Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1892-11-28

thank him warmly for all he had done
to save her and her mother from the
blizzard. from the Indians, and heaven
knows what ALTO bless him for his
rescue of papa-to beam upon him with
those wondrous dark eyes, thought poor
Ridgeway, who felt somehow that, after
all, his cake was all dough- And yet
Curly wouldn't go. What was more, he
had never SO much as exchanged one
word with Winifred Berrien from the
moment of the discovery of the ambu-
lance. It was ..B throop, as Murphy
said, that had the honor of conveying
the ladies on to camp and the bedside of
the astonished major. 1t was a blow to
Winifred to learn that within twelve
hours after their arrival the old battalion
had ridden away, Brewster with it,
Il know why Curly doesn't dare go
back said one of the sages of the bach
elor mess He's afraid Knowles will
come out and insist on Juggling him off
to town to be nursed under his roof or
else of her going out to nurse him.
Begad! it may be tough. but it's heap
safer here And so .'Antinous'' re-
manned with his fellows in the wintry
field, and old Berrien, who never could
be got to write a letter to anybody.
found he could stand it no longer. He
babe Berengaria write and say-well
something; something really must be
said about how they appreciated hi
conduct; ''bygones be bygones;' some
thing, anything: he didn't know; she
did: she always knew just what to say
$50 write, Bess.'
ssBut [ have Dick"
.Berengariai And without my COL.
sent?''
Richard Plantagenet, Occur de Lion.
Tete de Veau, of course-ten days ago
'What did you say?'
Everything that was proper, trust.
ssWhat did he say?'
''Nothing.
Didn't he answer
s.How co.,ld he, Dick? You can't with
two hands; he has but one, the left al
that"
HE might have got somebody to write
for him. l did"
$50 did he
Thought you said he didn't say any
thing"
that was gentle1nanly courteous, appre
1dllNC. tiltt fCU--l1OCLlIl3. IA 1AO0Ol ACl-
ter, Dick
what does Winnie say?'
Nothing.
tsDidnt she see it?''
'.Why should she, Dick? Two months
ago you practically forbade their meet
ing"
s.Oh, know: butt didn't know him
then.
Not even after seven years service
with him, Dick:'
,'Oh, well, that-that party in petit
coats there in town, didn't know her
as well as-well, as after | heard all
about her from those fellows in the
Eleventh.
But l knew her, Dick, from the
start
Il know you did, Bess. You said so
and | suppose I've been an ass" said
Berrien ruefully.
You sometimes do cross the danger
line, Dick, dear. That is, when | let |
you"
The major had nothing to say in re-
spouse to this accusation. He pondered |
in silence a moment well, a fellow
can change his mind, can't he, as we'll |
as woman?"
s'Not as well as a woman, Dick. Still |
he can change. And suppose certain
fellow were to change his mind now and |
take six months leave and go away to |
be cured?"
what! Brewster change his mind?- |
about Winnie, do you mean? Why, con-
found him! I'd round him up so quick. |
The idea of his going back on Winnie! |
Why if | thought such thing possible |
I'd have him here on his knees at her |
feet inside of week"
.sOh, no, you wouldn't, Dick" said |
she, laughing softly.
wouldn't? Why not?"
''Just because two women wouldn't |
let you-I for one, Winnie for two
ssYou still think she cares for him?'
81 won't answer that, Dick. But this"
with sudden change from her laughing
manner, Il will say, no matter what
she cared or how she suffered, neither
you nor |, Dick, nor any one of us on
this wide earth, would ever wiring one
word from her lips
And over at Holden's things were
going on in an odd groove. 1t was Ken
yon who was a frequent visitor there
now, not Rolfe. Mrs. Holden was still
for the doctor had frankly told her that
just so long as he had all these wounded |
on his hands the children would be in
his way.
He means me- said Jennie to Miss
Guthrie, with prompt resentment. but /
he SAYS next month he'll come on here