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Tell Captain Cortland who the fellow is." "You are both certain that the man is Tomba?" inquired Captain Cortland keenly. "Yes, sir," both young sergeants declared, and Hal added: "There's Corporal Hyman up forward, sir. If you'll go up and speak to the corporal, and allow us to accompany you, sir, you can see whether Hyman knows the fellow. He, too, was approached by Tomba, at the nipa barracks."
"We cannot doubt Sergeant Overton, and he tells us that Tomba boasted that Draney is in league with the natives in some conspiracy here." "It is a matter of evidence," replied Captain Cortland musingly. "Not one of you gentlemen would doubt Sergeant Overton's word on any question of fact on which he has knowledge. But his report is based only on what Vicente Tomba told him.
Huddled in the back of the cell where I personally put Tomba last night crouched this shivery little object, looking as if he expected to be called upon to face a firing squad." Captain Cortland had leaped to his feet, looking mightily concerned. "But, Mr. Ray, where is Tomba?" "I wish with all my heart that I knew, sir," replied the officer of the day, even more disturbed than his superior.
Her case was strong, for she presented a certificate showing that she had passed the best examination for the State scholarship in Cortland County; and on this I admitted her. Under the scholarship clause in the charter I could not do otherwise. On reporting the case to the trustees, they supported me unanimously, though some of them reluctantly.
Then the young sergeant turned down the street leading to officers' quarters, for the administrative office of the post had been closed for hours. Two minutes later Sergeant Hal Overton was detailing what had happened him to the post commander. "But wait before you go any further, Sergeant," cried Captain Cortland, interrupting his tale.
My main education was derived partly from a boarding-school at Pittsfield considered one of the best in New England, and partly from Cortland Academy. In the boarding-school we had only young women, but in the academy we had both young men and young women; and I am sure that the results of the academy were much better than those of the boarding- school.
Didn't Hakkut have his card tied to each head?" demanded Private Kelly, who was the centre of a group of enlisted men. The group of officers over in Captain Cortland's office had come to the same conclusion. "It is the old brown scoundrel's way of showing us his defiance," declared Captain Cortland in a shocked voice.
"Keep your consciousness and enjoy it," retorted Noll, as the two boyish sergeants stepped along the deck. "I wonder if Captain Cortland is on deck at this moment?" remarked Sergeant Hal. "I saw him five minutes ago," Noll answered. Almost at that moment B Company's commander came to the forward rail of the saloon deck and looked down. Then his glance rested on Hal.
"And is he never molested by the Moros, sir?" inquired Captain Cortland. "Never enough to discourage him in his investments. Rather odd, isn't it, Cortland?" "Very odd, indeed, sir," replied Captain Cortland dryly. That same afternoon Captain Cortland, after finishing a promenade on the saloon deck, went forward, descending to the spar deck.
To Cortland Academy students came from far and near; and it soon began sending young men into the foremost places of State and Church. At an early day, too, it began receiving young women and sending them forth to become the best of matrons.
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