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4iOF,. H: a i3 rr ESTA B3L1SJ ;EI) 1835". N"EW:BE1-MY, S. C., FipDY AC 0 O.TIEA EK 15 DUNRAVENRAC A Story of American Frontier Life. By Capt. OIIARLI'S KING, U. , A,, Author of"The Colonel's )o uJhter," "IFromt the Ranks," "The Ies,rter," Etc. Copyrighted I'8 by J ti Lippineort Company Philadelphia, and published by spec'al arrange fnlet through t he Anerlaun I'reiA Association CHlAPTERi X. IE' hounds wer out, and ' all Fort I:ssitrr "socict V" was with tiernt. Ihe diy was faltle+ss--uitIer too war'Im1 101' too clotdv: a " brisk west erly breeze sent the Clouda shadows.sailing stead il y acros: tho broad prairie sea anutl k'ping the veils and Skirts of the A llmz:)n of the party a-flutter. Tlree there were of these, the rest of tihe sisterhood pre furring to follow the hunt by hnug v or buckboard, though fra kly explressing their envy of the fortunate riders. Mounted on her own spirited li'l bay-, admirably fitted na to-habit, and sitting sqgutarely and well, Mrs. helk:Il would have bceen the center of observr:tion of all the eavalry officers even had sh not been, as aei incontestabl v was, the beauty of the rarrisun. The Coloutl had ofFered Mrs. Lawrence one of' hIs own horses, and therefore was accorded (Ihe right of bting her ec'ort. 'Mrs. Sprague was similarly indebted for her "iount" to Capt. Stryker; und+ a very bright-aind beaming little body she was as shle rode over the springy turf at the side of the dark halred troop leader. "[ard lines on 'erry, isn't it?" -aid Mr. Graham, as he tretted u he:de M1rs. Belknap and took his place for the m:ro. meit with her bevy of cavaliers. '"irst timo ho ever missed at hunt, I reckon." "HIo needn't have missed thi., one," said Parke. "It was my week, and I told him to got r.ud Capt. Stryker said no, boo; but" Here Mr. Parke broke off suddenly antd looked in mild w'onderment in 1)a1in'I faco, for that young gentleman had man aged, 1nseen by Mi's. 1'lknap, to swing freo his right foot and give the spealcer' left a vehement kick. ''oo late, however. Mrs. Ielknap had heard it. "Are you cavalrymen all so little to b trusted?" she asked, with a brilliant smile upon her flushing face. Exercise and excitement had lent uinusual sparkle to her eyes and color to her cheeks-"sho is positively beautiful today," an Mr's. Law rence confessed to the colonel at the mo ment. "I had a noto from Mr. Perry this morning saying he was grievously dis appointed, but that some troop duty had been assigned to him which could not he transferred and lie must stay and finish It." '"What lhe saId Is tiue, Mr's. Ilelnap," promptly asseverated Mr'. Dania. "'Tha paper's have all to bno in r'eadliness for muster' on Monday, and the saddle kit2 put in shap1) for insp)ection." "Only in Capt.*Striyker's troop?" softly inquired the lady, with eyelids rising in crid ulously. "No, of :ouirse not. One oficer Is back at the post from each troop. It happened to fall on Perry in his." "'I fancy I should prefer serving in some1 older' captain's tr'oop If I wvere Mr. Perry. It seems that while your other cap)tains stay home and look iafter thieir' companies, Ciapt. Stryker has a sub alterni attendl to his whilo ho comes a huuntin." ''On the othier hand, we fellows hiavo a dozen t lings to (10 in our' troops that Capt. Strykei' does himoself in his. It's a broatd its it's long, Mrs. lelkna p," saId .)ana. HIe did not fancy heri criticising the methods of his cavali'y associates. anld waN p)ossibly a little piqued at the decided ainnoyance she showed at Perry's failure to attend. Meantime, Strykor, all unconscious of heri censure, was chat ting lauighing'y w'ith Mr's. Splrauue andi exchanging shots with the colonel' and Mrs. Lawrence. The four we're getting on admirably together, and s(ewe(d too1 much absorbed in their own fun to note tho fact that Mrs. Ilelkniap and her hknct of foui' or fiv e satellites had bee'n grad ually edging away toward the righit, and that; the rest of the hunt-was becoming < widely scattered. "It is time we stirred upl a jack rabbit at least," saId the colonel. "S~uppose we< veer over toward the north west ia little.1 Whatever we do, we w'anit no chase down there toward Dutnraven: those wire fences would sp)oil It all." "I