Telegram-herald., 1891-11-29

orcdfiiy. ole E8O xBtner owe ner IIlo
to anyone else in the regiment"
Her indignation restored her sclf-
possession, and she replied, as quietly
as he had done:
THAT may be, but there il subject
that must not be postponed to an indefi-
nitc hereafter, and that is tho loss of
your beautiful horse. If you will not
allow uncle to be my agent in the mat
ter, papa will feel under the necess i..y
Of coming out here"
The captain rose and looked down at
her a moment with quickly-changing
face.
Miss &well," no said, and she
started ct the change in his voics; '.if
you feel that you owe me any gratitude,
please cancel it now and forever by
agreeing never to mention that subject
again" Then he added with q return
to his quiet manner: "You hGd nothing
70 do with the loss of the horse; 1t was
it's own viciousness that brought it to
an untirncly end"
He turned abruptly and left the room
and they had no more tete-a-tetes that
ming.
CHAPTER ~.
Miss Farwell . snt to her room that
night in very subdued mood. Lieut..
Carleton had walked home with her,
and on tho way Question had been
asked and answered very conclusively
to the two persons concerned, although
the uninitiated might not have been
any the wiser from listening to the oon-
versation. It was with feeling that
life was, somehow, going altogether
wrong that she laid her head on tho
pillow. She had put aside the love OF
one man and quarreled with another to
whom she owed her life. and the world
seemed to be full Of cross purposes.
The last evening Of her visit at the
garrison came. as all things do which
arc governed by Father Time. There
had been a grand farewell ball given In
her honor the night before and she had
been the reigning belle and had had the
satisfaction 2, caring that tho lady
who had so fire, Y discussed the state OF
her affections at that first garrison ball
was stigmatizing her at this last one as
heartless hirt and warning some of
her confidential masculine friends not
TO be ''taken in."
As she sat with her aunt before the
cheerful wood FIRE In their little parlor
thinking soberly over some OF the
events of the summer, it seemed to her
that she had been trying ever since
that first ball to give people that inn
preston of her and she grew hot a. she
thought how she had let tie opinion Of
q person for whom she did not earn
influence her.
Her aunt put an end TO her musings
with: ''Well, May. wonder what Jon
are thinking Of"
''Tel me what you were thinking Of
frst, aunty," May answered.
Mrs. Farweu leaned her head back
against her chair and laughed
81 believe will; IL will do me good
70 confess" she said; but arst, May,
tell do appear to you 70 be born
matchmaker
"vhy aun:y. you horrify mel You
may have your faults but that you sro
one of those wicked persons I never
will believe"
Thank ron. May. you only make ny
confession harder TO make. Chaslss
has always accused me Of being one and
although I have never owned II TO him.
l have had doubts Of my innocence
myself I never see two people who
seem especially suited TO each other but
what long 10 help them along little.
And Hay, when 1 first saw ron and
Capt Armstrong together. IL seemed TO
me that you were just born for each
other and did all that 1 dared 70 help
ycu 20 realize IL II seemed 70 me that
everything was going swimmincly for
awhile. and every time saw yeu two
feIt like saying: 'Blese you my oa,il-
dren.' But slss for the vanity 81 such
matrimonial hopes, You developed Into
the most commonplace OF friends md
have iaSs bidden each other good BY
without The iesst trace Of sentiment
and to-Enorrow morning you start fof
tie east ard he leads . company svsy
to+-rc one knows where. 70 look a1les
TIE troublesome ApAehea-
All bus Mays eyes was covered ~ .
far vhidh she wss holding 10 screen
her face from THE Ere. bat her vcise
came gzyly from behind it