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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