The Scranton tribune. (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, October 12, 1895, Page 10, Image 10
10 (Copyright 1S8S. by IUIRT III. The corporal looked after his captain with an expression of mingled amaze ment, grief and philosophy. He seemed to be saying to himself that there un fortunately were times, after all, whr-n one could not rely upon themost reliable of men. When he returned to the (croup he found the captain bending over the Kirl and saying: "Why Is it that you don't want us to search up-stairs?" The girl's head was burled In her crossed hands. Locks of her hair had escaped from their fastenings and these fell upon her shoulders. "Won't you tell me?" The corporal here winked again at the man next to him. IBecause " the girl moaned. Be- causc there ain't anybody up there." The captain at lust said timidly: Well, I'm afraid I'm afraid we'll have The girl sprang to her feet again and Implored him with her hands. She looked deep Into his eyes with her glance which was nt this time like that of the. fawn when It says to the hunter: "Have mercy upon me." These two stood regarding each other. The captain's foot was on the bottom step, 'but he seemed to be shrinking. Ble wore an air of being deeply wretched and ashameW. There was a silence. Suddenly the corporal said in a quick, low tone: "Look out, captain!" All turned their eyes swiftly toward the head of the stairs. There had ap peared there a youth In a grey uniform. He stood looking coolly down at them. tio word was said toy the troopers. The girl gave vent to a little wall of desola tion. "Oh, Marry!" , He began slowly to descend the stairs. His right arm was in a white sling and there was some fresh (blood stains upon the cloth. His face was rigt.i and death ly pale, but his eyes Hashed like lights. The girl was again moaning In an ut terly dreary fashion as the youth camo slowly down toward the silent men In blue. Six steps from the bottom of the flight he halted and said: "I reckon it's mo you're looking for." ' The troopers had crowded forward a trifle and, posed In lithe, nervous atti tudes, were watching him like cats. The captain remained unmoved. At the youth's question he merely nodded his head and said:, "Yes." The young man In- grey looked down et the girl and then,1 in the same even tone which now, however, seemed to vibrate with suppressed fury, he said: "And Is that anyreasonwhy you should insult my sister?" At this sentence, the girl Intervened, desperately, between the young man in grey and the officer In blue. "Oh, don't Harry, don't! He was good to me! iHe was good to me, Harry Indeed, he was." The youth came on In his quiet, erect fashion until the girl could have touched either of the men with her hand, for the captain still remained with his foot upon the first step. She About Oct. 15 we ner of Linden street and 0 T I) " 30-inch Ingrain Papers, 25c. Per double roll, Gilt and White Blank Papers; 10c. t-25c, Barnes, Carter & Arnold's Inks, 35 C. Per quart, Barnes, Carter & Arnold's Inks, 20c. Per Pnt Falcon Pens, 30c. a gross - - Dickens' Novels, Waverly Novels, Family ... The Greatest Sacrifice of Stationery, NAall Paper, Pictures, Frames, Books and Art Goods and the finest display ever made In the city. Open evenings. , Irving Bachellor. continually repeated: "Oh, Harry! Oh, Harry!" The youth In grey maneuvered to glare Into the captain's face tirst over one shoulder of the girl end then over the other. In a voice that rang like metal, he said: "You are armed and un wounded, while I have no weapons and am wounded, but " The captain had stepped back and sheathed his sabre. The eyes of these two men were gleaming tire,-but other wise the caiptaln's countenance was Imperturbable. He said: "You are mis taken. You have no reason to " ' "You lie!" lAll save the captain and the youth in grey started in an electric move ment. These two words crackled In the air like shattered glass. There was a breathless silence. The captain cleared his throat. (His look at the youth contained a quality of Angular and terrible feiocliy, but he said In his stolM tone: "I don't sup pose you mean what you say now." Upon'his arm be had felt the pressure of some unconscious little fingers. The girl was leaning against the wall as if "Oh, Harry Ho Was Good to Mo." she no longer knew how to keep her balance, but those lingers he held his arm, very, still. . She -murmured:, ""Oh, Harry,' don't! He .was good to me! In deed he was!" - The corporal had come forward until he In a measure, confronted the youth in grey,' for he saw thnse flngets upon the captain's arm and he knew that sometimes very strong men were not able to move hand nor foot under such conditions. . The youth had suddenly seemed to become weak. Jie breathed heavily and hung to the railing.- He was glar ing at the captain, and apparently summoning all his will power to combat his weakness. The corporal addressed him with profound straightforward ness: "Don't you be a derned fool!" We sir ft ALU. at considerably less than: cost to save expense and damage in moving. 15 vols., one-half calf, $11,98 Per set $18.00 12 vols., cloth, $3.99 Per set " $7-25 and GAMES, BUILDING BLOCKS AND PLAYING-CARDS GIVEN AWAY. The youth turned toward him so fierce ly that the corporal threw up a knee and an elbow like a boy who expected to be cuffed. The girl plealded with the captain. "You Won't hurt him? Will you? . He don't know what he's saying. He's wounded, you know. Please don't mind him!" "I won't touch him," said the cap tain with rather extraordinary earnest ness. "Don't you worry about it at all. I won't touch him!" Then he looked at her and the girl suddenly withdrew her fingers from his arm. The corporal contemplated the top of he stairs itnd remarked without sur prise: "There's another of 'em com in!" An old man was clambering down the stairs with much speed. iHe waved a cane wildly. "Get out of my house, you thieves! Get out! 1, won't have you cross my threshold. ' Get out!" He mumbled antd waged (his head in an old man's fury. It wns plainly tola inten tion 'to assault theim. And so iit occurred that a yourwr fflrl 'became en gaged In protecting a stalwart captain, fuliy armed, and with eight siim troopers at his back, from the at tack uf an old mem 'With a walking stick. A blush pased over ifhe temples and brow of the captain and he looked par ticularly savage amd weary. Despite the girl's efforts he suddenly faced the old man. 