V J . f;y.'Jj Bfli J I'll n CHAPTER XIX J y. f Within the week succeeding the de of the Rayners and Miss Travers. at Hayne's brother-in-law and his re- rkably attractive sister were with in garrison and helping lilm fit tin I new quarters which tiie colonel had insisted en his moving into and pjtng, crcn though two unmarried items had te meve out and tnake for him. This they seemed rather lighted te da Thcre was a prevailing timent at Warrcner that nothing was geed for Hayne nowadays; nnd he kau his adulation be nuietlv and sestly that thcre was difficulty in tell- just hew it affected him. Towards who had known him well in the ays of his early scrvice he still lnaln- cd a dignity and reserve of manner t'kept them at some distance. Te (.especially te the youngsters in th as well as te tliose in the Riflcrs, I anbent entirely, and was trunk, un- eted and warm hearted. He seemed bask in the sunshine of the respect I consideration accorded him en every vet no ene could Bay he seemed py. Courteous, grnve far beyond his .silent nnd thoughtful, he Impressed i all as a man who had Buffered tee ch ever again te be light hearted. i it was mera than bclievcd he had i deeply in love with NcllleTravcrs: that explained the rarity and sad- i of his smile. Te the women he was center of intense and romantic in- St ..Mrs. Waldren was an object of jcal- r because of the priority of her claims his regard. Mrs. llurley the sweet who se strongly resembled him i the recipient of universal attention i both bcxcs, Iiayne and the Hur- I indeed, would liave been invited te I places en evening could they have Ana yet, with it all, Mr. Havno I at times greatly preoccupied. IIe. I . T -ill " p (jnm ueat 10 unuif.ei. begin with, the widow Clancy bad I captured in ene of the mining towns, reshohadseughtrefUEO. andhreucht 4c by the civil authorities, nearly $3,000 abacus Having been found in her den, Blie had fought like a fun s' proved tee much for the sheriff's , when first arrested, nnd net until days after her incarceration was the amount brought te light. Thcre 'no question what ought te be done It. ncy's confession established the ttlmt almost the ontire amount was i from Capt. Hull nearly six years i, uie nignt previous te his tragie at Battle Butte. Mrs. Claner at t had furiously declared it all a lie: tWaldren's nnd BilUnes' precaution (having Clancy's cntire story taken uy a notary publie and sworn te are him eventually breke her down. 'made her iniserable, whining nd- iiens 10 iue BiieritTs officers in town i coienot would net liave her en the 'even as a prisoner and thcre she M still held awaiting further dlscles- whUe littie Kate was lovingly for at Mrs. Waldren'a. Peer old ' was buried and en the way te be ettcn. aat proved the hardest problem for garrison te eolve was the fact that, 0 jnr. uayne kept Beveral of his old elates at a distance, he had openly l uis nana te Jtayner. This was bing the ItiQers could net account The intensity of Ids feeling at the I or tue court martial nene could for- ;.the vehemence of his denunciation fee captain was still fresh in the Dry of these who heard it. Then were all these years in which Rav- rhad continued te crowd him te the and finally there was the almost cpisode of Buxtens inldnlirht fetatien, in which Rayner. willinclver .'had been in attendance. "Was it uet i that in the face of all these consider- i the first man te whom Mr. Ilayiie t have offered his hand was Cant. er? Oddindeedl But then enlv ene : two wcre inade acquainted with the i particulars or Clancy's confession, I Bone had heard Kcllie Travers' re- Teuchcd as he was by the sicht FRayncr's liaggnrd and trouble-worn s, relieved as he was by Clancy's re- aen or me wen tiiat had been woven leever the tracks of the thieves and re the feet of the pursuers. Ilavne I net have found it possible te eiler I band; but when he bent ever the ' glove and looked into her soft and uning yes at the moment of their ing he could net Bay no te the ene eg she asked of him: it was that if rner came te eay, "Forgive m". Le- they Iefhe would net repel him. at as ene man in garrison whom cut entirely, and for whom no i felt the faintest sympathy; and that, joeurse, was Buxton. With Itayncr e, ne hardly had an associate, theucrh l.esprit de corps of the th prompted cavalry eliicers te be civil te him i he appeared at the billiard room. i Mr. Hurley was fend of the irame. element of awkwardness was maul- I the first time the young officers ap- wawunineir engineer mend. Iiayne I net bet feet in such a place for five rt, and iiulttly declined all invitations nike a cue again. It was remembered i that hn played the prettiest came och carrems of all.the officers at the when he joined the Itinera nx a Uuriey could enlv stav a vi-rv i time, and the subalterns worn Ha. their best te inake It lively for him. me, Indeed, showed strent Inrlinnilnn f4evpte themselves te Mrs. HtirW- kflhewas tee busy with her brother's Ueld eUairs te detect their nreiucts. ey had turned very red and glared txten the first time the two met at elub room, but the bulky captain lily feuud cover under which te re- ( and never again showed himself iu tal neciety until the engineer with isjeicutinu attainments as a boxer as I m rend builder was safely out of the -vr-p B : i . By Capt Charles King, U. S. A. Auther of "Dunbavkn Rakch," "The CeunnuAi Dacehtxh," "Marieh'b Faith," Etc. tOepyrbrnt, by J. B. Llpplncelt Company, Philadelphia, s pabliaaad by special arraagftasnt with theta. Ana yet Micro cauie ft day very seen when Mr, Hayne wished that he could go te Buxton's quarters. He had in no wise changed his opinion of the man himself, but the Rayners had net been geno a fort night bofero Mrs. Buxton began te tell the ladies of the charming letters she was recelvlngjrem Mrs. Rayner all about their travels. Thcre were many thing he longed te knew, yet could net ask. There came te him a long nnd sorrow ful letter from the captain himself, but, beyond t. taw matters relating te the company and the transfer of Its prop erty, it was all given up te a recapitula tion of the troubles of the past few years and te renewed expressions of his deep regret. Of the ladles he inade but cas ual mention. 