Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1894-12-13

| WOmanly eyes A" - a.
which. impulsively, she had taken 70
her fathers room, opening II oeiore
him and saying: Isn't II ioseAs
Wasn't il lust lovely Of him.? ana
H., Size was brought to sudden real
,-at;on Of this rancor towards tho
der bv the flush that overspread
S,,ro,ap,e face and the heavy frown be-
.sconnie. child. you shall have II, OF
.,.,,rs... ,,,n neel Il: but we cant take
presents from Curran- lie must put II
on the bill, he said.
INT neither on Comics slender oach
nor Curran's bulky bill did those dress
Goods ever appear She sent HIM
nissneled. grateful little note, saying
now II touched them all that he should
have so kindly remembered her, but
mana was SO ..in6exible" in his views
about accepting ..presants' from friends
they might never be able 70 repay
and honest Curran-honest at least N
his desire to do kindness to the tai
slim of girl with the big brown
eyes and auburn hair that made MN
,binl, he sometimes said, Of colleen
he'd lost longyears before-honest Nur-
ran mistools her meaning entirely,
tbonrht her words Morgan's' and
mindful Of some caustic comments. the
big lieutenant had made anent suffers
checks he sought to collect al the pay
table several years before had an ms
Irish aroused and was made tghting
mad. I'm sind him resated oiii, De-
dad. and cut his acqueentance intire'
tae said Curran that night in relat-
mo the incident 70 some Of the boys ID
the club-room whercupon that ne er-do-
wen scapegrace Briggs promptly be-
soupht him to take like cognizance 81
the first thing he Lieut.. Briggs, might
say. as he despaired otherwise OF ever
squaring his account
But the incident bore its weight Of
woe TO Connie, despite the merriment
It gave the boys. Acting under the
advice Of his colonel and his friends,
Morgan was diligently turning over to
the adiutant fifty dollars month OF
his scantv pay in order that critics and
creditors alike might know he was do
inc all a poor devil Of brolen-down
lieutenant could do to pay his debts
without absolutely starving his house
hold. The balance went TO Con-
mic and with this she was expected TO
feed. clothe and comfort the family,
nav the cook. laundress and striker
| Morgan had no life-insurance. and in
those DAYS could get none. Curran was
one of his heaviest creditors, and Cur
ran had been perfectly willing not only
to wait, but to open his storehouse or
purse-strings still wider for the strng-
pling fellows benefit. Only so many
dollars month could be parcelled out
for the butcher and baker. the grocer
and the commissary. and Connie kept
her books, and, aided by her lady
friends, kept her accounts. But over
and above all these necessary expenses
were certain dainties and luxuries
which Curran had authorized black
NANNY to draw for at the store when
ever the supply was getting low, and
Morgan. insisting now on auditing the
accounts, could find no such items on
the bills rendered, and the truth came
ont. Curran went OFF east TO buy goods
Just then, and Morgan did not write
the letter his heart was pouring out
when he learned how in secret the
rough fellow had been so long his ben.
efactor. but he forbade all such traffic
in future. and Lot and Billy howlca for
oranges and raisins in vain. Christ
mas found their little stockings filed.
Many an army mother. planning for
her own brood. had remembered the
motherless in the humble quarters
down the row But no one could tell
whose hand had sent the rocking horse
and the big wax doll that were found
by Penner at the door whom he opened
the house on Christmas morning. Sus-
picion attached to several heads. in
Guiding Tintops whose head. by the
way. had been cracl:cd 10y shell dur
ing the war. and n portion of whose
skull, so ruInor had it, had been re-
placed by silver plate. which led Ia
his wearing a nickname and a wig.
But one and all the accused established
what Mrs. Whaling once pronounced
an abb, because they had sent some
thing else. Then they thought OF
Trooper Schramm. now a fine-loolSing
dragoon. consummately at home in his
business; but Schramm hadn't been
near the house for two weeks. A pay
masters escort was needed to convoy
that official TO distant winter canton.
ments, and Schramm had promptly
asked to be allowed TO go. This time
he didn't say init dem fellers" as he
had in the field the autumn before,
neither did he add 'once" or ''alretty.'
Schramm was studying book English,
said the first sergeant. The paymasteI
got home to his Christmas all right-hc
needed no escort when his money was
gone-but Schramm and his squad
trotted in two days later. after the tur
key and cranberry sauce were all de
voured, so Sehramm could have had
nothing whatever to do with the gift.
sent out from town. So long as they
had them, Lot and Billy didn't care
who was the donor. They believed al
the more in Santa Claus. 1t was Con