i Hayne's shadow presently thrown by thes lamp upen the curtained window, and EDESERTER = wished that similarly inte view, He heard the clink I saw the shadow raise a the lips, and Sain's Mon- flitted across the screen, bearing a tray with similar suggestive Whit meant this unbeard of iviality on the part the hermit, the midnight oi] burner, isebolarts ifon stared with all his eves and listened with «ll his ears, starting gmltily when ihe heard a niartial footstep ¢ oming tgnickly up-the path, and face the in- jtruder rather unstealily, It was only ithe corporal of the guard, and he glanced fat his superior, brought bis fur gauntlet- | etl haod in salute to the rifle on his shoul- Ider and passed on, 5 | The next moment Baxton fairly g2 | with amaze ; he stared an instant at the jwindow as though transfixed, then ran lafter the corporal, called to bim in low, Istealthy tone to come hack noiselessly, ldrew him by the sleeve to the front of |Havne's quarters, and pointed to the jparlor window, Two shadows were ithere néww--déne easily recognizable as that Of the young officer in his snugly fitting undress uniform, the other slen- 'der, graceful, fernin.ne. | "What doyvou make that other shadow to be, corporal?" he whispered, hoarsely and hurriedly. "Look!" And with that exclamation a shadowed arm seemed to encircle the slender form, the mustached image to bend low and mingle with the : outlined hixuriance of tress that decked "WELL, Sik, I SHOUILE SAY IT WAS A the other's head, and then, together, with ' YOUNG WOMAN." clasping arms, the shadows moved from Two nights after this, as Capt. Buxton "*~ " fras sulkily going the rounds at thesen- "What waa the other, corporal?" he re- tries, he made a discovery which greatly peated. enlivened an otherwise uneventful tour "Well, att, 6 officer of the day. Ithad been his YOU" ; pral custom on such occasions to take Buxton could hardly wait until morn- he shortest way across the parade to the Ig to See Rayner." When he 'p the guard house, make brief and perfunc- latter's quarters half:an hour later all tory inspection there, then go on down ¥3% darkness, though, had he but known the Hil to the creek-valley-and "success--it, ner. was not_asleep, He was at ively visit the sentries around thestables, the house before guard mounting and the night were wet or cold, he went had a confidential and evidently exciting the same way, ing the sentries @4k with the captain; and when he went, at the coab and store sheds along the just as the trumpets were sounding, these Prairie avenue, This was a nly Words were heard at the front door: cold night and very dark, but equally "She never left until after daylight, still. It was between 12 andi o'clock When the same rig drove her back to --nearer 1 than 12--as he climbed the own. There was @ stranger with her hill on his homeward way, and, instead then." of taking the short cut, turned northward That morning both Rayner and Buxton and struck forthe gloomy mass.of sheds looked hard at Mr. Hayne when he came in to the matines; but he was just as if plasecs "a lwine glass te BY CAPT. CHARLES Kitty UL SA. - zy "The Cate Aether of "fecrever Conch," objecta wei'« Deane «s os Matien's i ; Cent Pate, * Kary Rae recluse of thr garrison: CHAPTER XIill. I should say it wasa young green shade his eyes, studying by- the mysterious, visitor the aid of two student lumps; "boning to previous night, ner, be a general, probably," was the gom- however, he was again in conversation ment of captains of Buxton's calibre, much of the day, and to him, -not to his who, having grown old in the service Successor 45 officer of the day, did he and in their own ignorance, were fiercely Communicate all the details of the pre- intolerant of lieutenants who strove to Views night's adventure and his theories -- improve in professional reading instead there--anent. : of spending their time making out the Late that night, having occasion to company muster-rolls and clothing ac- step to his front door) convinced that he counts, as they should do, heard stealthy footsteps on his piazza, Buxton wanted to see for himseif what Mr. Hayne could see nobody in the dark- the night lights meant, and was plunging ness, but found his front gute open. He heavily ahead through the darkness, walked around his little house, but not suddenly brought to a stand. by aman was visible. His heart was full sharp chalenge of the sentry at the of a new and strange excitement that #hed..._He whispered. the. mystic counter-.nicht,.asbefore, he, threw.on hisoxercoat, , Signover the leveled bayonet. of. the in- amd furs and took a rapid walk around ' fantryman, swearing to "himself at the the garrison, gazing up into the starry jon which puts an officer in