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who never lGst an opportunity OK giving
the lieutenant a feline and not ineffective
oilwillg whenever his name came up for
Discussion in the feminine conciaves ooca-
sionaliy held in thePegimept. Sometimes,
too, when opportunity served he was
made the victim Of some sharp or sarcastic
speech that was not always. easy TO bear in
silence. Mrs Judson, wife of the captain
Of Il troop, was Teputed to be down on
Lane, =" and the men had no difficulty what
ever in locating the time when her change
Of heart took place.
The truth Of the matter was TINT, thanks
to simple habits and 10 his sense of econ
o1ny, Lane he'd quito snug little balance
in the hank, and the ladies' OF the regiment
believed it to he bigger than it really was;
and having approved the furnishing ana
fitting up OF ills quarters, She next thing,
Of course, that they essayed to do was to
provide him with a wlfe. There the trOu-
bile began, Simultaneously with the ar
rival Of his first bar as first lieutenant
thcro came from the distant oast Mrs Jud
sons Younger sister Emmy" Gnd Mrs Lor-
ing's pretty niooo, Pansy Fletcher, Lane
was promUt 60 call on both, to take the
young ladies driving or riding, to be ntten-
tive and courteous in every way; but while
what was Mrs Loriug's horror on discover
ing that pretty Pansy had fallen rapturous-
ly in lose vii Jerry baltimore as hand
some, reckless and iupecuuious Il young
Dragon us ever lived, and nothing but
prompt measures prevented their marriage!
Miss Fletcher was suddenly retranspurted
TO the east, whittier Jerry wc.s too hard up
to follow; and then, in bitterness of heart,
Mrs Lo-iug blamed poor fred for the
W. ole transaction. Why had he held al0ot
aIJ allowed that-thlI scamp--that ue'eI
do waeI-to cut in and win that innocent
child's heart, as he certainly did do?
Against baltimore tho walls Of her wrath
were emDted coram puhlico but against
Lane she could not talk SO openly.
Mrs. .Tudson had beheld the sudden de.
narture Of Mis-, Parsv with AN e,nanioitv
She could barely disguise. Indeed there
were not lacking good Christmas in the
garrison who poiu,ed Significantly to the
fact tlat she had almost too Lo,Dit8Ilv
opened her doors TO Miss Fletcher and her
lover duriag that brief but volcanic ro-
nance Certain il is. however. that it WAS
in her house ant. in a certain Iitti, nook off
the sitting room that their long. delicious
1ucstiu.s occurred almost Gril-. the IaIv
ofth. house BENG busy about the dir.iuu
room. the Kitchen. or the chambers over.
head. c;,d Emily. who wa. q GOOD girl Int
dersolv unirtcrestin.. stir,rlpinp. on the
riauo or yaUajnr over a book IT. she front
window
"Wua5 EIr. Lane needs IS gentle mod
eat. domestic littlo woman who VIII make
Ri, home q restlul. Observation-Disclosures ."
said Mrs. Judson; and. infereutial!v. I'm.
nv was the gentle and modest creature
who was destined so 20 bless him. The in
,itatjons to ten. the lures bv which he wa,
induced to become Emmys escort to all
re hops and dances. redouhlel taeui,r!ve,
ror Miss Fetahcr's dc3arturc bat il
sass III in vain. Without Il. lin., any par.
! i.;4I.r affinity for Mr.. Lane. Emmy stood
sdvtos saw Yes" whatsoever he should
*. but weeks went on. he never seemed
.. draw nearer the subject. ana lust as
! .r~. J,i7.,1 Lnl determined to resort 10
..ra.c measures and paint ont that his ut
.,n,ns 10 Emmy had excited the reIn3rk
I the entire garrison, and that the poor