll bi damned!"' Even Nolan entered his protest agains such incredible exclusiveness. T!*ru$iin< his lean head far over the topmost wires as before, he signaled long and shrill a neigh that would have caught the eai of any horse within a mile-and then all alert, he waited for an answer. I came floating on the rising wind, a re sponsivc call, a signal as eager and con fident as his own, and Nolan and No Ian's rider whirled quickly around to sec the source from whence it rose. Foul hundred yards away, just appearing ovei a little knoll in the prairie, and moving towards them from the direction of a distant clump of grazing cattle, anothei horse and rider came trotting into hail? ing distance; and Perry, bis bright blue eyes dilating, and Nolan, his dainty,, sen? sitive ears pricked forward, turned promptly to meet and greet the new ar? rivals. For fifty yards or so the stranger rode confidently and at rapid trot. Perry smilingly watched the out turned toes, the bobbing, "bent over" seat, and an? gular ci bows that seemed so strange and out of place on the broad Texan plain. Ile could almost sec tho "crop" in the free hand, and was smiling to himself at the idea of a "crop" to open wire gates, when he became aware of the fact that tlie stranger's mien had chang? ed; confidence was giving place to hes? itancy, and he was evidently checking the rapid trot of his horse and throwing his weight back on the contle, while his feet, thrust through to the very heels in the gleaming steel stirrups, were braced in front of the powerful shoulders of the bay. The horse wanted to come, thc rider plainly wanted to stop. Another moment, ami Perry could see that the stranger wore eyeglasses and had just succeeded in bridging them on his nose and was glaring at him with his chin high in air. They were within two hun? dred yards of each other by this time, and to Perry's astonishment, the next thing thc stranger did was to touch sharply his horse with a barbed heel, whirl him spitefully about, and go bob? bin;; oiT across the prairie at lively can? ter, standing up in his stirrups, and be? striding his steed as though his object wert; not so much a ride a's^anieof leap? frog. It was evident that he lind caught sight cf Perry when Nolan neighed, had rid? den :it. once to meet lum, expecting t<> lind some one connected with ti ie ranch, and. had veered off in disgust the mo? ment he was able to recognize the uni? form-arid norsti equipments of the (J^Red Slates ca\ airy. CHAPTER IV. fi 4 K MU ^ ff fe yygggk. . L&~9&rH hi- - aSgg, ' '^^X WEET tempered a fel ^/^v^K'tow as Mr. Perrv c? n ! fr*?**Ny ?".'** tliero w.H v>Os o m e t h i n g ia tilt stranger's conduct that ~% galled him inexpres? sibly. Kr?.?m his hand some 'jiount. his garb and his geneud appearance. Perry set tlii's stranger dov as one of tire Englishmen residing at tl randi. It was not fear of arrest ai captor-} that sent him scowling awi across the prair e; it was deliberate i tent to avoid, and this was, to Perrv thinking, tantamount to insult. Ol moment he gazed after the retreatir form of the horseman, then clapped li forage cap firmly down upon his hea< shook free the rein and gave Nolan tl longed for word. Another instant, ar with set teeth and blazing,. angry ey lie was thundering at headlong spee swooping down upon the unconscioi stranger in pursuit. Before that su: burned, curly haired, buikily fram< young man had tho faintest idea of wh; w as- impending, Mr. Perry was remix in his snorting steed alongside and? CE tingly accosting him: "I beg your pardon, my good sir, bi may I ask what you mean by trottir away when it must have been evielej that I wanted to speak with you?" The stranger turned slightly and cool eyed the flushed and indignant cavalr man. They were trotting side by si< now, Nolan plunging excitedly, but tl English horse maintaining his cv? stride: and stronger contrast of type ar style one could scarcely hope to find. ] rough tweed shooting jacket and ca brown Bedford cords fitting snugly ; the knee but flapping like shapeless ba< from there aloft to tlx? waist, in hea\ leather gaiters and equally heavy leath< gloves, the stocky figure of the Englis: man had nothing of grace or eleganc but was sturdy, strong, and full of th; burly self reliance which is so chara' terestic of the race. Above his broa< stooping shoulders were a bull neck, re< dened by the sun, a crop of close cur mg, light brown hair, a tanned an honest face lighted up by fearless gra eyes and shaded by a thick o.nd carlin beard of lighter hue than the hair of h massivo head. He rode with the careless case and si preme confidence of the skilled hors? man, but with that angularity of foe and elbow, that roundness of back an bunching of shoulders, that incessar rise and fall with every beat of h horse's powerful