'They were journeying down the Mississippi en ene of its big steamers when he wrote, and Mrs. Ray ner was able te enjoy the novellics of the trip, and was getting better, but Btill required careful nursing. Bliss Travers was devoted te her. They would go te New Orleans, then possibly by sea around te New Yerk, arriving "there about tbe Gth of June; that, how ever, was undecided, no closed by ask ing Iiayne te remind Maj. Waldren that hts copy of Clancy's confession had net yet reached him, and he was anxious te bce it in full. "The ene thing lacking te complete the chain is Qewer," Bald the major, as he looked up ever his Npcctacles. "It would be difficult te tell what became of him. We get tidings of ineit of the de serters who wcre as prominent among the men as he appears te have been; hut I have made inquiry, and be has the colonel, and net a word has ever been heard of him since the night heappcircd before Mrs, Clancy and handed ever the money te her. IIe was n strange char acter, from all accounts, and must have had soiue conscicnce after all. De you remember him at all, Uaync?" ,"1 remember him well. We made the inarch from the Big Hern ever te Battle Butte together, nnd he was n (teldlcr ene could net help remarking. Of course I never had anything te nay te lilm, but we heard he was an expert gambler when the troop was ever thcre nt Miners' Dellght." "Of ceurse his testimony Ihii'I neces sary. Clancy and his wife between them have cleared you, after burying you nlive five years. But nothing but his story could explain his singular conduct plan ning the whele robbery, executing It with nil the skill of a professional jailbird, do de Bcrling and covering Fevcral hundred miles with his plunder, then daring loge te the old fort, find Mrs. Clancy, mid sur render every cent the moment he heard of your trial. What u fiend that woman wasl Ne wonder she dreve Clancy te drink 1" "Will you send coplesef her ud mission with Claney's affidavits?' asked Iiayne. "Here they nre in full," answered the major. "The colonel talki of having them printed and strewn broadcast aa warnings against 'snap judgment' nnd tee confident testimony in future." Divested of the legal encumbrances with which mich documents are usually weighted, Clancy's steryran substantial ly as follews: "I was sergeant in K troop, and Gewcr was in F. We had been stationed to gether six months or be when ordered out ou the Indian campaign that sum mer. I was dead breke. All my money was gene, and my wife kept bothering me for mero. I owed n let of money around headquarters, tee, and tlewer knew it, and sometimes asked me what I was going te de when we get back from the campaign. We were net geed friends, him nnd I. There was money dealings between us, and then thcre was talk about Mrs. Clancy fancying him tee much. The paymaster came up with a strong escort and paid off the boys late in October, just ns the exjKxlitieu was breaking up and going for home, nnd all the officers and men get four mouths' pay. Thcre was Lieut. Crane and twenty fcicn of F troop out en u scout, but the lieutenant hail left his pay rolls with Capt. Hull, nnd the men had all higncd before they started, nnd be the captain he drew it all for them and put each man's meney in nn cnvclope marked with his name and the lieutenant's tee, and then crowded it all into some bigger cnvelejics. I was thcre where I could see it all, and Qewer was watching hiui close. 'It's a big pile the captalu's get,' bays he, 'I'd like te be u read agent and uub liiiur' When I told him it couldn't be ever eleven hundred dollars, he says, 'That's only part. He has Ids' own pay aud six hundred dollars company fund, nnd a wad of greenbacks he's been car ryin' around all summer. It's nigh en te four thousand dollars he's get in his tad dip bturs this day.' "And that night, instead of Lieut. Crane's coming back, he sent word he had feuud the trail of a big band of Indians, and the whele crowd went in pursuit. Thcre was fourceutpniilcsof infantry, un der Capt. Rayner, and F nnd K troops what was left of them that wcie ordered te stay by the wagons and bring them safe ly down; nnd we started with them ever towards Battle Butte, keeping teuth of the way the regiment hail geno te Jivlkiw Mr. Crane. And the very neri day Capt. Rayner get orders te bring his battalion te the river ond-gcTen the leat, while tne wagons iept en down the hank with s4ff guard them. And Mr. Uayne was acting quartermaster, and hestajed with us; and him and Capt. Hull was together a geed deal. There was some trouble, we heard, because Cipt. Rayner thought another officer ttheuld have Iieen made quartermaster and Mr. Hayne should have stayed with his company, aud words; hut Capt. Hayne a herse keen him with they Hull mid had bome gave Mr, seemed te him; and that night, in sight of Battle Butte, the steamboat was out of sight ahead when we went Inte camp, and I was Bcrgcant of the guard and had my fire near the captain's tent, nnd twice in the evening Gewcr came te me aud said new was the time te lay bauds en the money and skip. At last he savs te mn. 