Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1889-02-01

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rnas STRAIGHT to bcr e,
"Thcn il win he ,good 1, NJ. ,to,.ro,,
to her prc.ont oscor, ,,a,,,a,,t ,.,,,, IN ,o
turn. Fanny Forrest bo.nnn.o for .,,hal.
terms cxcout ns finn to mas. o,,,,, tbn ,it,c :,
''Nct she inoao o,os Mt Nr NIoroon MI
that first dav She ,yos ,t p,o ,riIl,rg,s
think that is really tbc rco.,r tirs ,iiIIor
cannot bear hor Sha won't .,,,..l, of b,r If
She can helm it, Now which tho d,.tnt -
There were pnrhaps half - dozen ladies in
the party ut fine moment and all owes were
fastened on thr tall and iieti,,orisbnJ farm
OF Doctor Bnvort NJ, he strodn across tho nm
ra,,. hi. handsome nn,.ti,. e,,,o .I,,,,.inc In
excellent advnut1ro i'm his .ru,,. ,ittin,r mi
form. They saw mn, bor, hi. bD,d md how,
with couriigr-lil;c uracr to 1Ii.. FORREST and
again to- her. escort as he stn,,nc1 and cv-
tcullod his hand Then nfirr - f,,, words
he again bowed a. gracefully ~, Lcfora and
pns-cd on in the direction nf tbo ho.i,i-
tai.
"Ccrtainlv The most cl,,.ont man in man
ncr ana hearing we havo .co, os Laramie
for don't know when. - sniG Mr., Gordon
IL don't wonder Nellie wofsh,n, him
"Shr THINKS bcr ,otber .im,,l,- narfoct -
was Mrs. Weiss reply. ~ dread to think
what it will cost her when di.illusion como,
a, come il must. WHY Who il that ne is
talking with now ~
just nj the northwest corner Of tbo ouad-
ranglc iu,t beyond sBndIa,r " fine doctor
had encountered n stoutIv luilt man who
wore an oycrcoat OF handsome HEAVIER fur
thrown wide omen over the ,l,st in Differences
to- the spring like milducss OF tbe morning
and vino Carried a TRAVELLING lay Of leather
i'm one hand. After a lio,neu. Of apparont-
liz cordial chat the two man walked rapidlv
southwark olona the Gravel oath. nil ewes
from tine pia1la, upon Them a. they cane.
and. pa.sin- one or two ,rroups Of Indies. en-
tered the gateway at the DOCTORS uuariers.
where Nellie Eavlrd with .thr Gordon
gir.s. happened to he seated ON the veran-
ia. Mrs. Gordon and Mrs. Wells arose from
their chairs and oazcd aoi.os, the parade in
their very natural curiosity to see what was
going ON cover at the dortor'S" They saw
the stranger raise his cap and bow low over
the hand that Nellie extended to him and
then make bohbing obeisanco to each of
the Gordon Girl, Il, he was presented TO them.
Then ne took chair 10y Miss Bayard' side,
while the servant came o,,t and relieved him
of hi, overcoat ana bag and then the Gordon
girl. were seen saving adieu. Nullie follow
ed them To- the cute. but they evidently felt
that the stranger had not come to see them
and that it was time to leave The Indies ON
the nome piazza awaited their coming with
no little impaticncc and Mrs. Gordon was
prepared to administer a sharp maternal re
proof when they were seen to stop in answer
10 halls from the groups they passed en- route
Everybody wanted 10 know who the fur
coated stranger was. and their progress
humewarl from the southwest angle was.
therefore. nothing short of running the
gauntlet of interrogations Possibly in an
ticipaton of the displcasure awaiting her,
the elder maiden of the two strove 10 ''cut
acros, lots when she came near the south
eastern corner whcrcat. facing north. stood
the big mousse of the commanding officer, but
Mrs. Miller was too experienced hand, and
bore down upon the pair in sudden SWoop
| from her piazza to the front gate, and they
had to stop and surrender their mfolma-
| ton.
As "A consequence every woman along that
| side of Laramie knew before Nesdamos Cor
don and w ellis that Roswell Holmes of Cnict-
CO. the wealthy mine owner and ''cattle
grower" had Just arrived in his own con-
veyauce from Cheyenne and had been invit-
ed to put up at The doctors quarters during
his stay at the fort
''rhink Of it - exclaimed Mrs. Gordon, "a
bachelor, only thirty weight and worth a
million. No wonder Doctor Bayard seized
him"
THE doctor knew him before, mother"
put in her daughter, "Nciic WASH intro
ducyd at all. He came right up and told her
how glad he was to see her again he look
ed it, too"
They knew him in Chcago-met him
there ON the way out, -" said the younger. II
heard the doctor say so. Now look H re
comes Fanny Forrest and Mr.. Mayhem. and