Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1886-11-27

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IN time for your party, Miss WeyLund.
"Oh, an awful botheri" said Ha,kne<s.
stroking his mustac ,e, and looking very
mode>tly at lovely o i've.
"l-er-said my sister had got twins, "
Lucy continued. $50 she has, you know;
and l didn't think it necessary to say it was
thwree years ago."
"But if you are found out?" Olive cried
laughing.
"Oh, il I am found outs" Struggling his
shoulders, as If that was a very reno 9 con.
tingency. about which he need not particu-
larly trouble himself.
well, you did get it, and that's the great
thing" said Olive, smiling. $50 now come
and see the marquee. l was on my way to
see how the men are getting on with it. 1t
is where we lance this evening"" she added,
by way of exp anation TO Hardness.
H,rkness made her a erave little bow.
followed by a polite lit 10 speech expressive
Of joy at the good fortune he had to be one
of those who wcro so lucky Us to have the
nance of dancing in the big marquee that
evening.
~ - ASoAJ C" NoACo, DIG bhluS
@you are not to get into a corner and look
as if you were simply dying for a cigar"
"1never smoke cigars, he replied, gravelv,
Lucy laughed out aloud. II shout | think
not; the very foulest bwr,ar-wood YOU ever
saw in all your life" he Informed Olive. II
assure you it sets evewry one in barwracks
coughing as socn as ever he bwrings it out.
Have you got it in your pocket, Harkness!"
81 don't take it to make calls upon ladies"
Har@ne>s answered. "Now, Lucy, on tho
contrary, Miss Weyland, is % devotedly at
t ched to his c y that he goes SO far as to
take it 10 church with him"
Not really" she ~ai,l, smiling up at Lucy,
who began TO laugh in Il shamefaced way.
| and re .dened a lilt e under the gaze of the
black. frinscd gray eyes.
"And a week or two ago," Hardness went
on ruthle ssly, "he created quite a sensation
in lIleminster cathedra, and set all The
grandees of that distinguished city a-oy, 1t
was such a jok'. W. had had an awful oil
swell Of a general to morning service IN The
garrison church, and consequently 10 lunch
at our mess af .erwards; anu as his cd II
tieman sat and lrosed and prosed till half
past three O'Clock, it was all we could do 20
get out of uniform and into mornin . clio hes,
and drive down to the Cathedral in time for
afternoon service at lou. o. course Lucy
couldn't do-do-I mean coul mt itre with.
out u pipe, squeezed In somehow or other
So he smoked on, in the cab, and as we
reached our DIES inatiun before it was half
finished he just showed it into his pocket anu
went innoc-n,ly in, us If he had never done
anything half so wicked as smoke q pip, N
all his life. But by and by-I was sitting
in the row Of stalls Immediately below him
II heard a fearful scufas behind me, anu a
sinoth.red laugh. and when l looke rounu
there was poor Lucy, with q face as red a. q
turkey cock or his full DIRE S tunic, trying
vainly to get at MS coat tails, and hi, coat
tails were smoking and smudging like a fire
at a picnic!"
Olives face had been growing more and
more interested with e,ch word that fel,
from Hardness lips, and her gray eye
opened as widely as an astunished child's.
sand how did you put it out!" she de-
manded.
Hardness laughed more than ever.
"On, one of our officers happened to be
next to him. and promptly crushed the smos-
ing tails into better behavior. An aw. ul
dandy he it, too-quite the Snowman of the
regiment, and he was going out to tea after
service. l assure you Lis face of concen-
j GA uASS luo eACll0WeuCO OF The
moment had passed over, and he realized tn
fact that the spic-and-span yellow gloves
which had covered his hands when he lef,
barracks were for the most part black
enough for a funeval-was very fine"
"Oh, but I gave him mine, and-sr-ninc
were newl' put in Lucy, with an air Of CT
postu alton.
sOh, tf"n it's really trueP Dive cried, In
surprise.
3True'-as gospel" answered Harkn ,ss.
solemnly; land if he had happened to sit In
nv p AGO instead of where he did. there il
no saying what might not have been the
consequences. For / sat between two of the
C ercymen; an if Lucy's pockets had hurst
into flames there. AMI had set the SUPPLIES
on fire, why. that would have been a ~flare-ur
no mistake about it,"
"Take care you le,ve it behind today
Olive said, with a laugh. to Lucy; "for l an
going to wear a muslin frock, and if yor
happened to set that on fire out in the oper
l should not have the ghost of q chance"
I'LL take care never to set your fwrock or
fire." murmured Lucy, in a very low voice,
so that his friend should not hear it
then added, as Mr.. Weyland approached
them, "f it were your heart now, Miss Wey
land"
"Ah! if it were my heart, Capt. Lucy
she answered, gayly.
eyes. dear dad; We are going to see your
beloved horses, certainly"
As the t~hree-Olive, her father, and Hark
ness-moved away in the direction of the
stables, Lucy found himself singing uncon'
s%ciouslv, as he followed them, in q very soft
voice. a line or two of o ives song:
But when my seven long years are out.
Oh, then I'll marwry Sally;
And. oh. how happily we'll live!
But not In our al!ev.
Olive heard him and looked back.
"You don't sing it with much EXPRESSION
she said, turning to walk beside him.
II would sing it with expwression enough
he answered, @f I thought thewre was tbs
vewry faintest chance Of sally's overlook.
ing at me-
"Poor thing!" remarked Olive. tut with.
out any pity in her tones; for she was ac'
customed to Lucy's e~xtravagant love max
ing, and never guessed at the d pth of earn
est reality which lay behind it. $50 it has
a Sally. and its Sally is not kind to it, Poo,
thing! And it looks SO detected and so UNI
happy over itT
Lucy looked straight in front of him, and
said not q word for full three minutes. II
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