'Vsopk here," he eald (distinctly. "We came 4n 'because we 'had ben fighting in the woods yonder and we concluded that mme of the enemy were in thiis house, especially when we saw a grey sleeve at the window. (Hut this young man Is wounded and I have nothing to, stay to 'h'lm. I will even take It for granted that thre are no others like him up-talrs. We will go away leav ing your damned old house Just as we found it. And we are no more thieves ard rascala than you are." The oJd man pimply roared: "I haven't got a cow nor a pig nor a okiicken on the place. Your soldiers have stolen everything they could carry away. They have torn down half my fences for firewood. This afternoon some of your accursed bullets even broke imy window-panes!" Tihe gia-1 h'ad been faltering: "Grand pa! Oh grandpa!" The captain looked at the girl. She returned bis glance from the shadow of the old man's shoulder. After study ing her face a moment, he said: "Well, we. will go now." He strode toward the door and tola mien clanked docilely after him. (At this time there was 'the sound of harsh cries and rushing footsteps from wltihout. The door flew open a,nd a whirlwind composed of blue-coated troopers came hi with a swoop. lit wns headed by the 'lieutenant. "Oh, here you are," he cried, catching 'his breath. "We thought hi! look at the girl!" The captain said lntemselys "Shut up. you fool!" The men settled ita a halt with a clasli and bang. There could be heard the dulled sound of many hoofs outside of the house. "Did you order up the horses?" In quired the captatln. "Yes, we thought " "Well, then, let's get out , of . here," Interrupted the captain, morosely. The men began to filter out into the open air. The youth In grey iad been hanging dismally to the railing of the stairway. He now was cllrrAlng slowly up to the second floor. The old man was addressing himself directly to the serene corporal. ""Not a chicken on the place," he cried. '"Well, I didn't take your chickens, did I?" "No, maybe you didn't, but " The captain crossed the hall and stood before the girl In rather a cul prit's fashion. "You are not angry at mo, are you?" he asked timidly. "No," she said.. She hesitated a. mo ment and then suddenly held out her hand. "You were good to me and I'm much obliged." MOVAL expect to occupy two Washington avenue. Are Now Offering Our it Regular Price. V 50C. 25c. and 50c. - 65c 65c. Teachers The captain took her hand and then he blushed, for he found himself unable to formulate a sentence that applied In any way to the situation. She did not seem to need that hand for a time. He loosened his grasp presently, for he was ashamed to hold It so long "Get Out of My House, Yon Thieves!" without saying anything clever. Alt last with an air of charging an In trenched brigade, he contrived to say: "I would ratherr do anything than frighten you or trouble you." 'His brow was warmly perplrlng. He had a sense of being hideous In his dusty uniform and with his grimy face. She said: "Oh, I'm so glad it was you Instead of somebody who might have might have hurt brother Harry and grandpa!" He told her: "I wouldn't have hurt 'em for anything!" There was a little silence. "Well, gooti-bye," he said at last. "Good-bye!" He walked toward the door past the old man who was scolding at the van ishing figure of the corporal. The cap tain looked hack. She had remained there wstchlng him. At the bugle's order, the troopers standing beside their horses swung briskly into the saddle. The lieutenant said to the first sergeant: "Williams, did they ever meet be fore?" "Hanged If I know." "Well, say " The captain saw a curtain move at one of the wirtdows. He cantered from his position at the head of the column and steered his horse between two flower beds. "Well, good-tye!" "The squadron trampled slowly past. "Good-hye." They shook hands. He evidently had something enor mously Important to say to her, but It seems that he could not manage It. He struggled heroically. The bay charger with his great mystically solemn eyes looked around the corner of his shoul der at the girl. The captain studied a pine tree. The girl Inspected the grass beneath the window. The captain said hoarsely: "I don't .suppose -I don't suppose I'll ever see you again!" iShe looked at him affrlghtedly and shrank 'back from the window. He seempd to have woefully expected a re ception of this kind for his question. He gave her Instantly a glance of ap peal. She said: "Why, no, I don't suppose we will." "Never?" "Why, no 'taint possible. You you are a Yankee!" 1 Bibles at Half "Oh. I know It. but " Eventually he continued: "Well, 'soma day. you know, when there's no more fighting, we might ' He observed that she had again withdrawn suddenly into the shadow so he said "Well, good-bye!" When he held ber fingers she bowed her head and 1m saw a pink Mush steal over the curves of her cheek and neck. . "Am I never goinr to see you again r She made no reply. "Never!" he repeated. After a long time he bended over to hear a faint reply: "Sometimes when there are no troops In the neighborhood grandpa don't mind It I walk over as far as that old oak tree yonder in the afternoons." It appeared that the captain's grip was very strong, for she uttered an ex clamation and looked at her fingers as If she expected to find them mere frag ments. iHe rode away. The bay horse leaped a flower bed. They wer almost to the drive when the girl uttered a panic-stricken cry. The captain wheeled his horse vio lently and upon his return Journey went ctralght through a flower-bed. The girl had clasped her hands. She beseeched him wildly with her eyes. "Oh. please, don't believe It. I never walk to the old oak tree. Indeed. I don't. I never never walk there." The bridle dropped on the bay char ger's neck. The captain's figure seemed limp. With an expression of profound dejection and gloom, he started off at where the leaden sky met the dark green line of woods. 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