haunch, that the ef?e< was that of neither security nor repose His saddle, too, was the long, flat seate?. Australian model, pig skin, with hug rounded leathern cushions circling i front and over the knees, adding to th cumbrousness of his equipment and i no wise to the comfort; but his bit an curb chain were of burnished stee gleaming as though fresh from the hand of some incomparable English groon: and the russet reins were soft and phi ble, telling of excellent stable manage ment and discipline. Perry couldn help admiring that bridle, even in hi temporary fit of indignation. As for him-tall, slender, elegautl, made, clothed in the accurately fittin undress "blouse" of the army and in ri? lng breeches that displayed to best ad vantage the superb molding of his pow erful thighs, sitting like centaur wei down in the saddle, his feet and lowe legs, cased in natty riding boots, swinp Lag close in behind the gleaming shoul ders of his steed, erect as on parade, ye swaying with every motion of his horse graceful, grillan:, and to the full as pow erful as his burly companion, thoadvan tage in appearance was all on Perry* side, and was heightened by Nolan" spirited action and martial trappings Perry was an exquisite in his soldie taste, and never, except on actual cam paign, rode his troop horse without hi broidered saddle cloth and gleaming bosses. All this, and more, the English man seemed quietly noting as, finally without the faintest trace of irritability wich even a suspicion of humor twink ling about the corners of his mouth, lu replied: "A fellow may do as he likes wher he's on his own bailiwick, I suppose." "All the same, wherever I've been from here to Assiniboia, men meet like Christians, unless they happen to be roae agents or cattle thieves. What's more, ] am an officer of a regiment just arriv?e here, and, from the Missouri down, there isn't a ranch along our trail where we were not welcome and whose occupants were not 'hail fellow well met* in om camps. You are the first people to shur us; and, as that fort yonder was built foi your protection in clays when it was bael ly needed, I want to know what there is about its garrison that is so obnoxious tc Dunraven Ranch-that's what you cali it, I believe?" "That's what-it is called." "Well, here! I've no intention of in? truding where we're not wanted. I sim? ply didn't suppose that em the broad prairies of the west there was such a place as a ranch where one of my cloth was unwelcome. 1 am Mr. Perry, of thc -th cavalry, and I'm bound to say I'd like to know what yon people have against us. Are you the proprietor?*' 'Tm not. I'm only au employe." "Who is the owner?" "He's not here now." "Who is here who can explain the situation?" "Oh, as to that, I fancy I can do it a? well as anybody, lt is simply because we have to do pretty much as you fed lows-obey orders. The owner's orders are not aimed at yon any more tuan any? body else, ile simply wants to be let .alone, ile bought tins tract and settled here because he wanted a place where he could have things his own way-see people whom he sent for and nobody else. Everyman in Ids employ is ex? pected to stick to thc ranch so long as lie is on the pay roll, and to carry out Iiis instructions, li" he can't, he may :;o." "And your instructions are to prevent neople getting into the ranch?" ".Oil, hardly that, you know. Wo don't interfere. There's neverany one toc?me, as a nile, anti, when they do. thu fence seems to bestijHoient." "Amply, I should sar: and yet vere 1 to tel lc you tltfit thad business with the proprietor and needed to ride up to the nnch, you would open the gate yonder. L s;i{?|>ose?" "No; I would tell you that the owner w;is away, and that in his absence 1 transacted all business for him." "Well, thank you for the informa?eon ^ivi-u me at ail events. Max 1 ask the name of your misanthropical boss? You might tell him I called." "Several oihVc?s called three years ag??, but he hogged to be excused." "At: I w hat is ll ? name?" "Mr. Militia nd-is what he ii* called." j "Ali right. Possibly the time may come when Mr. Maitland will lu' as anxious yo have tho cavalry arouriel him as h.