Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1894-01-31
4 VICTORIA CROSS.

$50 some people say that all men are
not towards by right Of their sex. For my
part, / cannot entirely agree with this.
Cowards are only folk who have not such
Q sense Of personal dignity as their more
fortunate fellows"
"Yet for all that women admire cour-
age more In man than any other quality"
Precisely They know how ridiculous
ly stupid they are themselves and how 1t
is b>rdly possible for them to find courage
where IL exists, AZ 10 Is TO find a modiste
with new ideas"
There were four or five OF us seated In
the little yellow tearoom, and ii was the
time Of twilight, 30 the lamps were not
lit, and no candle flame was reflected In
the Venetian girandoles. And the freight
hickered, and the scent Of the Mentone
roses In the big bowl mingled with that Of
the strong Pekoe, and we were hipped and
dull and distraites and all the rest Of it,
yes" said our Constance, the Con-
stance, the guide-I don't mean profess
s!onal lady guide, but the amateur kind
OF thing, which Is not, after all, always
the more plessant-the philosopher, for
she has read Comte and actually laughs
over M. Arouet de Voltaire, which Is very
wrong Of her. And, friend, she never wants
to rob any other woman Of anything-she
has got plenty Of her own, good looks in
cluded, and has no occasion to be jealous.
Happy composition Better than that of
any Nine. Rachel to make the face look
pleasant.
"I once knew brave man."
"But did you know he WAS brave when
you knew him, or only until afteri"
i fancy that when this question was
asked our Constance moved uneasily In her
chair, for though she Is widow Of not the
least marrisgeable tendency and with the
best Of jointures she IL not always, as q
matter Of course. Composure Its very self.
She put the Burmese hand screen before
her face, although she was not nearly near
enough to the fire to feel the heat uncom
fortably.
"Ys, did know man who was brave
once. II was a long time ago. How well
remember IL all. He was one OF those rosy
faced subs that are such favorites with
our friend Rudysrd Kipling."
Here some one must needs break In
with:
On the road 10 Msndalay,
Where the old fiotilla lay.
Constance kept quiet for a few seconds.
mo, he was not bound for Mandalay,
~ was dJ u, HL SdlTO,
whore l met him last. We were taking
the journey easily. He was on the rush to
join the One Hundred and Fiftieth up on
the hills.
az think see him now. He was rather
thickset as well rs chubby faced and he had
o knack Of wearing gloves Of which the
buttons were burst off. They said he passed
very well In the competition, and that he
was q good drill and all that sort of thing
But, as i said before, he was chubby faced,
he was thickset, and the buttons would
come of his gloves. What girl of lS could
possibly submit to thatf"
There was q chorus. "Of course not
Much too absurd an idea altogetheri''
"Yes, suppose the idea was too bsurd,
but at any rate for girl of ls. Besides,
he blushed dreadfully, and that Of itself
was sufficient TO create revulsion Of feel
ing. think see him now, as sat under
one Of those hideous white umbrellas, and
the servants moved to and fro, and the
puggaries fell down fat and limp In the
breezeless air."
| ~ am going, Constance, he said. May
i call you Constance, as it Is the last time
may speakp
You have done 80 without asking
j answered. ''Tis really too familiar, but
| hs you are gong on nghting expedition
perhaps may overlook It, OF course he
muttered something about loving me bet
ter than his life, and all thatsort Of thing,
but one expects that sort Of thing from the
rosy faced sub.
Perhaps this may be the last time
may see you. may be shot"
oh, really, don't be too sentimental.
II will make such a difference 10 your re-
lstions. Think Of your parents or uncles
or aunts. They won't have to make you
an allowance any longer
IKE sighed, walked away. A year after
took up The Times one day and read a
telegram from Afghan. He had been se-
verely wounded, cutting out and saving q
brace OF Ghoorkas--had been recommend
ed for the Victoria cross"
And 30 be came home victorious he
ro,"
"No, he lies In that very damp cemetery
by Simla."
But suppose some of his people were
pleased at his getting the V. C.p
He had no people to be pleased"
/ H. rA.s - Al. ~ "a. Il