The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-11-14
CLEAR AS SUNSHINE.
The Happy Termination Of Low
ers' Quarrel
Copyright, 1899, by the Author.1

I
Copyright, 1893, by the Author.1
| "What are you two fellows Singer
ing over?" cried Capt harrington to a
couple of subalterns who were giggling
| like brace of schoolgirls over a pho
| tographs. Something nasty, I'll be
| bound"
Nasty! Never made a worse shot in
your life. old man. Eth, Colthurst?
It's about as nicey-picky picture as
| ever you saw. Ask Colthurst."
"Rather!" chuckled Colthurst, appre-
ciatively.
And. it's not a fancy picture,
| either, for took it myself with a snap
| shot Of my. Kodak said Perry.
Here! Chuck it over if it's present.
| able" cried Darlington
| Perry g skinned the photograph
across the room to the captain, who
stopped picked it up. glanced at it, and
them sat suddenly down with the ex-
clama ton which seemed to have been
| wrung from him by turn of the rack.
my God!'
"What-what's the matter? Are you
ill?' cried Perry, starting up and hur-
rying across the room to Darlington,
who for a moment made no answer.
Presently he forced himself to look
again at the photograph, when he
again groaned and gasped hoarsely:
"Where-?'
'Whers?" echoed Perry in perplexity.
"Whele did you take this?" cried the
captain, with sudden ferceness which
made Perry recoil a step.
IL took it somewhere in Ireland.
Where the deuce did / take it now? Oh,
to be sure! 1t was near Inchichree.
There was sudden shower, and l ran
for shelter to q ruined castle and was
only stopped at the entrance by the
sight Of those two spooning together.
just then the sun burst out again, and,
as they were too much taken up with
each other to notice me, ! could not re-
sist taking snap shot At them with
my kodak"
ut was gentiemanly thing to do.
Mr.. Perry" the captain said, in keen
and cool tone, with surprising reeov-
cry of his self-command.
what do you mean?' suffered
Perry. blushing scarlet
''If you were capable of understand
ing my meaning you would be inca
pable of this" he cried, in tone that
cut like whip-lash, pointing to the
photograph.
Then, with whitening look at the
two foolish lads, he stole from the
room.
Perry turned an inquiring look of
perplexity to Colthurst, who promptly
answered it.
You've been and gone and done it
now, my boy, and no mistake! It's the
girl he's engaged to. Inchichree cas-
tie or house is her address, for I've
posted letters to her for him more than
once"
Good heavens!' cried Perry, aghast
''But, hang it all!'' he added. Hes
well out Of it An engaged girl. like
that, who would sit on another fellows
knee, with her arm round his neck and
her cheek against his, IS better found
out before marriage than after"
This also was the consoling conclu-
sion the captain tried 70 persuade him
self that he had calmly come to; but
his wild, mad .ove for Kitty Power
cried aloud against it. If only he had
not known! If only he had been al
lowed to live in his Elysian illusion
FOOLS paradise-but such paradisei
But no. He was driven out from it
with this flaming sword which pierced
nd hY,- naH &c
As he paced his own room to aud fro
he had again and again tried to force
himself to look at the photograph once
more and make assurance double sure;
but he could not for long time
When he did at last look at il. he struck
it savageiy with his clenched fist and
cried:
by II He'll answer this to me.''
And for some time he really did cher
ish the absurd hope Of duel with his
rival in Belgium hope which. like
lightning conductor, diverted his fury
from kitty-but soon, seeing its fool
ishness. he was again torn and tortured
with thoughts only of her.
How he loved and hated beri Wor-
SHIPPED and scorned her! Her? Whom
should he justly scorn? Hiruself-hiTn-
self alone. Had he not been warned
again and again and again that the girl
was firt? Did not his aunt 10 later
than last week complain 10 him IN a
long letter Of her conduct with a Mr.
Rolieston-this very man probably
Knowing his aunts English and old
maidish prudery he had been impatient
OF her wooden wsrnipgs-assared that
she had miscorss the innocent
gayety and guileless abandonment and
the wistful winsoneDess 81 an fr.sa girl
through putting upon rhera q matter
of-fact English Interpretation
But ''airt' was q mild name indeed
70 give q girl who. while writing
al most daily letters to her b-t-othed.
slive and align, with seemingly the
most ar;ies. love. could sit upon an
other mans knee mot q brothers, FOR
she had ucnel with her arm roscd his
neck. her cheek nestled against his. and
her hand smoothing the hair from AS
forehead
II was a. this trenzied poiat % his
neiitssiors that the captain sat down
10 write the letter which turned Kitty
the next morning white as the breAk-
fas; cloth
Being girl Of siagu.a-,T high spi-..