Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-10-17

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There tcas no ono 10 rcceirc him but Ma
bel, and he CGntcd no one more.
The one man whom the heat was power
less to subdue was Gordon Noel In the
most immaculate and becoming costumes
Of white or straw color that genial officer
would sauntcr into the club at noontide,
boxing provolinEly cool and comfortable,
md as he expressed it, without having
turned a hair, ~
"Hot'' he would say. "Call this hotP
Why, bless your hearts, fellows, you ought
to live in Arizona awhile! Cad, I've
come in sometimes from scout through
the ella desert and rushed for cold cream
to plaster on my nose and checks; it would
ali he melted, of course; but when l clap
ped II on it would sizzle like 50 much lard
in frying pan. And down at Fort Yuma
our hens laid hard boiled eggs from June
20 Ortobyr' And then his eyes would
twinkle with fun, and he would bury his
dark mustarhe in the cracked ice of his
julien with infinite relish
II say queried Mr. Morris Of his chum,
Terry, Jr., one languid afternoon after
Noel had jauntily stroIled away, don't
You envy Teller who can enjoy life like
thatt
Never saw anything like it, quoth the
younger. 'One would suppose that after
icing slave all mawning in those beastly
works ought to enjoy little recreation;
'u' can T. Nnu know
queer ducES, those army fellers' Gadl
'AlS love masking by proxy Is what gets me
i-iS sort OF Miles Standlsh courtship
business. She prettler, though, than the
'r-Ahal HTlscIia.
HOW 90 you mean quened young
Terry vaguely. lie had beeh brought up
under the thumD OF ms elder brother, and
'rom tue outse had peen given TO under
stand tnat II ne expected 10 snare IN the
profits ne must learn the business. There
Aad Dcen no college Tor HIM ana New Eng
land legends were sealed books.
why l mean tnat 'tWonldn't surprise
me bit II we had modern version OF the
oid why don t you speak for yourself,
john lie ; with her incessantly.'
'oh' Miss Vincent you're speaking of.
Her name : Mabel, l thought, not-What
YOU can hert
Never mlnd, jimmy SAID Morris, RS
ing. Come ana nave cigarette"
And 1t was not only in the club, over
Their cigars, that men spoke significantly
OF Noel attentions 70 the lovely daughter
Oh the mousse OF vincent. IL was not the
men, indeed, who did the greater part OF
the talk II they noticed and spoke OF 1t
what must not the women have been say
ing Noe!' quitting the hosptable roof OF
COUSIN Amos had taken rooms down IN
town, midway between the club and the
Vincent homestead, and those two points
became the limits OF his field Of action.
The Withers household had gone TO the
Maryland mountains, and the massive mas
ter OF the establishment was treating him
self to a months vacation.
almost al the pretty girls were gone
what more natural than that Mr.. Noel
should SO frequently seek the society OF
the prettleSt OF all, even II she were en-
gagged 70 Frederlc& Lane, as people SAID
she was before he went away! There was
no monitorlal Amos to call him off, no one
to bid him turn his deyotions elsewhere;
and she herself could see no harm, for was
not almost all his talk Capt Lane? Was
he not his loyal and devoted friend? The
captains letters came every day, and he
seemed pleased TO know that Noel had
such pleasant things TO say of him. and
was 80 attentive--or rather kind, because
it wasn't really on her account that he
came so frequently. To be cure. Cant.
Lane did not say much about the matter
one way or the other; and if he saw no
harm, if he expressed no dissatisfaction,
who else had any right TO find fault?
Her mother, was the answer that CON
science pricked into her heart quicker even
than she could think. For days past the
good lady's manner toward Noel had been
gaining In distance and GOODNESS. "She Is
i'll at ease-worried about papa was Ma
bells attempt at a self satisfying plea; but
conscience again warned her that she knew