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SYNOPSIS.
Chapter 1.?In a recruiting office in the
' Queen City" Lieut. Fred Lane, ?. S. A.,
receives two letters?one informing him of
Bis promotion to the rank of captain, the
other a brief note from Mabel Vincent.
Chapter 2.?Gordon Noel, a. lieutenant in
Lane's cavalry regiment, succeeds, through
wheedling the wife of his : colonel, in being
appointed to the vacancy caused by Lane's
promotion. He is disliked by bis brother
officers, as he has in the past - several times
dodged active eervice in Indian campaigns.
Chapter 3?Capt. Lape is desperately in
love with Mabel* Vincent. He prepares to
torn the recruiting o ver to his successor.
Chapter 4.?-Lieut. : Noel arrived to take
charge of the recruitiog office.' He is band
some and agreeable and succeeds in creating
the impression that he was a very gallant
officer and done brave service on the plains:
It is discovered that a clerk named Taintor
bas embezzled some of the funds of the re
cruiting office (forging Lane's name) and
decamped. Noel professes an enthusiastic
friendship f?r Lane.
Chapter 5.??Lane writes to MabePs father
asking permission to pay his addresses to her.
This is granted. Vincent is on the brink of
financial disaster. Lane proffers bis services.
Chapter 6.?The transfer of the recruiting
office to Noel is made by Lace, who has or
ders to return to bis regiment in the west.
Lane makes good the deficit in the accounts
ont of his own pocket.
- Chapter 7.?Lane famishes to Mr Vincent
the money which saves the latter from ruin.
Before Lane starts, for the west Mabel prom
ises to marry him. The engagement is to be
kept secret at her parents' request. 4
Chapter 8?Noel succeeded in making him
self a social favorite by telling false stories of
his own bravery. He becomes acquainted
with the Vincents and is invited to their house
because of bis professed friendship for Lane.
Chapter 9?Lane arrives at the frontier
post whither be has been ordered and takes
command of bis company. He writes often
to Mabel, and her repliesv contain frequent
reference lo.Noel who is very attentive.
Chapter 10.?Mrs. Viucent is worried by
Noel's constant attentions to Mabel. The
Vinceats.go to the mountains, where Noel
visits'Mabel.' -
^Chapter IK? When Mabel writes Lane of,"
Noel's ?riait be is somewhat anoojed. He
ad vises her not to encourage these- visits. The
Vincents announce the engagement. Lane
receives ? letter from Mr. Vincent, begging
him to come east at once. Just before Lane
starts he learns that Mr. Vincent's partner
has defaulted aud that Mr. Vincent.has died
suddenly. He goes as rapidly as possible.
Arriving at the Vincent mansion he enters un
announced, and finds bis fiancee clasped in
Gordon Noel's arms -
Chapter 12.?Lane returns to his post after'
a long illness. Mabel bas thrown him over
and becomes engaged to Noel. Mrs. Viucent
writes a long, heartbroken letter to Lane,
begging forgiveness for her daughter. A few
months later Noel and Mabel are married.
Lane's health fails again, and he is sent east
on sick leave. While there he discovers his
defaulting clerk, Taintor. News is received
of an Indian uprising, and Lane starts, post
haste toj?in his regiment.
Chapter 13.?Gordon Noel is made a captalo
and ordered to roport at the frontier for duty
in the Indian campaign. His cowardice leads
him -to resort to every subterfuge to avoid
the dangerous duty, but be fails. Lane
arrives at the post just in time to bead his old
company on a raid. Noel is obliged to reluc
tantly follow with his men.
Chapter 14.?Lane and bis men head off
the Apaches and, though they are greatly out
numbered, attack them and rescue their,
captives. The hostiles rally and fall upon the
gallant little band with awful vigor.
CHAPTER XV.
[ "For heaven'8 sake, sir, let's get ahead to
hissupport."
Meantime, where are the looked for
supports? Lane, with wearied horses,
had made the march from the railway
station to the pass in a little over four
teen hours. It was 5:30 when he started
and 8:15 when he unsaddled among the
rocks. He had. come through the blazing
sunshine of the long June day; some
I times at th? trot, sometimes at the lope,
ofttimes dismounting and leading when
crossing ridges or ravines. He was still
pale and weak from his long illness, and
suffering from a sorrow that had robbed
him of all the buoyancy he had ever
possessed. But the sense of duty was as
strong as ever, and the soldier spirit
triumphed over the ills of the flesh.