- is now to keep it away. But if ! von ever feel like coming up to the fort, j just ride i?j mid ask fer me." "I fed Uke it a dozen times ts week, 1 von know: but a man mustn't quarrel with Ids bread and butter. I met one of vour feli'cws.oncc^m a hunt after strayed mules, and he asked me in, but ? couldn't Sorry, you know, and ail that, but thc owner won't have it." "Well, then there's nothing to do for , i; but say gooel day to you. I'm going I bael?. Possibly l'if see" some' of fol people up at Rossiter when they co mt:-' get a horse shod." "A horse shod* Why, man alive, v shoe all our horses heref* "Well, that fellow who rode out < your north gate and went up towards si fort about an hour or so ago had ii horse shod at a cavalry forge, or Fro duffer." A quick change came over the Ei glishinan's face; a flush of surprise an anger shot tfp to hi3 forehead* V wheeled* about and gazed eagerly, lowe ingly, back towards the far away buit< ing3. "How do you know there was Wliat fellow did you see?" fife sharpl asked. "Oh, I don't know who he was," ai swered Perry, coolly. "He avoided ir, justas pointedly as you did-gallope across the Monee and out on the prairi to- dodge me; but he came out of th: gate on the stream, locked it after hin and went on up to the fort, and his hors had cavalry shoes. Good day to yoi my Britannic friend Come and see u when you get tired of prison- life." Anc with a grin, Mr. Perry Sumed and rod rapidly away, leaving the other hors? niaif in a brown study. Once fairly across the Monee he an bled placidly along, thinking of the od situation of affairs at this great prairi reservation, and almost regretting tha he had paid the ranch the honor of call. Reaching, the point where th ? wagon tr" "ks crossed the-stream to th ? gateway the boundary fence, h reined in Nolan and looked through vista in the cottonwoods. There was th Englishman, dismounted, stooping ove the ground and rvidently examinin the hoof prints at the gate. Pen chuckled at the sight, then whist) In ?for Bruce, who had strayed off throug the timber, he resumed his jaunty wa to the post. In the events of the morning ther were several things to give him abur. dant cause for thought, if not for li vol curiosity, but lie had not yet reache the sum total of surprises in store fo him. He was still two miles out fror the fort, and riding slowly along th bottom, when lie became aware of trooper coming towards him on the trail The sunbeams wore glinting on the pol ished ornaments of his forage cap an on the bright yellow chevrons of hi snugly fitting blouse. Tall and slende and erect was the coming horseman, ; model of soldierly grace and carriage and as he drew nearer and his han< went up to the cap visor in salute ; gesture from his young superior brough an instant pressure on the rein, am horse and man became an animate< statue. It was a wonderfully suddei yet easy check of a steed in rapid mo tion, and Mr. Perry, a capital rider him self, could not withhold his admiration "Where did you learn that sudder halt, sergeant':" he asked. "I never sav anything so quick except tiie Mcxicai training; but that strains a horse anc throws him on his haunches." "It is not uncommon abroad, sir," was the quiet answer. "I saw it first in thc English cavalry; and it is easy to teacl the horse." "I must get you to show me the knact some day. Pvc noticed it two or three times, and would like to- learn it. What I stopped you for is tins: You've been 6table sergeant ever since we got here, have you not?" "Yes, sir." "Then if anybody besides members ci the troop had horses shod at our forge you would ba pretty apt to fcnw it?' "I know that no one has, sir." And a flush was rising to tho young sergeant's face and a pained look hovering about his bright blue eyes. Yet his manner was self restrained and full of respect ''Don't think I'm intimating anything to the contrary, Sergt. Gwynne. Nc soldier in the regiment more entirely holds the confidence of his captain-ol all the officers-than you. I was noi thinking of that. But somebody down there at that big ranch below us1 hus had his horse shod by a cavalry farrier-ir may have been done while the Eleventh were here-and, while I knew you would not allow it at our forge, I thought it possible that it might be donein your absence." "It's tho first time I've been out of sight of the stables since we came to the post, sir, and the captain gave me per? mission to ride down the valley this morning. May I ask tho lieutenant why he thinks some ranchman is getting his shoeing done here at the post"/" "I've been down there this morning, and met a man coming up. Ile avoided me. and rode over to the south-side, ami so excited my curiosity; and as they keep that whole plac*** inclosed in a wire fence, and lie had evidently come oat of the north gate, 1 was struck by the sight of the hoof prints; they were j>or fcot ly fresh there on the trail, and plain as day. There's no mistaking the shoe, you know. By the way, he rode up ta the fort, and probably entered at your side of the garrison; did you sec* him?" "No, sir, and, except for breakfast just after reveille-1 have been at.s?abies ail the morning. 1 was there when the lieutenant got lus horse." "Yes, 1 remember. Then no one rode in from the vat foy?" "No civilian-no ranchman, sir. The only horsemen I've seen were some Cheyenne scouts during the last two liours, and Ur. Quin-just before sick cali." "Pr. Quin!