Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 27, 1901, Page 24

DATLY BEE TUNDAY, JANUARY 27 ively and announced himself an | thorit | oficer and an old friend of the family They let him pass, and, bounding up the steps, he entered the open doorway, stepped quickly across the hall to the parlor, whe volces were heard, and there came upon a scene that haunted him long years after Sinking back upon the sofa, livid with dread and dismay, Mrs. Lane was staring with distended eyes into the troubled face of an elderly officer, who must have pre- eded the little party into the house. Be bind him were the lieutenant and the two =z members of the guard. Clinging to her > mother's hand, trylng to soothe and com- fort, stood Daisy, lovely in her pallor, in her dlstress and devotion, unmindful of anybody but the stricken woman she s0 o | anaemia contractors and politiclans, convalescents | Major Payne had been carried fn by four It can't be truo, mother desr. 1t will und wounded, and in the midst of it all ‘men, on a stretcher. Dr. Wren came |y pe explained. Don't be so frightened!” an frruption of provost guardsmen and a |down with them and helped to get the |y geome thoush the mother had bee it back major tir. From all that Norman could gather | major to bed. Three of the men w officials bad reason to belleve that some |to hospital, one was to go with th 1d—the child the mother. are fmperative, Mrs. Lane,’ come the ch Our or 1 or men bad succeeded fn getting aboard |to Ciacinnati. He might have gone asbore. | 3 e | said the elder officer. "I regret it infinitely e o B et g e | e b oy Sooard | 18 the wide ofloer, °1 fefrt 1 i, paleness, general weakness, [one in the military service was again called | Sentries posted along the Wharfboat de- ! yieuise. Ho was followed when he en- upon to show his pass or order, while others | clared no man had got on or off the| A s 3 tered here an hour ago. We must search ' of the guard ransacked and rummaged from | steamer save by the stage plank, the main | (¢t NI AT }I e ool unless hs. gIves eadac es‘ endenc 0 fain ’ stem to stern in search of the suspected entrance, Y 9 I " 'I r' | gelf up o went at once L T L T L who wen nervousness, palpitation of heart, [and Norman found himseif curiously watch- | the officer, and again No. 2) was invaded = ; g . _ar ug the work of these martial policemen. |With anxious heart Norman saw the door| And then came the sound of scurry and ' | f pp 'i' T e woralers. ail fully armed and |Hesd and uttering apology. In & moment he | of ussless words. A cry burst from the I h lu I l 2 ani' s don sfder, W tull‘emed snd | Bead i oo poloy. 1 4 momens he| of swlews ord, L < b, e, melancholia, sleeplessness, L7 [Men had been stationed at each deor and | major, and he says he don't care & ——— if| “Father! ‘O, don't let him heart” Dalsy s gangway to prevent egress ot ingress dur- |the attendant doesn’t come—no good,| sprang to the doorway, and there, pale, " ing the examination. Others were opening |anyhow. All he wants is to be let alone,” | silent, sorrowing, stood Norman Holt. For Syaepeis of Preceding Chapters. the staterooms and requiring occupants to 'quoth the captaln, and Norman breathed an instant the terror, the agony in her (Copyright, 1901, by G. W. Dillingham Co.) Norman Holt, favorit f an old I tucky family, 18 reprimanded at West T for dueling and is withdrawn by his #pirited father. His home winter of 18% I celebrated ! foned Christma Hudyan cures. Among t are Dal ter of Dr wyer, An Malloy, be incinnat The latter brings letters oduction from Lane's partner, Mr courteously recelved, but ih sy of Nor man Hoit by h ntl Dalsy Lane. Malloy separates Miss 1 m the main at the Christ frets an to Dal party during a fox h mas ball the same ev of proprietorship dis obnoxlous to his rival, Norman I all ill-feeling 18 forgotten when at m! all surround Dr. Holt to drink the ¢ mas punch, which ceremony 18 interr by & midnight messcnger, who announces the dangerous iliness of Judge Melntyre. Investigation