Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-01-02

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 some qchitc object high in air.
 ing "come on, was seen suddenly to halt and throw himself from his horse. The next instant he stood erect. waving some white object high in air. Spur ring forward, Drummond joined him.
 A lady's handkerchief, lieutenant, " he quietly said. "They seem to have halted here d moment; you can tell by the hoof prints. One of their number rode over toward that high point yon- der and reioined them here. I don't be- lieve they arc more than half an hour ahead
 Drummond reverently took the dainty kerchief hurriedly searched for an ini- tial or a name and found the letters R. H" in monogram in one corner.
 Push on, then, Lee! Here, one more Look alive now, but do not let your selves be seen from the front.''
 Then as they hastcned away he slowed the filmy trific in the pocket of his blouse, and drawing his colt from the holster closely inspected its loaded chambers. Only boy, barely 23, yet rich in soldierly experience already was Drummond. Ho had entered the Point when just IT. His fathers death, occurring immediately before the memorable summer of their first class camp, had thrown him perforco into the society of the so called bachelor club, and he was graduated in the June of tho following year with heart as whole as his physique was fine. But there were some cares to cloud his young life in the army-a sister whose needs were many and whose means were few. He found that rigid econ- omy and self denial were to be his DOT tion from the start and was not sorry that his assignment took him to the far away land of Arizona, where, as his new captain wrote him, "you can live like prince on bacon and frijoles, dress like a cowboy on next to nothing or like an Apache in next to nothing, spend all your days and none of your money in mountain scouting, and come out of it all ln two or three years rich in health and strength and experience and infinitely better off financially than you could ever have been anywhere else. Leave whisky and poker alone, and you 're"all right"
 He had left whisky and poker alone, severely alone. He had sought evew opportunity for field service; had shown indomitable push, pluck and skill in pursuit of Apaches and cool courage in action. He had been able to send even moro than was needed, or than he had hoped, to his sisters guardian and was proud and happy in the concious- ness of a duty we'll done. There were no young girls in the scattered garrisons of those days, no feminine attractions to unsettle his peace of mind. The few women who accompanied their lords to such exile as Arizona were discreet ma irons, to whom he was courtesy itself on the few occasions when they met, but only once had he been brought un- der the influence of girlish eyes or of girlish society, and that was on the memorable trip to San Francisco dur ing the previous year, when he had had the great good fortune to be summoned as a witness before general court martial convened at the Presidio. He had been presented to the Harvey sis ters by the captain of the Newborn and would fain have shown them some attention, but there had been much rough weather in the gulf which kept the girls below, and not until after pass ing Cape San Lucas and they were steaming up the sunny Pacific did he sec either of them again. Then one