Noel, starting at 4:45 p. m.,with horses
and men fresh and eager, with a guide
who knew every inch of the way, and
the bright starlight to cheer his com
rades, could reasonably be expected to
cover the same ground in the same time;
every old cavalryman knows that horse*
travel better by night than by day. By
good rights he and his men should be at
the pass at least an hour before the time
set by Lane. It was only a week before
that the captain had declared at the
Queen City that he had never felt so
"fit" in his life, and a campaign would
just suit him. Things seemed to have a
different color, however, as he watched
the going down of the sun behind the
distant pelonciHos. The words of the
young infantry adjutant kept recurring
to him, and he knew of old that when
Lane started after Indians he was "dead
sure to get 'em," as Mr. Mason was good
enough to remind him.
Twice before sunset the guide had
ventured to suggest a quicker gait, but
Noel refused, saying that ho did not
mean to get his horses to the scene worn
out and unfit for pursuit. Mr. Mason,
who heard this, begged to remind the
captain that pursuit was not the object;
they were expected to get there in time
to help Lane head off the attempt at fur
ther flight, and to hold the Apaches,
wherever met, until the pursuing force
could reach them from the north an<"
hem them in. Noel ranked Mason only
a few files, and knew well that all the
regiment would side with his subaltern;
so he was forced to a show of cordiality
and consideration. He rode by the lieu
tenant's side, assuring him of the sense
of strength it gave him to have with him
a man of such experience. "For your
sake, Mason, I wish 1 had bt^en twelve
hours later, so that you could rave had
the glory of this thing to yoursei* ; but
you know I couldn't stand it. I had to
pull wires like sin to get relieved, as it
was. " Old Hudson, the head of the re
crmting service, just swore he WQuldjjSt
let me g"), because ? had had good luck (
in the class and number of the recruits I ;
sent him. Personally, too, Tm in no
shape to ride. See how fat Tve grown?"
Mason saw, but said a fifty mile ride
ought not to stagger any cavalryman,
hard or soft, and made no reply what
ever to the captain's account of how he
succeeded in getting relieved. He didn't
believe a word of it.
Night came on and found them still
Lurching at a steady walk. Halts for
rest, too, had been frequently ordered,
and at last Mason could stand it no lon
ger. After repeated looks at his watch
he had burst out with an earnest appeal:
"Capt. Noel, well never get there in
time at this rate. Surely, sir, the orders
you got from the general must be differ
ent from those that came to the post.
They said make all speed, lose not a mo
ment. Did not yours say so, too?-*
"The general knew very well tha? I
had marched cavalry too often not to
understand just how to get there in
time," was Noel's stately reply; and,
though chafing inwardly, Mason was
compelled to silence. Ten o'clock came,
and still it was no better. Then both the
lieutenant and the guide, after a mo
ment's consultation during a rest, ap
proached the captain and begged him to
increase the gait; and when they mount
ed, the command did, for a while, move
on at a jog, which Mason would fa?n
have increased to the lope, but Noel in
terposed. Midnight, and more rests,
found them fully ten miles behind the
point where the guide and lieutenant
had planned to be. Even the men had
begun to murmur among themselves,
and to contrast the captain's spiritless
advance with Mr. Mason's lively meth
ods. Two o'clock, and the Pyramid
range was still far away. Daybreak
came, and Mason was nearly mad with
misery, the guide sullen and disgusted.
Broad daylight?6 o'clock?and here at
last were the Pyramid buttes at their
right front, and, coming toward them
on the trail, a single horseman. "It is
Sergt Luce," said some of the foremost
troopers.
And Luce had a note, which he handed
to Lieut. Mason; but that gentleman
shook his head and indicated NoeL The
captain took it in silence, opened it,
glanced over the contents, changed
color, as all could see, and then inquired:
"How far is it, sergeant?" j
"It must be fifteen miles from here,
sir. i came slowly, because my horse
was worn out, and because Capt. Lane
thought that I would meet the troop
very mach nearer the pass. It's more
than fifteen miles, I reckon."
"Had the attack begun before you I
left?' 1
"Yes, sir: and I could hear the shots
as I came cut of the pass?hear them dis- I
: tinctly."
i "May I inquire what the news is, cap
tain?" said Mr. Mason, riding up to his
side.