wonder If t hoso people never hunt?' i said Mr. Fatrnhami, whio had joined (lie< quartoti lie alw~ays kept close to Is colonel, as befitted an aspIrant for the adjutancy. "E~ngl ishmen are generally game for all sorts of sport." "I can see horsemen out there on the prairie to the east of the raunch," saId Siryker, whose eyes were keenu, "and I oondld have'sworn a mioimeint ago that I saw a hior'sowomaan." "Nonsense, Ca'pt. Stryvker'l" exelaimeul < Mrs. Lawruonce, yet, with a- quick glance ftt Mrs. Spr'agnio. "What could yout have taken for a 'lady on horsebackr Do you supposeothoro could be ladie~s at EllivATM and weA nALImnw it?" "h ardly possible," answered the tcap tain, "and therefore I dOuhtd the evi dence of my sensene. Yet something very like a lady Iollo twd by a g;1oom rode down the slope ito (he valley Iihaot ten nintite:; giou. Seit is Out of l,i";!it in the timber now. If 'err 'e.' ot nly with ts I'd snhim oll t here to - "Yev, we mi.'s l'err\ ' (or hunt." t+aid ithe colonel to hi; lady frienis. "11(! is onue ofC our. bes"t ri(d,r:; und! c1n:t enthusoi:istic sportsIownt. I Ie w\ill be out1. will he not, Si r' ker7' "Y(c., sir". 'There I:; really no neCes nity for his stlying: in, and I so told himn; but ie felt that he (tl::ht to, it least until certain wvorkc was Iin'i .b1d. Thenl It aid he coul ride t.t warl and join us;. Ilur'rahl there they -O!" Far out to the f r str i:ht to the e:-t, "a;l gray :trl. u i: a whiit tip tc) W itt"ent lhoot til:' 'It't'ti : . e 1 a th one, 1 ih1 el fron I i I i i vi! t li o ida wn by 1tiant I owver. fAt hi i k rabbit, all Iys :l( tari , h lit lt i r i\ ring and(h tr l,intg to the scmln l :o f the appl,roseh ini; hunt, until ant (Interpri.,ing; itrricr, fot'emto;l s%irlli,iher Of Ithe -1ine, fairly ttuml;tdc1 :ver him as he ronecuched behimd a little bunch of wectds: then with one nriighty a: and tht acont'p aitn,hneit of a wild .ytelp from hi(:r isNoverer ie spra ng forth into ta race for hi lprec iotsa lifo. "Ilo iv llon'l" yei a th:e: er;gaclne as he sights the qluarry. "ilurrah!" shout the nearest Ihintsnit', and, with on uimultl tuneous ilpiulI t, ikitmishiing eti rs, stealthy, sp,rining hounds, ea-g- er steeds, tand1 jubilant ridrts-men antd witien aw.ay gioes th:e entire fit-id aweepingc In purt:it. At ti: t all vi one t al (i ru'th until it Is ce rtain th tt the rabbit is a veten. wnh 1utl atnd' well the mlaxima that "a 0erv. r"hasse is a long ch0e" all the woild ov('r. tl<::- . bhin t'ile ' r of tlhe hiolrnat, hll eye: tixcdi on1 that b) o n ing tuft of gray :amtc whIle It ft"w :t(.orC yar !: ahad, lci o;'n over h in Is( l' Nieka and keep,in-. jut o ih pre.ln ire on the ait Itt' p''t-1 overridho t hle lO titsu 1mn, rid Patrke :U14. br : :;Gr i:h . tno( ""lig;h t vreigh It4," to havecour .(! ::::of lt h rail of prairi,. Just Ie hind th m., li'- to their right, rides llrs. Belknap, h."r ei thluttering straig;ht out bohiind, her glo,ri-:us eyes fla,hin ;, her .iar sht I g iShd-(( with tri ilnnh and th e cth,lar.ithm(;I of the dash ing pace, htr little hkai.I \\"w 1m about in the reini s she hol;lb; no li ly. , it y ntld.idly she sits her flket rarcel-, and P'ina a s to rge and spur pbtis cl it tir lrow; hiors tb kelet in close ttIendanIce. 1 hae four a re Well in adVantc"e of all I le others, lBach of themil, gall:mitly trina1 on) her" sturdy sorrel, cot M rs. tn with rtrker r iig, warily alolnti dtt'ae 1ii wvtching her "going" b)efor le ewill sat isfy tilsl f that it is ttfc to trust her to her own guiding. Level a(s the prairia fit here, lhe knows thait i ea il, or i;o ahead there are "brek"lin;; dow)\n Into the va:lltcy of one of lthe innmer teabl?f titdiiaries of thle Washita. Then the story may he iiteretigt. i'e looks up in :urprise at the thunder of hoofs close atlOngside, and e rst. Law rence, with excitemt nt in her eyes, o:,r takes, then ipaises themi on the way tt the front. "Set!" he points to hlis part ner, "see ho atrk hadow across tei prairie out there. W e c:uinot rid e at hi liacr whren we bars that holow; tht breaks set in till f;t leni. !1 glance Over hi shouller and si;rnaIs to th near est. ollicer to follow Mrs. L awrevnce and look out for her, and the gallant frot:'s i'st best, but all are at top speed; he colonel and the heavy