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in THE OMAnA DAILY BEE: SUNDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1000. NOKMAW HOLT if t o rjy General CHARLES KING fc nopals of I'ri-vrilliiK Chapter, Normnn Holt, fnvorlto son of nn, old Kentucky timlly. la reprimanded nt Vest I'ntnt tnr ittinllni- ntul Ih withdrawn t)V 111! high-spirited father Ills home-coming, In the winter of 18m, Ih celebrated by un old fashioned Kentucky Christmas gathering. Among the guosti lire Daisy Lane, daugh ter of Dr. Holt's lawyer, nnd J. llurnutt Mallov. both of Cincinnati, The latter brings letters of Introduction from Lano'H partner. Mr. Mclntyrc. and Is .courteously Kan Viok'by .rr.tenVlUsI.ane: Malloy sepnru uteM Miss I.ano from, tho mnln party during n fox hunt nnd at the Christ- all,,..,"l,..mS1.cr.?iVlfi Vvnnd obnoxious in his ritnl. Norman Holt. Hut obnoxious to his rlwil. Norman Jioit. hui II III feeling la forgotten when nt mldnlg.it nil surround Dr. Holt to drink the Christ- inns punch, which ceremony Is Interrupted t,itti,.t. tflilnli ..r,r..mnril 1 lnlrrrumeu By a mlilnlght messenger, vi,o unnnuiua flin ,l!itnrrr,iiirt I11tu,t4 nf .lllflirn McIntVfO Investigation reveal: his llmmclnl affairs In a hopeless tangle and the Holt fortune Blsslpiited. Henry and NortnanltMt enter I.anu's law otflco In Clnrliinnil Noruvin ffolt enlists us private In the Ohio Infantry. Malloy, thrnugn prlltlcnl inlli'eiice, Is tenant In the name company and Heury Holt loins tho confederate forces. Norman Is ordered to conduct u skirmishing party under Captain Wing to Ilellevlew In search of prominent rebels. IlelUvlew raid fulls, Wing eiptured and Norman accused of treachery. Hraln fever saves him from trial and taken him to hospltul. CIIAI'Tim X. Tho week that followe.1 brought a mani fest chango for tho better In the conditions surrounding the prisoner pntlent In tho Louisville general hospital. Up to tho day he first saw the face of Daisy Lnne within these whitewashed walls Holt had little care what happened to him. Weak, help less, hopeless, betrayed by Fato and aban doned, as' ho thought, by (lod nnd man, he had fallen Into n state of such npathy ns a: ono time to give tho medical olllcers nbuu dant reason to regard his recovery as moro than doubtful. Whether they thought 11 tho easiest and most natural tolutlim of nn ugly question, whether In tho midst of mnnlfotd cares and cases they thought of It nt nil, cannot bo decided. Ho was left entirely to himself to brood at will. It was his sdperb Btrength nnd constitution (hat tided him over tho worst days. It was the strong lovo In his young heart that, thrilling through his wholo being at sight of tho fair girl who, dojplto obstacles nnd 111 report, had ever been gentle, oven sympathetic, In her man; ner to him, that now aroused his will nnd wlta nnd tho spirit of light that was only latent, nnd so determined him to nctlon. It was his conduct In keeping other patients within bounds, Instead of seizing upon op portunity to escnpe, that attracted the at tention of tho olllcers on duty at the hos pital nnd commanded tho utmost reluctant gratitude of Mrs. Jane. In tho first Im pulse of womanly pity nt sight of his thin, whltn face, and whllo still full of cnKcrness to thank tho soldier who had saved her boy, she had let fall tho words that later sho ....... i.i ..i.n.. ,.. ,iin.i ),,! ..vi,n.i.n,i nuum (jiHuij imiu ...... v.., ...... .,... ...nuns... n degree .of compassion Irrepressible nt the moment, but Injudicious In vlow of her plans for Daisy's future). Moreover, sho naw that tho ovldenco of Normnn's suffering had n telling effect upon her child, sho saw unerringly the grent wnvo of pity, of pain, bewilderment, even Indignation, that welled ip from Dalsy'B Innermost heart nnd real ized that all In ono moment thero wns over thrown tbo work of patient months of undo ing at Norman'H expense and of worldly promptings In behalf of tho nbsent Malloy. They had talked It all over, her husband end herself, beforo tho newly mndo major left for staff duty in front of Washington. They knew nnd acknowledged Daisy's pre dilection for Norman Holt, nnd even , nicurncd Hint