"Well," was 'the reply, "Lane writes J
that he has headed the Apaches, and that
he is just moving in to the attack." j
t "W?l you permit me to see the note, j
sir?" said Mason, trembling with exas
peration at the indifferent manner in
which it was received. !
Noel hesitated: "Presently?presently,
Mr. Mason. Well move forward at a
trot, now."
Sergt. Luce reined about, and, riding
beside the first sergeant of troop, told
him in low tones of the adventures of
the previous day and night, and the fact
I that the Apaches were there just north
of the pass and in complete force. The
I result seemed to be, as thr word was
passed among the men, to increase the
gait to such an extent that they crowded
upon the leaders, and Noel, time and
again, threw up Ms hand and warned
the, men not to ride over the heels of his
horse.
Seven o'clock came, and still they had
not got beyond the Pyramids. Eight
o'clock, and they were not in sight of
the pass. Nine o'clock, and still the
gorge was not in view. It was not until
nearly ten that the massive gateway
seemed to open before them, and then,
far to the front, their eager ears could
catch the sound of very sharp and rapid
firing.
"My God!" said Mason, with irrepres
sible excitement, "there's no question
about it, captain, Lane's surrounded
there! For heaven's sake, sir, let's get
ahead to his support." ?
"Ride forward, sergeant," said Noel
to Luce, "and show us the shortest way
you know to where Capt. Lane has cor
raled.his horses?I don't like the idea of
entering that pass in column, Mr. Mason.
The only safe way to do it will be to dis
mount and throw a line of skirmishers
ahead. If Lane is surrounded the
Apaches undoubtedly will open fire on
us as we pass through."
"Suppose they do, fdr; we've got men
enough to drive them back. What we
want is to get through there as quickly
as possible."
But Noel shook his head, and^ forming
line to the front at a trot, moved for
ward a few hundred yards, and then, to
the intense disgust of Mr. Mason, ordered
the first platoon dismounted and pushed
ahead as skirmishers. Compelled to
leave their horses with number four of
each set, the other troopers, sullenly, but
in disciplined silence, advanced afoot up
the gentle slope which led to the heights
on the right of the gorgo.
Not a shot impeded their advance; not
a sound told them that they were even
watched. But far up through the pass
itself the sound of sharp firing continued,
and every now and then a shrill yell in
dicated that the Apaches were evidently
having the best of it.
Again Mason rode to his captain. "I
beg you, sir,7' he said, "to let my take
my platoon, or the other one, and charge
through there. It isn't possible that
they can knock more than one or two
of us out of the saddle; and if you fol
low with the rest of the men thoy can
easily be taken care of." But Noel this
time rebuked him
"Mr. Mason, I have had too much cf
your interference," he said, "and I will
tol?rete no more. I am in command of
this troop, sir, and I am responsible for
its proper conduct."
And Mason, rebuffed, fell back with
out further word.
The pass was reached, and still not a
shot had been fired. Over the low ridge
i the dismounted troopers went, and not
I an Apache was in sight. Then at last it
! became evident tint to cross the stream
j they would have to ford: and then the
! "recall" was sounded, the horse3 were
! ran rapidly forward to the skirmish lino,
the men swung into saddle, the rear
platoon closed on the one in front, and
cautiously, with Mason leading and Noel
hanging back a little as though to direct
the march of his column, the troop
passed through the river and came out
on the other side. The moment they
reached the bank Mason struck a trot
witho'.rD :'-ny orders cv.A the men fol
lowed him.
Noel hastened forward^ ahout?li* Ouv,
4nVW, w?a.?? p^t, fludiiij ttyt they
either. 4|?J noi pv wquld'net'ftu?K uj a.^h'q
galloped in front p? the troJ? -
Iy ordered the leaders to decrease their ,
gait and not again to take the trot unie ^
he gaye the command.
Just at this minute, from the heights
to the right and left, half a dozen shots
were fired in quick succession; a trooper j
riding beside the first sergeant threw up
his arms, with the sudden cry: "My God!
Tve got itr and fell back from the sad
dle. Noel at the same instant felt a
twinge along his left arm, and, wheeling
his horse about, shouted: "To the rear I
to the rear! We're ambushed!'* And,
despite the rallying cry of Mason and
the entreaties of the guide, the men,
taking the cue from their leader, reined
to the right and left about and went
clattering out of the pass.