weights--iIftry and cavalry-"ar'e heginniniig to lose ground, and still that gra v "pull, ball" far to the front se es inch by inch to h slipping away trom his pursm-rs. Will the keept hocis dermned'ourse,' up! ilo thd iown, striders awavino th east,uir wo he s heat, froc, vne, oblet and twist?, If heisev etis a wost rbitIon;tu ut he totheear yte' klpig,mi ptaning ds rtrtdo;by thiti, he telt'rriead baenTh field,dive, ist tun out. neaorly havte ge uphand ire d pispi e Iito wa thit '(or' Lteming, it theIit ( bug isan buck- t boars.Ir at the Hi fron i' at all is' ktnse for nwor never itill the csioe. ,to The horsesie braltig hdeaiivi lbt wh it no thout. of iy vIh slackenin shd longc him now tias they sihs ota irroo!"gous G iv;rham towP, h~or r othe to the righfrnIt arine burst, bifeto thf s-otheast,an ''e ofits thar 0ow ie 't, ititofos ! strte obslignetat 'hl ~lilcro i the bbt's renidn' vitsn to sooeesoe he reach'v Iit thath gay'l bit dats down s'teof windn sheter, aid to hop 1( efu i i l tha Otsse ist vtoubtl' thow his~~jt pursu ofif ah sigt;l ngrtidrs, wvi the e Ipui rsw uitd th egt rt nd, hiitt"iobiedi eyet tto inl, theh An t oh oe hounds wh hrso wte ti ):i:, ani li t a i l,l lit' whirls, tscam:u p ('rs up) Il the ltt p i lt Slop(', and1t shoots out on the p:liri' it' a :itl just in timei to ineet the hltulll :nl i tr"ooprs who h Ivel tit"ilt:ttedtl Iti mlov'' it N Ow hle i'. wih and 11t de"nloraIized. Ont : n:,tr' h1t (litt Il (lt' r:itie nt d st i.3 it l n-, inol the t"i'ter lI Ct' s of i a : :< w ,. ia im ti i'IlPa dtiig h 1rn ar t e th a it t Ile fornost .It1n a t) .I;I t' ai I t hliS'e't"e o unt1'! .\ tl. : :1 t,) Ith right and1 ( up' lea h e ii throws thesetl' ead's far ''it it tie sIlt'' < lIest la' t'i'e Is ': tou f tt, I t\- s. ee'tt) :)u d io n lui; (enrv'. but, lil: i nii t- Imas thrown ih' eil oft . tht ' h it tl. setnselt'ess, hetlIless wret ch ha1t1 for;";tt tn (ho t railers inl t ho rear.; th y stp tPi I "rt ) tlt'e ni:_le hr has mah', alni :t-' t'c loItS' :va the1' oriiginal Iur o;itt' u, .1i1s, itli t' h I i lrt, r. \\'iIt lifr , Iin ,i!.y o ist s IrndIit L i l t:lrin, , irst p 1) l b::l:i , then -' hI i (thit ie. 'ari to tit, r i''a ii li.he 'is l itde's ' e e tl' si ,lISOf his b,rt':akiinr d!iwn, :i:rtii h nle s'urrying to on!ll fr-( oft ho:wst cti homu . "lCome OI!" (tIhy inu. " 'm n now, ald w can!O he in it . t t l t th!" rlts. .attw rn( (' On onr i l,i.lei of' theravine is as far to Ih( r(nit ats \ irs. lIelkIin: p t,n the OthirI Oe o h i ust ,ltts e th ie brulsh; he c.Innrt dlie. ('n botth Sides ait onlce. ie ttl Iulilt " Iris had 'or' than one rasplin:5, disal'lt>intunr:t inl the last t wo days; it would ht int,l.rabl now that, lf(1r a!ll, \:r. I,awrenco, and not she, ihl,ul,l pr1ove"the JI'\ittor. Iiunnym}' onle Irantlic rus<h up tho alope' to the ri;.ht, andl, wtith half1 a dozen hotunds at Ik veryr hc'tls, s)inla inl front of her eyca, catches sigtht of t wo freshi alntagoni!tts fronting htiml, wh lirls sud den ly,ah< t (t te ri.;;ht, amInt abntost dlive.- tlinn "r 1'Ir "h rst''s hcat"in!; ba;rreI as he on*. mnOr' Iilln;ges IintO the r'avinle, d1ownr tIh rut: , ;Il.' kup the gentle l!-'"rnt tt> ite tttht'r tith'. T1uhtrc 11:a f a1 hb"} himt: li. i,!tters, wavlters; a a rp'I n".0 is thIrut innh-t,irnt'ath him as h(, ruins, t <li1;iik t tt111: I11mi h i it"kin;!. struIg glinl; into the' air-, andl in anlother1 instanlt, with p)itt'tus: but in1ell"'ettual squetaki and lelt;ing,l he 1 i lt the "lct " or at (1umb1 ling, funn:i nil ,; l':mllr gnashlinl; group of hound , an,i hli; little life is ((,rn Oult. al tuost beore Girahamn enn leapal from hi:i saddle1, bt;at themIl bac'k with (lhe visor of his e%Ip, tiv . hen,tsizing" the still quivering body by tlhehc' that wouhd ltve t;aved ecould tha:t et'll' head only hav"e (irt'et ('d, hohis piotr luumyv alloft inl front of Mrs. I,awtrtent t's snt)rting steed and p)ro claims h:rt"Queen of the Chse.". Andi tlhi,', too, lits Mrs. l4kt' nap) to seio and striv:i to tinmilt; while down iln her healrt le ktinois tiit t could not So have happeied lhd t lerry come. C:HAPTER XL. '- II Ig eanst'ard just ' 1y"' 0 '.' f ort' i't' on, ii lt 1soe hat . :-s 1,11t' fit rti in con ot 'rti scinenc uut' (ie,' of his lPerK.