The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-04-19

promise never To snow Nou conduct un.
worthy of either again I'll never be
the mauvais sujet was in Paris"
And will 90 ON his bond for it."
Dale added, But it does seem strange,
doesn't it? Lieut. Latour, First United
States cavalry, and Lieut.. Everett. of
the Engineers
That's right; drop the unnecessary
Brevet Second" laughed Adrien. as Miss
Tabitha protfered meat and drink and
warm welcome.
Few contrasts could be imagined
stronger than that between these two
new defenders Of the flag of the free.
Dale Everett's strong. clear cut features
were somewhat too pale from close con-
tinement at study; but, spite of that,
the nameless something, always felt, but
not to be described, spoke plainly the
splinter of Plymouth Rock. A large
head, with crisp, fair hair, surmounted
tall, strong limbed frame, wherein the
elasticity of the American tempered the
latent power of the Englishman. But
especially in the eyes and mouth the in
uer man spoke out, the calm intensity Of
gaze limiting something behind it which
might on occasion, CLEAN out in power
full, even cruel flash; the thin lips-ten-
der now in their mobile curves-belied
the long oval of the jaw if they could
not set hard and relentless as steel.
Slim, 1.-THE, with sinuous grace in
every movement that told Of perfect
muscular work, Adrien Latour's bronzed
olive skin showed the veins beneath on
neck and brow. So varying were the
dark eyes as to defy detection of real
color; the small head, with its black
crown of silken hair, never rested still
on the firm neck and the strong brown
hands showed sensibility combined with
nervous power.
In the plain uniform of their new rank
the two men standing side by side in the
bright June sunshine We're absolute
types of those antipodal strengths of the
republication and thought. Strong,
steadfast and enduring, the Puritan
scion was the man to breast and break
down barriers on his life road by sheer
endeavor The nervous impetuosity of
the Creole would aim to clear them at a
single bound. Thrown and baffied, he
would try again, SO long as the hot
strength did not burn away of its own
fire; but he would never pause to tear
down the obstacle, or turn to seek a by
path.
Born in bitter struggle, matured by
years of laborious trial, the high caste
New Highlander showed in Dale Everett
"a silent, incarnate strength. Dia-
metric opposites- triple result of blood,
life and climate - spoke as plainly
through every movement of his Creole
classmate. Even the pose of the two
men told its tale. Resting carelessly on
chair back, the graceful form quite
still and the head courteously bent,
Adrien Latour listened to Miss Tabitha
with rather vague intensity. Only the
nervous tap of the thin soled boot told
that sex, not individual, claimed that
endurance he was fast losing. Dale
Everett was running over the story of
graduation and commission to Mr..
Standish, his quiet position and frank
talk tempered by not too pronounced re.
spect for the latter's age.
But both the black eyes and the blue
turned more than once impatiently
toward the door, till at last Everett,
with his blunt candor, queried so sud
denly that the spinster bounced in her
seat:
"Where in the world is Bennie?'
81 suppose" Latour added quickly,
1--WE should say Miss Standish, now
that we are great, grown up people,"
There was Geographic glance be,
tween brother and sister-in-law. His
said, quite as plainly as helplessly:
"What shall | say? How explain the in,
decent haste?"
Hers replied, quite as plainly and with
added sharpness: Nonsense, Brother
Standish! See what my tact will accom-
plish!"
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