The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1890-10-23
Two SOLDIERS.
By Capt. CHARLES KING.

ICopyrignood BY J. 3. Lppancon CompAny, Ehil1s
daiphiA and pubfahed throuRh medal sIFannO.
mant with the American Pres AaociatioA
For some reason or other the heuten-
ant felt restless and dissatisfied this
morning. The atmosphere Of the oface
was decidedly uncongenial. He was Q
man who rarely read anything, and to
whom letter writing was bore. To be
sure, he had little Of it to do, for no man
in the regiment had expressed desire
TO hear from him. It was o hot, sultry
day; the styhsh white flannel suit in
which he had arTayed his handsome sslt
was wasting Its elegance on the desert
air Of bare and empty room, instead
Of being seen in the boudoirs Of beauty
or the billiard rooms at the club. Bud-
ness was slack; no recruits were COM
ing In, and Mr.. Noel could stand II no
longer. A ring from his bell summoned
the sergeant to the room.
There doesn't seem to be any Hkeh-
hood Of recruits coming In such Q day a.
this, sergeant, i" said Mr.. Noel. Tim 60
ing up to the club for while; II any
body should come in, send ono Of the
men up there for me; I'll return Of once. "
And with that he took his straw hat and
light cane and strolled leisurely up the
street. BIS was Q figure that many Q
man-and more women-would turn to
look at more than once. Tall, slim, els-
giant in build, always dressed In excel
lent taste, Gordon Noel In any commun-
ity would have been pronounced Q re-
markably pressntable man. His face, q
has been said, was very fine; his eyes
dark and handsome, shaded by deep,
thick lashes; his hair dark and waving;
his mustache, dark and drooping, SsrV-
ed only to enhance the brilhAncy Of the
even white teeth that flashed underneath
1t In his frequent smiles and Joyous
laughter. One would say, In looking at
Noel, that he was q man Of EngulAEly
sunny disposition; and % he was, and 20
they found him ct the club; and 20 the
loungers there hailed him with jovial
shouts as he entered; for, though only .
fortnight had elapsed since his arrival,
and four days Of that time he had been
absent, giving his testimony before the
court martial In New York harbor, he
had nevertheless won HE way into the
hearts Of all the young fellows around
the club, and no more popular man than
Gordon Noel had ever come within the
doors Of "The Queen City"
"What are you going to have, old
manr was the first question Ashod, and
Noel laughingly ordered . sherry cob
bier, saying the day was far too hot for
anything stronger.
"Who's that I just saw going into the
billiard roomT he asked.
"Thats That's Regy Vincent Haven't
you met him yetS'
"Regy Vincent" said Noel. ''1s he
the brother Of the Miss Vincent whom
met at the party last nightr'
1.-THE very same" was the reply.
Mighty bright fellow, too, and . very
jolly onei though he has been In hard
luck Of late"
"How in hard luck" aSked . quiet
looking man seated in big arm chair,
lowering for Q moment the Newspaper
which he had been reading.
"Well, through his fathers Ill luck on
Change. You all know, Of course, that
Vincent was nearly busted before that
corner went under last week"
II know this" was the calm reply,
''that while he did stand for few days
on the ragged edge and while 1t may
be that had that corner not broken when
It did he would have been in sore straits,
in some way he or his partner, Clark,
came to taw with additional funds, and
had the consummAte pluck to put up
more at the very moment whon Il was
believed that that syndicate was going
to have everything their own way. 80
far from being badly bitten by that deal,
it's my belief that Vincent, Clark q Co.
came out Of It with q very pretty penny
to the good"
"Well, Of course, Harris, you must
know more about Il than do. But you
cannot be gladder than I am 10 hear that
Vincent'S status Il 30 much better than
Wesupposed. I'm glad on his account, I'm
glad on Regis account, and I'm particu-
larly glad on Miss Mabel's account. And
now I'm particularly chuckling over
Billy RosGiter's frame Of mind when he
hears the real truth Of this matter.
When he went after her 10 Rome last
year, and everybody supposed that Vim
cent was worth o million, there's no
doubt In the world that he did his bost
TO win her, and that was Whist b was
sent abroad by his father 10 do. But b
didn't win her then, for she strenuously