-.:isetlI{ drnial of the morn in;t, Nod Iirry scalnnt'd thoii (' lit prairie in st(areb5 of' ti huesunu. ~I: t'tw inaly Eun chlen toI ime :il he xcted nito in f'ithr pas t'arty 'i I tgit.a to the lit'l wsrem wi t i" he 'ii hlo'i t . hoi e ga un h: imper houras bef51>r'e; bu wn heit'at sihted th qua~teratstill d'rivin id howad in hi buggy)t'It VI he iarned' fromy th'it bulyi oet erass ntha: rabit atir rait h-u i hpeen run,lind tuh aiii ie hitks p at tad tiale decided'u to givoe idohs and rss ltiaicoo. dik downtt'i in l!''Iiii Alone vall btiu~iere Rtartin ag lihw a crosi s t thiaIe it aie io.'1 Theyiii it be gli etItig down' into:ithi vaille(wo or' vtighres ies nast. ofe t morne gamley ahmte alonni . iugtiiaf woro you, ai t he lint mter,~i "I'd rid over o thet l'nch si5Itad. You lintsi't gt Perry ht hink' him fo te ivnoration, but,ii s ai f-i t'r ' ia'cceptintgI his'tt a de aftihiouitliceundhshresha speedil ridini tho'ie itih n uataity that,nh. himsefiroub hardliy exhiin. ta li'iisrad on ' t to preiou.'hs eveningC Perry themi tghads. giey uth )tt iionunmiding ofe alse forl renh thut, nd he wasde fiout,gi evietil.i of l ga'herii n from Perry'1 observt ion-'I s aigomleteg a ideaO wlish litlad, hellcoubl notuo hem spaky one tol hlim his aittentions to her and her marked preference for his society were matters that people were begiinming to talk of--soto with sly enjoyment, others with genuine regret-Ito woul have been ~ratefull for the information, instead of rtsent 'unl, as, with most men, wvould be the case ninety-nine timles out (f a huIttndretl. Iltit he knew nothing of ;his, and ad too little experiece toa us peet the ctiionnents inl circtlatiotn. Shc was mnost intereslin -up) to the day bo fore yestenlay; he loved to rido or datnec w"ith iher; lip enjtoyed a chat with het more tihan he could tell. A mlost svm" pathetic anI attentive listener was Mrs. liklk nap, and her voice was low and sweet and l l of subtIy caressing tones. Site had mtade him talk to her by the hour of his home, his hiopt's and ambi tions, his Iirof'ession and his prospects, antd hald hel.I him in at silken bondagc that, he hal Ito desire to escape. Adttl yet. as he todte out otn tho breezy Itlain this brillianlt day, he found all thought, of her distasteful, aid his eyes, far from searching for (te flutter of her trim habit in the distant. riding party, wouhd go a-roa n1ing over theointervening shi aes and shallows down in the iMonec valley and seel: the hare, brown walls of i)mraven far aeross thestreamt. It was odd indeed that he slouli havo sought this, the lotite.;t way round, on his ride in quest of his companions from tho fort. Once again lhe looked at tho isolated ch1t1n1p of tuildintgs fr"omll his post of ob) servation on the iufII; onco again he saw across the stremn and through the trees the har)l barrier that had caused both hii aid his m1en Such laceration of flesh and temltper; once again ho siliaw It( shallow valley winding away to tho southeast, decked with its scrubby fringe work of ('ottonwood and willow; but this time, three miles away, its ac ctustomned solitude was broken by groups of riders and darting black specks of logs, all moving northward onco more and already breasting the slopes. IIe should have turnedl away eastward and ridden across country to join theml, but down here in te valley, only ia short distance away, ahsorbetd In watching the himting party, sat Mr. Ewen on i pawing and excited bay. Whatever calness his rider miglht feel at this dis coi..ry, it was not shared by Nolan; ho pricked up his ears and haile<l his fel low quadruped with cordial an -I unaf fected pleasure, a nei;gh that the nlglisli bred horse was so utterly in insular asto vhirl abottt and atswer with corre spond1(ing warmlth. ;wen caught, at his heavy Derby and jerked it off his bullet head with an air of mingled embarrass mlent and civility, replacing it with similarly spasmodic haste. Perry coolly, but with a certain easy grace, raised his forage cap iii response to the saltutation, and then, seeintg the mtanager still look ing at hitm as though ie wanted to say something and did not know how to be gin, gavo Nolan his head and rodo down to short hailing distance. "W'e meet on neutral ground out hero, Mr. I.'etw. I stpposo your exclusivo employer over yonder can hardly pro hibit your answering civil inquiries after his health?" And, though hto meatt to be distant, Perry found I:imsolf omiling ait tho oddity of the situation. ")o you know, I was just thinking about you," answered Ewenl, "and won dering whether you wero with that party dlown yotiter? 