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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Signal, 1882-11-24, Page 66 TELE Wiltaft SthN FRIDAYiOV' 24 882,17_`' ..1111.1•111. BREACH 0? DI8011,INE lave triumpluset. bat a rretty Narrow Escape. It's nu use speaking, Brenton; I must ge. Are you mut, Kende'? "fa your night on guard., and you know what • martinet the Colonel is. Confound the Coronet ! I tell you, will tee The C.4oesel'a not a dancing man. He'll knoa nothing about it. Don't you believe it. The Ct,loners thick with these Lindsay girls, and I'll bet you ten to one he he's there to meet them. Uh hate it ! I'll take my chanee then e as .the reply in the dogged tone of a man who knows he is the wrone, — but does not choose to yield. The speakers were two officers of the th Regiment, which had been quarter- ed for the last six months at efinelebo- rough. The subject of discussion was a great public ball which was to take place that evening. The regiinent was to be relieved iu a day or two, and the 6111 would ba the last at which the officers of the—th would appear in that hospitable town. It hail been a gay season, and the redcoats had entered heartily into the festivities, and now, that their de- parture drew nigh, them might have been many an incipient heartache in a gentle bosom here and there. The girls indeed of that favored district were so pretty, that even a brave soldier might be excused if a pang shot through his manly breast at the thought of leaving them behind Captain Kendal looked very ohstinate as he answered the prudent admonitions of his friend Brereton, who gave a long whistle, and toil eminous- I. gave euu (Avila lua mine common semis, he reituned after a pause. Then you were mistaken, you see. So it seem", but it is an awful pity. You'll be cashiered to • Certainty, for the old fellow is as keen as a hawk and it sure to find you out I say, man, be advised ; give it up ; the game's too dan- gerous. Pooh! exclaimed the ether testily. I tell you the Colonel won't be there, and Oho were, trust to me to dodge him. Why, bless you! he's blind as a mole ! His friend looked utterly uncenvino- ed, but remonstrance was plainly of ne It's all becaure of that Leslie girl, he said ruefully, for he was honestly attach- ed to his messmate, and saw clearly the consequences which niight be expected to follow upon his attendance at the ball. Lord, what an ass spooning in ekes ef a fellow ! Thank heaven, I'in net in love ! • Spare your eloquence and have done new, can't you ? replied Captain Kendal ungraciously. Cu, I must and will, but trust to me te take care of myself. Tho two friends walked down the rest iif the street in silence till Brereton turned into his club, while the other went on, with a alightly anxious frown on his handsome sunburnt face, and swinging his cane uneasily. Be knew Brereton was right, but wrong is apt to be stronger than right sometimes, and the temptation in this case was powerful - He was about to commit, deliberately, a :glaring breech of military discipline, which, if discovered,would assuredly cost him Nee, and put an end to more plea- sant hopes than one. Neverthless he was quite determined to risk it. It was his duty to keep guard that night at the Royal Bank, and his colonel was not a man who would lightly overlook even a trifling offence against the military code. What, then, was the motive which face IS Pillith her, affti in dose at- Th tendance upon her was Maddox of the th Lancers, a brilliant Adonis whom ladies lege teirribly railed to. Iu his face 11 rry eftthlII Idea etinethinirtillut nage him' :tremble for elgik and showetelitla Wit iii**tardwilutio't I _- - - nuallair okeegsglion- as he shuffled slowly alerts. Ng was tuakea full and fis eunfiiiii of his rooms in1. e beefs where the ball was held, all td which were threwu open for the occasion. Keeping a cautious eye around theThi, the y ?wig ople e.litriv 01 pm& trim owe beitin, olbeilwliguever tgilledet inert of time, how his whole happiness ed form of the Colonel approaching. was bound up in them. That rapid After a time he mended down quietly at glace of recognition awoke a storm uf a whist -table in the distance, and they anxious fears in his