The sun., 1881-01-16
CAPTIIN OdMLION.



eampod, undor Grant, on the bank Of the Rapi-
dan, The opposite aide OF the river was held
saehuseus had fought in many Of tho .bloodicst
battles Of the war. and comparatively lew oi tho
fsa Boo nd s SSd to-
Rether. and neither ono Of us in all the dangers
TO which we had been exposed had ever re-
Our acquaintance antcdntod tho war. We
hadbeen classmates in Harvard Uniyersity. |
q remember we used to nickname Camlion Cap
tain" long before the wnr OF tho rebel lion was
thought of He WAS tah. strong nnd serene,
manly. which mndo him respected as well ns
loved He was President Of every college So
oiety to which he belonged he pulled the nenyi
tired him, and no ,proyocation put him out OF
tempsr though do not forget bis or encounter
Of their Friendship. Fred was a vlrginian by
birth though he atPrTpsd fought Ghs Snmdr on the
s bursts 'VSppa Of passion One day he n6srtook to
iaaSndress. iS Y Who % was more than suspected Of
using chemicals In her washing 70 the detri-
Fred % who was something of a chemist. hit upon
the ingenious dcvico OF saturating one oil his
shirts with mixture which. whsn brought In
Olapper was accused Of. produced an explosion
which utterly upset her and her wqshtub, and:
on the face and hands. Fred related tho incl
ssean@ hoash Il S
'"YoSought to beg the wouaau's pardon, Bel
ton,' he said. There was an immediate silence
when ,his low but powerful voice struck In. and
eyarybody turned toward him as he sat with
both hands resting on the edge OF the table
and his face. which was the type Of tho young
Greeiaa Horenles slowly red, readeEning Fred
chofRng. But in moment the Inter added. 1t
was n blackgunrdly thing TO do
~aWili YOU take that back =" he called out.
II cay 1t was a shameful and oSwardly trick"
Beiton snatched up a heavy bread knife that
lay on the table and hurled 1t with oil his force
Mt Cnmllen's face. II struck him ON the cheek
act We Rll rose confusedly to our feet. Rntici-
pntinR violent sequel: for Camlion could have
He TIIo alone remained seated. however pressing
bis band5erchist an to the deep nogin gasa while ne
that makes % n no dereace Bon"
ho said after panee.
Belton who was * no Goa3 means bad tsGw
for It. and manfully said as much on the spot
II don't flg about 5 this answered T rec Cam, Am
tenacty which was feature OF his character
yon ought . make It a,t to Mrs. ;oaaS GaBpeTa
sented Mrs ciappsr with s25 and a handsome
apology Butt incident reused a good deal
OF discussion. and opinion was Tor While
Some declared that he ought to have sent the
sontherner q challenge; bat most OF US felt that
duel would have been gratuitous absurdty
for man like Camion: and itwns sign OF the
general confidence felt in him that no one ven
fured to Intimate that the fact Of Beton's being
q VIGOROUSLY dead shot had ap ything TO do with
the pacific termination OF the affair. Camlion
himself never alluded to II In any way, but as 81
friends. and Belton. who had before belonged
to the fast set. gradually meIded his ways
under Camlion's influence and coined the atm
Another follower OF Camlion's--and he had
Frank CapeI. also a Sou,herner. end q we'll
hammered. pleasant fellow enough. He was
ehsy noted feT as Il s =, TS0s dsyo
son and out She was, according to Frank. the
creature above ground. Her dancing. her
riding, her music were all periesttionS p ion and
Why. I've seen her." Frank exclaimed.
her and BTt Ss1 xS
throwing it up in the air ten PAGES away from
can or might be. anu we looked forward with
interest 10 her promised appearance on our
;" Well introduce Camllon to her. and he
shall make her an offer OF marriage" said Bel
ton, with a chuckle.
that the else heroic Camlion was what is called
afraid OF Young adies that is. he could sell
dom be got 10 S open hi, mouth IN h fhe OF
.ried and 4 brought to bay. he would stammer
and blush like seho9lboy. and stand twisting
iously this way and that for a chance to bolt
To Imagine him carrying on courtship was
ton. With children. however, Camlion was
completely at home and he would spend hours
Sf SIp uprSaIioIs oar happiness @ in & nurseEy tnm.
amid the screams OF delight OF the small
esAnnin. He treated them with ardent reyer-
ence and atiic,eet forbearance. and they led him
Our class day came round at last-the longest
and lovelest day OF fsummer-with Its spresds
In a antQ tfQ dan nj nn In roltn
Various other diTs:sons. Miss cape wss su here, rss
sesay u
bewitching ,brfllIance OF her face and manner. /
entire iests She was one Of those E"G Women in
in the presence Of a m man. demand from him him
q devotion scarcely distnguishable from
snS,lr sIaSyslsy c,s she was EsE '-" at once
...yr. OF intellectual appreciation Of passion
than Of passion itself. She seemed to think
that the proper place for her arched foot was on
never been opposed. much less robuffed or hu:
milinted: she expected that your eye should
fall before hers Her figure S, was tau and and 1.-the
alert. But / was brutal enough to think that
somo Of the ar-boxipgs which she had doubt.
have been wholesomely returned to her own
defiant head, Fred Bolton, on the other hand.
OOlBIu0reu ubr ulVluc, anu bQulTeQ
about most inveterately; she accepting his
homage in good part. and laughing with him,
or at him. quite affaby. For several hours he
was general object OF envy. At length. catch
Ing sight OF CRmlon he whispered few words
to his beautiful companion, who glanced at
our serene Hercules. and nodded her head. A
moment later he had been brought up and pro-
sented
Hail." said Belton. and was on chuckling to
me. We've cooked old Camiion's goose for
him this time, at all oventsP'
Perhaps he had, though not In the way he
Imagined. What induced Miss Rosaind abso-
lutely 30 lay herself out to captivato Camlion OF
all menP Was It from a subtle feminine per-
oeption that no woman had yet won him. when
yet he was worth any woman's winning !?
Was 1t. perhaps, that she was really impressed
by something In the mans noble simple nature
that revealed to her possibilities she had never
Till then suspected Orwas 1t a mere whim
because sho was weary OF being worshipped
and wanted to have the novel sensation OF find
ing herself on the soliciting side ? cannot
say; but. ut all events, she did it-how efToc-
lively and lastingly no ono knew until years af-
forward. Meanwhile. II may be remarked that
sho and CRmion did not make their appearance
at Harvard Hall. where Fred waited for them
until his patience was exhausted. On tho CON
trary, they kept together by themselves all the
rest OF tho day and evening; and 1t was not
until the iiluninations were over, and most OF
the merrymakors had dispersed. that Bolton
came acrosa them wandering arm in arm un-
der the trees at the outskirts of the college,