The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1894-10-26
ER0AA<
1AERANKS.:
BY CAT CHARLES KING K "a
SSG~~
esps.ioHr. 1854. ~ the >. .. L,pp,ncorr CO.
[coNTINUEp.]
CHAPTER VIII

en- OF mature years, whose dress and
bearing betoSened lives of ease and COM
fort. Another was lovely brunette of
less than 20, the daughter evidently
of one of these ladies, and an object OF
loving pride to both. These three
seemed at home in their surroundings
and were absorbed in the packet of let
ters and papers they had just received
at the station. 1t was evident that they
were not new arrivals, as were the 9TH
er passengers, who studied them with
the half envious feelings with which
newcomers at summer resort are apt
to regard those who seem to have been
long established there, and who gather
ed from the scraps of conversation that
they had merely been over to say good
by to friends leaving on the very train
which brought in the rest of what we
good Americans term 1.-THE busload."
There were women among the newly
arrived who inspected the dark girl
with that calm, unflinching, imperti-
nent scrutiny and half audibly whispered
comment which, had they been of the
opposite sex, would have warranted
their being kicked out of the conveyance,
but which was ignored by the fair object
and her friends as completely as were
the commentators themselves. There
were one or two men in the omnibus
who might readily have been forgiven
an admiring glance or two at so bright
a vision of girlish beauty as was Miss
Renwick this August afternoon, and
they had looked, but the one who most
attracted the notice of Mrs. Maynard and
Aunt Grace--a tall, stalwart, disti1-
guished looking party in gray traveli. g
dress-had taken his seat close to the
door and was deep in the mornings ~
per before they were fairly away from
the station.
Laying down the letter she had just
finished reading, Mrs. Maynard glanced
at her daughter, who was still engaged
in one of her own, and evidently with
deep interest
From Fort Sibley, Alice?'
eyes, mamma, all three-Miss Ora
ven. Mrs. Hoyt and - Mr.. Jerrold.
Would You like to see it?' And, with
rising color, she held forth the one in
her hand
mot now," was the answer, with
smile that told of confidence and graft
fication both 1T is about the german,
SUPPOSE
Eyes He thinks it outrageous that
we should not be there-says it is to be
the prettiest ever given at the fort, and
that Mrs. Hoyt and Mrs. Craven, who
are the managers for the ladies, had
asked him to lead. He wants to know
if we cannot possibly come.
sAre you not very eager to go, Alice?
I should be- said Aunt Grace, with
sympathetic interest
Eyes, am, " answered Miss Renwick |
'It had been arranged that |
it should como off next week, when, as
was supposed, we would be home after
this visit. 1t cannot be postponed, of |
course, because it is given in honor of
all the officers who are gathered there
for the rifle competition, and that will
DO all over and done with today, and
they cannot stay beyond Tuesday next.
We must give it up, ahntie," and she
looked up smilingly, "and you have
made it so lovely for me here that can
10 it without sigh. Think of that
an army german--and Fanny Craven
says the favors are to be simply lovely. |
Yes, did want to CO. but papa said he
felt unequal to it the moment he got |
back from Chicago, day before yester-
day, and he certainly does not look at
III well. So that ended it, and wrote
at once to Mrs. Hoyt. This is her an
swer now"
what does she say?"
OH it is very kind Of her. She
Aants mo to come and be her guest if
the colonel is too i'll to come and
will not leave him. She says
Mr.. Hoyt will come down and escort
me. But would not like to go without
and the big dark eyes looked
up wistfully, land know she does not
care to urge papa when he seems so in
to going"
Mrs. Maynards eyes were anxious
and troubled now. She turned to her
sister-in- law:
'Do you think he seems any better,
Grace? 1 do not. -
cit is hard to say. He was so nerv-
ously anxious to get away to see the
general tho very day you arrived here
that there was not moment in which
l could ask him about himself, and since
his return he has avoided all mention
Of it beyond saying it is nothing but
indigestion and he would be all right in
a few days. / never knew him to suffer
in that way in my life. Is there any
regimental matter that can be troubling
him?" she asked in lower tone.
Nothing of any consequence what
ever. OF course the officers feel cha
grined over their defeat in the rifle
match. They had expected to stand
very high, but Mr.. Jerrold's shooting
was unexpectedly below the average
and it threw their team behind. But
the colonel didn't make the faintest al
fusion to it. That hasn't worried him
anywhere near as much as it has the
others, should judge"
IT do not think it was all Mr.. Jer-
rold's fault, mamma" said Miss Rem
wick, with gentle reproach and very
becoming fash "I'm going to stand
up for him, because think they all