Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-06-13


''Nobody's said anything about Sam
Warning in my hearing that reflected
on him in any way worth speaking off,
said Ferry, yet not very stoutly.
"Not on him so much, perhaps, as
the world looks at this sort of thing,
but on her. She's young, pretty,
snuffy, frowzy old Frenchman. She's
alone with her child and one or two
servants from early morning till late
evening, and with that weakened little
monkey of a man the rest of the time.
The only society she sees is the one or
two gossipy old women of both sexes
who live along the levee here. The
only enjoyment she has is when she
can get to her mothers up in town, or
run up to the opera when she can get
Lascelles to take her. That old mum
my cares nothing for music and less
for the dance; she loves both, and so
does Warning. Monsieur lie Mari goes
out into the foyer between the acts to
smoke his cigarette and gossip with
other relics like himself. Warning has
never missed night she happened to
be there for the last six weeks. l adj
NIT he is there many time when she
is not, but after he's had a few
words with the ladies in the generals
box, what becomes of him? 1 don't
know, because I'm seldom there, but
Dryden and Taggart and Jack Merton,
of the infantry, can tell you. He Is
sitting by her in the D'Hervilly loge
grillee and going over the last act with
her and rhapsodizing about Verdi,
Bellini, Mozart, or Gounod-Gounod
especially and the garden scene from
Faust"
"Isn't her mother with her, and, be-
ing in mourning, doesn't she have to
stay in her latticed logo instead of
promenading in the foyer and drink
ing that Observation-Disclosures
punch?" queried Ferry, eager for di-
version.
Suppose she is" answered Pierce,
stoutly. I'm acrank-straight-lac
If you like. It's the fault of my bring
ing up. But I know, and you know,
that that little woman, in her loneli-
ness and in her natural longing for
some congenial spirit to commune
with, is simply falling madly in love
with Sam Warning, and there will be
tragedy here before we can stop It,"
"See here Pierce" asked Ferry, do
you suppose Mrs. Cram would be so
loyal friend to Warning if she thought
there was anything wrong in his at
tentions to Nine. Lascelles? Do you
suppose Cram himself wouldn't speak?"
HE has spoken"
"He has? To whom?''
ITO me, three days ago; said had
known Waring longest and best, per-
| haps was his most intimate friend, and
he though ought to warn him of what
people were say ing"
"What have you done?"
Nothing yet; simply because know
Sam Waring so we'll that 1 know just
| what he'd do-go and pull the nose Of
| the man who gossiped about him and
her. Then we'd have a fight on our
| hands,
"Well. we can fight, suppose, can't
we?"
mot without involving woman's
name"
"Oh, good Lord, Pierce, was there
| ever a row without a woman au fond?"
| That's worm-eaten witticis11,
Ferry, and you're too decent a fellow,
as rule, to be cynical. I've got to
speak to Waring, and don't know how
to do it. | want your advice"
| "Well, my advice is Punch's: Don't
Hellol here's Dryden. Thought you
| were on court duty up at headquarters
to-day, old man. Come in and have a
wet?'' Mr.. Ferry had seen some happy
days at Fortress Monroe when the
ships of her majesty's navy lay off the
Hygeia and the gallants of England
lay to at the bar, and Ferry rejoiccd in
the vernacular of the united service, so
far as he could learn it, as practiced
abroad.
"Thanl1s. just had one over at Mer-
tons. Hear you've been having review
and all that sort of thing down here, "
said the infantryman, as he lolled back
In an easy-chair and planted his boot
heels on the gallery rail. "Glad got
out of it. Court met and adjourned at
ten, SO came home. How'd Waring
get Off"
"Huh!-Cram's wagon" laughed
Ferry, rather uncoIufortably, how
ever,
"Oh, Lord, yes, know that. Didn't
I see him driving Nine. Lascelles up
Rampant street as I came down in the
mule carp"
And then Pierce and Ferry looked at
leach other, startled.
/ That evening, therefore, it was COM
fort to both when Sam came tooling
the stylish turnout through the sally
port and his battery chums caught
sight of the Allertons. Pierce was just
| returning from stables and Ferry was
smoking a pipe of perique on the
broad gallery, and both fastened tc
don their best jackets and doff Their
best caps to these interesting and in
terested callers. Cram himself had
gone out for a ride and think. He
always declared his ideas were clearer
after gallop. The band played charm
ingly. The ladies came out and made
a picturesque croquet party on the
green carpet of the parade. The Off
GERS clustered about and Offered
laughing wagers on the game. A
dozen romping children were playing
/ joyously around the tall flagstaff. Tho
, air was rich with the fragrance of the