Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-10-22

pany, and so did the garrison children They took a violent fancy to her. She played tag and prisoners base with them, she climbed fences and wood piles, she sat on the top of the barns, and she rode barebacked horses around the post. And, then, she was such a thoroughly good hearted girl, generous to the last degree, and such a cooki
 For a long time Bayard and Blake divided the honors. Miss Rohan and fate smiled on both equally. But Miss Rohan was a girl with considerable natural tendency to aim high. Moreover, her married sister had an eye to the main chance. If there was one thing more than another that she hoped for, it was to see the girl Kate Bayard.
 Here is the case stated plainly: Given a lieutenant of 26, who is born with a fondness for feminine society, who has not had any of it for at least a year that is, not any young feminine society; given also two women, one of them married and determined, the other un- married and not unattractive. It needs no great wisdom to see the natural out come. Had Bayard just then had one redeeming, womanly influence, had he broken away for a month and gone back among his equals, or had one of his equals come to him, he would have been saved. As it was, he was left alone with his ambition and this girl.
 He fell in love. Therefore he lost his reasoning powers; otherwise he would have been bound to see that this woman and ambition could not both be in his life. He fell ill love, and he married her then and there. She wore the dia- monds of the stately old mother as she sat on the porch at guard mounting with her manicure set
 The first intimation we had of the way the wind blew ill that family was when the young Mrs. Bayard sat one day on the front steps and read copy of Don't, 7" which she told us that my husbaud' had bought for her. She was very much pleased with the gift and took much pleasure i'll reading 1t. We noticed after that that she was most careful about breaking, biting and cut ting her bread at dinner, breakfast and | luncheon, but ''Don't'' evidently did not include any reference to manicure sets. I think Bayard told her about | them, though. after time, for she ceased making her appearance ill public | with it, but she bit her nails neryously. went away on leave about this time When I came back, there was little Bayard. which promised to look very | like its mamma. There had been great | quarrel as to the naming of the child. | There were good many quarrels now anyway. Mrs Bayard had liked the name of Kathleen-she said it was her mothers name, and, for my part, it seemed that it was very musical and pretty-but the father was determined upon Beatrice. with tho accent on the second syllable. The child was baptized | Kathleen.
 | When had gone east on my leave, | Bayard had begged me to give my attcn- | tion and what personal influence 1 had to his promotion as captain and com missary at Washington. He wanted it | even worse than he did q foreign at tacheship.
 saw the turn affairs had taken-that madam was growing stOuter, ugly and untidy; that she neglected even the manicure set for the very noisy and un' prepOsScSSing baby; that poor Bayard's spick and span clothing and appearance were a thing of the past; that he looked | worn and did not seem to feel at caSC among his brother officers. So carried to him some encouraging news with re gard to his cr>tWhilc desired appoint mcnt. l told him that knew it to be [ sure thing; that the cnviable post il Washington would soon hc his: that ert long he would be again ill his native | air.
 An uneasy look came into his brown eyes. He shrank back as his wife ana the baby came into the room. For al instant his glance rested on them.
 ''Thank you, old fellow" he said
 Il think shall be content to pass tn rest of my life on the frontier, far iron
 the madding crowd, you know" h.
 added, with a choking laugh.
 Poor Bayard! And this was the end
 But I knew he was right, and wen
 away, leaving him with his future anC
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