revea's his financial affairs in & hopeless tangle and the Holt fortune diesipated. Henry and rman_en lane's law of in Cinetnnatl. Norman enlists as a private in the Ohfo infantry Malloy, through political influence, fs lieu- tenant’ In th me _company, and Henr Holt joins the confederate forces. Norman Anaemia is paleness. Anaemia denotes decline. Men and women suffer from this disorder, but more often anaemia is associated with those irregularities and diseases to dered to conduct a_skirmishing barly which women alone are subject. Anaemia is a forerunner of consumption and other se- O e s Mo roals v Afcused of rious diseases. trenchery. . Tirain* fever waves him from HUDYAN will cure this evil. HUDYAN makes rich, red blood. It removes the against Norman are disproved by Inyart causes that give rise to this pale and bloodless condition. Norman rejoins his regiment and aids Henr ' re Bheridan in” captaring » while on v Holt druged PSCONDIDQ, CAL. Dear Doctors:—I took the Hudyan ac- PORTLAND, OR. ot duty 1s found aslees his post d ) conviets Norman, ) de cording to directions, and am pleared to Dear Doctors:—I was greatly run down Court-martial convicts, Normap, who te gay it cured me. I am no longer pale, and tn health, was pale. weak and nervous mands thut Malloy, whose' testiinany | con: have gained remarkably in- atrengih I I was very thin, had no appetite. Had iy of his death. Norman is pardonsd don't sufter from those pins every month other complications also. Hudyan soon pPresident Lincoln and made leutenant now, as I formerly did. Hudyan is the best relieved me of all distress. I am today in of Kentucky infantr remedy on earth for women. s perfect health, and I owe it to Hudyan. b oy MRS, K. C. TAPT. MISS E. CHESMORE. CHAPTER XVIIL November. and the north was nelther hopeful nor content. Superior numbers had told at Sharpsburg after the bloodiest bat- tle of the war, but Lee had been allowed to quietly withdraw to Virginia, unopposed, unpursued—McClellan seeming only too glad to get rid of him on any terms. T in the familiar old flelds along the headwaters of the Rappahannock, he faced about, while McClellan halted. The Maryland campaign had cost the south dear, but the invaders went back at their lelsure. With’ Washing ton and all the northland urging and egging him on McClellan sat down on the banks of the Potomac while the southern army sauntered away. In liko manner had Bragg backed out of Kentucky through Cumber- land gap and faced about in middle Ten- nesseo. In Itke manner in Kentucky the | south had suffered disappointment and ieavy loss. In like manner Washington and the north demanded of Buell that he “do something,” but the something the new gen- eral in chiet projected for him was so ob- viously absurd that nothing was done, and the heads of the two armies, the Potoma and the Ohio, were lopped off almost at the THERE, PALE, SILI HUDYAN is for sale by druggists, 50c a package or six packages for §2.50. If your druggist does not keep HUDYAN send direct to the HUDYAN REMEDY CO., Corner Stockton, Ellis and Market Streets, Ban Francisco, Cal. Consult free the Hudyan Doctors. Call or write. and they who were experts at cards won | he first confessed, in part, the situation Just o minute?” eaid she, then turned, casily the last dollars of the innocents. |that he had run away, after having be | barely glanced at the young soldier, who Theodore Lane could thumb a jack or |refused furlough to visit them at home, [had come so eagerly forward: “Will you palm an ace with a dexterity that amazed | after having been most cruelly treated by be good enough to take charge of this, those who knew what a fool he was in |€verybody. She must get him money, he | Mr. Holt?" wero the cold , words that other respects and that at first baflled his |MUst run on to Canada and safety, until |greeted him, “and to excuse us?' then led Vietims. He had won much of the money | father and Mr. Malloy could “fix things” [her companion to the door among the twin