'Yeu are flat breke, and they'll all be. oeuewn en you when you get back te the pest. Ne man in America wants five hundred, dollars mero than you de. I'll give you five hundred In ene hour from new if jeu'll get the captain out of his tent fur half an hour.' Almest everybedy was asleep then; the captain was, andbe was Mr. Ilayiie, and hu went en te tell me hew he could de it. He'd been watch iug the captain. It made such u big bundle, did the money, in all the sepa rate envelopes that he had dene it ull up different made a memorandum of the amount due each man, and packed the greenbacks nil together iu ene solid pile his own money, the lieutenant's and the men's done it up in paper and tied it Hrmlv and put big bionics of j-TfW Artkj-is1 ( .-.-TUcTffiti w TUB LANOASTEU DAILY 1 ll'l green q,ii&K wax en it and sewed then with the fie.il en his watch chain. Say ( (tower, 'Yeu get the captain out, m I tell you, and I'll slip right In, get the money stuff some ether paper with few ones and twos In the package; his seal, his watch nnd everything is thcre In the naddle bagsundcr his head, and I can ro re bcaI and rcplace it in five minutes, and he'll never suspect the less until the com mand all gets together again next week. By that time I'll be thrce hundred miles away. Everybody will Bay 'twas Oewcr that robbed him, and you with your five hundred will never be suspected.' I asked him hew could he expect the captain te go and leave be much money in his bags with no ene te guard It; nnd he said he'd bet en it if I did it right. The captain had had no luck tracking In dians that summer, and the rcgiinent was laughing at him. He knew they worn scattering every which way new, and was eager te strike them. All I had te de was te creep in excited like, wake him up sudden, and tell him I was sure I hed heard nn Indian drum and their scalp dance song out beyond the pickets that they wcre ever towards Battle Butte, and he could hear them if he would ceme outen the river bank. 'He'd go quick,' says Qewer, 'and think of nothing.' "And I wouldn't believe it, but he did. He sprang up nnd went right out willi inn, just flinging his overcoat round him; and he never neemed te want te come In. Tiie wind was blowing soft like from the southeast, and he steed thcre straining his ears trying te hear the Bounds I told him of; but at last he gave It up, and we went back te camp, and he took his lantern aud looked in his aaddle bags, and I shook for fear; but he seemed te find every thing nil right, and in the. next ten minutes he was asleep, and Qewer came nnd whispered te me, nnd I went with him, and he gave me five hundred dollars, In twenties. 'New you're bound,' says be; 'keep the sentries off while I get my horse.' And that's the last I ever saw of him. Then a strange thing happened. Twas hardly daylight when n courier came galloping up, and I called the captain, and he read the dispatch, and Bays he, 'By heave.., Clancy, you wcre right after all. Thcre are Indians ever there. Why didn't I trust your ears? Call up the whele command. The Riders have treed them at Battle Butte, and Capt. Rayner has geno with his battalion. We nre te escort the wagons le where the beat lien beyond the bend, and then push ever with all the het semen we can take.' It was after daylight when we get started, but we almost ran the wagons 'cress country te the beat, nnd there Capt. Hull took F troop and wliat there was of his own , lenviug only ten men back with the wagons, and net till then was Gewcr missed; but all wero in mich a hurry te get te the Indians that no ene paid attention. Mr. Iiayne he begged the captain le let him go, loe, no the train was left with the wagon master and the captain of the beat, and away we went. Yeu knew all about the fight, and hew 'twas Mr. Ilayiie the captain called (e and gave his watch and the two packages of meney when he was ordered te charge. I was right by his side, and I swere Ged fergive mel that through the crack and tear (n the paper I could eee the lay ers of greenbacks, when I knew 'twas only totne ones and twos Qewer had (flipped in te make it leek right; and Capt. Rayner steed there and saw thu packet, tee, and Sergt. Walshe and Bugler White; but them two wero killed with lilm, te that 'twas only Capt. Ray ner and I was left as witnesses, and never till we get te Lararule after the cam paign did the trouble ceme. I never dreamed of anything ever coming of it but that every ene would say Qewer stelo the meney nnd deserted; but when the captain turned the packages ever te Mr. Iiayne and then get killed, and Mr. Iiayne carried the packages, with the watch, seal, saddlebags uud all, te Chey enne, and never opened them till he get there two weeks after, when we were nil hcattercd then they turned en him, 1 is own officers did, and bald he ntole it nnd gambled or sent it away in Chey enne. "I had lest much of my money then, nnd Mrs. Clancy get the rest, and it inade me crazy te think of that ier young gentleman accused of it all; but I was in for it, and knew it meant prison for years for me, niid peihap they couldn't prove it en him. 1 get te drinking then, and told Capt. Rayner that the th was down en me for swearing away the young officer's character; and then he took me te Company B when the colonel wouldn't have me any morn in the th; and ene night when Mrs. Clancy had lcen rais ing my hair and I wanted meney te drink and she'd give me none, littie Kate told me