Evening journal., 1892-07-30

her, speak with her. that he IL not by
her sides' asked Mrs Berrien. "You
must realize it, major, and You must de-
eide what should be done. She likes
him well that / know, for she is ever
ready to dance with him or ride with
him, and can see how hereyes brighten
and her color rises when his step or his
voice is heard on the veranda."
But, confound it, Bessr'-which was
much nearer madam's proper name
che hasn't anything but his pay"
Mrs Berrien laughed softly.
"But, Richard, dear, even that detri-
ment has occasionally been overlooked" )"
"Oh, of course. Exactly. / know.
Neither had l. That is what you mean,
suppose. But things We're different
then"
"Granted again, Dick-very different;
so much 10 that were things as they
used to be would be utterly opposed TO
her marrying in the armyln
This being just exactly the view the
major had not taken, he could only
stare at her in astonishment.
"Bess, what on earth do you meanf'
"Just what / say, Richard like
what I've seen of Mr.. Brewster very
much, and l don't wonder Winnie fam
cies him. He is a gentleman; he is a
fine soldier; he has a good record; he is
well connected; his family is one of the
best that you or l know; he has every
thing in point Of fact TO recommend him
that you had, my liege, and he has none
of your bad habits. You used TO drink
and smoke and play poker, and. Richard,
sometimes you used TO swear"
"Well, everybody did in those days"
Exactly, and hardly anybody does
today, except perhaps one hears little
odd language when the wind is blowing
from the drill ground. But in other re-
spects things are indeed different. You
and your cronies sometimes talk about
how slow and how Indifferent young
officers are now as compared with what
they We're twenty years ago. Dick. if
the army We're today what it was when
/ married you'll would whisll Winnie
ont of this garrison and never let her
venture inside another But it isn't
In every possible way that woman
and a mother can see, it is vastly better,
and you know It. / can conceive Of
worse fates for our daughter than that
she should marry such a man as Mr..
Brewster and into such a society as we
have here today. You are eagerly look
ing forward to your promotion. Do you
think being lieutenant colonel win com
pensate you for leaving such comrades
and friends as You have in the TWELFTH
"I'm hoping to exchange"
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fer with you who once gets into the
Twelfth. And now as to Winifred.
You always liked Mr. Brewster. You
rather preferred him until lately. What
has changed your view"
Nothing, except-why-why Bess
you must have seen or heard, for one
D thing, this affair with Mrs. -, you
know"
4 GAS utterly one sided an affair as evei
A was known" said Mrs. Berrien stoutly
Q 81 believe l can see clear through it.
< despise the woman. She has always
! made dead set at some one Of the Of
r 6cers stationed here, l am told. Shi
a was Just as absurd about Mr.. Martin, o
d the Eleventh--everybody says so in tow
: and she picked out Brewster becaus
s he was the handsoInest Of the new 10
o when our regiment came in. Ask an,
1 one you choose, and / think my view
d viii hold good. Ask Captain Rolfe wha
!, he thinks, and he and Mr.. Brewster ar
: not on friendly terms"
j Il have asked Rolfe; asked him onl,
y this evening" replied Berrien, turning
y redder, "and he begged to be excuse,
Q from expressing an opinion"
4 "Whyg"
Q "Well, he wouldn't say, but he la,
u seen something OF other that we hadn't
= and he doesn't like Brewster. l cam
. have a man making love to Winnie on
q minute and that kalsOmined creaturi
2 the next. wish there were no dance
S tonight. want to see Rolfe again. VIII,
takes herr"
d "Mr. Brewster, Of course. He asked
is her two days ago, when the affair wa
a first projected He is in the parlor now
q but so are all the others"
z The major stepped over to the win
. dow and began drumming with hi
n pudgy fingers upon the pane. All tn
o joviality and gladness seemed gone fron
:. his face. The lights were already be
g ginning to twinkle in the quarter
+. across the parade, and darkness, ''wafi
n ed downward like feather" was shut
i ting out the long line Of shadowy bluff
! beyond the stream. Down stairs h
{ could hear the sound Of joyous chatter
@ the deep voices of the men minglin
r with the ripping, silvery laughter h
n knew and loved so well. How happ
e the child seemed How she loved tn
n regiment and gloried in his profession
r How proud she was at school of the pho
q tographs he had from time to time sci
% of his brother officers, and how the othC
l. girls, her letters declared, envied he
r. because she was q soldiers daughte
g and had lived on the wild frontier. II
-e could hear the sound of other girls
f. voices, too, Winifred's friends froi
y town, but he found that his ear listene
D. only for hers How blithe and musici
ID and full Of hope and gladness it seemed
p How lovely she looked as she can
10 down dressed for dinner just as he r
80 turned from that odd, constrained tai
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