they had felt compelled to cold-shoulder him out. of their fireside cir cle, hut, ns has been pointed out, Lano 'worshiped wealth and Influence nnd soclnl Btntlou. Lnne had mado up his mind thnt no matter whlrh side Normun might espouse tho war would ruin him. Lane knew by mldeummer Just to tho last penny tho ex tent of poor Mclntyro'B InroadB upon tho llttlo fortune left in his handx for the bercllt of his ulster's sons. Lane know that bnrtly $10,000 remnlned to bo divided bo tween tho two, and Inter, ns tho war woro on, was fully Informed of tho breach be tween tho hot-hcnilcd father and his second non. Even though reconciliation were Inter to como, what would ho left of the doctor's estato by tho closo of the war? Like Vir ginia In the cast, Kentucky promised to bo ginppllng ground In tho west. Who could preserve Asholt from tho ravages of battle? What would Hellevlew's Innumerable uncles, nuntles nnd pickaninnies bo worth from n financial point of view by tho time tho war was ended nnd the south subdued? No! The Holts had been for years his most valued friends, his partner's closest kin GERMS IN YOUR THROAT are the direct cause of all LUNQ TROUBLES. 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Hero was Senator Malloy. whem ho had long looked upon with dls- ; favor nnd dislike hnd Indeed so treated him, now coming forward In his bluffy hearty way, "m". of the world, you know," ns ho sad, perfectly willing to let bygones bo bvRoneB to forgvo nnd forget his slight. and snubs. Aye. even to exert hi. powerfu s t political Influence to father his Interests ftnJ ns)nK nothing more, apparently, than that Lane should favor the suit of his son. it would navo uccn irovhlence to deny . , , . nW , , yet when ho took Us It would havo been flying In the faco of him, said Lane. And hlu lltlln irlrl In Ma nrmn "-" " n - - o kios ner t-juuuj un c uuuicn nuy to Washington, ns no noteii now wisttui i was tho appeal In her humid eyes, how P"pub tne quiver aDoui ner prctiy mouin. Il 1(now Bhe wnB thinking of Norman nnd mutely pleading for Justice for him. Shu wouldn't believe Malloy's aspersions. The men would never havo elected hlni their first lieutenant If those stories had been true. The very card Malloy had played turned the trick ngnlnst him. Tho news Hint Normnn hnd gone ns a private soldier, cheated nut of his commluslon, hail roused her to such n pitch uf wrnth nnd woo that - - - ( for tho first tlmo In her life tho child had Htormed ngnlnst her parents, had declared thorn cruel, heartless, wicked, nnd, burst ing into u pnsslon of tears, had fled to her room, banging nnd locking tho dcor behind her, leaving them gazing Into each other's white faces, stunned nnd nghnBt. "Wo must leave it to time," the major hail said, after their long, dreary confer ence. "It In probably tho end of poor Nor mnn, anyhow, and tho rest will como later." rhe story of tho luckless raid on Helie- vlew was not told In full In the press ot the day. Like every fiasco, big or little, tho first year of tho war. "tho affair wns only a rosonnalssance." Hut Mrs. Lano got all tho particulars through tho Rays at Lex ington, who, oddly enough, seemed to hear not Infrequently from Major Henry Clay Holt of tho confederate staff corps. Through them she heard how succeestully the work of protelytlng had been going on, how ve hemently the old doctor had been working nnd how hospitably ho had entertained the ofllceru detailed for tho duty by Sidney Jo hustou nnd Iluchnor, how the latter hnd Bent two Brjundrons of cnvnlry to cover Uellovtew ponding theso operations, nnother to servo ns escort for the olllcers In the lower couutles nnd Htlll certain other rla- crs, not in confederate gray, to keep vlg ilnut watch along tho front. And so when Wing's squadron mndo Its ?ssay, based on secret nnd reliablo Information of the pros onco of tho party at Ilellevlew, the guard was on lookout for him, and never did Hclle vlew tender a warmor reception, What nearly broke tho old doctor's heart, how over what stunned him, yet enraged him was to And that his own boy, his own little Honjnmln, had led the column that come to enpturo him. "That," said Kate