Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-01-13

Thought HIM quite gentleman Tor one
- poorly dressed"
But changed my mind. mamma"
sail Laura quickly.
And what was the occasion of so
sudden bouleversement?" asked the
captain.
why why. when we were sitting
on the vcranda after you went in. man.
ma -
sitting on the veranda with coun-
tryman," exclaimed the lover.
Well yes: mamma said to invite
him mp. hut was going to say
/ iaura's inventive powers had gained
time To act by the interruption-'I
/ found that he was only an ignorant
farmer after all. FOR | asked him how
/ Tar the moon was. and he said he reck-
oucd II was hundred million miles"
THAT doesn't prove anything" Fitz
! Hugh remarked. Il don't believe there's
an officer In my regiment knows that.
but It becomes us To be very careful.
Tho commanding general has made it
known uuoflicially through his staff off,
GERS that he IL especially DESTROYS Of con-
cealng his intentions. One spy pene-
trating for even day at Chattanooga
might Illustrate all his plans. Ii the
enemy knew that we are concentrating
there. and how weak we are there at
present, he would or at least he should
come down with large force and drive
us south"
A troubled expression crossed Laura's
face.
"Indeedr' said Mrs Fain. II was
not aware Of that. Suppose the young
man was spy"
| Cameron" said Laura, II wish you
wouldn't talk so TO mamma. She will
be- suspicious Of every poor beggar that
asks crust. The mans name was Slack.
There are plenty OF Stacks among the
poor whites about here. | have sick
family Of that name on my hands now
not n mile up the road"
Has the fellow gone" asked Fitx
Hugh. IL think would better see him."
"Gonel Of course he's gone." said
Laura, with heaving bosom.
Where lid he say he was going?'
To Chattanooga" said Mrs. Fain.
I'm mount and follow him. can
easily overtake him on horseback"
| Nonsense" said Laura, with pout;
you have kept away from me for
week, and now you are going as soon as
you've come"
But. my darling. would you have
me-
II would have You stay where you are.
and
Mrs. Fain. seeing that some cooling was
coming. wisely withdrew.
"And what. sweetheart
Tell mo what love to hear" she said
softly.
"rvo told you that so often you should
certainly be tired of it by this time"
Fitz Hugh looked inquiringly into her
face M he smoothed back her hair. He
was used TO these requests to repeat his
assurances Of affection, but there was
q nervous something about his fiancee
this morning that puzzled him.
His back was toward tho window,
while she was facing it. Suddenly she
clasped her arms tightly around him.
Now go IL you can" she said. affect
| Ing playful tone.
why. Laura, what does this mean?"
he asked, astonished.
| "You don't love me-" she whined.
"Love you, petit You know do"
"Then why do you act sol"
"Act howl" q,
You never come any more but you
want to go right away"
but, sweetheart"-a half dozen kisses
for exclamation points-"I only intend
| being gone q little while"
"lf you once start out to follow some
body you don't know anything about
you'll be gone all day, and then you'll be
ordered away, and maybe I'll never see
you any more"
| Never was o lover more charmed at
such evidence of woman's affection, and
never had this lover less cause to be
charmed at the evidence Of his hold
upon Laura Fain. Had Captain Fitz
Hugh seen what Laura Fain saw from
the moment she put her arms around
him and held his back to the window
Mark and Jakey going down the walk
to the gate-he would have exclaimed:
"Oh, woman, thy name is perfdyr
"Oh, woman" the departing soldier
would have responded, ''thy name h in
deed perfdy, but how glorious thy per-
fdy"
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