Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1889-11-23


srry n .asei 10 ses her Agaia, and her
urigg,t ita8e lace aai csulFy tnanaer ~ere
va charming ~ hifn he. " course, was
coftss .O1s that be was sosng " marry DO
nra " biin stiii b. sot On With br bwatsr
tnan i.e aid ~tth Tie lev laaiic. the had eySr 4
met Tor thou a he ~as a gsntlsslaa ot 81.
Q tiemt family hs MAS hot q very rsaned 1
person Ihey werp % have been married
IA a lev weeks when tlse Luln war broke out, 1
and Jack was ersd n commission IN an 4
irregular cavalry regiment and he accepted
IL aud went Of AGAIN ~ tho war, leaving
kittJ te ~ait for ais retura and look after
the Frozen bar she prospered fairly
we'll, thu, IA she Logan TO encourage class
OF custom Nhica was not very r-mansra.
Ave. The warriors who had served with
Jaca and lad plenty ol stories To tell about
hslu anu themselves took 70 frequsnting the
Tar, aud Kitty would listen 10 these sto:ass,
somewhat 10 ths neglect o. gentlemen OF the
Diamond niarGst VINO, ihoir lives were lcss
romantic, paid with sar regularity for
What they had 10 dria..
I here was a good deal to do IN Iululand
for irregular horse, ami when there was
any thing TO he done Jack Hope was In this
night piace. lie WAS present at ZloblaIi
It'll On that fsLai day on which 20 many
OF the light horse we're killed There were
q gooi many brave deeds dons that day,
coInrads risking lite 90 save conrade In that
Wild rush from tbs kahrs who had again
out manasuyred their white foeA Hops
MS cool aud collected on that day. as he
usually was In danger. As ha rode
down the hill for hi, ne no heard Il shout
behind him yoln guardsnlan. who had
come out Oh So srvics, had come 10
greet, his morse .s.. nesn killed and this
halirs wcro almost apon him How Jack
got through the kal4is and managed TO get
away with tbs man he saved he hardly
knows but bs did, aud he brought nim
back u safety On his horsa A good deal
was made Of tins, aud perha q sii tho more
because the he saved was the son Of q
great mnE so Jack was much written
about 10y special correspondents and talked
ABOUT by society at home. and in time the
news came Qua TO south Africa that he was
10 b. rewarded with the =. e.
One day Kitty heard this news at Kim
berley, and was lent packet OF English
pa iers which wore full Of accounts OF Jac<'s
deeds sine hal taken the papers aud ons
OF Jacks letters which she had received
some time before AMI walked up 10 the
Gardens as a waste OF land was called on
when few trees had seen planted and
feeble attempt at gardening had been made;
shs wanted 10 be by nerssll 10 think Il all
over she read about Jack IN the papers
THAI he was the nephew Of the Gen Hops
who was 80 distinguished In tbs Crimea,
that he had been educated ut Harrow and
had afterwards Zone To south Africa Every
ON. at home seemed to be proud OF him. she
tnoaght, Us she read gushing letter about
ham IN one Of the knglsn papers
Kitty was sitting on bench by n cactus
hedge, there were two the other 81 10
who were talking about him as a good many
people in kimberley were. Il know all
about ham, one man said, he com . from
this same part OF tho country that do
lie would have had his uncle, Gen.
Hope's property, only hs got into
some row Mt Sandhurst, and his
uncle said he had disgraced himself AMI
turned him adrifL My people tell me that
the general intends 30 have him back again
and forgive him. he Is pleased at his get
ting the V. g. so hsd be all right only he
has been fool enough to have got engaged
To Some woman out here. What's her namsi
Tnat woman who keeps tho Frozen Bar.
by Jovei what pity. She is not bad
little woman In Aer way, but one wouldn't
care 10 introduce her To ones people at home
one WIFE," said the othsr.
\ es; spoke 10 him about IL whom he
sail over we'll fancy he knew no was
MAXIM a foo of himself and was 81 X OF IL,
though IL didn't matter then as tn re was mt
much caance OF his uncle making It up with
hun
Kitty did not hear any more as the two
men walked On, httlo knowing who had
overheard them aud what a cruel wound
their word, had given
sonv weeks after Ulundi had been fought
and the war was over Jack Hope was sit
ting ia an arm chair at the Gown hotel at
haritzburg reading a letter from England.
IL was from has uncle, Zen. Hope, and was
10 the point, the old gentleman's letters
usually we're lie had heard OF Jacks gal
lent conduct and was very pleased lie was
10 come back and live at the hall and he
would have the place eventually. The gen
erai went on to say that be had met some
ono who knew OF Jack at Kimberley
and bau heard an absurd story OF his IN
tending TO make dissraeeful marriage with
a iaarlnaid Il he int ndod 10 do that he need
not answer the letter, otherwise he tad bet
ter coigse nome soon as tine war was over.
JaciS ressd THE letter over and over again
with troubled expression on his lace tie
remembered, ani &c WA not a very pleasant
memory. all lhs nal done for him and what
be probably would have been IL she had not
again aud again helped him up alter he had
slipped down Then, what jolly little
woman she was anu how devoted she was TO
him lie had lots OF money in his pocket,
every one thought him n very tine fellow
be wouid do What he liked he would not
give Kitty MP aud hs would tell the general
50 Hv would sat down AMI write Al once
As he sat down TO write he began 10 see
the other side OF the question How much
he was giving ap-a tins old place, as cool
a position u man could want, and instead
OF that he was to end his days in South
Africa or in some other colony. His V. c.
would not lie much good TO him unless no
stuck 70 colonial soldering, which was u
poor life. 70, b would put of writing the
lester Then he remembered that he had
not hsAfd from Kitty Tor some TINA sss
used Ia send him every wee. funny, lib
spslt utter in which tho news OF the camp
WAS told vcry humorously. He would walk
10 the postofsiee. On his way he met several
men he knew who were Just going homa
How he would like 10 60 too; it was useless
trying not 10 regret There was a letter
from Kitty. IL was dated from Cape Town
At first be hardly understood IL rs he
read it,
-DEAR JACK; IL IL all q mistake there
being anything between you and me We
don't suit Your people would have nothing
to do with me, ami yol had hettsr so home
10 them, now that every one must 10 proud
OF you You would break down as = re-
turned prodisal II you had to answer for
m we'll as yourself Don't answer this
letter, for | am sick Of the country and
before you get this shall have cleared.
kitty
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