liny, "is something nono of us who know Normnn can in tbo least understand, It sounds In credible. Major Holt seems to feel It as deeply as does his father." Hut what Koto Ray did, not know nnd Mrs. Lnno did not learn until later In a letter from Malloy, was that Norman Holt, so far from sorvlng as a guldo for the pur pose Indicated, had played a double game, had treacherously brought about tho disas ter to tho union anas nnd wns now a pris oner awaiting trial by court-martial, n pris oner whoso sentenco mlcht deservedly bt death. And this wns nows over which Lano hlm solf beunn to weaken. This wn3 carrying tho matter too far. Ho had meant to re move Norman ns n possible suitor, not to slny him ns n felon. Ho read with amazs tho Btory sent by his wife nnd In soro per turbation tried to study it out and consider tho pros and cous. Ho could concelvo of Norman doing ono of two things In this matter, but could not believe him guilty ot playing a double part. Ho wroto for con. flrmatlou of Malloy's possibly biased state ment and got it. The report was truo; tho chargo might not bo. Then came the tid ings of his own boy's prostration, and then Norman was for tho time forgotten. Meanwhile whut could Mrs. Laue do but ask that Norman should bo transferred to the ward whero Thcodoro was lying, n much smaller one, whero he might receive at her hands sonio of the enre and dainties lavished on her son, A surgeon had come nnd conversed with tho accusod patient and noted symptoms of excitement that led to examination. Tho cause not being ap parent In Norman's personal condition tho doctor sought further and found It In tho fHlr girl seoted by her brother's bedside across tho hall. Then an officer from the staff of the commanding general dropped iu nn officer who had been on duty at West I'olnt when Norman was cadet ser geant of Company D. Tho recognition was Instant on the part of the young soldier, but he gave no sign. The visitor was shocked nnd pained to see how the lad must have suffered. Norman's connection with the raid to Dellovlew was ot course known to him the name was a household word In the army, nnd the story by this time had gone from mouth to rcouth Kentucktans - I being sndlj' nnJ fearfully divided about It. I And now Captain Enyart had been sent to I sco If Nortnnn had nothing to say for him self. The report of his ronduct when he could havn escaped had found Its way to liendtinrtcrs nnd staggered those who bc Iloved In his guilt. And so thero came a day not soon to bo forgotten, and a sceno Ions remembered In the general hospital, n scene that when do scribed to Mr. Burnett Mnlloy, less than a week later, sent him nearly wild with ap prehension nnd Jealous misery. And well It might. Matters were lively at the front and ho couldn't get nwny. The army of the Ohio was concentrating at Nnshvllle. It was hit own cnptnln who was the narrator, mill lltltn ilntltit vr n Iflrrn ihni "thn ntltil ,,,,Vnil the tirlvllrirn nnd made the mogt of u rjnfftiey na(1 enrn0(l to love ,can on Norllian, Ho felt that th.i lad ,,,,, hpnn .,n,,irm,,p,, ,.v ,,,,, H,,,ml,1. .von. ,,..,, ...nii-nrnvMe,! fuiinu. im, h boh ,)n(C(, nn(, fcnrc,,hatC(, for his su- perlor nlrs and education, but feared for ha umlouljtcil nnue)1C0 nn,i p(,wcr. Oppose him openly or Incur his enmity he dnro not, Captain Oaffney had not lived long In Irish American political life without learning from bitter experience tho depth of his In trigue. Hut Ir. common with nlmost every olllcer of the regiment, ho knew by this lime Mnlloy's aspirations regarding Daisy Lnno, thought he knew that Norman Holt hnd been a dangerous rival nnd took all nn irishman's delight In twitting nn nnxloua ..., A 'onB letter hnd como to him from Louis- "HE NEVER SAW OR HEARD ME UNTIL vlllc, Bcml-ofliclal In character, written by Captnlu Enyart himself, an officer of tho department commnnder'H stnff, written to him no captain of Norman Holt's com- peny, that he might havo tho latest and fullest and most authentic account of that young nnd sorely tried soldier's fortunes. It waB In nnawor to ono the faithful old Celt had sent, because ho could no longer bear tho slurs and