guard of the brigade before | for him. In bewilderment, Daisy bade him | “Wait for me, Norman, won't you? they finally becamo convinced; then bitter |tell his mother everything, and this he was | pleaded Kate, with repronchful glance at was the wrath against him and fearful the | beginning to do, when heavy footfalls and 'Daisy, with eager sympathy for him. “I threats. The pathetic homesickness to |8hod musket butts were heard on the steps, | shall be down in a moment.” which Malloy made references was nothing | 0d in terror he darted up the stairs, seek- | Without so much as a flitting glance the less than terror of tar and feathers. |iDE @ place to hide. Then came the secret | girl had handed him an oblong pack Theodore skulked out of camp between two |eTVice men, discovery and arrest. For a moment he stood gazing dumbly afte suns and only in the nick of time; bribed Norman called at the house and begged [ her, then took it to the light It was ad- Bis way to Louisville and fo haunts he |to speak with Mrs. Lane or Miss Daisy. |dressed in her hand to Licutenant N. M. bad dlssovered while on detached servico at | MrS. Lave was il Miss Lane begged o | Holt, —th Kentucky volunteers, Burnet same time. Burnside took McClellan's place, | ——————————— department headquarters. There he lay in | be excused. J*)u-n Be wrote to Mrs. Ray at | house, and eagerly he tore it open. Within Rosecrans rode forward vice Buell, deposcd, | €0me out into the cabin. Norman had his |freer. The big bell was booming on the (lovely face gave way to swit and sudden | hiding until by the aid of a former soldier ""“""K"'{"vl_‘"‘ e “:r‘:""’:'fllh' ’I'I‘jm'“‘- \I.'lr‘“!‘ ‘I‘""‘ was a little note and a check for $300. In o the matlon Beld its breath and looked | Pavers in readiness when the captain of tho | hurricane deck. The huge paddle wheels | joy. ~“Norman!" he heard her gasp, and pal, named Turpln, whom be knew at the | there, of Thoodora's Al PLLL AT Bl B0 “‘.'f‘\‘"f""""' i read for grent thinks i December. Tho groat |Euard accosted him and looked them briefly | were slowly churning the muddy waters as | with outstretched arms he sprang to her, | hospital, he saw a way of elud- ::"""')’“" Ll "',’”m e ool ;“ ]"‘f""’ ”‘“"“ i1l to be able to attend e enently ehme.. Burnside bumped | over, while & sergeant entered the name, | the hawsera were being cast oft. The pro- | but as suddenly the gleam of gladness fled ing quards and delectivie. apd nie | 8 VRNOR SRCSF SRR CMECT Bt e the | dlntraee atd @ yot, dospite our:griet and Bin head againat a atone wall on the Rappa- | FADK and certain other information in a |vcst guard scrambled ashore and collided | from her eyes. As suddenly she recolled, | ting on'to Oincinzati. With many of[12 Jess (888 AEFEK SO e, Kate | brother's soi mother's grotration on my Bannook. Rosecrans . was - well night | notebook. Presently the captain glanced | with o young soldier bundle laden, Who | for down the stalrway came two sllent men | the wounded officers, granted furlough to | " ]'l’ Rl sl “‘>,|‘:x ity rother's account, he Insists on attempting awamped tho first day at Stone river. Fred- |up a8 ho refolded the papers. “But you are | created & commotion by declaring he was | (n civillan dreas—they of the secret servico recuperate. an attendant was sent, and | WOUld come fo him witho i iatier |t d to the affalrs concerning which ericksburg and Murfreesboro added to the |BOt In uniform, sir,” said he. Major Payne's nurse, with Major Payne's | —and between them a storming, furious, | TUrpin, who was of Lane's height, welght | Wrete 1o DUey S0 CRI0SLL auful lstter, | you wrote him. ' Both the dootor and bis gloom and despond all over the north, as| “I'm only just commissioned,” replied | bundles, and he mustn't bo left behind. A | foolish boy, rafling at them, at the govern. | #0¢ 8eneral description—towit, eyes blue, ;“_" ‘; ‘“Nd ‘;:‘“ il il g :‘:‘fx J“"“ AR business partner have objected so strenu- well a8 to the frightful list of casualties, | Holt, with something akin to a blush. | relentless officer demanded his pass, and [ ment, at the army, at the war. With a |hair light, complexion falr, got the detall HEATE -““‘I' ‘f‘f‘" l‘"" e "“." }' \v‘“lm; ously that he Is persuaded not to leave his ae s it Gave for unton-lorioe men, | “uaiform tan't fintsned.’ the soldier jerked his head o his left | wailing cry, “My boy! my boy! What will | to 80 with Major Payne—came ashore os nm;:u:vv\ ‘\‘lm\n‘n"nfl', n n(n .'.u .r“4 ‘\ l.‘x” bed, but he bids me assure you that the Those mare trying times In thousands of | “Ah. yes”’ was the answer; “Lieutenant |shoulder. “‘He's got ‘em,” sald he, and|they do to you?" the mother arose from tensibly for forgotten medicines, and | 8ddressed in Malloy's portentous fist. Had | moment he iu able to be about the matter T AND SORROWIN STOOD NORMAN. homes all over the morthland. And, there | Holt—Norman Holt, —th Kentucky. Mr.|etrove to push ahead the sofa and staggered toward him, when | SWapped clothing and papers with Lane for | it come to this that (e PO 1N EN B | AHLL RAYA I ekl SULeHtION AT dimiaRRLEaN ! B o e o taum 1o | Holt, wo may have to favoke your ald pres- | “IUs all. right, lieutenant,” called the | his eves fell full upon Norman, standing |* comaideration of $2 cash I band Theo- | 0nly the business but the domestlc dictator | bo bogs that you will wee the enclosod the Queen City. ently. Your name is on my list as one who | sergeant. “Here you—here's yer orders. | there In helpless sympathy and sorrow dore loaded up with boxes and bundles— | t0 the Lanes check, which will be duly charged to your Qe Ol commission mado | Lould recogaise n desertor who has dodged | Shovo ahead now.” Tho soldier took the | Ve yelled the wretched lad. 1 mixht | 010 contalning civillan clothes to don| On Thursday came Mrs. Ray and, with [account. Under the clrcumstances a per- aboard the boat, and by waiting until the | her, Kate, brave, sympathetic as ever, but [ sonal Interview is impossible and wo are lust minute easily succeeded in getting | looking so worn and tired that Norman was | constrained to ask that you excuse us—all. 1t absolutely necessary that Norman | his way from the front, was seen in town | paper in his teeth, both arms belng full, and | have known it! Spit on him, Daisy! Curse ould have money, and " | yesterdny and is thought to be aboard—one |alded by deck hands, pushed across the |him, mother! They'd never have got me o :::;-; ey A O itna|Lane, Company, O, —tb Ohlo,” Dlkni: Junt “(trambling on ths tite." forcsd!| Gealaiworia'ie (hat ansks hadnit ok o™ | aboard. Turpin loaded up with bottles or | shocked. Together, all three, they went to ]~ *MARGARET LANSING LANE." at the Enyarts’ on his return to Loutsvil et Mhsodore! Daisy's brother! |a way through the crowd on the lower deck, | an’ blabbed.” the contents thereof, and late that night|the Lanes and were shown into the parler. [ Stunned and hard hit, Norman Holt strode had given him more anslety than assur- | Aboard that boat in s mad, bare-brained |climbed the brasa-bound stairs to the R fell Into the clutches of the provost guard, | Presently a maid came down with the re- | forth into the frosty air and made stralght ahce AL ast Mre. Lane replied for her | effort to escape and rench his homet Nor- | brightly lighted cabin, and, still burdened " 2 where he was spoedily recognized. Then |quest that Mrs. Ray atep upstairs. The for the hotel. There he found telegram Db but there was coldness and con. | man felt the blood flying to bis heart. |With the big official envelope till held in HAPTER XIX, came the query “Who went with Major | same maid shortly reappeared with a little | and packages awalting him, but before BNt T T Mint sasb Whet Gew complication might not this |his teeth, bored a passage through the| December, and the new commander in| Payne?'