More shots came from the Apaches,
some.aimed at the fleeing troop and
others at the little group of men that re
mained behind; for the poor fellow who
had been shot through the breast lay in
sensible by the side of the stream, and
would have been abandoned to his fate
but for the courage and devotion of
Mason and two of the leading men.
Promptly jumping from their horses,
they raised him between them, and, lay
ing him across the pommel of one of the
saddles, supported by the troopers, the
wounded man was carried back to the
ford, and from there out of harm's way.
By this time Noel, at full gallop, had
gone four cr five hundred yards to the
rear, and there the first sergeant?not he
?rallied the troop, reformed it, counted
fours, and faced it to the front.
When Mason returned to them, lead
ing the two troopers and the dying man,
his face was as black as a thunder cloud.
He rode up to his captain, who was
stanching with a handkerchief a little
stream of blood that seemed to be com
ing down his left arm, and addressed to
him these words:
"Capt. Noel, there were not more than
sis or eight Apaches guarding those
heights. There was no excuse in God's
world, sir, for a retreat. I can take my
platoon and go through there now with
out difficulty, and once again, sir, I im
plore you to let me do it,"
Noel's reply was, "I have already
heard too much from you today, Mr.
Mason. If I hear one more word you go
to the rear in arrest. I am wounded,
sir, but I will not turn over this com
mand to you.**
"Wounded be hanged! Capt. Noel,
you've got a scratch of which a child
ought to be ashamed," was the furious
reply, upon which No?i, considering
that he must at all hazards preserve the
dignity of his position, ordered Lieut.
Mason to consider himself in arrest
And, dismounting, and calling to one or
two of the men to assist him, the captain
got out of his blouse and had the sleeve
of his undershirt cut off, and then, in
full hearing of the combat up the pass,
proceeded to have a scratch, as Mason
had truly designated it, stanched and
dressed.
Meantime, the troop, shamefaced and
disgusted, dismounted and awaited fur
ther .developments. For fifteen minutes
they remained there, listening to the bat
tle a mile away, and then there came a
sound that thrilled every man with ex
citement?with mad longing to dash to
the front; there came crashes of mus
ketry that told of the arrival of strong
re-enforcements for one party or another
?which party was soon developed by
the glorious, ringing cheers that they
well recognized to be those of their com
rades of Greene's battalion.
"By heavens!" said Mason, with a
groan, ' 'after all, we have lost our chance !
It's Greene, not old troop, that got
there in time to save them."
The looks that were cast towards their
new captain by the men, standing in sul
len silence at their horses' heads, were
not those that any soldier would have
envied.
Directing the first sergeant to talk half
a dozen troopers and feel their way cau
tiously to the front and ascertain what
that new sound meant, the rest of the
men meanwhile to remain at ease, Noel
still sat there on the ground, as though
faint from loss of blood. The bleeding,
however,'had been too trifling to admit
of any such supposition on the part of
those who had been looking on. The
cheering up the pass increased. The
firing rapidly died away. Soon it was
seen that the first sergeant was signal
ing, and presently a man came riding
back. The sergeant and the others dis
appeared, going fearlessly into the pass,
and evidently indicating by their move
ments that they anticipated no further
resistance. The arriving horseman dis
mounted, saluted the captain, and re
ported substantially that the pass was
now in possession of Maj. Greene's men,
and that the Apaches were in full flight
towards the south, some of the troops
pursuing1.
Then at last it was that the "mount"
was sounded by the trumpeter, and half
an hour afterwards?full three hours
after they should have been there?
Capt. Noel, with troop, arrived at the
scene. Lane, faint from loss of blood,
was lying under a tree; four of his men
were killed; one of th^ helpless recap
tured women had been shot by an Indian
bullet; five more of the "Devil's own
D's" were lying wounded around among
the rocks. Desperate had been the de
fense; sore had been their need; safe,
thoroughly safe, they would have been
had Noel got there in time, but it was
Greene's battalion that finally reached
them only at the last moment. And yet
this was the thrilling announcement
that appeared in The Queen City Chron
icle in its morning edition two days af
terwards:
"Gallant Noel! Rescue of the Iniian
Captives! Stirring Pursuit and Fierce
Battle with the Apachee!