breast, and left She gave theinselree up with reckless orgy to the otajoyinellt ilt Vie evening. ' An- green-•Yerl geometer raging there. other hoer passed, and suppertime tame and stilt tbey danced or lingered in quiet nooks, at managed seigessbilly be whirled away from him forever in the to elude Me OP* who" rer011nition was waltz, tiering the enchanted hours of se carefully to be avoided. that festive night, while he kept lonely What a comfort it is he is such a e , watch over old money.baga I Madden- pole, anti inn, be observed trout *. : ing thought ! And to4norrew else would Inuttliud the Mir], Mewl hpflemepgit the $n - he gone. Oh, why had he not knoWn fection of her lovelrs4aidailligoo-j tool sooner ? Tomorrow would be too late ! At length the dreaded time for part- ing was at hand. The earlyneoming train was to bra/the away tWlady to her father's airliner residence, aid thus to separate for awhile the netglir plight- ed pair. What • worker, tlia those last few precious moments l'ffey forgot all precautions, and saw and heard no- thing in ma other's all etigressiagrpres- I ence 7 He followed herto theluill; and' folded the shawl carefully round her graceful form ; for smiths y & it w&Jae yet tts stood .pith bar lucked In his, meetifig all her he !denting out through her deep blue eyes. Then the carriage door closed with a slurp bang, which struck cold and hearxen his ear, as the roll*. **eels bor•SePttAky 01.40.1 • . * * si . . IF the night. is . . 1 Peihaps his Styes were somewhat daz- The bank, a great sOlid building (if zled by the bright parting glance be had drunk in so eagerly, for all other whinge amend looked dint. Presently he tinn- ed listlessly to take his hat and depart in his turn, still -.forting ;ike • one that draws. Suddenly, howeveit, some thing impelled Wittig look viand what was hisolismay, 'when he found himself face to face with—the CoIonel ! There was a crowd of dretartineatiesis -., in the hall, anf * !bey igathigrild t and jostled each Qthaw,le, brit Ate 'kJ hod Was he at gib inipiArtant crisis et taw to stand tamelisside and to leave her to dee wiles of thall handsome loothari••, to No; he could net let love and happi- ness go down the routine without tanking an effort to hold them that. Duty might go to the winds for mice. Na allerld go to the ball, where he could 1.. Woe that night. And as to the Colonel 1 Surely he would not sport his stately, antiquat- ed presence in such a giddy, unconeanial scene. And if he did—Brereton Might say what he pleased —the Colonel's short- ness of sight was proverbial. Ales ! Venus with her wiekedI 01 Cupid had strangely bewitched this mis- guided son of Mars, as there ia evidence enough to prove they have bewitched many a. stalwart hero in every age mill die! dark grey stone, stood in an inclosure. At the rear was a court encircled by a fence, in which was a small wicket gate opening into a lane a short distance be- low the inain entrance, and used chiefly for communication with the back premi- ses. At night it was always kept lock- ed. The front of the building, on the other ether hand, faced ene of the prin.: cinalthotougbfarc, eni was approached through a massive outer gate, whioh,like the smaller one, wee carefully closed af- ter nightfall. been thus unexpectedly brought ti •getlier Captain Kendal did not change his were again borne apart The recugni- mind. As the evening wore on, he slip- tien was but instantaneous therefore,and ped out, merely informing the sentinel in another moment tiles junior elheer that he ahead soon return. The old had contrived to mingle with and dist. soldier, who had known his young officer appear in the crowd. But the stern, as- tonished, gaze wbich had metdeis eye for that Brief instant, the slight to iMel seen, If bit ken 1/0/intti4 (P.614_11.0.4.19 hole for some years, shock bis head ominous- ly he saw hien depart, but Maws* re- solved to keep his counsel if possible. The truant meanwhile sped on his wil- ful way, and banishing all anxious re- that tho reconitiun had not been corn- tiections, appeared in the ball-rootn in filet*, sac 'ells,promptly dispelled time to secure the 1:and of his far by the oder, which presently rang out charmer for .several dances. Fortune