—a telegram to Clucinnati, an early | silver tray, & decanter of sherry and some | opening one he endorsed that offendiug e Lae would have written before,” | portend? Suppose Theodore should be con- |throng until he came to the door of No. 2 Kentucky, already dubbed “Old Rosy,” had | Visit of the provost guard at that point to | biscults. It was the old, Kkindly fashion check to the order of the original signer “but he 18 still too weak from | cealed somowhere? Suppose he should ap- There he glanced about him as though to |taken up the lines where Buell dropped Payne's stateroom, to that stricken war=|but there was nothing further. Kate, often [and placed it, with just six lin in an #hould 80" | ask some one fo aid him by opening the | them, for Bragg had doué as Buell pre- | rior's profane disgust, and a demand whers |a visitor at tho house, followed the mald | envelopo addressed to Miss Lane. Then he Goor. iis oyes fell on Norman Holt, who |dicted, and not as Halleck would have had | Was his attendant? “D— the attendant!” | into the dining room and asked If Misy | openod the first of two brown ensclopes wan at that moment unfolding and spread- |him. On Buell's plaus, therefore, and not on | snaried the major. “He's given mo already | Dalsy were coming down. The reply was | oStunning sword, sash and belt awaiting ing a newspaper. Down went the bundles | Halleck’s, the army gathered about Nash- | ten times more bother than benefit. 1don't | that she understood Miss Dalsy could not ) ¥ou o from Emmets; also uniform y with a sudden crash. Down dove the soldier | ville, while Bragg threatened from below. | know where he is. I wish he was in"—a | Jeave her father's bedside, he seemed so | (Slgned) ENYART." after them, and, never straightening up or |There would be stirring times when the | Place far, far from Cincinnati even in its | feeble. Kate came back to Norman with The second must have been “censored,” Tooking. back. he thrust open the door, |opposing forces clashed, aud all good men | hottest days—'and you, too!" They found | a troubled face. ““We saw this iliness com- | for words were misaing, It came by mill | shoved the packages ahead of him over the |and true were needed at thelr posts. Brief | the attendant's uniform and learned that a | ng on him in Washington,” said she. “Ho | tary telegraph from Nashvllle. Tt read | glll, darted into the dimly-lighted state- | indeed, and far from happy, was Norman's | young civillan leaped from the “guards” to | wag dreadfully worried over your trial and | oddly enough, had been apparcntly opencd | rooin and Kicked shut the door behind him, * | stay in Cincinnati. The doors of the Lane | &nother boat «3 they squeezed In at the | that atrocious sentence. He was a com- | and rosent from Loulsville she wrote the effects of his long fever to be able to | peal for ald, asking for Daisy’ attend to business of any kind and the doc- | shielded—hidden until the searching party tor enjolus entire rest and freedom from | left the boat. Desertion meant death, and care. He bids me say, however, that just [ he, who so recently had faced the firing a8 soon as he is permitted he will have [ party without a hope of rescue, knew what your affairs examined and render prompt | terror it would bring to that weakling, what accounting. During Mr. Lane's absence in [ mi to those who, despite his frallties, front of Washington the office has been | loved him—what miseries it would bring to practically closed, in charge of the janitor, | her! The mother's letter had made no o gel peen looking | me of o wayward, thoughtless, brain- 4 B e o . ok | i o v st oMb s bt |00 I, 0 U 8 R St B et S e |, wa sop ! at present out of "”“ AT ln" a week | deserter had not yet reached the tamily, n‘p at the foot of the long, sloping levee at written appeal to Mrs. Lane, assuring her | 00 lookout for § such a dodge and the | had long known him and went to the judge [ ment awalts you It was signed b, heri- 14 BEMARS O of faw0, HHmiaY, be e faavas | Glnsiaany] oy Tt vas Norman was | that he had in no wise been the informant | ¥oung fellow in new clothing, who skulked | at once, and it was he, of course, who took | dan's