her mother had lets of meney iu a lox, and thai Sergt. Gower had ceme and given it te her while they were get ting bcttled in the new pest after the Battle Butte campaign, and he had made her premiso le give it te me the moment I get back that somebody was in trou treu trou bie, and that 1 must save him; and I le le lieved Kate, and charged Mrs. Clancy with it, and the beat me and Kate, aud suore It was all a lie; and I never could gel the money. "And at hist came the fire, and it vns the lieutenant that saved my life nnd Kate's, and brought hack te her all that pile of- money through the flames. It breke my heart then, and I vowed I'd go and tell him the truth, but they wouldn't let me. She told me the captain said he would kill me If I blabbed, and she would kill Kate. I didn't dare, until they told me my discharge had come, nml tJM3i-I was glad when the lieutenant nnd the major caught me In town. When "iney premised te take cam of littie Kate I didn't care what happened te me. The money Mrs. Clancy has except perhaps two hundred dollars all belongs te Lieut Hayne, tince he paid off every cent that was hteleu from Capt. Hull." Supplemented by Mrs. Clancy's rueful and incoherent ndmUsIens, Clancy's story did its work. Mrs. Clancy could net long persist in her various denials after her husband's confession was brought te her ears, aud she was totally unable te neceunt batisfucteiily for the possession of se much money. Littie Kate had U-en tee young te grasp the full meaning of what Gower said te her mother iu that hurried Interview; hut her reiterated btatements that he came late nt night, before the regiment get home, and knocked nt the deer until he waked them up, mid her mother cried when he came in, he looked se different, and had spectacles and a patch en his cheek, ami ranch clothes, and he only btayed a littie while, and told her mother he must go lack te the mountains, the police were en his track she knew new he speke of having dcheited and he gate her mother lets of meney, for she opened and counted it afterwards and told her it must ull go te papa te get Kime ene out of trouble all were se clear nnd circumstantial that at l.ut the hardened woman lgan te break down and make reluctant admissions. When an astute sheriff's officer finally told her that he knew where he cenld lay hands en Sergt. Gower, she surren dered utterly. Se long as he was out of the way could net be found she held out; hut the prospect of dragging into prison with her the man who had Bpurucd her in years geno by mid was urrxif atralnst her fan;hiiliiVM vva tticx INTELLIGENCER, alluring. She told all she could at lilt expense. He had ridden eastward after his dencrtien, and, making bis way down the Mlaseuri, had atepped at Yankton and geno thence te Kansas City, spend ing much of his money, ne had reached Denver with the rest, and there alie knew net hew had made or received mero, when he heard of tbe fact that Capt, Hull hed turned eyer Ida property te Lieut. Hayne just before he was killed, and that the lieutenant was new te Ite tried for failing te account for It. He brought her enough te cover all he had taken, but here ehe lied strove te persuade her te go te San Francisce with him. She premised te think of it if he would leave the money which he did, swearing he would come for her and It. That was why she dared net tell Mike when he get home. He was se jealous of her. Te this part of her statement Mrs. Clancy stoutly adhered; but the officers bclievcd Kate. One oilier thing she told. Kate had declared he wero a heavy patch en his right check and tcmple. Yes, Mrs, Clancy remembered It. Some scoundrels had Bought te rob him in Denver, He had te fight for life and meney both, and liia share of the honors of the fray was a deep and clean cut extending across thp check bone and up abeve the right car. An these family revelations wero told throughout the garrison and comment of every kind was made thereon, there is reason for the belief that Mrs. Buxton found no difficulty in filling her letters with particulars of deep Interest te her readers, who by this time had carried out the pregramme indicated by Capt. Ray ner. Mid-June had come; the ladies, ap parently benefited by the sea voyage, had landed in New Yerk and wcre lecdily driven te their old quarters at the Westminster; and while the captain went te headquarters of the department te report his arrival en leave and get his letters, n card was Kent up te Miss Travers which she read with checks that slightly paled : "He is here, Kate." "Nellie, you you won't threw him ever, after nil he has dene and home for you?" "I shall keep my premise' was the answer. CHAPTER XX. "And be blie's really going te marry Mr. Van Antwerp," Bald Mrs. Buxton te Mrs. Waldren a few days later in the month of Bunshine and roses. "I did net think it posslble when ehe left," was the reply. "Why de you nay be new?" "Oh, Mrs. Rayner writes that the cap tain had te go te Washington en seme important family matters, and that she and Nellio wcre nt the eca shere again, nnd Mr. Vnn Antwerp was with them from morning till night. He looked be worn and haggard, ehe said, that Ncllie could net but take pity en him. Heav ens! think of having five hundred thou sand dollars sighing its life away for you! especially when lie's handsome. Mrs. Rayner inade me premiso te send it right back, heeause he would never give her ene before, but alie sent his picture. It's pplendid. Wait, and I'll show you." And Mrs. Buxton darted into the house. ll'ifi one shritk of warning nml terror she springs tettardi them ;tts in time. When she leappeared, three or four young cavalrymen were nt thogatcchat thegatcchat ting with Mrs. Waldren, nnd the picture was passed from hand te hand, exciting varied comment. It was a simple carle de visile, of the style ence Hpeken of as ignette only the head nnd bheuhlcrs being visible but it was the picture of a btreng, clear cut face, with thick, wavy black hair just tingeing with gray, a drooping mustache nnd long Kngllsh whiskers. The eyes wcre heavy brewed, and, though partially shaded by the geld rimmed plnce-nez, wcre piercing and fine. Mr. Vnn Antwerp was unques tionably a flue looking man. "Here comes Hayne," said Reyce. "Shew it te him. Ur- likes pictures; though I wouldn't like this ene if I were in his place." Mr. Hayne stepped in bome burpribe when hailed, greeted Mrs. Waldren wauuly and bowed courteously te Mrs. Buxton, who was watching him nar rowly. Want te sec a picture of the man you ought te go and perforate?" asked Wob Web bler, with that lefty indifference Well youngsters have te the ravages of the tender passion en subjects ether than themselves. "Te whom de you refer?" asked Ilnyne, smiling gravely, and littie imagining what was in btore for him. "Tills," said Webster, holding out the card. Hayne took it, gave ene glance, btartcd, bcized it with both hands, stud ied it eagerly, w hile his own face rapidly paled, then looked up with quick, search ing eyes. "Who is this?" he naked. "The man who's engaged te Miss Tra vers Mr. Van Antwerp." "This this Mr. Van Antwerp!" ex claimed Ilayiie, his face white as abheet. "Here, take it, Reyce!" Aud iu an instant he had turned ami gene. "Well, I'll lw hanged if I knew that he was that hard hit," drawled Webster. "Did jeu, Reyce?" But Keyce did net answer. A gorgeous moonlight is bathing the Jersey coast in bparkling silver. The tumbling billows ceme thundering in te the bhiuing btrand, and sending their biasing, seething, whirling waters, nil shimmer and radiance, te the very feet of the groups of bpectaters. There are hundreds of cople bcattered here and there along the shingle, aud among the groups a pale faced young man in tweed traveling suit has made his way te a point where he can command n view of all the passers by. It is nearly 11 o'clock before they begin te break up and beck the bread corridors of the brilliantly lighted hotel. A great military band of nearly forty pieces is pl.iving superbly at Intervals, and every new anil then, as Bome Mining martial btrains ceme thrilling through the air, aeuug girl in agieupnear nt hand beats time with her pretty feet and seems te quiver with the influence of the soldier melodies. A tall, dark eyed, dark hahed man bends devotedly ever her, but he, tee, seems te rise te his full height at times, aud there is something in the earriage aud mien that tells that soldier eengs have thrilled his veins ere new, Aud this man the young traveler in gray watches as though his eyes were fascinated. Standing iu thoBhadeof n littie summer heuse, he never ceases his scrutiny of the group. At last the-Ujusiciana co aqd the ucnnUi 'w SATUItDAYi JLPBIL fellow. The aands are boom deautud; the great ptauas are emptied of their prom cnadcrs; the Italia and corridors are BtiU patrenised by the few belated chaperons and their giddy charges. The music lov ing girl has gene aloft te her room, and her aunt, the third member of the group that no chained the attention of the young man in gray, lingers for a mo ment toexchange a few words with their cavalier. Uebccuis in need of consola tion. "Don't be se downhearted, Mr, Van Antwerp. It is very early in the sum mer, nnd you have the whole season be fore you." "Ne, Mrs. Rayner, it is very different from last year. I cannot explain it, but I knew there has been a change. I feel as as I used te in my old, wild days when a change of luck was coming. It's like the gambler's superstition, but lean lean pet shake it off. Something told me she was lest te me when you bearded that Pacifie express last February. I was a feel ever te have let her go." "Is she still se determined?" "I cannot shake her resolution. She says that at the end of the year's time originally agreed upon she will keep her premise; but she will listen te no earlier marriage. I have about given up all hope. Something ngaln that fearful something 1 cannot shake off tells me that my only chance lay in getting her te go with me this month. Once abroad with her, I could inake her happy; but" He bieaks off irresolutely, looking about him in the btrange, huutcd manner she has noted once or twice already. ''Yeu are all unstrung, Mr. Van Ant werp.' Why net go te bed and try nud sleep? Yeu will be se much brighter to morrow." 'I cannot sleep. Hut don't let raekcep you. I'll go out and smeke a cigar. Ooed night, Mrs. Rayner. Whatever comes of It all, 1 shall net forget your kindness." Se he turns away, and she still stands at the feet of the staircase, watching him uneasily. He has aged greatly in the past few months. She is shocked te 6ee hew gray, hew fitful, nervous, irritnble he has become. As he moves towards the doorway she notes hew thin his cheek has grown, and wonders nt the lr lr lr tesolutien in his movements when he reaches the biead piazza. He stands there an instant, the massive doorway forming a fraiue for a picture en sil houette, his tall, spare figure thrown black upon the silver sea beyond. He leeks up and down the new deserted gal leries, fumbles In his ieckcts for his cigar cabe, bites off with nervous clip the end of a huge "Regalia," strikes a light, and before the (lame is