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seeking immediate satisfaction In the meanwhile Slavin, Murphy, and a

trooper named Flynn, who had been to toithout passes, and were

half-drunk, stole through the guard lines, and decided to ing along behind

the powder-house, they ran suddenly upon my father, then on the way to

his own quarters Whether they were recognized by him, or whether

drink made them reckless of consequences, is unknown, but one of the

the

barracks unsuspected"

She sat as if fascinated by his recital

"Your father heard the shot, and sprang toward the sound, only to fall

headlong across my father's lifeless body As he came down heavily,

his revolver was jarred out of its holster and dropped unnoticed in the

grass An instant later the guard ca

Captain Nolan was under arrest, charged with --his quarrel with the e a fewtwo cha found there

alone with the thened the case by positive testimony As a result, a court

race from the army, and a civil

court sentenced him to ten years' imprisonment"