little Inspector gencral, Ransom, or ten days before a satisfactory report can awake and dres cager to get ashore, |in Theodore's case, was returned to the |@shore halt a block above the Louisville | ug to the president With almost feverish eagerncss he read ' n's lot to be prepared, but it will be sent to the care | forbid it should fall to Nor The alr was crisp and keen, the sun just | hotel by the hand of State Senator Malloy | bont, was “shadowed” to the paternal roof, “It was you who saved me?" interrupted | them again. Then bounded down stairs t ’ 82 GAPAIu Aty Talng Al yoil neve | BT 1 tell tho lding—to bo brought 1 | becny over the eastward hilla and giint- AL an Bour when Norman was certain o be | & Watch set the KUArd sent for ant the deed | Norman, as ho setaed her Band and ralsed | fhe offco. Ho knyw wel suoueh What, e cruel war may have in store for you no | private soldier he, possibly, might not have ing on the bayonets of the soldlers at tho | out with & brief, curt note to the effect | Was done. Theodore Lane was & prisoner | them to his !ips. ‘““The time will come | last one meant Battle tmminent. Come { Mo fiia T hone ob M 3 been called upon to Arrest or even to report landing. Even here the provost guard was | that Mrs. Lane begged to be spared further | in the hands of the military authorities, and | when Henry will thank and bless you when {m once!” And within two hours he had V| further lls, a hope in which Mr. Lane e e O commmissioned ofoer 1t | 1B €vidence. An officer and certain’ men |eommunication or intrusion. As a result of | Poor Dalsy was ministering to a semi-hys- [ he knows all." | caught the train, leaving only a brief, i | nestly shares, I remain, very since the "‘l‘.“' e \‘ '1"“ i 4 forbid that | Were aboard before the wheels had fairly | the fea ok, Major Lane had suffered | terical mother who mingled wild words of | A faint blush stole into her pale, serious | Erateful missive for Kate Ray, to whom he ] yours, etc., otc would be bis bounsden oy R0 AAERGS hig | coased revolving, and darted up the r- | & relapse. | lamentation for her boy with equally wild | g0, but quickly faded away | entrusted the note for Margaret, and by the ' Not a word about Daisy! Not a sug- | the reckless, wretched lad should cross M8 | 0\ "\ ipout o glance at the tall young| “The arrest of a thoughtless, homesick [ fmprecations on the head of his betrayer. | "y went Instantly, of cour sa1d she, | 01d Roundabout our (Indiana) line he N gostion as to his running up to Clucinnati; | path! Nowhere within the lmits of the | gy oivilian gaib, who, with valise in |boy,” declalmed the semator in the re- | As for the major above stalrs, he sent first | «pyg it was Major Lane who telegraphed us j Wis JArring back to Loulsville fot & cordial or genuine line! Enyart saw | United Statos would ho be safe from arrest, | yung "o brughad aside in their rapld rush, | sounding lobby of the Buruet, “as a crimi- | for Senator Malloy, who in turn sent tor | o come if we would save you. We | (To bo Continued.) o i s porton of ke i it | el follw, o iien gl 1h Seeh | vk s g ot abumea, aud o o1 Morld Geabetiam ot o be olrvted | N, 1 was w0 e of orman toicn | Bavart ot b {hre were wmpioms| ’ . the Sanshrg 1o NRERBE'A AR 2O e e e | 7 10 a'clock; Taallyy that his outer man was |0 @ free country, and a government that 15 (but what woman would not have believed, | of another flush, “or rather the captain had 'I""h" ’::"“;:N ‘:""A S, mat 4 ’\'l‘l D decently clothed again, though not in the | compelled to resort to such methods can |or professed to belleve, an only son when | written that you would peve ordered ob, o instan Yo you suppose it | guard . | uniform he so impatiently awalted, Norman | never survive another election, if teed, [in such desperate peril? In L un- | shot, even it 0 sentence But Major Lane could be old Mallory? If 80, you get a You know him, I see. DId you know he | yio1p “with brisk, elastic stride, was |t doesn’t bring ruin upon itselt durlog the | rea ‘:..