The sun., 1892-05-15


meet again here at this hour, and that you let
'.Ii ..They have nat6ins to ss Dc with Il ". 'n'n
to me few moments ago In their presence.
sIse; , sSsII tsll them what the ' matter was
Sota wordr' cried Aus, Austen. sneriiy. Don't
Just as IS You liks, M but in that case you must
young Peterkin. that when have shown. up
hot o di ss safssd ent VI
room in passion. while Peterkin chnckled to
himself and began to practise the SPOT stroke.
deaf to our questions as to what was the
We were all there to keep our appontmen
there WAS a twinkle in his little. sharp eyes.
especially when Austen came In with very
ssdP Hs sss should
W.thdra% What said ,yesterday You We're
W. Pad nIasinssss." ts. said Is psst,erkin e 1T
Its good thing you did. Wo must have
.""Ifit's . matter affecting, the honor Of any
sS S3slS u Isas.s
any myst lacation: Major irrlnsfon NJ has. as IS
you may know. being, PLAYING high stakes at
stTsnsthen Els % n Iis , hand 3D. rtsr deaips ,s YES. Sss
a Ge s Se sSef os anGx 1S
ss wss wnsn psak 3s ss
about 1t; Iconsider it to be my duty"
.u You @ Ind better AL come to, night" said Pc;
to he watching. Six witnesses will suroly be
enough to settle it"
Austen shrugged his shoulders. well. you
must 6eieEe e your M own 10y eyes; tsnppose Its an
sersee Bae tho 'she ehe
finish it for good and ali
So TINT night We we're &; all all in the Coonsls
ns sat sat hSs ssS
was about two shades redder than usual. and
his stiff hair bri,tled up as It would when he
that pseR s GS 9Hsa 3Ss ss asS ha
s Sst 1oh 'ssse assed the
Pound q trick il you like" said the Major:
Ing glance. at his. antagonist. The Major
=, Tho hrst three games were fairly even. The
and deal had come e' round to the %aior again. S
elbows out SO as to screen his hands from us: US
craned our neeks: hand whisEsd aov over n the i'
;, Tho chief played knave and the Major. took
It With A. tS PVT forward his hand
denly out of his chair with an oath:
, Lit up your sleeve. sir, he cried. by
had nnde5 ap and hi, ob.
toppled backward on to the floor. We were ali
on our feet. but neither Of the men had
With his thick red naer Upon is1aea card which
.s stood perfectly composed. but trihe Dsier
III observed that there was, . card there.
SIR" said he. ..but, surely you do not mean to
Gol91s tSreW his hand gGon the table.
you iT9Sgins that would take unfair
Why; f.E INV s yoa M slip the the card from tho pack
twenty years." said MAJOR Errington. gently
II say. sir; that YOU should, have known me
readyto come to such q conclusion. haye
the honor to wish you good evening. sir" He
bow, bowed j., very gravely and coldly and walked
But he had hardly closed the door when the
curtains ut tho other end; which sep9rated the
and she. stepped through. She had. not
thought for any Of US. but walked straight up
. couldn't help hearing you. Dad" said she.
nm sure that you have done him Injustice"
ten, YOU were Wat: hing; You bear me OUT,
Yes. sir. saw the whole affair, I not only
that io discarded from his hand It was this
one" He leaned forward and turned up tho
That one!" shouted the chief: why that is
the 81 i;ifF Il is!" Of "trumDs'"
king n'S as hs
ssR %hsied On and d"i passsd a his Tas nsers
~ SSSksSsa his b, hsna said he "what
%ss1'nS "a As x"5 P,s @a
think Of it, I am convinced that Miss Loyell is
HssSlx H%aal Shy said t s a1sSs
when he found that he, had such, good cards in
thought himself, justified in getting rid of
some Of them; ;,, For some reason or other he
GOOD Lords or H''i sroaned the Colonel. what
can can say say to put matters straiGhtr and he
And SO SO our little card scandal in the Cara
biniers was brought to an honorable ending.
for all came put e it had heen SUI sq9rmsed Eyer
comrnde's one thought had been to convey
help to him. but finding it absolutely impossi-
q? il drec h. hdd tsd i by q
foilcd by the run OF good cards in his hands he
had broken our usual calm by his. clumsy
American railway bonds are up to 81 now.
owing to the providential death Of the
longer longer in need OF any mans help. % The Major %
soon forGave him for his mistake. and for
time we hoped that Violet would have been
would have been, more popular In the regi-
ment: hut she, destroyed the symmetry OF
man. % home m % on leave. n so our % senior MaSot Is
still u bachelor and likely to remain 80.
SOMETHING IN THIS NAME
A st. Loui. MIN Who IL Continually FILLED
With Embarrnssment.