'I'ho old gentleman is better, tha 'tks. IIe had two pretty bad nights, but is coming around1 slowly." "And Miss Maitland-how is site?" "Rather seedy. Sho has had a good deal of caro and vexation of late, I fancy, atnd this is nto p)laco fotr a youmng girl, anty how." "WelI, yotu havo some appreciation of the truo chtaractert of D untraven as a resi dece, after' all!I" answeL'Sy Perrty. "'Nowv, if yout canI givo e 0nyi) goodi reason whty sIte should liv'o in this uttterly out-of-thte wa'y place0, y'ou will lift a weight from my13 ind."' '"Oh, thtey don't liIvo here, yot know," spokoc Ewen, hurr'tiedly. "Sho comes hero ontly wh'len her' father does. It Is her own doing. Shto goes wvith him everywhero, andl will not leave him. She's atll ho has, don't yout ktnow?" "I dlon't ktnow atnytiing about It. Y~ou D)utraveni peop)lo seem averso to tany expr'essiont of itnter'est or courtesy fromt y'our fellowmieni, but I'mn fr'ee to say I shotuld liko to know what ont earth thero is in Amiericant cav'alrytnen to natike t*hem suich- objects of atver'sion to youir tmaster; aitd I would bo glad to kntow htow~ it is such a girl as that is dr'agged linto suich a holo ras yonder." Ewent sat int silenco a moment, stutdy ing thte yottig fellow'"s faco. "You dleserveo a better welcome thtero," he pr'esently antswer'ed, "antd I ono't kniow that I can (10 better titan to tell you thie trtuth-whtat I know of it. And let tmo tell yop thttt if to old man11 knewi of my speaking of It to atny ono, I'd loso tihe mtost lucratlivo butt least attractive placo I ever had. Do y'ou see?" "T1hecn perhaps yout had better not tell mo1. 1 do not care to pry into secrets." "Oh, this is tto secret., 10 was thtat thtat rovo hint here; ever'ybody knew It in Engiatnd. Yout wero mighty shabbily treated att theo ranch, andi you requited it by prev'enting what would htave been a bloody trow, anid by letnding tts a helpinig hand. Even tho old man recognlze3 that; rind I think heo'd bo glad to say so to you,. anid see you, If you were ntot just what yo0u are -a cavatlry oficer." "Why, whalt otn eartih cant wo hae (lone? If any of outr cloth htavo wtrounged Mr. Maillamil it any way, it Is our r'ight to know It and take it up~." "It wiasni't yottr clotht, ol fellow." saidl Eweun, thatwintg v'isibly, "bt it Itwas (liecatvatlry all the sanme that broke htis hea:rt antd his pride, and1( madtre his life thte w',reck it is, atnd drove him fr'om htis homett, shuintt g thie ight tof his fel low mten, atll theseO '(I yas'- exilintg her, too, In theo pimte of hter yottng life. Mr. Perry, thtero atre only thrteo or fotur of us at Duntrav'en whlo know (to story, but we htavo only evmnthit nandl nity.,m bia. -for him, though he is (tho hardest inaster I e%ver served." "1OW did it haptpen?" asked 'erry. "All ltrough his soI. 'Ilhere had been more of them, but Ihere was olly tihe one--Arclie-when th I ancers were orderetl to South Africa. lIe was i youugster, only 17, they tell tue, ai he had just been gazetted ti his cornetry. The old mnan was all wrapped tip in hint, for of the t hre boys t ho eldest. hadtI died only the monith before the tregiiinint was ordlered on foreign service and tho sec ond had been killed in India. lioth these two who wero gono had mlado themselves famous amiong their com rades by their fearlessness and high chatracter, atId the old manl, of couri'se, could not ask A rehio to qunit (Ito serv ice just when orders for dangerous duty Catne. The boy went to the ('ape with his corps, andl got into Iho thick of tho Zulu wuar just at the time of the I:ssa cro of the 'lventy-fourthI at l;atldlwhIana and tho fight at lIorke's I)rift. I was at home then, and all -igland was quivering with grief over such ncetlless sacrifico as was made of ll th regiiment, and all ready to fall down and worship such fellows as Chard and a lroihead, who mado the superb fight almt';st at the samne timne. "They say old Mlaitland watted to go himself, as volmteer or something, with