such heavens and a "stand-and-deliver" attitude for the of the pure, bracing air. urning he time being, and then, by way of getting came down along the front of -office . Square with the soldier for the s military way in which his duty as sentry ters his eyes rested longingly upon the had been performed, the captain proceed- window he knew to be hers now; but all ed to catechise him as to his orders, The was darkness. As he rapidly neared the soldier had been well taught, and knew house, however, he became aware of two all his " . rote--far better bulky figures atthe gate, and as he than Buxton, for that matter, as the lat- walked briskly past recognized the over- "$e Waa anything but an exemplar of per- coats as those" of officers: fection in tactics or sentry did not prevent Buxton's snappishly tell- tell; for. both, the i they recognised ing him he was wrong in several points his step, seemed the avert their heads, and contemptuously inquiring where he Once home again, he soon sought his had learned such trash. The soldier room gps fom put respectfully responded that sleep, again . ca ed pa "am es he had seemed to come to him: he could and shut out the thought of Nellie Travers--. hat he of -how. #he looked and what. she "said was ing . He that very afternoon. would have stuck to his point, however, He had gone to call at Mrs, Waldron' in default of something else to find fault 800m after dark, He was at the piano, with, but that the crack sfa whip, the playing for her, when he became con. of heofs and a rattle of wheels scious that another lady had entered the out in the darkness quickly diverted his room, and turning, saw Nellie Travers. i He rose and bowed to her, extending his| hand as he did so, and knowing that his What's that, sentry?" he sharply in- © blankly. _a few moments, Nellie. 'drinking in great draughts WT: One man wes- duty; but this doubtless Rayner, the other he could not ask had released, or rather she had with- ¢ised-the half extende! praifers of com- drawn, her hand, and he still stood there: rades who had sought t4 continue the in- Hiseyes coukl not. quit their gaze. She vestication of a chain of circunistances going away?--She? Oh, it could not bel ehar complete, What--what would life becoine . with- the «ron out ~ the of that radiant h face, thiit slender, graceful, girlish form. 9, "Is not this very unexpected?" -he 4), struggled to say, "I thought--I heard jn, you Were to spend several months here." tain that a jury of his commude "It was sointended, Mr. Hayne; bat ¢ould deem him juilte of a low. crime, tnight hav: proved him sight _ my sister's health requires speedy change. he bid hix face and-turned from all She has heen growing worse ever sinC® Now the time had come to re-open the we came, and she willnot get well here." ¢2.. He well knew that a revulsion of "And when do you go?" he asked. feing had set in which nothing bat his ewn stubbornness beld in check. He "Just as soon as we can pack; though: knew that-he had friends and «ympath- we may wait two or three days for-a-- jzers among officers high in rank. He for a telegram." thad orffe"a few days before heard from here-was a complete break in the con- Maj. Wakiron's lips a strong intimation versation for a fall quarter of a minute ¢}, 47 it was his duty to "come ott of his not such a long time in itself, but un+ oie2!" and reassert himself. "'You must conveniently long under such citeum- remember this, Hayne," sakl he, "you stances, Then Mrs. Waldron suddenly had been only two years in service when and remarkably arosé: ' tried br court martial, You were an "I'll leave you toentertain Mr. Hayne utter stranger to every member of that Tam the slave court. There was -nothing but the evi- of my cook, and she knows nothiig of dence to go upon, and that was all Mr. Hayne's being here to tea with U3; ayainst you, The court was made up of so [must tell her and avert disaster." officers from other regiments, and was And-with this barefaced statement on 4g: jeast impartial. The evidence was al- her lips and conscience, where it rested post all from your own, and was pre- with equal lightness, that exemplary lady sumably well founded. quitted the room. In the sanctity of the no witnesses for defence. You made connubial chamber that evening. some your almost defiant statement; refused hours later, she thus explained her action Gounsel: refused advice; and what could to her silent spouse: the court do but convict and sentence? "Right or wrong, I meant that those pjadg 1 heen a member of the court I two young people should have a chance' would have voted just as wasdone by to know each other. I have been con-!the court; and yet I believe you now an vinced for three weeks that she is being' ytterly