‘n,,.’ e ’,’,E,v.-..ii _:.:“Mx‘ny‘“ had | k‘.‘,‘,w the war secretary and the situation. | HAVE YOU TRIED IT? two weeks' extension. you'll meed it, any- | was a doserter?” was the quick, sudden | glielie nearing the house he had sought so| winter.” Evidently the state senator was |hurled his accusation just as a wounded | He got telegraphic news from Nashville how, getting your outfit, etc., and start for [ question ¢ often with beating heart and faltering feet | already preparing the way for “the-war-1s- [beast will snap at the ministering hand. [and strove hard with Stanton. who refused | Cincinnatl as quick as you can.'” “We were In the same company, and| i\ gave of doubt that preceded the war.| 8-faillure” party, and taking his cue from |possibly he thought it might command the | to listen and forbade his going to the And Holt took the advice and the money [ bis captain wrote me a few days sinc Now, virtually exonerated, & commissioned | his friend and political file leader, Val- gympathy of his guard and prompt them to | president. The major took to his bed the Enyart pressed upon him, aud a few lines | Was the guarded answer. officer in spite of secret and hostile in-|landigham. The senator sald more. He [let him go. Possibly he, for the moment | day after we got there. Judge Holt took from that young captain to the adjutant “Have you seen him fluences, a gentleman by birth and lineage, | Wondered how a free people could tolerate |at least, really belleved It. He had recog- | us to the White House It was a dreadful \ general at headquarters, where he briefly | I have not matured and broadened by the stirring ex- | In thelr midst a contemptible spy and In- | nized Holt the instant he saw Bim in the | time, you know. Lee had punished us so Y | 10 onough of his tale to win permission| Across the crowded cabin & sergeant|perience of his clghteen months of cam- |former, a fellow who, snake-like, could |cabin, He had belleved, as the night wore |at Antletam aud got back to Virginla, and ' 10 go to Cincinnat! on urgent personal busi- [ and a private soldier stood hammering at | paigning, he dared to hope to see the girl strike the breast that warmed it, and ) ring |'on without alarm or annoy, that Holt was | Mr. Lincoln looked utterly worn out and | ‘ ens, and to delay joining bis regiment |a stateroom door. From within a weak | he loved: he meant to ask for her, no mat- | to shame and misery a household wherein | really engrossed In the paper and had not | broken, but you should have seen bis eyes | H until the 30th. The chief of staff looked | voice was uttering querulous protest, and | ter who might snswer the bell, for he be-| he had for years received the tenderest, |scen him. The mafor, his charge, queru- | fill as mother told him your story Ml him keenly over, revolving in his mind the | the sergeant after & brief glance within |lieved from Mrs. Lane's brief letter that, kindest welcome What did the men of | Jously took him to task for his long stay, [ then the quaint, sad smile as he told us | ’ several storles that had been told of this | came over to them she herself rarely left the bedside of her | Cincinnati think of a cur who would accept | denianding water and quiet, and, hardly [one of his. Then the judgo led us away and | Bew leutenant who had not yet tried on his | “A sick man's in there, captain. He's|slowly convales:ing husband. As he reached |the office of following and finally running |daring to atir, the boy had sat in the dark- | it was all over. The order was telegraphed 4 uniform. The mall packet lett early fn the | in his berth and his bospital attendant's | the little bend in the familiar old strect and |down before thesvery eyes of a heartbroken ness loug hours, trembling. But at last | direct, and mother seut me to tell Major evening, and, crowded though the big boat | ashore to get some medicine that was for- | the bay window came Into view, he was 'mother and sister an unhappy boy whose | the boat seemed wrapped in