Lord Chelnsford, but it cotlhi't. he done. lis father had fought at Alma and lnkermtan. arnd his granldfatlher had led the Guards at Waterloo. The whole tribe were soldiers, you know; alnd now A rchio was with t he Lancers in Zululand, and the Lancers were going to wilpo out the disasters of the first lights of IIho campaign, and Archie was to IIplohl the grand old fighting namo and como hoitmo covered with glory. lIo was tho heir now, and Miss Gladys was but a little girl. I have heard it all from Mrs. Cowan; sho was their houselkceper in those days, and a sort of Coinpanlion, too, to Mrs. Maitland, who was very delicate. The old man00t was very licry and p)roud and full of' fie deniuntciationi of' everv-' thing that had gono wrong in tho con paigi and ho oLended somto pe1 )eopl0 by tho w Iay o on (Iemned some oflicer who was a friend of theirs, and there were others who thought ho talked too unelh; but he fairly boiled over when the news came of how tho prince imperial hail been abandoned by his escort, and that a British ollicer and a dozen tmite had run two miles at top speed from it beggarly little squad of niiggers beforo they dared look round to see what had become of their prince, whom they had left to fight the gang alone. That was old Maitland's text fort a month, If any son of his had ever been of that party he would disown, disgrace, deny him, forbid him his sight, cut him off forover. And right in the midst of it all-a judgment, some peoplo said-thero camo the awful news that Cornet Maitland of tho Lancers was to be court martialed for misbehavior in face of the enemnv, "Of courso tho old man only raged at first; said it couldn't bo true; 'twa1ts' all somo foul invent ion or ridiculous bluin der; but Ito ran il) to London and saw somebody at tho Iloi'so Guards-t.hat's our war oflice, you know--and camte1 back looking a century older and simply crushed to earth. Mrs. Cowan says tbt'y showed him tho oflicial report of a gen eral ollicer who was called upon to ex plain wly, he had tiot sent certain troops to the relief of an advanced and thrieat cied post, and lie replied that Ie had sent tle order by Cornet Maitland, of the Lancers; had giveI him ian escort of it dozen men and strict injunctions to push through by night, att aill hiazar'ds, thIougha the way was beset with Zulus, and that Ito neither wen'ut through tor' retiiined, but was1 fouitul htidinig at a kraal two (lays after, only twVenty miles away. Tiho escor't r'eturneid, and1( after muchel cross exatnuiniation had told1 thto stoi'y, sep)araute ly itid collectively, that tho yountg o;hhcer had become uitter'ly uncerved towards midnight bxy the r'eports frioim scouting parities aiid othiex's; had dleclaredi to themt that, it wats simplj)y mtadness to atteimpt to plush thriought; they would be mnassa cr'ed lto ia maniti anid, though they an nouneced tht, t hey wecre stanch and readly, heo re(futsed, andtu ord(iered them to bivouac wherie they werec fox' tho night, antd in theo miornting Ito had disappeared. i'Tey declared they suppolXsed Ite had gone back to camip, andh after waiting a dlay they "Wheon fouitd att the kraatIl Ito was dte hirious with fteer, or pr'etended to be, satid the general, andt hie was brought, in under atrrest anxd t ho trial was to pro coed. I don't kno1w htow it turnedeu (out. Ie waLs not, court miar'tialedl, but permilit ted to returnt to l'nuglanid. It was said hto told a v'ery different, story; that, lie had begged the brigado miajor whio dletaiiled the escor't to) let hinm have half a dtozeni of his ow'n Lanlcers inistead of the patck of ir'regular's they gave himi; Iho did nt trust, thtemt, amnd feared they would abani don him as they had tho prince; but the~ staff ofilcer said the order couldn't be chianged-thteso meni knew tho coutrty and all thazt sor't of thtintg, you know; and there was one fellow in the Lancers wh'Io stuck to it that lie believed Maitlantd hail triced his best to get thrioughi aloneo. liut 'twaus all useless; somtebiody hiad to be Aeld responsible, andl tho failuro wtas Ll heapeld on him. "'Meantime, therte hiad been f'ury at homie; old Maitlanid had written caistinig him off, reputdiating--cur-sing htim for all I kntow-and the nxext thing thtere came a niesseniger fr'onm the captain of his Bhtip at Southamnptoni. TIhey brought his watch, his rinig, his sword and( port mianteaus, and a letter which was5 writ' Ktin on receipt of that lis father sent him-a long letter, that the old mitt never readl to any livlig RoulI, but broods ever to this dany. The young fellow bado themit all good-by; Iho wotuld nxot live to disgrace tem futhettr, If t hat wits what waIs thuughlt of' him at htoime, anid heatped overboardt fromx- the steamner tho nIght after site weighetd tanchlor--nto or.e a board could tell just whuen, bitt Ite was wvriting in la isine 'nentt as I cl eat-edn t.m s It a r'. like Hyiipathyv, obll .