The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-12-23

BIant, handsorner than ever more supe-
Iaor THAN ever in the majesty Of uniform
and autforaty = winch 1irsed him, tha
et'tiye service with che careless ease and
bearing OF q veterani Here was the hero
whose nanne Was already 50 famous that
the modest CIVILIAN he had known wocld
have struck him as preposterous Yet
here ne was, supreme and dazzling, sur
rounded by the pomD and circumstances
OF war, into whose reserved presence he.
Jim Hooker. had beeD ushered With the
folEal5ty OF challenging, salutlng. and
Luckily Brant he'd taken advantage OF
his first gratified. ejaculation 70 snake
him warmly by The hand, and then w'sfn
both hands laid Familiarity on his Shout
der, force him Down into a chair. Luck
ily for by that time Jim Hooker nads
with characteristic glooMlneSs. t0ln1
the more keen since, in spite Of his sue
cess as a peaceful contractor, ne nan al
ways secretly f0uged Tor lnlllraly us pi-ty
L and distinction lie looked at the man
who had achieved it, as ne firmly beliey-
ed, BY sheer luck and accsdenl, and MS
I eyes darkened. Then with characters
tic weakness and vanity ne geSan - T..
slst his first Impressions OF oiarenSS
superiority and to ar his own 1Inpotl-
arce He leaned heavily back IN tl9
chair into which he had been 5nus gen1al-
/ " forced drew of his gauntlet, ana at
tempted to thrust it through his Delts a.
he had seen Brant do, but failed on ac-
count of his pistols, alreax1y qccapyanS
1 that position, dropped It, got his STorQ
between his legs III attempting to pink il
lup. and then leaned back asaln, w1tn
| half-elosed eyes serenely Indifferent 10
his old companions smiling race.
IT reckon he began slowly. with
ejfig1rtlv u.atrorizlnzs afr. ''that we'd have
met sooner or later. at Washington, OF
at Grants headquarters, for Hooker,
Meac1am q co. 90 everywnesre, an 2. :
about as well known as D1aJorS-SeneTai,
| TO say notllflf - The went on. WITH q Sffts-
long glance ait Brarlt'S shoulder STRAPS,
"of brigadiers: and u > raNnsr ss ta-Ls
lonlv. Of course, you're kind OF Iresn IN
the service-that you a1n't heard OF me
afore.'
'sBut I'm very. very glad to hear OF
Won now, Jim" said Brant, smiling and
from YOUR own hps, which am also de-
lighted to find ne added. mischieyouS-
!5y. are stiH as frankly conanunicaelye
late you. old fellow. on your. good for
t,Ire When dhd you leave the stage
Mr.. Hooker frowned sligntiy. 4 nsver
was really. ON the stage, YOU Know s,,,,,s ~
negligence--only went on 10 please ny
J wife Mrs. Hooker wouldnt act Wl11
vulgar profesSionals, DON you lv, see 5iue
and lessee of the theatre Went east
when the war broke out 20 oHsr ~
sword and knowledge OF 1njun nsne.nl
Contract at St. Louis with Fremont.
Peen at ft ever since. Offered a coInInlf-
sion in the reg lar service lots o sllisS-
ne why Sirq? asked Brant. denuurely.
.Too much West Point starch around
To s1Iit me-" returned Hooker, darkiy-
ssAnd TOO many spies
sssypies?'' echoed Brant. apStracte1iy,
with a monentary "Reminiscences OF MISS
YES Yes, spies" continued Hooker, with
tFoEged mystery. One-hal1 OF " est als,
tom *; watching other half, ana from
IN, o r11-eS,iderltss wife down, most OF Lie
s -Psrsnt suddenly fixed his keen eyes on
his guest. But the next moment ne r.
fected that it was only Jim loose
1rsI1al speech and possessed 10 ultslsg 91
sienifcance. He smiled again and salu
more gently:
SsAnd how is Mrs. Hooker
Mr. Hooker fixed his eyes on the cell
irsr rose. pretended to look out or tne
window: then taking MS seat aSai s ny
tr,e liable as If fronting an imaginary
,1,.1ience and pulling slowly at his gaullt-
lets after the usual theatrical lneicaton
of perfect Sangfr0id,. said:
Good heayens!' said Brant with gen,
nine emotion II beg your pardon-reahy
Mrs. Hooked and me are divorced"
confined Hooker. slightly changing his
attitude and leaning heavily ON his sabre,
with his eyes still on his fanciful au-
dience There was-you understand,
lightly tossing his gauntlet aside lncoIn-
natibiIity of temperi-and-we parted
FaP' he muttered a low, bitter, scornful
laugh which, however, produced the dis
ffnct impression in Brant,S mind that