published in the town; or, as some

t before, to the effect that Bunny Hepburn and a gang had set upon Lieutenants Overton and Terry, of the Regular Army, and that th

Orator Hepburn had been able to acquire much of his local notoriety. Hepburn and Sayles, the latter the proprietor of

cked the two young officers, giving wh

ablest local attorneys toiled at preparing the papers in the case. A formal complaint has been drawn up, backed by the testimony of the witnesses under oath, and all the papers in the case are now on their way to Washington.

anded Lieutenant Noll, as he and his chum we

a view to blowing our heads

are in this world!" uttered

n't for the fact that sometimes liars, under oath,

to believe this ro

nt might, not knowing the loc

takes any action on these trumped-up, lyi

tamely submit to such false cha

lk this morning?" N

and think this whole thing over," Hal

ll have it to-morrow that we are overwhelmed

ere will proclaim to-morrow that we are brazenly showing o

nd do as we please," remarked

ums went forth, again in th

rdly a block when they were stopped by friends, and congr

d the backs of the young officers. Hal and Noll

years ago," grinned Noll. "Now, at last, we seem to

" corre

ou make t

nst us, and another doesn't. The thi

fter, anyway," mu

's t

yle

o's

t you

l a party named Sayles,"

n-hoister who get

are you going to

m prove all he printe

d of witnesses that he has back

testimony of such witnesses will 'g

g to prosecut

Sayles for libel

h the trouble?" Hal

well as officers. You know the legal phrase, 'officer and gentleman.' If we lie down tamely, and submit to such libelous attacks as the Sphere made on us this morning, then we do a wrong to the whole body of officers and gentl

lined to think

Come along, do

re n

Lawyer Kimball. He's the best

t. Lawyer Kimball listened, nodded, accepted their case

the effect that a complaint had been lodged against them. They were ordered to r

its readers that the War Department had taken up the matter and had promised to gi

hey came face to face with Mrs. Redding. The latter woman started slightly and looked embarrassed. She would have gon

said Mrs. Reddin

ravely as the societ

he was the other evening,"

re to risk going any further with our acquaintance u

emarked Mrs. Overton cooly. "I don't wish to know he

ys believed to be the

g copies of the complaint, and stating that a court of inquiry would be ordered forthwith, an

higher rank than the accused. A court of inquiry, on the other hand, may hear charges in the first instance, an

going right through with their 'c

l, pursing his lips. "And

esses won't hesitate to perju

ey were not worthy of places in it. So the War Department acts with unusual speed in such matters. Within a week from the time of re

f one of the council chambers at the

what the national government's idea of justi

n fact, Major Elbert, president