Innuendoes so frequently uttered at Norman's expenso by Malloy nmi r-nyari nau written irom wto iiuincsB ot IiIb heart and subject. Tho first pages the captain kept to himself. Tho last, with frequent Interjections of Hlbernlau com ment, ho rend aloud to his senior lieutenant. Headquarters Army of tho Ohio. Olllce of tho Assistant Inspector Clen oral, Juuo 30, 1862 My Dear Cap tain Oaffney: 1 have received your anxious letter and am glad to be able to answer nt on?o. Tho few lines of Inquiry sent you on tho 20th when wo were still full of (leneral Thomns' brilliant victory In front of Mill Springs, should havo gouo more Into detail, but this ennnot he said of your capital answer. You have covcrtd tho whole subject, and your testimony to tho faithful und excellent service rendered by young Holt will bo of tho utmost vnluo hhould tho ease ever bo brought to trial, which now seems doubtful. To begin with It must bo remembered thnt all the outcry ngnlnst him wnB mndo by n lot of badly beaten troopers who felt they hnd to account in some way for the failure of tho expedition. Then ho hlmsolf broke down, had no one to speak for him, was too 111 to speak at all. Then followed the weeks In hnspltnl and Anally, ns the charges wero formulated aud laid before our lcvol-hcndcd genoral you may not appreci ate him now, my friend, hut with all his apparent coldness and soverlty tho resulta will show ho wns the man of all othors to mnko soldiers of his army ho Bent for Lieutenant Fanning und others nnd asked' how they know Holt had communicated with tho enemy's vldottes, how they knew ho had purposely delayed tho march nnd whether they knew nny better road to Hellovlow than the one he took, except tho pike through Asholt, which of course would havo run thcin slap into n hornots nest. Ho found thoy didn't know anything and that the only oMlcors nnd men likely to know anything wero Captain Wing, First Sergeant Hunter and Trooper Fuller, all wounded or prisoners in tho hands of tho enemy. That spoiled tho case for tho prosecution for awhllo anyhow. Then who should turn up but Fuller, found among tho wounded at. Howling Croon and sent back to tho general hospital at Louisville. Meantime Holt had had opportunity to cscnpo from the hospital and not only would not tako advantngo of it, as ho probably would If conscious of guilt, but ho kept others In check, nnd this, too, camo to tho general's ears and he ordered roe to go Into tho caso. I hnd known the young man when ho was a cadet at tho I'olnt nnd ho wns squnro as a man could be a Kentucky gentleman In fact and I could not but Bympathlzo with him In tho extrcmoly pain ful and trying situation forced upon him by tho war. Ho was still bo dcoply grieved that ho could not bear to speak of the matter nt Arst, but, denying the accusa tions In toto, ho said that Captain Wing would auroly oxonernto him and asked mo to seo tho wounded men In tho other ward. And thero, ns luck would havo It, lay Ful ler, ho who rode forward with hlin.to tho edge of the town and was closo by him until after thoy entered Ilellevlew gates. Fuller said Holt never had n chance to speak to the enemy, that Wing kept him closo to his aide and that Captain Wltig himself had ordered tho detour around Asholt after Andlng the village occupied by tho enemy. Tho other mau know nothing. So there's tho case In a nutshell. So far from being blamed by Mr, Fanning for leading them Into the scrape ho should be praised tor getting thorn out of It. Hud It not been for his presence and knowledge of the road the whole squadron would probably have been gobbled. You should have seen tho picture yester day afternoon when I went by the general's order to romoro the guard and tell him the caso was quashed, unlets future devel opments should cauao it to be reopened There In a aunshlny little room lay ono of your boys, young Lane, building up from his fever. Thero by the bedside sat his mother yon know the family, ot course, Thero In nn easy, reading aloud, sat ns i pretty a girl as man could hopo to see, nnd there, reclining In another easy chair, was our convalescent, no engrossed In the fair reader that ho never saw or heard mo