half applied te his weed throws it away, then turns sharply and strides out of sight towards the office. Anether instant, nnd, ns though in pursuit, a second figure, erect, soldierly, with quick and iKiuudlng step strides across the glittering moon streak, nnd Mrs. Rayncr's heart stands still. Only for an instant, though. She has seen and recognized Ltiwrcnce Hayne. Concealed from them he is following Mr, Van Antwerp, nud there can he but ene purposein his ceming.herc Nellie. But what can he want with her her right ful lever? She springs from the lower btep en which blie has been standing, runs across the tessellated fleer, and steps short iu the doorway, gazing after the two figures. She is startled te find them cloe ut hand one, Van Antwerp, clese te the railing, facing towards her, his features ghastly in the moonlight, his left hand resting, nud supporting him, en one of the tall wooden pillars; the ether, Hnyne, with white clinching fists, advancing upon him. Abeve the low boom and rear of the surf she distinctly hears the clear tenor ring of his veice in the tone of command she last heard un der the shadows of the Reckies, two thousand miles away: "Haiti" Ne wonder a gentleman in civil life leeks amazed nt be peremptory a sum mons from a total stranger. In his high indignation will he net strlke the Imper tinent Buhaltern te earth? As a well bred woman it occurs te her that she ought te rush out aud avert hostilities by Introducing them or something; but she has no time te act. The next words vimply take her breath away: "Sergt. Gower, I arrest you as a de sorter and thief I Yeu desertcd from F troop, th cavalry, nt Battle Bultlel" She sees the fearful gleam en the dark man's face; thcre Is a sudden bpring, a clinch, n straining te and fro of two forms one tall, black, 6naky, the ether light, lithe, ngile and trained; muttered curse, panting breath, and then, sure as fate, the taller man Is being berne back ward against the rail. She sees the dark arm suddenly relax its grasp of the gray feim and disappear an instant. Then thcre It comes again, nnd with it a gleam of steel. With ene shriek of warning and terror she springs towards them just iu time. Hayne glances up, catches the lifted wrist, hurls his whele weight upon the tottering figure, and ever gees the Knickerbocker prone upon the fleer. Hayne turnsone instant: "Ge indoors, Mrs. Rayner. This is no place for you. Leave him te inc." And iu that Instant, before cither can proven!, Steven Van Antwerp, alias Gewcr, springs te his feet, leaps ever the balcony rail and disappears in the depths Iwlew. It is a descent of net mero than ten feet te the sands beyond the dark paRsage that underlies the piazza, but he lias geno down into the passage itself. When Mr. Iiayne, running down the steps, gains his way te tiie space beneath the piazza; no trace of the fugitive can he find. Ner does Mr. Van Antwerp appear at breakfast en the following morning, nor again te any person known te this story. An officer of the th cavalry, spending a poitieu of the following winter in Paris, writes that he met him face te face one day in the galleries of the Leuvre. Be ing iu civilian I'ostume, of course, nnd much changed in nppearnnce since he was a youth in the straps of a second lieutenant, it was possible for him te take a geed leek nt the man he had net seen since he wero the chevrons of n dashing sergeaM iu the Battle Butte campaign. "He has grown almost white," wrole the lieutenant, "nnd I'm told he has abandoned his business in New Yerk and never will return te the United States." Rayner, tee, has grown gray. A tele gram from his wife summoned him te the fica-iide from Washington the day after this btrange adventure of hers. IIe found her semewhat prostrate, his sister-in-law very pale and quiet, and the clerks of the hotel unable te account for the disappearance of Mr. Van Autwcrp. Lieut. Hayne, they 6ald, had told thorn he received news which compelled him te go back le New Yerk at ence; but the gentleman's traps were all In his room. Mr. Iiayne, tee, had gene te New Yerk; and thither the captain followed. A let ter came te lUni tit the Westminster which he read and handed in silence te Hayne. It was as fellows; "By the time this reaches you I shall be beyond reach of the law and en my way te Eurepe te spend wliat may be left of my days. I hope they may be few; for the puuishment that has fallen upon uic is mere than I can bear, though no mero than I deserve. Yeu have heard that luv college days wcre wild, aud that .";VW4-' ; , f 7i-r,r,; ) V 10, 190. after repeated warnings my fatacr'saeTSj sae from home, sending me te Wyoming te embark in the cattle business. 'I pre ferred gambling, and lest what ie gave ne. There was aetbJag then left but te enlist) and I joined the th. Mether still bettered me la or bear Denver, and wrote regularly there, The life was hor rible te ne after the taxttry aad lack of restraint I had enjoyed, aad I meant te desert. Chaace threw la my way that temptation. I robbed peer Hull the night before he was killed, repacked the paper se that even tlfc tern edges would show the greenbacks, reseated it all just as I have had te hear through her pure and sacred lips it was finally told and her lever saved. "Ged knows I was shocked when I heard in Denver he was te be tried for the crime. I hastened te Cheyenne, net daring te show myself te him or any ene, and restored every cent of the money, placing it in Mrs. Clancy's hands, as I dared net stay; but I had hoped te give it te Clancy, who had net arrived. The police knew me, and I had