Outing . w my daughter hasaccepted him, with my full approval. For a time I sat staring stupidly at need speak nothing but the truthwith me, I said at last, and I tell you,Colonel Meriwether, I have never givenbonds to be gentle when abused. Its no use showing your teeth frighten no one. By Cod! sir, I havethe honor to announce to you the engage-ment of Miss Meriwether to LieutenantLawrence Belknap of the Ninth Dragoons!You feel your honor too deeply touched?Perhaps at a later time Lieutenant Belknapwill do himself the disgrace of accommodat-ing you. All these things seemed to
Outing . w my daughter hasaccepted him, with my full approval. For a time I sat staring stupidly at need speak nothing but the truthwith me, I said at last, and I tell you,Colonel Meriwether, I have never givenbonds to be gentle when abused. Its no use showing your teeth frighten no one. By Cod! sir, I havethe honor to announce to you the engage-ment of Miss Meriwether to LieutenantLawrence Belknap of the Ninth Dragoons!You feel your honor too deeply touched?Perhaps at a later time Lieutenant Belknapwill do himself the disgrace of accommodat-ing you. All these things seemed to dull andstupify me rather than excite me. I couldnot understand. If I killed him, said I finally, howwould it better her case? I have noquarrel with him, nor he any with , I must go back to Virginia. Mymother needs me there most sadly. Yes, and Miss Grace Sheraton needsyou there most sadly, as well, he back, then, and mend your promises,and do some of those duties which you now 190. With eyes that flickered and glittered as I have never seen them,she approached the girl who stood there shrinking. Drawing by George Wright. 192 The Outing Magazine begin to remember. You bave provedyourself a man of no honor. I now stigma-tize you a coward. You speak freely to your prisoner,Colonel Meriwether, I said slowly atlength. There is time yet for manyrisks—chances for many things. But nowI think you owe it to me to tell me how thismatter was arranged. I brought yourdaughter back to you. I claim justice ofan Army officer. Very well, then, Mr. Belknap asked mefor my permission to try his chance beforeI came West to Laramie. He came in herehalf crazed at my daughters disappear-ance. He has been out with parties all thesummer, searching for you both, and hasnot been back now at Laramie more thanten days. Oh, we all knew why you did not comeback to the settlements, he resumed,striding up and down the room. Whenwe came in he guessed it all straightenough. He knew that
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