Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1889-06-22
Beautiful Jim.
By John Strange Winter.

there's single woman. married or maid.
In the whole of Blankhampton, that would
give you so much as look if ! took the
trouble to be civil to her? Bless you.
child. don't tatter yourself Why. it's
because these women think you're such a
baby-such anotning-sucha non danger
Gus scrap of humanity they let you
make the young show OF yourself that
you do But what | want to know is,
what the devil do you mean to come toy
We'll. really. Jim" Tommy replied,
with certain last of the Earles hapghti
ness in his tone. lit seems to me you re
troubling yourself in very unnecessary
way about my private affairs, and
But Beautiful Jim had broken into
shouts OF derisve laughter Tommy.
Tommy. you'll be the death of me yet
you will indeed. he said Your private
affairs why. bless me. child. the last
joined sub hasn't got any private affairs
except in Applying for leave Private
affairs. indeed Well. it's too lovely, that
simply too lovely"
Tommy looked blandly blank. Il dare
say it's very funny Jim. lie said. easily
but where's the jokey'
The Joker In yourself. Tommy my
child and you can't be expected to see it -"
But. after that. Jim gave up trying to
keep the lad from making fool of him
self with the Bankhampton women, and
gained nothing whatever by the attempt
he had made. except to make Tommy
firmly believe from that time forward hat
the senior subaltern was eaten alive will
jealousy of him And if he had only
known that Beautiful Jim's whole heart
and mind was wrapped up in his own sis
teri II he had only known that to him.
he-Tommy-was simply nothing but an
impudent young cub whose only claim to
interest. or even notice. lay in the fact hc
was the brother of that Insignificant and
not to. be-counted creature, Nancy Earle
well. it would have helped to take down
the young gentleman idea of his own
greatness and his own importance mar
velously
Unfortunately. however, Jim had not.
during all those months, the ghost of
chance of furthering his position with
Nancy. for almost Immediately after
Tommy joined the regiment Mr. Earle
was seized with somewhat severe at
tack of bronchitis, and by the orders Of
his medical advisers was on the very first
opportunity ordered off to the sunny
shores of the Mediterranean, there to stay
until the very last east wind of our un
genial spring time should have taken its
departure from his native shores.
1t had been bitter blow to him. but ii
was useless to fight against fate, and
though he tried hard for foreign leave.
he was. owing to various rumors of dis
turbance floating about the country at
the time. unable to get it.
Just at first he was rather elated at the
prospect of change, There was some
thing jaunty and soldierly about march
ing out. colors flying. band playing. and
a dozen broken hearts behind them. and
for few hours Tommy went airly round
announcing that they were of to Walms
bury next woek, with fresh fields and
pastures new" air about him that was ir
resistibly funny TO those of his brother
officers who knew what manner of place
Walmsbury really was.
But the elat ion of this young Alexander,
longing for more worlds to conquer did
not last long From the fellows" he
learned nothing; indeed for any inform
alton he would have had from them he
would have remained in the Ignorance
which is bliss. doubly so in this case,
until he reached Walmsbury ITSELF but
in BlanLhampton it was different.
Going to Walmsbury," cried one lady
to whom he told his news with very
girl leave behind me" sort of air "Oh,
you poor dear boy, what a shame Why,
you'll be buried alive in Walmsbury.
There's nothingto Go and nowhere to so,
and not soul in the place that you can
possibly know. No society whatever