te go. I gave every cent I had, and walked back te Denver, then get word te mother of my fearful danger; and, though she never knew I was a deserter, she sent me money, and I came cast and went abroad. Then my whele life changed. I was appalled te think hew low I had fallen. I shunned companionship, stud ied, did well nt Heidelberg; father for gave me, and died; but Ged has net for given, and at the moment when I thought my life redeemed this retribution over takes me, "If I may ask anything, it is that mother may never knew the truth. I will tell her that Nellle could net love me, and I could net bare te stay." Some few wcekB later that summer Miss Travers steed by the Baine balcony rail, with an open letter in her hand. There was a soft flush en her pretty, peachy check, aud a far away leek in her sweet blue eyes. "What news from Warrcncr, Nellie?" auked Mrs. Rayner. "Fluffy baa reappeared." "Indccdl Where?" "At Mr. Hnyne's. He writes that us he returned, the moment he entered the hall she came running up te him, arching her back and purring h'er delight and welcoming him just as though she be longed thcre new; and" "And what, Nellie?" "He says he means te keep her until I ceme te claim her." THE END. HOMES OF PUBLIC MEN. Copyright, 1800. The residence of Hen. Reger Quarles Mills, who wns the chairman of the ways and means cemmittee In the last con gress, occupies a conspicuous position a few hundred yards from the town of Corsicana, Tex., nnd is a typical example of the plain, substantial southern home. It was built almost twenty years age of well seasoned timber, selected by Mr. CONC1HESSMAN MILLS' HOME. Mills himself, and, consequently, is in pretty nearly as geed a condition new as when first put up. Substantial square pillars support the reef, which is only two stories abeve the ground. A wide gallery runs around the house, and all the upper windows open upon it. The spacious hall affords the greatest pessible amount of air dining the het season, nnd the large, comfertablo rooms are al ways pleasantry cool. A long wing ex tends from the back of the residence and contains the kitchen and servants' quarters, nud nt seme distance in the rear is the stable and carriage house. The French windows in the rooms en the lower lloer open directly into the garden. If Mr. Mills has any ether hobby than the tariff question It is the cultiva tion of flowers. Of this he is passionately fend, nud the grounds In freut and en each side of his heuse are filled with floral beds of every description. Fifteen acres of laud lie In the rear of the heuse, part of which is cultivated as avegctable garden, iu the care of which Mrs. Mills is almost as assiduous as is her husband among the llowers. A small lake, well stocked with Ash, affords an opportunity for beating, nnd in ene corner of the es es tate, well shaded by thick trees, is n lawn tennis court, where the younger mem bers of the family enjoy themselves. The heuse is only occupied during the summer time, the family spending the winter In Washington witli Mr. Mills. THE LATE COL. E. B. KNOX. lie Wim One of Ellswerth' Celebrated IU'iilmt'nt of Zeuavci. The recent and sudden death of Cel. E. B. Knox, of Chicago, is u great less te the already small remnant of the fa- nieus Ellswerth Zeuaves, us Cel. Knox net only berved in that command, but was also an original member of the Chi cage Cadets who were trained by Ellswerth te such efficiency that they traveled through the coun try exhibiting, in I860. Cel. Knox was born in Maine in 1838, and located in Chicago en reach ing maturity. He wasancnthu- COL. E. D. KNOX. last In military studies, and lwcame a Bcrgeant In the original Ellswerth Zou Zeu aves. When the be called Fire Zeuaves were organized in New Yerk he at ence went there nnd joined them, becoming first lieutenant. Later he enlisted asn pri pri vate iu the Foity-feurth New Yerk in fnntry,and rose te the rank of lieutenant colonel by the clese of the war. Again he enlisted as iv private, this time in the regular army, nnd rese te a first llcuten llcuten nntey. After much hctive bervice he was retired in 1870, but served as colonel in the Illinois militia. IIe was a natural soldier, brave nud efficient. IIe leaves a son and daughter, both grown. His sec ond wife alw survives. A recently published letter of Roberl Browning, the poet, who died 6emc months age, contains a valuably hint as te Ids own opinion of what lie had writ ten. Heiegarded ns the four poems that "represent him fairly" "Saul," "A For Fer gheness," "Caliban en Setebes" and "Cli7e." These, in the order given, he classilled as lyrical, narrative, dramatic and idyllic. M. de Freycinet, the present head of the French cabinet, has held office fre quently, but never long, nis previous premierbhips, three in number, averaged nine months iu duration. As his present cabinet is composed of Btreng men who are said te pull in different directions, it is net thought that hU fourth term will be leuger than IU predecessors. iW7. U'T' & f !.? V i, J, I. t , Htamp exhibition. " V II IT MARKS THE SCMI-CENTtNNlAL OF THE MODERN POSTAL SYSTEM. Beaiethlnc A beat the 6amSM I sail, tte Plaything; f aaUa hat Hew aWstta Wide Macawltr The Yleaaa OsaffMSS. en Old TIbm Staaaf The present te the fiftieth or jubHsa year of the postage stamp, aad the semi centennial is being appropriately eosm eesm eosm memerated by an International Stamp exhibition new in progress at Vieaaa. It was In 1840 that Sir Rowland Hill "set the pace'' for the civilised world as re gards the transmission of letters, and gave te the British publie