Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1890-11-20
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content, limited the expression oi li@ e'''O
ton to the simplest words:
no Get well by Saturday at LATEST.
cannot 90 without seeing you 4;
here shall we send them, sirY.' asked
~. .as.,st rs be came forward with the
box in his hand. :. a,e ), ,vas
the answer, as the captain poppeu ~ ''i0
little missive. - .,,a
And when he got back to the house the
l;s,bt was still burning in the window IN
he second story. and the doctor had Just
left. said the sympatheie; Abigail ana hiu
said II WAS nothing serious or aiarniins'
Mis- Mabel would have to Keep qulee
day or two; that was all
Rut what hard luck for poor Lane "nen
the DAYS OF his stay were so very lew Al
Thursaay morning was spent az the ren-
devious, counting over property ana com.
narine papers with Noel. Then, WINE lhaO
Gentleman went to the club for luhcheon
tbe cautain hastened to the Nineents door
10 renew inquiries, and was measuraDiy
comforted by the news that Miss MaDel
was much better, though still confined 70
her room. Would he rot come IN. MIS-.
Vincent was out, but she thought-dlu tna'
most intelligent young woman, Mary Anh
fdr
that perhaps there was a message ior
him. Like Mr. Toots, poor Lane, III MS
anxiety to put no one 10 any trouble, came
within an ace of stammering: ITS OF no
consequence. but checked himself in time,
and stepped into the bright parior III when
he had spent so many delicious hours list
eninp TO her soft, rich voice as she sang,
or as She chatted blithely with him and her
frenuent quests. 1t was some time before
Mary Ann returned. Evidently there was
a message. for the girls face was dimpled
with smiles rs Size handed him little note.
Miss Mabel says please excuse pencil, SIR
She had to write lying down MISS llolloh
has Just gone away, af5er spending most
OF the morning
Excuse pencil Lane could hardly wait
To read The precious Lines. How he longed
to give the girl a five dollar bill But this
wasn't England. and he did not know how
Mary Ann would regard such proifer.
She promptly AMI discreetly retired, leav-
ing the front door open for his exit, ana
the sweet June sunshine and the soft warm
5.eath II early summer lowing in through
TIE broad vestibule.
How good yoa are 70 met she wrote
"The flowers were-and are still-eNqui-
site | shall be down stairs a little while
tomorrow afternoon, if the doctor is good
70 me as you are Then / can thank you,
can notg NJ. L. V"
The hours dragged until Friday after
noon came. He had 10 so to the With
crses' TO dinner on Thursday evening, and
dreary, ostcnta.ious, ponderons feast it
was. Noe, in his full dress uniform. was
the hero OF the hour. He greeted Lane
frilc nervonsly.
~ meant to have telephoned and begged
you to bear me out, old man, said he,
"bGt this thing was sprung on me after
60: home Cousin M-ttie simply ordered
ne TO appear in my war paint. and | had to
do it. You are to 60 in to dinner with her
By he way: and wish you were en- grande
tenae instead OF civilian spike tail. Here's
Amos
And Amos marched him around to one
guest after another-''self made men, sir"
heavy manufacturers and money makers,
with their overdressei wives. Lane s;rove
hard TO be entertaining 10 his hostess, but
that lady's mind was totally eugrossed in
the progress Of the feass and dread Of pos
sible catastrophe 70 style or service. Her
eyes claaced ncrvously from her husband
to the butler and his assistants. and her
lips perpetually framed inaudible instrue
tions or warnings and so it happened that
the captain was enabled 60 chat a good
deal with a slight, dark eyed ana acci lsdly
intelligent girl who sat to his right and
who was totally ignored by thc yoang cub
who took her in-the eldest soa OF the
house Of Witners, a callow youth OF %
''You did not hear my name, ] know,
she had said 60 him II am Miss Marshall,
very distant connection Of Mrs. Withers,
the telcbar OF her Younger children, and
the "a rest kind Of an accident az this table.
Mis-, Faulkner WINS compelled to send her
excuse at the Inst moment, and So was
dutaieI-isn't chat your soldier cXuressions
ito lill the gap"
And where did you learn our 1ruy ex-
pressions. may IasklN said Lane sMiliugly
Il had cousin in the artillery some
years ago and visited his wife when they
were stationed at the old BARRACKS across
the river. There no one there now, be-
lieve Listen to Capt. Noel; he is telling
about Indian campaigns
Indeed. rettymuch everybody was Listen
ing already, for Noel, with much anima-
ton, was recounting the experiences Of the
chase after the Chricahua chieftain, Ger
onino He was an excellent taiker, and
most diplomatic and sSillful in the avoid
ance OF any direct reference to himself as
the hero of the series of dramatic incidents
which he 50 graphically told, aal yet the
impression conveyed-and intended 60 be
that no man had seen more,
endured more or ridden harder, faster and
farther than the narrator. Flattered by
the evident interest shown by taose about
him. and noting that conversation was
brisk at Lane'sond OF the table, the licuten-
ant soon lost himself in the enthusiasm Of
his own descriptions, and was only sud
denly recalled to earth by noting that now
the whole table had cea sed its thinner chat,
and THAI, with the possible exception OF
the hostess, who was telegraphieg signals
10 che butler. every man and woman pres
emit was looking at him and listening.
The color leaped to his hsce, and he turned
toward Lane with nervous lG1gh.
pa no idea | was rloaopolixing the
talk, he said. Fred, old man, wasn't it
G troop that tried TO get across the range
from your command TO ours whea we
neared the Guadalupes Amos and Alr.
ffntt-l-S had bnn-. .ssIfintr f4a4 .thnrst +na