until , sho arose to bid mo welcome. I made short work of my errand. "The general orders your relense, Holt," said I, "nnd you nre to have furlough to help tho l.tdlea take I.ano homo tomorrow. Furlough till you're both ready to take the field." And while tho mother foil to kissing her boy, will you believe it ("IJsten to this uow. Mnlloy," Interpolated Oaffney) doesn't Miss Daisy nmost shako my hand off, nnd then, sobbing, "O, I knew It! 1 kne It!" tumid to that lucky, lanky, lackadaisical ("Lack n Daisy, Is It? That'll bo you, Malloy, I'm think ing") long-legged son of Kentucky nnd as much as say, why don't you? 0, what foola these mortals be! I'd have lud her In my arms that Instant, hut he hung back, (lush ing, troubled, nervously plucking at the sleeves of his blouse, and finally ho blurts out: "Hut I demand court-martial. I must bo tried and honorably acquitted." As If Don Carlos Ducll's verdict wasn't good enough for any man! So there It stands nnd there she stood when he should hnve welcomed release nnd tho lady both with open arms. Will write again next week. Yours with regards, 0. II. KNYAKT. Captain Hi V. S. Infantry. A. I. 0. I'. S. Sorry you missed Mill Spring. Iletter luck next time. Slowly the voternn refolded tho letter, his twinkling eves never quitting thilr mis chievous scrutiny of his victim's averted SHE ROSE TO HID ME WELCOME." ' face. Malloy, seated in n camp chair, hln booted feet to tho lire, his dolicnto white , hand nei vously twisting his dark mustache, j his glowing eyes snapping nnd shifting waited until the last word was read. Thpn i deliberately ho rose, stretched his arms to I I their full extent, yawned with ostentatious' hhow of Indifference, glnnced upward ot the i sullen sklfH and wearily about at tho grimy j tents, and Anally queried: i "Er who did you say 'was tho nuthor of ' mis ten-page epistle Ciintaln Envnrt? I Ve- fnnlU t l . .. . I vs., iuv.ni; luruu imagination: Step over to my tent, raptaln, nnd wo'll. or ruther you'll. And the case reAlled. Mako yourself at home. I'm on guard, you know." And hitching up his handsnmo nword tho lieutenant sauntered off toward tho Bcntry lino. "Dash dash hlm" swnro Oaffney, deep In bis throat. "I'll tuko tho starch out nv him yet, If only wanst we can get undher Are. An' v,hen Holt comes back wo'll seo who's tho hetthcr man or I'm not cnptaln of the Emmet guard." Soon enough, too soon perhaps for his health. Holt rejoined tho old compnny, to And that nt n tlmo when every olllcer wns prtsumnbly needed with I1I3 command and overy nppllcntlon for leave of absenco was forwarded disapproved Lieutenant Malloy, th Ohio, had been granted thirty days under orders the stern old soldier and disciplinarian at tho head of the nrmy of the Ohio could not disregard. There was no chance to tell which wns tho "better man" even on tho Fccond day nf Shlloh, when old OalTnoy went down with n bullet through tho leg, for tho Arst lieutenant fnlled to reach tho Aeld until days nfter tho Aght was done, and then his Arst act was to tear up tho list of recommendations for sergeant's warrnnts to All tho few vacancies existing. Tho now list mndo no mention whatsoever ot Private Holt. cn.vi' n:it .vi. What had becomo of Cnptnln Enynrt'a benevolent plan of sending Holt homo with Lanu? Early In February, whllo tho Army of tho TcnncBseu was closing In around Donolson, and their eomrndes of the Ohio wero concentrating at Naahvlllo, tho doctors pronounced that mother-coddled young bcaprgrncc qulto able to travel, nnd sumo wero so Alnty-hcarted ns to sny ho might ns well travel to tho front. Norman, on tho contrary, was nppurently trotting him self Into another fever. Far from taking comfort In tho dainties tendered him by Mrs, Lnne (who from tho very dny of tho dramatic announcement of his rclcnso from chargo uf tho guard had mounted anothor In the Bhape of herself, to ace that never again had ho and Daisy a chauco for a word), 'ho lad was nervously eager to seo tho general commanding, to socuro n fair, full trial by general court-martial, and tho triumphant vindication ho considered nb Bolutely ncccBsar to his soldier honor, l'ale, weak und languid, hu