\bithlil t2qk hloi 1( te it w tl I.c I I iia I t;A 11' I I )ie: Ia ettisa li' e lire o A llle 'l, "Ii' i!hi. a ini; a tit w t'ti,i ) Iteill-.; t a eil , I ou lti s i , tl il w< 1: at;, ryt I iwas thu gt n%:,ifndit he wit ( iit. l c"i l li t't 1rn'lt 'I :( I( i ii le l r iirIt,l) iilgu Fairitts 111 t IIii li:1l.t' ''1 hte hl ir:e l al i 1 Ii(rl I( llanl anl l hIl'' lil i nt t h u : li t i hfoule h it'1I tilJh,, nt:i 1 ti eIr.IC'e iiieaitl( l "1'e. II wAsItl")'i it:1 t(!'" llro ( Ih h tdy i tl Lueon :i'ti w :o(' :,h n oild t tls l \Ir: t ie ctllte t l l c>h, wiastt' e illeetii 1 tll it I;X l's i Ma iln even he h IIIn h;t to" h v h -- II ouilt ;ll lt n,e ; tuil li oit whv it iho nl e all (bu in ;.. to ,' i u l : I iI Iti' tlf out of i l oe y t t I:I I > y il 14 what a teigI:t l l ' he" i:. ' , o nllietl 112,1 t\%:4 1 l":) 8 otIt*) 111 hi :) \1i's 1 0 11t 1et'll,(i il t I th t ;tl' .. I;2 , M ri .wtla n 'VI had re hrlw rlit I I Ii:eltt olie diee s :iht aot tihe:1 itd h iile hientii oll d o ' l)ic :r l n yi I I I h;a lit Ewlt thei absrl'I iteit itl il usi y n al e tlly hI i:; ilt~t IoI , 1 inie u iusIlat iw Itl h wh( !il f;le. an "ro a h with h , 111 I 111 hIa rl t' i:,th asel hen ) : lihlane( a::il :t I,t, \t h 1:Irn is t e dt?lit h liN Io et l it('ft nlt u ,II I nI t Waex t c 14101, Ivo Ii kI I i lit I i t r 1n1t llted inut-ly my liI was th i u!"il,". iHve llil holuti'iit t tI Iulitii it , i t: 1 Dhil the niv1 the s eantin Iitt 1:ltr tI fni lit e ie tii (1e till:t~ i li s lu l ht a bms een a1lloy ,l t~ r t'Ir:;m '(1 ill was tiio If asr tiie;1 i htt. ho th 1111111 I edt ht insl 1'- t t w.i sbi y the g mtiier:h 1l er . th l ii 41itrt! natu' r lip t 11 i nint 1 ii I i: i,,: i t nI ite it llI cre hoiVQ' i;lliiily,.l 0n talek,t obut .11 itlnb l. i :d'd.m 11 r1 t 01 left ht 1 up t hI ,I Il p w -1 1 y e t t u i a d be ne kI1 u hr1, ri. bi re. You't l Call e l e lec 'I'1tti :".:11 ;, i Ilut, linn e rlt e 1t:( cit.ipl- t1 h,' I (:4:, u 81it, N'1- lknt lt'211 uiigl11: ad s1 0lt2 up tli nil l>1:1e I Ilt.,tii Ii hit IIIs l,l e l i ik I.11 l11e 1li ,t11, 1 lilt.! t inkl --a s t at 1 w,i ttii I I'- e nI , hal (11 qu i reiet i with thit i -i! . , after th wtr was vi3 er I lt Il: 1 :ae 1b:; 11nado1 a ilenlsationl iln (' s;e t'.1,6 Is . '!',; stai( tha:t tht ttil '(I: ,.'' ", t. .; :I I:l ligne Ina ; t tll uIt' to loi"l,iI it ii wi; pIushedl in, but , fr mte . ::11 pai they lleet r t i ii tt i till 1 1t4 f t: e .ti i' h of ZIulutst c'ero t ah< . 1 , I II tel it it n; madne.i it(o try. Tih('ow b1cl 'Iiwh pInCl' g tllntinl) theml,,1el .., and, big;-. the sorgeant to atte ml (it to fb.: i Lancer oficer; :1n I h,, 11i.I, :in.I t.y' began to taik, bgae rtil:11-I t t , hi. "At last ,tlwy haltedy at at I t! ! ri: and flatly reft l;e ti lie g : i t i we uriL llc onhtede , be,;ri1ed and-1 i'l il.lr,. 1i li )ronlis.to l heat vy",' I tir it , 21:1n. i i,, their ntumber ho wculd noml io. .i hw hinl the way. T'!ien ih ,- I i' i,Iltrit. I ! eriesor signal:;of .onl'tV1 :,l o t w r .. tg : r: lhele ids, : n g, tm herg(:1n t ::I ' . < the ihen ut 14ur: to (hair h,r: : li 1the1 s oll1w d. :1 1 i.ty r(,- li bw iet mllilesu til they t' wereti;ti:i n rl 1 111l line:s; then they\ I,i\~tl::ekl.l l lupp1' i:t; Of Colurs'(', tihe aner h:11 fh11114m1 e,1 ( i-. Bult hle I:l: hlt: he neter j'linll" th,-ul a next day', arnd Iiloely at: n,It Ilw h:a! (Io his b ehS to gsnot llttugh ta t; r:, CoT lry by night 1i,n,1cad lh:y tIri"d I Carry his dhispaItebes to 1 hle de.1 t n("m I', (. t i.::.; in y ; clou1(cd hea,4. ' . 