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Show ) 142 ROEBUCK. 111 US t•c"lC lle) nH rl1icb ) like his hair) hacl b• een bl• ack but• W• :lS 80111e,\·hat grizzled. lie n1oveu ·w1t? .qn1ck, deCI. tvc energy, and 1\Toto 1vith furious r~p1d1t.y. In a few n1inntes ltc produced two docntncnts, and r~qncs~ed C:1ptain Palmer to sign the1n. One 'vas a rc. 'Ignat.ton of his com1nission as qnn.rter-n1astcr, :tnd the other a peremptory challenge to naxter. ~>a1mcr read thenl oyer ancl ,'igncd thorn, not know1ng 1vhat. else to do. Tic had expected his adviser to o:ffi r hun some nd vice, bn t the artificer of duels had not imagined that there coulJ be a. doubt in the n1ind of any one as to the proper course to be pur uecl. "Now, Captain Paln1er," sai 1 his friend, "I will forward your resignation to the adjutant and I will deliver the note to Captain Baxter io1 thwith. Yon can 1ie clown ancl refresh your,'elf with sleep. I will call you when you arc needed." Pal mer was not very sleepy at that Jnomcnt. lie Jooke<l at Bnllitt 'vhilc he jcrkeu on his coat, flnng a~ide hi:-; ni.g·ht-cap and cover<'d his h a<l with an old~ fa hioned cocked hat, ·which it was l1is f.'tHCY to wear. They then ·walked together to the qnartcr-n1a 'tcr'E tent, and Bnllitt, having obtained the inforn1aLion nece~. ary for findincr Baxter, 1\rent on alone, while hi~ principal tood wonderincr how soon that br.i ·k step of his . econu 'von1d bring hin1 back with an announcement that a11 things 'vere ready, and Captain Palmer was to be "'hot at ·without more (1elay. Bull itt fonnd the cornmis. ary's quarters, but Baxter 'vas not there. Aftcl' sati~fyin_o- himself of that f~wt, the f:1ithful ii'icnu, not knowing how to find tho advcr~ary except by 'vait.in<Y for hitn to return beo·an to l)ac;e b:wkwanl ~ ' ~ and forward before his tent like a sentinel. lie kept np that o~illating n1arch with' exemplary pcn;everaue~ 143 until day was breaking. lie then discovered a man passing ~ot ~ar fr~m him, and approaching the passenger, he ll~qtured If that person knew where Captain , Baxter m1ght be found. " Con1e with me,'' rcp1ie(l the ma11, 'd1o hftppened to be J)octor .Frank, on ·hi~ wny to visit Corporal Jones. Bullitt followed, until t.ltey arr~vc<l at the entrance of a tent, ·where they pnused 111 consequence of 'vhat they . ·a,v and heard. 'Vithin the tent Bnxtcr 'vas standing over a cot oc npied by a ick man, and a he arranged tl1c pillow, he said-" now, J one., I an1 going to ]cave you, old fel· low. The surgeon. will be here in a. fmv n1inutes." "0, captain," sa,i<l the sick 1nan, feebly, "I aJn so much obliged to yon for staying 'vHh me all night. You have done Inc . ·o much good. I had not lauO'hed before since I was taken sick." o .".You arc going to be 'vcll soon. ICeep up your sptnts. I'll put this bottle under your head to keep your spirit up. This is the great 1ncclicinc after alL It beats the doctors and the quack pills to boot. I woulu have been under the ground long ago if I had not been drunk half 1ny life-or half drunk all1ny Jifc. I am not sure 'vh.ich is the beHt division of time. I believe if a 1nau 'va kept drunk all <lay and half drnnk u1l night it would be a pretty even divide. Don't yon feel better no,v ?" 'l..,he I)atient lauo·hecl The . m·o·con then "\vent in ~ b ' and Baxter, after n1aking a brief report of the sick ]m)a n1· .~ condition durin ba - the nicwr ht.' 'vent out of the tent. >u htt n1ct hi1n, tonched hj~ ·oekcd hat, and said, "Uaptain Baxter, I believe '? l\lr. J~ul1itt. I atn the hearer of a me sage for yon, ir. l\lny I sec you at your quarters (?" "I am going there. But you may save tilne by |