The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1872-10-31

you that you were to ride out with me
+ wherever l wanted to 60"
/ Yes, miss said the sergeant
Now, don't talk in that stiff way,
said Daisy, "when you know 1 know
better. Please don't be a sergeant,
Mr.. Curran."
Every well, then, p" said Mr.. Curran,
/ becoming elastic Suddenly, ''If You
are so kind as to let me DC my old
self"
"Why OF course, - said Daisy. "Ser-
| geants are not interesting"
Thanks for the implied compli-
ment."
"Don't suppose that I imply any
thing" said Daisy. "Only please tell
your story"
81 have none to tell" said Mr.. Cur
ran.
ooh, very well then - said Daisy,
and pOuted. She could pout.
"Well, really, Miss Gilbert" said
Mr.. CuFran, "there is very little to
say. was born at an early age"
"YOu can skip that" said Daisy.
"Well, then" continued Mr.. Cur
ran, "I was engaged to be married by
my uncle, who has taken care of me
1AAANI lAN EAAGAAA1 hAIAr AAtl mlAO1C AOA~
tune was to inherit. Now, il is u
good thing to be engaged. My uncle
and myself were agreed on that I,Oint;
but We differed on another
"And that was ?n-asked Daisy.
"And that was the woman 10 be
selected. As was going to marry for
myself and not for my uncle, l re-
mOnstTated. RemOnstrance made a
row, and [ enlisted for three years.
The lady in question is married; my
uncle is ready to welcome me back
but L insist on serving out my time,
which lasts about five months longer.
Now, won't you tell me your story ,"
''MineW cried Daisy. "Why, moth
ing ever happened to me-"
81 am very glad to hear it," said
Mr.. Henry CurTan ; then there was
silence for a little while.
sit was curious the way we first
met, wasn't it?' said Daisy.
"Very," said Mr.. Curran.
So, after this, Daisy rode out fire.
quently with the sergeant; ami, as
people generally mind their own busi- !
ness west of the Mississippi, nothing
was said, except by the private SOL !
diers, who naturally envied their |
comrades luck. But one July day !
when Gen. Burlington sat, radiant in 4
Panama hat and linen duster, under /
the cottonwood trees on the bank of 1
the creek, endeavoring to beguile /
some wary fish, he heard vOices The /
voices were soft and low; he looked, /
and saw Daisy and her sergeant, and 1
he heard them call each other "Dai- /
sy" and Harry" His first impress
sion was that he was dreaming; then,
as he listened in astonishment to |
what they were saying, he felt very |
young for few seconds; and then,
with an elephantine bound that threw
his fishing-pOle out into the creek, he
sprang to his feet, and cried out |
''StOp!n
They stopped. They were on the
opposite side of the creek; and the
General was forced to elevate his
voice slightly, so that the tableau was
not entirely impressive.
"What, p said the General strange
ly, "dOes all this mean ?"
Then Daisy began to cry, and the
sergeant tried to explain, in a straight
forward, manly way; and the Gener-
al felt himself growing steadily !
yOuhBA am youHSeii anu hhaiiJ
said
"YOu needn't say anything more.
l don't know about such things my
self; but come over to my house, i'm
mediately on your return to camp"
And the pair rode of, and the Gen
eral walked slowly to his home.
81 never was mixed up with any
thing romantic BEFORE" he said to
himself; "and never will be again.
What right has a sergeant TO be no
sergeant at all? And what will Ma
tIlda say ?'
This is what Matilda said as she adj
vanced smilingly to meet her hus-
band: "What a charming little rO-
nance this is ~
"WhatI" said the general; lyon
like it ?"
Certainly" said Mrs. Burlington.
,,'it is an excellent match. Why, Cen
eral, he will come into possession Of
half million. And the wedding is
in seven weeks nOw.r -
The General sat down, and wiped
his forehead. "Well," +" said he, "I do
not understand women"