that invalu able little commodity for the prepay raent of pottage knows as the adhesive stamp. But while Sir Rowland deserves all the honor and credit be has received as the formulator of a magnificent sys tem, he was net what might be called aa original inventor. The idea which he put in practical working shape is first heard of in history as far back aa th days of Leuis XIV, and engraved labels, with gummed backs, were known and used in Sardinia seventy-five rears age. wavAicnyn mmm. BW1B8, 1848 ENGLAND, 1840. Yet the fact remains that an undevel oped thought is like iron In the mountain side. It is of no geed te the human race till mined nud manufactured. Then, as the spade or crowbar, its valtie is incal culable. Se witli the postage stamp. As a toy or Kile fancy of a moment it was the least and most worthless of ephemeral things, but the moment Sir Rowland Hill showed that a wealth of practical worth lay in the idea it gained life and permanency aud has grown te be a giant of necessity. The order in which the various nations adopted the new system inaugurated by Great Britain was n curious ene. The Swiss cantons and Brazil contest for second place, each issuing a series of stamps in 1843. Russia followed in 1845. The United States did nothing until two years later. France, Belgium aud Spain fell into line between 1848 and 1850. Thereafter the use of stamps spread te all parts of the glebe, and Persia, Turkey, Egypt, Japan, neng Keng, Sinm, the Fiji Islands and Hawaii are today num bered among the rctnote countries that have recognized and accepted the system of which Sir Rowland Hill Is properly called the father. nussi.v, 1843 Brazil, 1848. In the United States the postal reforms consequent en the introduction of the, prepaid stamp have been great and of the utmost importance. Forty years age the rates en domestie letters were three, five, six and ten cents, according te dis tance. Ocean postage was enormous, ranging from twenty-four cents upward, 'and an agitator of that day declared that it cost a foreign born servant girl half a week's wnges te send a letter and receive nn answer, while "a peer man In the country will have te work a day te earn the vnlue of the postage. of a letter ie and from his friends in Europe." Hew the newspapers fared is summed up by the same writer in a sentence: ''Jlie New Yerk Courier nnd Enquirer or Journal of Commerce, weighing two and ene quar ter ounces, is charged te Sail Francisce fifteen cents prepaid, nnd, if net prepaid, thirty cents." He supplements his state ments of the condition of things by as serting that "letter pestage should be re duced te a uniform rate of two cents prepaid." It is hardly probable that the agitator from whose writings the abeve quota tions are taken was mere fertunate than ether reformers. Few of the clear sight ed men who tower head and shoulders above their generation live te see the tri umphal fruition of their suggestions, anil, assuming that the man who urged two cent tostage in 1850 was then in Ids prime, he was old, gray headed nud in the vale of years, if alive, which is hard ly prebable, at the date when his idea became nn actuality en the national statute books. CONFEDERATE STATES, 1801. Philately, by the way, seems already te have leached a dignity coequal with that which attaches te numismatics. A generation age the collection of stamps was generally thought te be en amuse ment for children only. New it is the occupation in which many men of leisure and wealth delight, and it is te them that the International Stamp exhibition at Vienna ewes its being. There nre dis played at this novel congress sevcral al bums that contain specimens of all or nearly all the stamps ever issued, and ene collection claimed te be complete is held by its owner nt the large price of $50,000. The exhibition has attracted in terest the world ever, nnd nmeng the at tendants are several postmasters general of European countries. Twe of the illustrations nre of the first stamps published by the four first coun tries te adept the Rowland Hill system. The third shows different specimens of the first issue sent eutby the govern ment of the Confedernte"btates. DWIienrsly Among Jockeys. There me tne direct Inducements te dis honesty umuiiK jeckuja. Tiie tint cemue from en ners of horses w he offer their jocks big bribes te Iu Important races, thus thaw ing their dl.trust for them. The ether comes from racing associations which suffer jock jeck ej a te bet ou ether than their own mounts. As toen us ene of them becomes an indlacrtm indlacrtm inntlve better the publie had better cease te trust or fellow him. Hoekmakersare always ready te urg a jockey te bet, and, ence hav ing gotten him hi their clutches, numerous devices ere reserted te for squeezing the pub lic. Muklnii Sehllers of Iutll-iu. It has long been a frontier maxim that the only geed Indian wns a dead Indian, but Secretary of War Procter evidently thinks otherwise. At any rate he recent ly submitted te the interior department officials a preposition te enlist l,000.1n dians Inte the regular army. It is pro posed te officer the regiment with gradu ates from West Point, the subordinate grades te be filled by pupils who liave been educated at the eastern schools for Indians, The secretary declares the Iu dians can be received into the regular army in u separate regiment, both te their own advantage nnd that of the service, aVjaalH BBBBBBBBBBBBBaClaBBBBBBBBBBBH tXHaaaaaaflES areriiiifeB .," t . r. v- Vj.-V-- fefe'Wav v. - Clafe-Jt-- - - wmt.
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