in ominous -Ione. from the Celotiers well - seemed disposed to smile propitiously on known tones of thunder : Drive to the hint, and the coast was clear. The Colo- Royal Bank instantly! it said with aw- net was not to be seen, and no one else fui distinctness. And go as fast as you cared to inquire too curiously what officer can. ought to be on guard at the bank on that Capt Kendal had rummaged to slip on - particular night. As he led out the la- noticed And unobserved through the do, the scapegrace lover had the ameafac- doorway, and he now stood in the tion of seeing his rival turn away with a street. lowering brow. He was determined to What was to be done! The osrriaget lose no time now. In the maze of the that were in waiting there wereedl pri- waltz, while the soft undulating strains rate ones. The hackney coaches were of Strauss steeped the senses of the dan- far down the file, and even'had he been cers in sweet dreams of delight, under lucky enough to secure one in time, the the roseate light of the many wax can. rattle of the wheels at the dead your of dies in. that perfumed., crowded ball. the night, speeding in the same dime - room, a question was asked and an tion as the Colonel's carriage, er indeed answer tremulously whispered, which the very fact of a r chicle stopping be - transported two young people into a fore the bank, would have couvictee him temporary paradise of their own creating, at once. There was not a moment tq be where there were only two, and no room bet. for any other besides. No wonder that At this crisis, fortunately, his wits did that at such a moment all minor sub- not forsake him. A sudden inspiration lunary considerations were forgotten. presented itsey to bis mind, and his de- cision was taken in a twinkling. Favor - But, when a brief ecstatic hour had passed, and they emerged once more ed by the opportune darkness, he crept o from the roily pavillion whether they had the back of the Colonel's car - round t retreated among they flowers, there riage, and just' as it ,was starting, he loomed, dark and erain the distant sprang up nimbly on the behind. The doorway of the adjoining ball -room, a coachman whipped up his horses and tall martial figure, whose gray head rattled his wheels through the still towered above the company; a vision streets of the sleeping city, clearing the distance in double-quick time, in order which struck s sudden chill to the ardent lover's heart. to forestall the return of the delinquent e By Jove ! he exclaimed with a start, officer. Neither master nor man guss- there's the Colonel ed that their hot haste was bearing back ! The shary ejaculation treaking the truant to his poet. ;Within the oar - i strangely upon the dulcet tones of love, n singe the Colonel sat stiff ana erect, as became a worthy discriplfharian. wholly astonished the pretty aleature who hung on his arm. intent on the oonviction of his pageant junior, in whose impending discomfiture What of the Colonel ? sheaskedsoftly; why should he not be hear, poor he could not help feeling a grim and n righteous satisfaction. At the back Because I am here who ought to be on guard in — street, and because I the Captain sat cronehin,g on the ate" om n desperately mcerting his eas. shall be cashiered to a certainly if he sees me, was the abrupt reply. urea. Oh, do go away this minute. Impudence ! stand my friend through Do, this scrape.he mentally ejaculated. Per - dear Harry 1 she pleadrd in terrified, haps all is not lost et. beseeching gamete. He looked at her, then around him, When the earriage,turfeed into could induce the gallant young officer of her Majesty's service, who had already won distinction for his bravery on the battle -field. and who had always acquit- ted himself well and honorably hereto- fore, to plan recklessly so grave an in. • fringement ef (lute as the abandonment of the post he was boend in all honor to 4usird 7 We offer no excuse. But the expla- eation of his conduct mum bo found in his state of mind, which was abnormal. Brereton was right. There was a woman in the case. Before his mind's eye, there danced a lovely titan!) that lured the infatuated yonng man from the right path ; a pair of blue eyes, a sweet smile, graceful