-the post surgeoni Are yoi sure, sergeant?" "Certainly, sir. The doctor renie- futo the post just atxnitan hour after live lieu? tenant left-coming up the valley too He went right around to Ivis own stable, over towards the hospital." A look of amaze anti stupefaction waa settling on Perry's face. Now for the lirst time he recalled Mrs. Lawrence's intimations with regard to the doctor and his connection-with the signal Lights. Now fos the first time it occurred to him that the secret of those cavalry hoof prints-at the gate wastliat no ranchman; but an officer of the garrison, had been I the means of leaving them there. Now j for the first lime it flasliedupon him that; the Englishman's astonishment and eoi> cern on liearing of those hoof tracks in> dicated that the- story of a mystery at Dunraven in ?rhicl> tlie doctor was con? nected amounted to something mon? than garrison rumor. Now fo? tho first time an explanation occurred) to him cf the singular conduct of the horseman, who hail dodged him by crossing the Monee. Never in his young life had he known? the hour when ho was ashamed: or afraid to look any man in the eye. It stung him to think tliat here at Rossiter, wearing the uniform, of an honorable profession, enjoying the trust and con fidence of all his fellows, was a man who had some secret enterprise of which lie dared not speak and of whose discov? ery he stood in dread. There could be little doubt that the elusive stranger was Dr. Quin, and that there was grave rea son for the rumors of which Mrs. Law- I renee had vaguely told him. For a moment he sat, dazed and irreso? lute. Nolan impatiently pawing tlie turf' the while: tiren, far across the* pf?ft-ie* and down the valley t?iset?rcstttx floating; quick and spirited, though faint with5 distance; the notes of the cavalry tr?iinv pet sotiTtriing. "Fight, ?P?*W into line." He looked?^, startled. ''They're out at battalion drill, sir,* said the sergeant. "They marched out just as I left tTie-s?ables?" "Just my infernal luck again!** gasped/ Perry, as he struck spur to Nolan and? sent him tearing up the dope-, "I-ntHghtf have known I'd miss it!" [TO 98 CONTINUED''J - ? ll .?>?. -IT-i - "Tho Lady ?f Lyons.'*"" Itis-remai'kab?fe'how so many of ou? leading performers have alf eagerly come' at last to attempt these favorite charac-^ ters. The fnserval between the days of the classical Macready afid the "roman* tic** Irving is filled by ar regular line of distinguished players. & must be ad? mitted tliat there is a certafn "high flown" strain in particular passages, ce& tainly "bombastic," and whifcFr ait? al? most impossible to deliver without pro-' voking a smile. Such is the well known- description- of the pakice with- windi- t?w sniidl" at? tempts to dazzle thc imagination of his* mistress. To the ordinary player this is, of course, inexpressibly dear, and? perhaps tire most precious morsel* of "fat" in the whole. Mr. Coghlan, who played the part with Sirs. Langtry, jjidi ciousiy leveled down the strain?? tone" mto a more prosaic shape, w4fcJy?*eeH?"*}*2* effect. A rather ludicrous tradition seems to have l>een jealously preserved" by all performers of the chzrsste*: Wlren Claude returns from the wars andr meets his mistress, it is obvious that the* Haere change of costtwne would not pre* vent msiarr? recognition, which- t% feow ever, happHy averted by t-ke dfefibe of sheltering his face- be?fnd his cocked? hat and spreading plumes. The gracious, winsome ye.Tf of Paulin*' has been essayed by ail'our most charn> ing actresses, after being created- by the' once irresistible 3*iss Heles- V:'j?eltr awd* all, down to Miss Terry, "V?issr AM(ier*s?il' and Mrs. Langtry, have increased tlieir reputations by the performance. Foi over fifty years it has held its ground* and is always performed. Nay, it has: been said that there is not a theatrical night in the year on which it is rttrt Ssi-Hgi played at some theatre of the kingdom. The young beginner, just stepping on tlie* boards, turns fondly ter elie e&es&v*' "gardener's son," and is certain he could" deliver the passage ending, "Dost Iika the picture?"-a burst often toughed4 atf. but never failing to telL-'-Every charac? ter is good and actable, and, though we may have seen it fifty times, as most" playgoers ba ve, there is always a reserve of novelty and attraction Fe?t wfacn ?* certain to interest In his preface to the play the author explains that he had* founded it upon his imperf erl recollec? tion of a pretty little sto*y called "The Bellows Mender." This is the ex?et* truth, for the main or "root" idea is thus suggested, viz., that of a girl- beio*-* deceived into a marriage with one ef? low dorree to gratify the revenge of a rejected suitor, and being afterward1 gained over to love her low born ad? mirer. 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