The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1894-09-21

youngster just entering service, whose
ambition it was to stick to business and
make IL record for zeal and efficiency,
these were manifest advantages.
There were mon in the regiment to
whom such close communion with a
watchful senior would have been most
embarrassing, and Mr.. Rollins prede-
cessor as second lieutenant of Chester's
company was one of these. Mr.. Jerrold
was happy man when promotion took
him from under the wing of Crusty
Jake and landed him in Company B.
More than that, it came Just at time
when, after four years of loneliness and
isolation at all up river stockade, his
new company and his old one, together
with four others from the regiment,
Were ordered to join headquarters and
the band at the most delightful station
in the northwest Here Mr. Rollins had
reported for dirty during the previous
autumn, and here they were with troops
Of other arms Of the service, enjoying
the close proximity of all the good things
of civilization
Chester looked up, with quizzical
smile, rs his 'plebe" came in:
"Well, sir, how many dances had you
with Sweet Alice, Ben Bolt? Not many
fancy, with Mr. Jerrold monopolizing
everything as usual. By CAD! some good
fellow could make a colossal fortune in
buying that young man at my valua-
ton and selling him at his own -
"Oh come, now, captain, Laughed
Rollins, 'Jerrold's no such SLOUGH as
you make him out. He's lazy, and he
likes to spoon, and he puts up with a
good deal Of petting from the girls
who wouldn if he could get it?-but he
is jolly and big hearted and don't put
on any airs--with US, at least-and the
mess like him first rate. 'Tain't his
fault that he's handsome and a regular
lady killer You must admit that he
had pretty tough four years of it up
there at that cussed old Indian grave
yard, and it's only natural he should
enjoy getting here, where there are the
alters and concerts and operas and dances
and dinners -
Eyes, dances and dinners and daugh-
ters, all delightful, | know, but no ex-
cuse for a mans neglecting his mani.
fest duty, as he is doing and has been
ever since we got here. Any other time
the colonel would have Strengthened him
out, but no use trying it now, when both
women i'll his household are as big fools
about the man as anybody in town.
bigger, unless I'm born idiot. F." And
Chester rose excitedly.
Il suppose he had Miss Renwick pref
ty much to himself tonight" he pres
emily demanded, looking angrily and
searchingly at his Junior, as though half
expecting him to dodge the question.
"Oh, yes. Why not? It's pretty evil
dent she would rather dance and be
with him than with any one else. So
what can fellow do? OF course w ask
her to dance and all that, and 1 think
ing rather bore to her, even if she is
only IS, and there are plenty of pleas
ant girls in the garrison who don't get
any too much attention, now we're so
near a big city, and l like to be with
them.
Eyes, and it's the right thing for you
to do, youngster. That's one trait de-
spise in Jerrold When we were up
there at the stockade two winters ago
and Captain Gray's little girl was there,
he hung around her from morning till |
night, and the poor little thing fairly |
beamed and blossomed with delight |
Look at her now, man! He doesn't go |
near her He hasn't had the decency to |
take her walk, n drive or anything |
since we got here. He began from the |
moment we came with that gang in |
town. He was simply devoted to Miss |
Beaubien until Alice Renwick came
Then he dropped her like hot brick.
BY the eternal, Rollins, he hasn't got |
off with that old love yet, you mark
my words. There's Indian blood in her
veins and look in her eye that makes
me wriggle sometimes. watched her
last night at parade when she drove out |
here with that copper faced old squaw,
her mother. For all her French and |
Italian education and her years in New
York and Paris that girls got a wild
streak in her somewhere. She sat there |
watching him as the officers marched to
the 'front.' and then her, as he went up |
and joined Miss Renwick, and there
was q CLEAN Of her white teeth and
flash in her black eyes that made me
think Of the leap of q knife from the
sheath Not but what 'twould serve
him right if she did play him some dew
lis trick. It's his own doing. Were any
people out from town." he suddenly |
asked.
eyes, half dozen or 80, answered
Mr.. Rollins, who was pulling off his
boots and inserting his feet into easy
slippers, while old "Crusty" tramped
excitedly up and down the floor Most
of them staid out here, think Only |
one team went back across the bridge.
"Whcse was that?'
1.-THE Suttons', believe Young |
Cub Sutton was out with his sister and |
another girl .
There's another id foolP'
growled Chester That boy has 81 0, 900
q year Of his own, beautiful home that
will be his, doting mother and sister
and everything wealth can buy, and yet,