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Sure he must 'a' worn gums, sor. You couldn't hear the whisper of a footfall." "But whom did he seem to resemble?" "Well, if the captain will forgive me, sor, it's unwillin' I am to say the worrd, but there's no one that tall and light and slim here, sor, but Loot'nant Jerrold. Sure it couldn't be him, sor." "Leary, will you promise me something on your word as a man?" "I will, sor."
"Is that right, Loot'nant?" demanded the mountaineer, leaning forward and peering searchingly at his informant. "It is my information." "Whar you hear it?" "I overheard it one night. Another thing. That friend of yours, Lum Bangs, I should not trust too far were I in your place. Mind you, I don't speak with any knowledge that he isn't your friend, but I should advise you to keep your eyes on him."
All Sunday they kept up a long-range fire, and five or six times made as though they was going to charge, but Loot'nant Davies was on all four sides of that square from dawn till dark, sir, and they never got within four hundred yards that we didn't drop them. Sure it was just pie, general. The only trouble was, could they set fire to the stockade at night?
"Do you-all say that some critter shot at that feller when he was fetchin' you-all here for Liz an' Sue?" "Yes. They may have got him before this." "Gi' me that rifle!" demanded the mountaineer sternly. "Wait, Jed. What do you propose to do?" questioned the doctor. "Ah'm goin' t' fetch the loot'nant, an' Ah'm goin' t' git the feller that shot you-all up if Ah kin kotch him."
I was sure 'twas he, he was so tall and slim like, an' so I niver said a word until I got to thinkin' over it, and then I couldn't spake. Sure if it had been the loot'nant he wouldn't have backed away from a sintry; he'd 'a' come out bold and given the countersign; but I didn't think o' that.
He did not immediately return to the room, so Dave Darrin, with rare and desperate presence of mind, closed the door. "Get back into the meadow grass, Danny boy," Darrin whispered, giving his friend's arm a hard grip. "If the 'loot'nant' comes back, get up fearfully drowsy when he orders you. Gape and look too stupid to apologize!"
And from the dining-room came the answer, hurried, half whispered, and mysterious, "He's been drinkin' ever since he got out of hospital, ma'am, an' he's worse than ever about Loot'nant Hayne. It's mischief he'll be doin', ma'am: he's crazy-like " "Mrs. Clancy, you must watch him. You Hush!"
Pease, as he squeezed his burly form through the crowded door-way. "You're wanted, sir. Loot'nant Hayne's shot; an' Captain Rayner he's hurt too, sir." Straight as an arrow Mr. Blake had sped across the parade, darted through the east gate, and, turning, had arrived breathless at the wooden porch of Hayne's quarters. Two bewildered-looking members of the guard were at the door.
Loot'nant Boynton and Loot'nant Davies was everywhere at once, and after trying two dashes the Indians gave it up and kept at long range. They was a thousand strong at least, and Elk came in with a white flag for a parley, and Mr. Boynton ordered him back, but McPhail let him in.
"Loot'nant Hayne is it, sir? Shure I'd be beggin' his pardon for the vexation I gave him last night." "But you have something you wanted to speak with him about. You said so last night, Clancy," said the doctor, looking him squarely in the eye. "Shure I was dhrunk, sir. I didn't mane it," he answered; but he shrank and cowered. The doctor turned and left him.
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