hud managed twice to go to hcudquarters, but Captain Enjurt had bcun ncnt to tho front on somo Important mission. Thero was no ono nmong tho busy olllcers coming and going whoEo face was familiar to the tall young soldier In his loose, Ul-Atting uniform. Only onco ho had speech with nn over worked nldc-do-cnmp, who took down IiIb name, company and regiment, told him It wac lmposslblo to seo tho general, and that, oven If ho did, It would do no good. A soldier could not demand trial. A trial ciuld not bo held without witneflses. Tho witnesses wero still prisoners In tho hands of tho enemy, tho Lord only kuuw where, and tho best Norman could do was to tako the furlough granted him, got a rest, a little Btrength, and then rejoin bis regiment, Tho aide was not unkind. He was simply bluff, straightforward and brief. He had to bo. Then Holt naked when ho could hope to see, Cnptatn Enyart. "Hack day nfter tomorrow. Show In the next man, or.derly. Now, what do you want?" And Norman wearily went his way. Thoro was tlmo tor llttlo sentiment In those days. Ho walked slowly back to tho big hospital and painfully climbed the stairs. Ho had seen but llttlo of that beloved face ot Into. "Daisy Is visiting friends," explained Mrs Lane. "Tho nir of tho hospital Is bad for her and now that Theo nnd you are do ing so well It Is best sho should lake caro of hersolf," If ho only krow vln and whero thoso friends wero It would be easy to sock their home. It would be Joy to tee her face again, He had oven sought to ascertain, but saw plainly that Mra. Lane fathomed his , , , t motive and meant not to tell. His heart was heavy ns his feet as ho climbed tho stairs to tho second lloor, and, entering the loom her presence hnd made sweet nnd sacied, despite tho sorrow In his heart, looked blankly nbout him. Thero was his rot, thero stood his few belongings, but everything of Theo's was gone. "Tho lady left good-by for you and was so sorry you wero away," said n steward, "She will wrlto nfter thry get home, and tho left all the8e for you." "Theso" woro two or three bottles of wine nnd como Jellies nnd tonics und whatnots fiom which In speechless, nelpless sorrow Normnn turned awny. t'ncrrlngly he saw through It nil. Mrs. Lano never meant or wished that ho should go homo with her. They could take care of Theo without his aid. That night he asked tho chief surgeon how soon ho could go to tho front, nnd tho surgeon answered by ordering him back to bed. Hut now hero he was once moro with his old compnny, but everything seemed changed, Oaffney wounded nnd gone. Sloan, his friend nnd first sergeant, sent back Invalided to Savannah, A man tho Hmmots hardly knew nt all made first ser geant In his place, and tho man Normnn Holt knew to be his unscrupulous enemy commnndlng tho company. "Do on your guard, mo boy," whispered Oaffney to him, ns on his way to the front tho young sol dier had bent over his wounded cnptaln's cot. "That young mnn'll thrlck you If ho can. I'll be back wld tho byes In a month. Till then mind yer eye." Hut a month Is n long time in face of the enemy. No man can Bay what a day may bring forth. The regiment slowly marched cn toward Corinth with tho combined p.rmles reorganized under Halleck. nnd presently found Itaolf doing picket duty on r.n exposed Aank, Its dog tents pitched In Irregular fashion nlong a bnro hillside; thick woods surrounding them, tortuous country roads twisting, suakellko, through the timber; a llttlo covering forco of cav alry off southeastward toward luka: the ccmrudo regiments of tho brlgado bunched in tho woods to their right, nnd here, in monotony unspeakable, tho men from the Qutm City woro called upon to kill tlmo their only rccratlon cardB, their only I W biliousness 8 ! Bj dizziness headache M I i El ytllew eyes coated tongue M R 1 91 costimess loss of appetite I 1 I II sleeplessness sallow complexion I i I w bal brta,h lacl( 0 enery m I I Hudyan cures. 9 I THE ABOVE SYMPTOMS INDICATE A TORPID LIVEU. 