The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1890-10-23

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Condensed, edited by feminine hands,
and accented here and there ~ suited
the writer's mood, this was the letter
which formed the baSis Of the one re-
ceived by Mrs. Nah. Lane by this time
was coEily enseonced In his quarter, and
was giving all his time to the improve
ment Of Affairs about his troops bar
racks, Kitchens and stables, to drill and
target practice, and to company duties
generally. Bis days knew no relaxation
from labor, from revsille until retreat"
at sunset, and then came the delicious
evenings In which he could write 10 her,
and read . chapter or two Of some IA
vorits work before going early to bed.
After the hrst week hO seldom left his
house after 9 O'Clock, and the garrison
had therefore ample opportunity to dis
cus his Affairs. Some color was lent to
the story Of his having lost money in
speculation by q letter received from
Cheyenne, written TO the new major Of
the tn infantry, who had recently
Joined by promotion from Fort Russell,
near that thriving town. The writer
said that Lane Of the Eleventh cavalry
had sold his property there for fifteen
thousand dollars about the end Of June,
and he had bought It for twenty-five
hundred only nine years before He
could have got eighteen thousand Just a.
well by waiting . few days, but he
wanted the money at once.
No one, Of course, could ask the cap
tain any direct questions about his Affairs
Of either heart or pocket, but Lane was
puzzled to account for some Of the re-
marks that were made to him-the inter
rogatories about the methods Of specula-
ton, the tentatives as to chances Of
making good thing" in that way, and
the sharp and scrutiniEing glances that
accompanied the queries. The sweet,
sympathetic, emi-conhdential manner,
the inviting way In which the ladies
spoke to him Of his present loneliness
and their hopes that soon he would bring
to them Q charming wife to share their
exile and bless his army home-all this,
too, seemed odd to him; but, as he had
never been In love nor engaged before,
he did not know but that It was always
the way with them" and 90 let It pass.
And then he was very happy In her
letters. They were neither as frequent
nor as long as his, but then she had such
. round Of social duties; she was In such
constant demandy there were visitors or
parties every night, and endless calls
and shopping tours with mother every
day, and she was really getting . little
run DOWN Tho weather was oppressive
ly warm, and they longed to get away
from the city and go to the mountains
II was only days ride to the lovely r0-
sorts In the AIleghanies, but papa was
looking . little thin and worn again, and
the doctors had said his hsartwas affect
ed-not Glarmingly or seriously, but
mamma could not bear to leave him,
and he declared It utterly impossible to
be away from his buEiness o single day.
He and Mr.. Clark were very hopeful
over o new venture they had made, the
nature Of which she did not thoroughly
understand.
But let rs take . peep at some Of those
early lsttsrs-not at the answers to his
eager questions, not at the shy words Of
maiden love that crept in here and there,
but al those paTes any one might read.
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