"A dispatch received last night by '
the Hon. Amos Withers announces the
return from the front of Capt. Noel, who
so recently loft our midst., with a portion
of his troop, bringing with him the wo
men and c'nildren who had been run off
by the Apaches on t heir raid among the
ranches south of their reservation. The
captain report.! a severe fight, in which
many of the regiment were killed and
wounded, he himself, though making
light of the matter, receiving a bullet
through the left arm.
"While the rest of the command had
gone on in pursuit of the Apaches the
captain was sent by the battalion com
mander to escort the captives back to
the railway.
"This dispatch, though of a private
character, is fully substantiated by the
official report of the generili command
ing the department to the adjutant gen
eral of the army. It reads as follows:
" *Capt. Noel, of the Eleventh cavalry,
has just reached the railway, bringing
with him all but one of the women and
children whom the Apaches had carried
off into captivity. The other was shot
by a bullet in the desperate fight which
occurred in San Simon Pass between the
i commands of Capts. Lane and Noel and
toe ?^ica?s^T^?sa retreat they were
Wm ?km$ m**i fa Ss* %
vf\.F? .f-l<&l itppearan?e the
Apaches fled through the mountains in
the wildest confusion, leaving much of
their plunder behind them.
" 'It is impossible as yet to give accu
rate accounts of the killed and wounded,
but our losses are reported to have been
heavy.'
"How thoroughly have the predictions
of The Chronicle with regard to this gal
lant officer been fulfilled! To his rela
tives and Iiis many friends in our midst
The Chronicle extends its most hearty
congratulations. We predict that the
welcome which Capt. Noel will receive
will be all that his fondest dreams could
possibly have cherished."
CHAPTER XYL
He teas permitted to go himself to the
railway to meet Mabel.
For a week the story of Gordon Noel's
heroism was the talk of Queen City so
ciety. He had led the charge upon the
Indians after a pursuit of over a hundred
miles through the desert. He had fought
his way to the cave in which these poor
captive women were guarded, and had
himself cut the thongs that bound them.
He was painfully wounded, but never
quit the fight till the last savage was
driven from the field. For daring and
brilliant conduct he was to be promoted
over the heads of all the captains in his
regiment. His name was already before
the president for a vacancy in the adju
tant general's department, and the ap
pointment would be announced at once.
He was coming east just as soon as the
surgeon said he was well enough to j
travel. Mrs. Noel wanted to join hrm,
but he had telegraped saying no, that he
would soon be with her.
So rang the chorus for several days.
At the club the men shook hands over
the news and sent telegrams of praise
and congratulation to Noel and drank
his health in bumpers, and two or three
old "soreheads," who ventured to point
out that the official reports were not yet
in, were pooh poohed and put down.
Amos Withers had left for Washington
on a midnight train immediately a'tex
furnishing The Chronicle with the con
tents of his dispatch, making no allu
sion to that part of it which said, "Now
push for that vacancy. Not an instant
must be lost. " Nobody could say nay to
the man who had subscribed the heavi
est sum to the campaign fund in his own
state, and therefore both its senators and
half its representatives in the house
went with him to the president to urge
the immediate nomination of Capt. Noel
to the majority in the adjutant general's
department made vacant by the promo
tion consequent upon the retirement of
one of its oldest members. Already the
war department had furnished the ex
ecutive with the names and records of
the four men whom it considered the
most deserving, and Gordon Noel's name
was not one of the four. But what was
that in comparison with the eminent pe
cuniary and political services of Mr.
Withers, when the nephew had just be
haved so superbly in action?
Meantime, the Apaches had scattered
through the mountains, and escaped
across the border, the remnant of Lane's
troop taking part in the pursuit, and
they, with their commander, only slowly
returning to the railway. For three or,
four days Noel had the wires and the
correspondents pretty much to himself;
but then some of those enterprising news
gathers had been getting particulars
from the men, and there were two or
three of troop in the detachment who ?
could not conceal their derision and con
tempt when the" newspaper men spoke of
the bravery of their captain. This set
the correspondents to ferreting, and then
the dispatches began to take a different
color. The very day that Mabel re- ?
ceived her first letter from her husband,
[ and was reading extracts from it to en
vious friends who had come in to swell
the chorus of jubilee and congratulation,
an evening paper intimated that recent
dispatches received from the seat of war
revealed a different state of affairs than
was popularly supposed.
But by this time interest was waning.
It is the first impression that is always
the strongest, the first story that is long
est remembered,- and no man who has
belioved one version will accept the truth
without vigorous resistance. In his let
ter to his wife Noel had spoken modestly
Of himself and slightly of his wounds.