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Camp Uros., Council Uluffs, Dillon Drug Co., South Omaha - diversion occasional Bcout, patrol or long rango skirmish with parlies of gray-Jacketed cavalry that kept up a perpetual stir along the front; tho only knowledge of what might bo going on nt homo the occasional coming of n mull with lettorn nnd papers; their only participation In tho move on Corinth tho hours of listening to the dull, distant .booming of the guns. Drills, save by squad or company In tho manual, In which the Army of tho Ohio was long slnco letter perfect, were Impossible Life under such circumstances becomes stagnation. It was tedium to thoso who had letters nnd papers from home; It wns torment to him who for two mortal weeks had nothing. A spell seemed thrown over Norman Holt's sad life In tho early days that fol lowed Shlloh, The battle Itself was woll nigh done by tho tlmo they reached tho Tennesseo nnd were thrown In on the left Aank Just nt the last despairing charge of tho men In gray. It was all over In a few volleys. The coming of HucH'b splendid divisions, drilled, disciplined nnd "sea soned," hnd crushed the hopes of tho con federnte lenders, already shattered by tho rally of the bluo brigades late tho provlous day, nnd by the death of their heroic com mander, Sidney Johnston. What there was of tho Aght for tho Ohio lads they took with placid case, tho Emmets alone of tho whole regiment showing n disposition to break tho lino nnd pitch In for n "Donny brook" nfter their gallunt captnln foil. Tho stern schooling they had had In Kentucky nnd on tho march through Tennes seo had brought them to the front "At as Addles." Hut now came tho reactlou. With nothing to do but gamblo and guard duty, tho best of men go stnlo. and tho Emmets wero not tho best. For their new commaiidln,? olllcer they hnd no respect. He had lost tho elements of his popularity. The Arst scrgonnt whom he had appointed was obnoxious to the com pany for that If no other reason, nnd "tho byes" proceeded to mako life n burden to him. In the furtherance of his determina tion to bo useful, to get ahead, to accom plish something, Norman had offered his aid In making out tho company papers, but with odd constraint of manner the new Arst Bergeant replied thnt ho had nil tho help ho needed. Yet when ono day tho ndjutnnt himself enme over to Mr. Mnlloy'B tent nnd swore roundly because tho morning repot t wub again nil wrong, it was Holt who straightened It out nt the sergeant's re quest. "I I'd be glad If you would give mo n lift," tho latter had antd. "only I don't want tne lieutenant to know." In u dozen ways Norman was made to feel that with Jealous vigllnnco Mnlloy was keeping hlra In the background, standing botweon him nnd every possibility ot proferment. Yet on nil nccnslous Holt showed every outwnrd ccmblnncu of soldierly respect, scrupulously saluting or standing nttontlon In tho presence of the lieutenant, a thing few others of the men now over thought of doing. Tho EmmotB got to straggling nil over tho country In Bcnrch of Illicit Btllli or nutler Ehops. Thoy wero perpetually being arrested by pntrolB. The division nnd brlgado commnnilerB rasped tho colonel and tho colonel rasped Malloy. "I can't help It," Bald tho last named olAcer. "The men aro tnklng it out of mo for making Trott Arst sergeant Instead of ono of their own Micks. Resides, I'm handicapped as no other company is." v "How so?" demanded tho colonel. "You know well enough, sir." was tho answer. "The man they elected flrst lieu tenant 1b one ot their own Bet. I dare say bo's nt tho bottom of half their devilment, If Indeed he Isn't worse. He's making mapB and writing most of the tlmo. D'you sup pose that's for his own Information?" The colonel looked up, startled. He studied the young ofAeer's fnco awhile, as though still half In doubt. "My knuckles uche yot," ho said, "from tho rap they got on Holt's account aB to thnt Ilellevlew business. You must be ouro of your ground beforo nrcusing him again." "That's why 1 don't Interfcro with him. If he thought he wns closely watched It would put him cn his guard. Hut now that Huell befriends blm It Is making him in dependent, not, to say Insubordinate. Pres ently he'll grow less cautious. Give him rope enough, sir, nnd ho'll hnng himself," And tho story thnt Holt was making maps