glumber. The | Lane. Iying {1l at Willard's, and there was preved to be, a berth in a little aateroom | gotten. He's an officer.” | startled to see a number of fdlers gathered in | Worst crime was homesickness and an over- | major at least was sound asleep, and, as [ Dalsy and Mrs. Lane, just arrived and | . Was to be had, and, leaving there his 1tght | ““No. 20%—-Yes, Major Payne, wounded | front, staring curiously at the entrance, Mmastering desire to throw himself once |the dawn came on, Theo noiselessly slipped [ Dalsy clung to me and sobbed with joy." | Household Tonlc luggage, Norman took a seat at a table in | in cavalry fght, Cumberland Forge,” an- | where stood an officer with two armed sol- \more into that mother's arms before again |out of uniform and into the clvillan dress, | God bless you, Kate-—sister,” and again | . the rlhhm intending 'x.» write to the Rays, | swered the capiain, cousulting the list|diers. The bayonets of balf a dozen more MArching forth to battle? No wonder even |and, as they neared the old, famillar land- | be raised the Iim, soft white hand to his | who had declined Mrs, Enyart's not too | handed him a few minutes previous by | gleamed above the heads of the little throng, Malloy was breathless before he finished! 1, let himself into the cabin and out upon | and looked into her brimming eyes, and | pressing invitation to visit her, and also to | the steamer's clerk S RERTIAI O ioRiAgd Abnaciih RREA 05 e LR LR ERRR | eantily. coit et | s e must Almost. the of them heard the light step ”“i Akl BRUQAIRTS, Gaffney, to whom he felt grateful beyond | cinnati. Attendant, Private Maurice Tur- | west, and Norman's heart sank within him. at once to the provost marshal's office and | jast dollar of his ill-gotten ¢ Was spent neither saw the slender forn expression. But there were dozens of men | pin, Company 'B' —th Qhlo, convalescent | What could mean but that they were obtalned his written statement to the eftect | “Your friends must get y with | that paused n: tue doorways; then turn u} Prep. by the Val. Blatz Brewing bustling to and fro. There was much loud | from general hospital, Louisville. They're | there in search of the deserter, that the that in no way whatsoever had that young |the bauk cashicrs and was |and vanished Co., Mllwaukee. talk and not a little confusion. There were |all right. Don't disturb the major, but | reckless, witloss boy had dared to make officer been respons for the arrest of the [ what his Louisy told hin A moment later, as Kate arose to send | ¢ offcers of the staff and supply departments, | hurry up the attendant, Boat leaves in ten | his way to the old home, had been ked | deserter Lan It was a simple matter. | Unless Norn n him |again message the maid, the same | ] clerks, civillans and soldiers. There were | minutes," | and followed? The door was opened from The paymaster had descended upon Mc- [he belleved bim ized, un- | light step was this time heard in the hall ' many women—mothers, wives and widows | Five minutes, six, seven passed without | within. The officer and his immediate com- | Cook's corps before the march from Crab | watched. The street was leserted, save | way, and with ite, wan face, with but | D eturning from sojourns near the | sign of the attendant. The guard at the | panions disappeared before Norman could | Orchard to Bowling Green. Monoy b for @ dismal cab, when he tapped at the |the ghost of a smile, Dalsy entered, went | OMAHA BRANCH, camps or hospitals, where their soldiers | gangplank reported that 8o such man had | reach them. The soldiers at the foot of the | in the soldier's pocket. There was little to | basement door, ar 1 was at last admitted straight to Kate's extended arms and kissod | | 1412 Douglae 8t, Tel. 1081, Bad been serving or suffering. There were | come aboard since 6 o'clock, at which hour | steps detalued him, but be spoke au- |by There was little to do but gamble | by a frightened domestic. It was to Dalsy | ber ‘Will you come upstairs to mother,