This only made her worship him?her
hero, her gallant Gordon?the more in-j
sanely. He intimated that he had been
compelled to place in arrest one of the
most prominent officers of the regiment
for misconduct in the face of the enemy;
and this and previous matters,- he said,
would surely make of this officer an un
relenting foe. She need not be surprised,
therefore, if this gentleman should strive
to do Mm grievous harm. Mabel blush
ed becomingly as she read these lines to
some of her friend3, and that night at
the club it was hinted that Lane had
been placed in close arrest for failing to
support Noel in his desperate assault
Just at this time, too, Mr. Withers came
back from Washington looking mys
terious.
The next published dispatches were
from the general liimself. He was in
censed over the escape of the Apaches.
Measures for the capture were' complete,
and it was broadly hinted that a certain
officer would be brought to trial for his
failure to carry out positive orders.
"It is believed," said The Chronicle,
"that the officer referred to is well known
in our community, as he had, oddly
enough, been a predecessor in the re
cruiting'service of the actual hero of the
campaign."
Two weeks went by. There was no
announcement of Noel's name as pro
moted. Other matters occupied the at
tantio? of the club and the coteries, and
no one knew iust what it all meant when
it was announced that Mrs. Noel had
suddenly left for the frontier to join her
husband. Perhaps his wounds were
7~we severe than at first reported. Then
, - -r?ce? uiat Mr. Withers was in
it waif uv
avery nervous and irritable frame of
mind, thai constant dispatches were
passing between hiiri and Capt. Noel in
the west, and that suddenly he departed
again on some mysterious.errand for
Washington. And then it was an
nounced that Capt: Noel would not be
able to visit the east as had been ex
pected.
All the same it came as a shock* which1
completely devastated the social circles;
of the Queen City when it was announced
in the New York and Chicago papers that
a general court martial had been ordered
to assemble at Fort Gregg, New Mexico,
for the trial of Capt. Gordon Noel, Elev
enth cavalry, on charges of misbehavior
in the face of the enemy and conduct un
becoming an officer and a gentleman.
The Chronicle made no allusion to the
matter until after it was heralded over
the city by the other journals. Then it
announced that it was. in possession of
information showing conclusively that
Capt. Noel was the victim of the envy of
certain officers in his regiment, and that
the charges had been trumped up from
the false and prejudiced statement of the
man whom he had been compelled to
place in arrest for misconduct in action.
"Capt. Noel had demanded a court mar
tial," said The Chronicle, "that he might
be triumphantly vindicated, as he un
doubtedly would be."
At the club several men surrounded
Lieut. Bowen with eager inquiry as to
the facts in the case. Bowen, who was
now in charge of the rendezvous as Noel's
successor, was very reticent when inter
rogated. He said that while an officer
might demand a court of inquiry he
could not demand a court martial; they
were entirely different things; and it was
certainly the latter thai had been ordered.
"Was there not some likelihood of
malice and envy being at the bottom of
the charges?" he was asked. "And was
it not unfair to let mm be tried by offi
cers prejudiced against him?"
Bowen said he did not belong to the
Eleventh, but he knew it well enough to j
say no to the first part of the question.
As to the other, there were" only two Offl
cers from that regiment on the court,
and one was Noel's old friend and colonel
?Biggs. s
It was in the midst of this talk that
Mr. Amos Withers had suddenly ap
peared and begged a few wor?? m'private
with Mr. Bowen.
Withers was in a state of nervous ex
citement, as any one could see. He talked
eagerly, even pleadingly, with the silent
j lieutenant, and at last suddenly arose,
and, with the look of a defeated and dis
1 comfited man, left the club house, en
I tered his carriage and was driven rapidly
j away.
[ That night an officer from the war de
partment arrived in the Queen City and
was closeted for a while with Lieut.
Bowen, after which the two went to the
chief of police, and in company" with
htm visited the cell where Taintor, de
serter and forger, was confined, took his
statement and that of the chief, and
with these documents the Officer went
on to division headquarters.
Meantime, the campaign had come to
an end. Capt. Noel had reported, in ar
rest, to the commanding officer at Fort
Gregg, and Mrs. Riggs had tearfully
greeted him: "She would so love to have
him under her roof, that she might show
her sympathy and friendship; but so
many officers of high rank were coming
on the court that the colonel was com
pelled to give every bit of room he had
to them" Noel thanked her nervously,
and said he could be comfortable any
where, but his wife was coming; she had
telegraphed that she could not be sepa
rated from him when he was suffering
wrong and outrage. Capt. and Mrs.