girlish form, begsze nn which the foolish fellow would travelled miles. And she was to be at the ba, sur- rounded hy admiring swains, one or two of whom be was madly jealous; end who kmew what might happen while he was Absent? He aught of comae have spoken a cer min momentous little word before, and he had thought, now and then, that it would not have fallen on reluctant ears But he had gone on basking in the sweet sunshine of her tendert, toe happy in the present to think much of the future, and he had joist heard casually that te- ens's-row wowing early she was to leave her home in this coiuntry. too, chance had le ought a elation to his he art rill then -it been /ally *ware of the his ,,we feelings for that reser (hi turning down a h i come suttees v very partial to the young man, and not 10 laUCII AO to the Colonel, The Caeganthurriedly within. Just thewthe=101 the great gate revs 0110t, & 11114) uninig pod. /he etiotistel ebinked the chaim nis oe/. VA he houked and unhooked it, hesibling with the key in the lick, and made such fault and of the muses which led there. 1.0 The Culvert, though well advanced in the vale of years, hailed/et outlived the nieuuty of youthful Lupo, sad was a tawny man, though a /strict disciplinar- ian. The young lady whose fair image had lured the lover f his duty was judicious delays as enable the officer on rather a favorite a ith him, and consid- ering, as be stud, the peculiar features el the ease, he ociuseated to overlook the offence, azul o.tIketed worse punish- ment on the dellfrepi,lit thou repri- tuned, which wai received in dutiful filence and with all due contrition. Six �sithslater.the Ooloriel maths an elo- quent speech at the o editing of two lisp• py young peeple, oti which LleyWn Secret, et acted ?A Vest 11140.Then two sweet blue eyeselooked play- fully into his, as the pretty bride thank- ed him in a mysterious whisper for the actuary awl memorable occaaiusi when' he had fur asee in hie life, to overlook sett coudone a signal breach of diacip- gutted to eouipoewhiniarif attellannun at !newest, before the heavy doers turn- ed on their binges to admit the Oul- 01,431 ! .'t'here is Captain Ketileff die asked, as he alighted, in stentorian lanes whirls vibrated strangely through the edema, with a sort of angry expectant note of trunnion. pfs ggswi, sir !,aaswered the soldier curtly. 1Vhat 1 cried the colonel, in the shril- lest vf accents. He was too utterly ta- ken back to say another work. The sentinel, adopting his usual stolid de- uo ueio oi, eta °rider% t ate toinahmeirt. Captain Kendal heard the inquiry [rum within, and came forward. Repressing any inward tremors he 'night feel, he resolved toptt a bold face tin the matter. ' • o Here, sir ; do you require me 1 he ask- ed coolly. Ole Colwell stared at kiln. Ilia with its expression of ming!eir Wier% said entire' bewilderment, would have been no mean study for a painter. lie could hardly believe his eyes. /timely serMinfting the lounger mei, who did not quat before his gaze, be said etiffly, after a pause of tttine condi. 1 certainly thought, sir, I sew you at filo ball to D---- Street just now. 31e, air? replied the other audaciously. Wily, 1 am oti guard, sir. it was very singular, resented the Cole. (Wee withotit relmine his scrutiny ad slightly raising his voice. I'could have sworn that I saw you there ? Veafilegular indeed, sir, retorted the delinquent, limiting boldness from. the very extremity"Of the strait to which ,he found himself reduced ; since a man can't be in two places at once, and you have found me here. A case of mistaken ideutity perhapa, sir. The two men stook still eyeing Mech Other, one keenly eager to detecf, the other as eagerly seeking to avoid_detec- lion. The colonel was completely baf- fled. The man was there before him— tlutt was certain; but htivilaving ..beft biro, as he felt. sure he had done, among the guests at the ball he came to be there now, was inexplicable. Nut hav- ing wings wherewith to for,'Itow cn earth had the fellow got three? • Ceedd. he hare been mistaken ? he wendered Jai a moment But no, he _ knew. he bad not, Ue shiftetifholorm of 'lie • ith4a tion. Then you woe.