Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1894-10-04
ABILENE WEEKLY REFLECTOR ABILENE KANSAS OCTOBER 1884,
friendship and esteem. As Prlva.e

friendship and esteem. As Priva,e
Brown he was but an ordinary cog In
the great machinery Of war and nil
itary duty. She seldom saw him OH
duty-in fact, she had but once noticed
him In the ranks, and then at review
Of the troops at the post, and his sol
dierly attitude In the saddle as his
troop moved along the parade ground
called from her brain a thought which
her lips half whispered:
lie was born to command"
Had Alice's mother been living she
would have been led by sense Of fllial
duty to go to her and tell her the his
tory Of her new friend, and the social
equality on which she met him. Fer
maidenly instinct limited to her that It
might be wrong for her to conceal her
relations with the young soldier from
her fathcr, yet In the knowledge Of Ills
severe ideas Of propriety she feared II
she were TO make known to him the
truth her intercourse with her friend
would meet with an abrupt ending.
The more she considered this phase Of
the iEattor the greater 1t troubled her,
and In girllsh confidence sho one day
went to Mrs. Colby, the matronly wife
Of the senior captain Of the Sixth Cay
airy, and related to her the story Of
the unfortunats private soldier.
"yhy, Alice, child what remark
rblc story!n the good Indy exclaimed.
what u refreshing chord you have
strucl, and started to vibrating to
prouse the dreary stiffness Of garrison
life. A gentleman, IN artist, scholar,
a philosopher, and goodness knows
what else maaqueradlng right under
/ our eyes as n private soldier And the
heir to fortune, too! Really, you
quite take my breath away Have you
told the colonel Of him?"
II have not spoken to papa of him
eace | learned bis history. | told hlm
% or 'ifSt lneetlhS ansi Of my aston
l.aiaeht ~ i'aa'ng man OF such re-
iiacd bearing and artistic skill in the
raiAs' oue ne LOOK ii'.ie erestln the
u.3s,cr. Mereiy hlntea that crime
'R'%el 'le pehina ms enlistment"
"iYell, my child, you mast not for
ret That yoa have bnt his own unsrlp-
p~''4a esiuehce ~ 70 'le ruin OF nus
f'ory. were you my daughter ! would
psr',,iilly auVl'c you 70 not place 100
,lnP''I', oo'i'iac,icc ~ 'ne ruin OF wila1
~ Naln You iie may pe' as your ~
y, 'ip,ea, fugitive ron Jus1lco'
~ criminal cie','enO you Know GEAR
y i'o' 'rawh es'lirciy from 'he lower
''','',aS 81 Soc'c.y' ~ - nov wrong !
.li'il'' ipr you 70 li'laliesS IN interest
~ - areis'ic Worh' iosihg arl as you
~ o., Jug you AUS. nov i9l%oo my chlil'
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= 7ul u sol'i,er IN tae rahNa ana far
,s,cnla yo" "a aoclal stanaih8' You
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's''Fpa.1y 70 FN7or .lle pohd OF enlist
menu 'np. ne las,'e DC restored TO ms
proper hphefs Oh 'lle.
an' you forget Mrs' Colby that he
S.''a ,ie would ho' under any consdcra-
v'9a 'ilve us Term OF enlistment snort
oa3a Que sl,lHie a''y'
~ eoll'' DO done Without consulting
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