Lowndes, moved to instant sympathy,
begged that he would make their quar
; ters his home, and placed their best room
at his disposal.
Two evenings afterwards he was per
mitted to go himself to the railway to
meet poor Mabel, who threw herself into
his arms and' almost sobbed her heart
out at sight of his now haggard and care
worn face. Mrs. Lowndes then came
forward and strove to comfort her, while
Noel rushed off to send some telegrams.
Then they drove out to the post, and
Mabel's spirits partially revived when
she found that it was not a prison she
had come to share with her husband.
Everybody was so gentle and kind to
her; she began to believe there was noth
ing very serious in the matter after all.
It lacked yet five days to the meeting j
Of the court, and in the intervening time
there arrived at the post a prominent and
distinguished lawyer from th? east,- eerif
to conduct the defense by Mr. Withers*
orders; and many a long talk did he
hold with his client and tho officers who
werci gathering at Gregg.
The charges of misconduct in face of
the enemy had been preferred by the de
partment commander, who cited as his
witnesses Capt. Lane, Lieut Mason,
Lieut. Royce, the guide and two or
three non-conimissioned officers. To the'
charge of "conduct unbecoming* ad offi
cer and a gentleman" there' were specifi
cations setting forth that he had caused
to be circulated and published reports to
the effece that it was his command that
had been severely engaged, and his com
mand that had rescued the captives and
defeated tho Indians, which statements
he well knew to be false. Two or three
correspondents and railway employes
and the telegraph operator were wit
nesses. This would be a hard one to
prove affirmatively, as the judge advo
cate found when he examined his wit
nesses as they arrived, and the great
lawyer assured the accused officer that
he could secure him an acquittal on that
charge. The real danger lay in the tes
timony of Capt. Lane and Lieut Mason,
who had not yet come.
And now, hour after hour,- for two
days. Mabel was reading in her hus
band's facetbe utter hopelessness that
possessed him; hay,- more, the' truth was
being revealed to her in all its damning
details. It might be impossible for the'
prosecution to prove that he had actual
ly caused the Ldse and boastful stories
to ue given to the press and the public;
but how about the telegrams and letters
Mr. Withers had so proudly come to
show her? How about the telegrams'
and letters she herself had received?
What impression could she derive fromr
them but that he was the hero of the'
whole affair, and that he was lying pain
fully wounded when he wrote? The
gash through the beautiful white arm
turned out to be a mere scratch upon the
skin, that a pin might have made. It
was Greene's command from Fort Gra?
ham that had rescued Lane, and Lane
with Ins men who had rescued th? cap
tives, and then fought so hard, so des
perately,- r^amst such fearful odds.-"and
sustained their greatest losses while her
hero?her Gordon?with nearly fifty"
men, was held only a mile away by half
a dozen ragamuffins in the rocks. She
had almost adored him, believing him
godlike in courage and magnanimity;
but now on every side the real facts
were coming to light,; and she even
wrung them from his reluctant lips;
And yet?and yet?he was her husband,
and sue loved Iii m.
Again and again did'?? question Mrv
Falconer, the eminent counsel, as to the
possibilities. This gentleman had fought
all through the war of the rebellion,- and*
had won high commendation for bra
very. He had taken the case because, he'
believed, on Withers' statement, that
Noel was a wronged and injured -man,'
and because^ possibly, a fee of phenome-""
nal proportion could be looked for. He'
met among the old captains of the
Eleventh men whom he had known- ixt
Virginia in the war days, and learned
from them what Noel's real reputation
was, and, beyond peradventure; how he
had shirked and played the coward in the'
last campaign r so that he, who had
known Mabel Vincent from her baby
hood and loved her old father, now'
shrank from the sorrow of having to teEF
her the truth. Yet she demanded it, audb:
he had to say that her husband's- fate'
hinged on the evidence that might be
given by Capt. Lane and Mr. Mason.