and writing had foundation. His soro heart turned In repulsion from tho low ns soclatlons of the camp, with Its Incessant gaming nnd frequent drink. Ho welcomed ovory chnnco to go on scout or patrol. Ho welcomed guard and picket duty, held him self constantly ready for service nnd In the courso of ton Unys hnd learned more nbout tho ronds, streams and bridges and aban doned farms within Ave miles of camp than nny oAlcer In his regiment. He mado rough Aeld notes, plotted maps, kept n diary nnd would hnve written letter nfter letter hnd ho hnd nny ono to write to, or. snvlng Hint, nny safo place In which to atoro his pnges. There Is nu security In tho Boldler kunpsnck nnd thnt was all allowed htm. Ho hnd written twice to Theodore, who had novcr rejoined tho company, but was reported as on detached service In tho ofAco of tho assistant ndjutnnt general, headquarters department of the Ohio. In fluence hnd got the lad n "soft billot" whllo his comrades wero nflcld. No nnswer camo. Ho had written to Kato Hay, a long loiter, telling her hlB own story of the night scout to Hellovlow nnd bogging her for nows of thoso he loved norlh nn woll ns south but as jot no nnswer came Not onco hnd Mra. Lnno written, desplto her promise For over three months he hnd been without tidings of his father nnd brother, when one soft, molBt, yet sunshiny, Mny morning thero camo news In nn unlooked-for way. It was barely !) o'clock. Tho dull, dls ont boom of tho guns told thnt Halleck wna hammering away nbout Cornlth. Tho nlr was drowsy nt,d still, nnd tho enmp woro lis usunly froway, listless look. Truo to old tenchlngp nnd naturnl Instinct. Holt nslstv,! ou keeping IiIh part, nt lenst, of tho llttlo tent In order nnd decency. His mntes were Corporal Connelly, n rollicking Irish man. nnd n quiet, homesick lad by tho nnnm "f Hrcntinn both his stnnch nnd devoted frlcndo, both, mnlniy through his Influence, fighting shy of tho rough clement of which tho compnny wns bo largoly comrosed, both on tho good books of Cnptnln Oaffney nnd slated by him for ndvnncenient, both, there fore, no favorites of .Malloy's, Tho threo were busy cleaning their Sprlngllelds. for n heavy rain had wet them when on patrol tho night bofore, when they were suddenly nwnro of somo commotion In enmp.' Throe oinccrs. mounted, followed by orderlies nnd a llttlo escort, camo trotting briskly through tho henvy red soli of the country rond that skirted tho Aeld. Tho colonel's orderly was doublequlcklng to keep up with tho foremost. They wanted Lloutennnt Mnlloy, who wnsn't nt his tent. "Novcr mind," Bnhl tho lender, Impetuously. "Whcro'n tho Arst Bergeant?" And In nnswer to the question given In 11 hlgh pltched, tonnr voice, Compnny C to a jnnn dropped whatever it was nt, cards principally, nnd poked Its frowsy heads out Into tho sunshine. Thero fat In saddle, his horse Impatient as tho rider, switching nervously nbout. a Blcndor. deep-chested, llttlo man, with snapping black eyes, close-cropped bin k hnlr and beard, a prominent noso nnd a quoer combination of costume. Ho woro n slnnt-pcnkcd forago cap, pulled down over his forehead, a Bnug-Atting, single-breasted uniform frock, every button In Its hola, tho usual red saBh, black belt and saber, with dark bluo riding trousers tucked Into high boots, but nn his shoulders gleamed brand now sliver sprcndcaglos on yollow straps, tho decoration of n colonel of cavalry. Evi dently ho hnd Just stepped from the grado of cnptnln nt the utmost to that ot colon?! and thero hail not yet been tlmo to get the doublo-breasted coat. Every man In tho Emmets spotted him for n "regular" at tho Instant. Some oven went further and de clared him "thruo bluo," whlah meant green ns the fcod thoy sworo by. (To bo Continued.) Cook's Imperial Extra Dry Chnmpagno ban a delightful aroma. It Is perfectly pure and naturally fcimcntcd. IIAUBKTt JUNCTION, IDAHO. Denr Sirs: I suffer! with dizzy spells, hendnches, nausea, and pain In rlcht side. Doctor said It wna my liver. 1IUDYA.V promptly relieved these rymptoms, and by the tlmo I hud tukuu nix Iioxch i was cured. John Woehrle, J. A, Fullor & Co Cha 11 BM,nt i all sell and recommend Iludvn.. ' i