1 " t a I " " :: 1t i he young soldier, u" r I n a h 1 a; I I su1' 1r)riso thte S,it1 y <;I pn it inltt onneern, for Perry Int't111 ti lI' !'tly a way, a14 though lookt I i ; It r Ili: 1 : I ; e l t he t i hunt. " Ih l; ih,L t 'i".'ro coIinng w110.,'' Said h li':, !:::r;1r , j I1'.1-irl;.; IItilt va(1eyg| if. iet1 th" : i i:t.; willowvs. "Yes. Won't yOu .t,p a lit-i: "Nott ni11w." wtas th' liurried reply. "Th;tnk y"I for h:t story; it has givei le a lt,; It't to think about. I'll see yel a1ai. T'ht last words were almo,A sh.4 l '! h.. 1 "! ', r,urged by tudden (itr t1i 1' .j Nolan inlignantly lash hi. 1 il I, li ent rn:,bht in writhlful gallop ht tOw.:n,; the t a:;i('rn hlulls. It wVas no willltil p I r;; hli-; rider had in licted on life I)It t:tll I.1mr:itle; it was;o only the Invol ti1 t:1-y It "t r s i,;ion of tho Ithock to hfii on 4 1 4 4In;, n:-art -a eruIel, jealous Sttab, Ih-it ; it h ihi ose (hluightless word1 h : 1 I 4 t"I11n' down to the gate at;ri nd Inet |Ir. 4,n1ill. antl wtent Onl upI th"e 1 :4 l 11 .4" 4 h- w \ 401 11h a iot even look btlcl ' u l si;"o 1r ri<Iin: hv that mnan'tt sido. I 111 T i iI I: (-i)NTINUl-'.. "TWO NEGROES TO KILL GOBEL." T11Y.li NOr IItI UTI.Y IMIPLICATED. 1's11 mat lil flnnll' by thel) Cont,nptly" tll44.1 nln"1 r. 5(1 11, iit 114 'relin insory I'.4l 4 1+1'h11 of SIe 'relnly of SMlito 1'ut tt u4 , l ' 114 1r t'cl wuit h ('nn,;plI nrvy It1 Kill (lobel, Ciutes - IoI , -a+tlilu---1 f t4e Story in 4lb4.I44 ttilatt Po4 w 11mverti 41n41 1 h1 44 I'mtin will 1e, i in l Ugly Fix. - Fr;ll fort , Ky. March 24.-"John II '1wr 14 1h4' m li th'by hadn two negroes hire tl, kill (bl4 . They wore lIooker llmithl an I )iek (uoms." This state. nt"11 wlit;:.nhitlt'to.day by F. Wharton (G1111.. ,a frail, consumptivo-looking h ilt tiek" molltIiieloer, while on the w\.it nrs tandt in the prolilinary ex. aniinnltt ion of seeretary of State Caleb I'mwr-, ('harger0d wit I conspiracy to ;i Glwl. (;oldn told a story of tli events leditting up tho murder tha1t, if ubstaintiated, will, in the i1 4 41' of thloso ct)nncleted with the prosecuti(in at least probably gq far t,ward proving the contentions of the m'Omn1i('leilth that tho murder was 11" 1 lte rtesiult of at plan in which soveral Iromninent" mln woro involved. \Vhettr 1 (l defence will sook to im Iwich (ioldei's testimnony in this pre liniiry ( xininiltiont im not known, as ie at tolIey1i for the defonco will n llo1 tatlk on the subject, but unless sneh rttmpI 11i l4it is maudo t ho Common wealth1 will rest its case, both County 11A ttiriny I'1)I&grovo in Attorney (.un11)11bell b )ing;.; satisfied that enough 11 ovidrrnce hats Im4n p,resonted to hold o the d'fonthnt llon the charges. (olen, who clailms to havo been a 44 fri(n<t to Seretalry 1'owera and his br144ot her1, Jothnl 1Powers1 4, for years, gave te'st U114ny IV ba,lt wasI particulairly huna~ging to. John41 P1owrs, but he ah:o14 brengh.VIt, in the nameuts of many oIthers1, itencling Chairles F4inleOy, W. Hi. Couto and144 141 Governor Ta'ylor, in hssoyof bIrin4ging f hemontin ('rs t) Franikfort previous to the 44vrn4 ilay lor, however, was not Sdirlectly imli catted and( attornoysn for th4e(141141 Connowelt inIltimallted to-day V htte d10no0, expett to have his o mnno4t brought forth1 prominently in inl tilt' story of t h4o alleged conspiracy. tG('olden1 was nlot cross-oxamtined to da4liy andii adtjoutrtunIlent was1 taken at 1114early hour1 t his afternoon on ac ' ~oun1t (if his phiysical conidition, the "witnes'~s ha:vinlg a slight homnorage "' durinIg tile mIorninlg, becoming so weakI under(11 the0 sirain of t ho examin ation1 inl thet aiftern.Ion thait 110 begged to1( h( atllowed aI respIto. Hie was ner Gol4n's test imnony tended to show that4 a nlanIr waIs made(1 to b)ring several hund11l4t('red rgular mountain Ienoists'~ f( o l1ank fort, whIo would, if necess ary13, al Gohlden expressed it, "go into > the( Le'gishltivo hall and kill off enou01gh Domocre ts to make it our 'iTt testOoony (did not show that 114(1 allegod lot to kill Globe? was part~ of the original plan, nor did it Sconialinl ihe namesl of those who con. enivedl th e idea, b'ut the Common .weailth sought to show by Golden's .coniverspitions with various people that not only John and Caleb Powers, I buit othlers asi well, had4( full know r' ledge~ (If 11he allegol~ pilan of assass fleara the l! Kin YOBO1IW Sg igaof