That very night these two officers e -;
rived, together with three members of
the court. The following day. at 1Q
o'clock the court was to begin its session,
and four of its members were still to
come. That night Mr. Falconer ancf
Noel were eleseted with several metf
in succession, seeking evidence for the de
fense. That night there eame adisp^tc?r
from Withers saying he had done' Ms"
best in Washington, but that it seemed1
. improbable that the president would in-*
terfere and accept Noel's resignation frccf
the service,
Noel showed this to"Mabel and sank
upon the sofa with^ groan of despair.
"Oh, my darling!" she whispered,*
kneeling by his side and throwing hex
arms about his neck, "don't give way!
There must be'hope' yet! They cannot
prove such cruel charges^ ThOro must,
be a- way of averting this trouble,-*
"There'is one," said he, starting ?pL- '
"There is one, if you will only do it W
save me."
"What would I not do' to save" y<m>
Gordon?" she asked, though her face wa?
paling'now with awful dread of what?
the demand- might be.
"Mabel, my wife,- it is id ???-=??xd ??
once. There is nothing that he will nofc
do for you. I know it?for I know' what
he has done. See him. You know what
to say. I cannot prompt you. But get
! bini to tett as littlcas he possibly can itf
regard to this case."
"Gordon!" she cried, "you ask* me* tof
do this- after tie great wrong I did
him?"
"There is no other way," was the
sullen answer. And he turned moodily
from her side, leaving- her stunned.
speechless;
f ? [f o be coxTnrcsb j
gmniifor MMan" and "Woman" in Socie*?
There exists much confusion in people**
minds as to the proper application of the
tends lady or gentleman. It is m very"
bad taste for a lady to talk about "a geri
tleroan friend," or for ? gentleman to
speak of "a lady friend.17 He should men
tion her as "Mrs." or "Miss So-ami-Sk,*
and she should simply speak of him jb?
"Mr. Blank."
. In f as hronable circles a girl says, "I ans!
going-to -dance or dine with a man." Ai
man, however, would not announce his in
tention of dining ?t a woman's, but at ?
I lady's house. When to discriminaie as to'
se proper uses of the words lady or gen
tleman is the outcome of association with
well bred persons, as no ironclad rul?s cm
be laid down upon this subject
? word which makes a cold shiver run
down the spinal column of a cultured per
son is "genteel," which should! never be
applied to any one in a position above that
of a menial. It might be quite proper tc'
Speak of a genteel looking maid servant or
butler, bat no weil bred or re?oed persoti.
wouM express himself in these terma Iti
speaking of an equal.?Countess Annie de'
Mentaiga in Jenness-Miller Magazine, ?f
?issontf'g Mooad T?nt Wer*.
Th'? southeastern corner of this stated
comprising the conn ties of Swxidard, Scott
Mississippi, New Madrid, Pemiseot and
Danklin, mast at one time have had sir
immense population. No quarter of Mis
souri is so rich in burial mounds covering
the remains of previous races. Tumuli
and funeral relics; comprising jars, bot*
ties, vases and other objects of earthen
ware are to be found everywhere, even ini
'?he midst of the swamps.
The colored people do a good business f?
digging up these relics and selling them,
but what they find is bat a tithe of what
they leave undisturbed. In one ridge,
about ten miles from New Madrid, there*
are over 200 mounds, from 10 to ?0 feet ixt y
diameter, ?i?ch probably containing re
mains and relicS. Tbey are' not the1 re
mains of the present race of Indians, bui
of thefr pr?d?c"ess"ors, the mound builder^
and are interesting to the antiquarian for
no other reason than that he knows noth
ing about them, and is free to speculate*
concerning tberr origin and history.?St
Lo ais Globe-Democrat
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? benevolent looking gentleman of ciert
cal appearance stopped ?t the bridge en
trance and got a paper from one of th?
street gamins that hover about in that lo
cality like bees before a hive. The happy
urchin bad scurried off for change and was
soon lost to' view with ? "Hi Jimmie, give
me de coppers." The benevolent gentle
man Waited a moment and then, conclud
ing that he was perhaps face to face with!
an illustration of frail humanity wrestling
in th? throes of heavy temptation, started
for tbc cars. He had gotten but a short
dis: ance when he felt a tagging at th? tail
of his coat. Looking around be saw the
bri-/ni face of the little chap'and his change
i the boy's extended fist
"Here's yer coppers, boss.'*
'?r? you always as honest as this?" said
the gentleman.
" 'Cept when I ain't in it" piped the littKf
fellow.
The gentleman took the hint and the
newsboy was "in it" to the extent of ?
handful of pennies.?New York Times.
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