* not .at Jim bail! he asked very poinildly. Th li young oter wits Worthy of -all oondiermatios having forsaken the post .40! duty. But though be hedect- ed inexceastly; le was still a gentleman, and he would not pollute hit lips with a lie. kie heeitalecl for a reply ; then par- tied the ausdon With another. How could I be at the ball when you find me hare, air 1 he asked. Yes, how ; that was the mystery, the ale* /elution of which was the fur- thast theaorid from proseuting itself to the Colonels brain. He knew that it was quite impossible for another carriage to Um . arrived there before his own. His coachman had driven quickly enough to satisfy even his impatience, and he oonld int have flailed to notice if another vehicle had preceded or folkiwed his through the deserted streets. He could net in the least understand it. irresolute for a moment. The Colonel hae tensed bis beck and was moving in- to another room. No, he could not go just yet. the temptation to remain was too drone. Leave you now, when we ars happy and are to be parted so soon 1 No, he oould not go just yet, the temptation to remain was too strong, Leave you now, when we are happy and ars+ to be period se moos T No, I cannot, darling. he whislionid /gladly. But, never fear, we will keep nut of his way. She did not urge him any more She did net fully understand the sageitude of the offentwo nor the risk it involved, and was too glad to keep him a little 1.1.drar by all avoidable /11.411m t 1 - • A Roo v I u to: owe J..A, • U • Thalia lay" se ow. • ., , III, best four hoe :lip's, 11 • LS:. n 1111) iuutirkablr little ge foi the T..ib itrenth Ask your dr, • t, 11.1 PERC16011 IMES !Korth unateteeme. \\ lien anything worth wiling is spoken in that terse and peitited way that bears the impress ofilioneweconirietien, we like to have people know the nature of the eenimen • tem. 1)1 auch a nature is the liollitlng eiint Mr.011f. F. liaist, l'aniden .P. 0o, Li ate Coo *Aerie). Mr. Elitist 311,1: 1.: ItIl g' t4iI ilbylefer ivy restored health, I void(' write a Nw linen con- cerning that wonderful rennely, St. Jacobs (tn. For the last six years I have Wee using Carious medicines internally andeieeernally, hut ilifigteig would help few J.anabit Oil, •ICT we after iare. 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No PtgatatIon on wet Winds NE Junin ;1:10.31,I. riertittittrigliffir ar:,..e:g.,iz.a..:::°r:t.rya.p.......-"rigettr* WilillYALLDILIJDOMAIDDELLEIS /V IL, VOOELEAL...e....as 00." • ----' ado 4* Silent, but wholly unconvinced, lie sat do en in the hall to think wlat it might behoove him to say or do next, while the .tureior °Riper bustled about jn a rest- less fashion, setting refreshments before him, and earnestly endeavoring to turn the conversation int e another cliannel. The colonel answered et random, fOr his • thoughts were perplexing. Mystified, and righteously set en con- victing the offender as he doubtless was, he could not help, neverthelees. feeling( a perception of the comical aide of question. He felt, to., that howevel' fully persuaded he might be in his own mind of Captain Kendal's offence, it would perhaps be a difficult matter to prove it. At length he cleared his throM p ()panto ,mily mei returned tie the shares • Street, and the bank appeared in view, leiek here. Captsen Kendal, he said,in he jumped lightly down, and under the accents which somehow had taken a fromdt7 00Y*Y of mere, rine en the ems" milder teund Teem the 'bent of Ids (-Nit- 'esker gates. the limn- Meet luckily , attoncits no use besting about the hush. he had taken the key with bIos. and her- I easily Little,' himself in be passed swift- could stake my existence cleat I sail siduith an vou at the halt But ho* yoe coarse to ly through the cell* end assail up with be here is another mafter, tad don't the aentitiel insele the eresi gate, while pretend to understand how you manag- ed it. Von had better make a clean 1 breast of it. and though it would be my duty to take preoeedings against you—. , 7" , • yet if you will eiplain. it is potable this. I may jest for owe., ohasiderbq the pacifier festures of the came, be induced dabikeedeter medial •n4 towIts r gitsiteli Passengers aro Led cardut demiQueenstowt, Derry. 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