innocent man." . forced intothis New York match, and) g) 'apparently, did the colonel regard for the last week that she is wretchedly jim. So, too, did several of the officers unhappy. You say you believe him @ g€the cavalry. So. too, would most of wronged and injured man, only you the youngsters of his own regiment if con't prove it, and you have said that pe would only give them half a chance, nothing could be too guod for him in this Jy any event, the score was wiped out life as a reward for all his bravery and. pow : he cmld afford to take a wife if a fortitude under---fearful trials. "woman lenrntd to tore him, and-what Nellie Travers isn't too good for him,' wealth of tenderness and devotion was sweet as she is, and I don't care who calls je pot ready to lavish on one who would? me a matchmaker," | But he would offer..io. one a tarnished But with Mrs. Waldron away the two yjame. First and foremost he must now appeared to age made but halting pro- stand upand fight that calumny--come gress towards Wriendship, With all her gue of his shell," as Waldron had said, outspoken pluck at school and at home,! ang give people a chance to see what Miss Travers was strangely ill at ease and ppanner of man he was. God helping embarrassed now. Mr. Hayne was the him, he would, and that without de- first to gain self control and to endeavor jay, : to bring the conversation back to a natur- al channel. It was a struggle; but he had grown accustomed to struggles. He BELOW THE SURFACE. could not imagine that a girl whom he 9, ¢.ue caverns in the Earth from had-met-only once or twice should have Which Hot Rivers May Flew. opcurred to the reader that "mare the earth is mot "solid," as we commonly by this time how deep and vehement wy but "honeycombsi" with enormous was the interest she had aroused in his cavities, or caverns, of all dimensions? asks heart; but. it would never do to_betray the Boston Journal If--s9, why should himself sosoon, He strove to interest these Geverns not be numerous every wh 'her in reference to the music she would ponlameden pl _ a yaaa tg . " os etnias as rea! mm 'a - ar, and to learn from her where they Ken and nanee. jah. seam, be were going. This she answered. They ny > thers : ' . 7 . 2 mortaleye! These huge cavities, originally would go no further east than St. Louis gormed when those portions of the earth's or Chicago." They might go south 28 ergst were in a melted state, and results of far as Nashville until mid-May. As the unequal cooling of different materials of for the summer it would depend . on. the- tbe ition jand of other causes, if so captain and his leave of absence. It situated may form the basis of very interest was all vague and unsettled. Mrs Ray- 9% For instance, they may be ner was so wretched that her hus- oper fille! ee eons there may . basd was convinced that she ought ig poemcepe rt gulf pre = enna leave for the States as soon as possible, been adisputel question. This great body and of = course * must =§ © of warm water is nothing more or lew than with her, All the yladness, brightness, a or vivacity he had seen and heard of as her through the seemed sly t Re weet rome en tomer wa the ocean was y san, raat De sad then began to fow'northward. Bat ef You would call iy row, and as his approuched Rayner's quar- den, alm led him with her vehemence: "Mr. Hayne, there is something I must tell you before I go. If no opportunity eceur, Pll write it." And those were the words that had been haunting him all the evening, there = had:-~-beep=--.no:>chance a i What mean? For he "had been li a life of stern self denial; but long bef: his promotion the last penny of the j otherwise, had that earths heart was thumping and his color rising |®™e€TgY. soft," warm touch of her in his grasp. She, too, | "*A-carrige, sir. Leastwise, I think-as he felt the * fingers It must had flushed--any one -ould see it, though - # must be." - "Whey don't you know, sir? ago." very quietly with me Mr. "Where did it come from?" asked the is s0 soon to return te the , eagerly. "From* town, sir, I suppose." leaving the to his own reflections, a lovely time with our music. You will erhéch, on the Were not. compli- won't you?" we his _ "Bo soon to return to the east!" How how and unwelcome the ! I r ; Hi i i i ih f Hi 1 B -¥ ul gee E 4 i ~ if pei if 4 | trska 4 abhneewe * Lt 5 Feel i it Lf "Jonged for a Hayne from the goon as he can arrange for leave of ab- . He -recognized gence," was the low toned answer. He : i it : F ! i E | il iF rl e i { | i i down infallibly. . 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STILL IN FULL BLAST BANKRUPT STORE! vil rf past. hare life of an anchorite, and had abjured the ssa SO&E society of women. Hitherto he had re- =