The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-01-12

for long wooing? Here to-day and gone
tomorrow" This sentimentality. ex-
pressed in hoarse. trembling tones,
! called forth CLEAN of pity in her
lovely eyes He recognized the effect Of
his words. and footstep in the empty
room adjoining reused him into &C.
ton At last he collected his wits,
and had shis plausible lie. Chilly. in
low, gasping sentences, he spoke to her:
Il am under sailing orders leave
tomorrow for Burmsh." She muttered
something inaudible. II may be'or-
dered to the front, and, If l were not,
the climate is as bad an enemy as the
Dacoits. l love you. I tell you love
you. l am poor man. A soldiers
pittance is all l have. but love you,
and the thought of you will help me to
live as man should live to be worthy
OF such woman as you are. Betty,
listen to me. l ask SO little-a kiss-a
token that l may come back when l
have my majority and ask you to take
pity on me. Have no chance of win
ming your love? Say yes; give me
glimmer of hope-be charitable; yes, 1
know you are proud, reserved. per-
feet mind and perfect soul-that
makes me love you more a thousand
times. What can it harm you to kiss
me and say God bless your Once out
there and my life is not worth an
hours purchase.
Hush! If anyone were to see yor
holIiury Act
back. Collect yourself You viii re-
greet all your words You are impetu-
Gus, fanciful. Hush! hear footsteps"
lnstinctively Kay felt that five min
ntes was all he had Desperately, and
In sober earnest, he flung her hands
away 80 that she staggered against tho
bench. You have no heart--you are
cold They are right to say you are
made of ice. Because l have not
waited fortnight and ran after yoa
before all the world, you tell me my
love for you is an insult. love you, I
say, and, because your friends don't
see me counting you. You refuse to
listen. l beg you for dying service.
perhaps, and you answer that you hear
AOoNSCSPS, tAdt cOAAO OAAC SC0
US and you call yourself a woman
She was moved-the ice had melted,
and the naughty Miss Dormer's eyes
glowed with an unusual light, radi-
ance that betrayed her good woman's
heart was touched-that his tempestu-
Gus pleading had awakened a ''sone.
thing" that impelled her to obey his
~
arms around him.
Her lips met his in long. passionate
kiss! He held her close to him, until
with sobbing, shuddering sigh, she
disengaged herself
The rustic of her heavy sill k skirts on
the tessellated floor, as she moved
somewhat YEARLY along the terrace in
front of him, worried his nerves and set
his teeth n edge.
The clock in the hall pealed out
shrilly the quarters-One-two-
-fOur-and the triumphant shrieking
One! And Capt Kay was saved.
Mr.. Leigh, being young. had not
been through sufficient ballroom cam.
paigns to have learned how much
champagne he could take in one even.
ing without getting to that happy Dor.
,derland between waking and dream
ing, which he very technically called
being sideways on" After his sixth
supper he became garrulous, and
brother officer put him gently into hi.
trap and drove him home.
Il say, old chappie-l must drink te
drown my shrorrow-frigh'ful down
on my luck-jush Josh clear three
hundred pounds sterling to that devil
Kay. Careless chap, Kay" And out
meandered the whole story of the bet,
with detailed and graphic account of
what Leigh had heard while waiting
behind the curtained door that led into
the glass covered terrace.
The unfortunate youth awoke mex,
morning quite unconscious of the effect
his story had produced in the smoking
room on the previous night. where he
had found two or three fellows still
smoking on his return. and had, al his
friend Chichester's request. repeated
everything, with full particulars rs to
name and place.
When Lulu lounged lazily. yawning,
into the mess-room at luncheon also on |
that eventful morning, sudden silence /
greeted his entrance, and q visible con-
straint fell upon three or four men /
present.
Il say, Chichester. supposinR you I
play me a game Of billiards after |
lunch, eh?"
silence
Kay looked around tho table and 1
added
Whats up with you fellows? You
10 look sour
At that moment young Mr.. Leigh /
came in very sallow, leaden eyed, and
JAILED to the mess W aiter with a heavy
,ongue, to bring him THE devil of Q
prairie oyster"
When Capt Kay saw Mr.. Leigh in
his condition, he understood his broth
r officers silence, so, turning or his
leel- he whistled an air and lief. the
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Extract from the London Gazette. |
TO be captain-Lieut T. Chichester,
ice, Capt Clement Kay, who resigns
lis comuission--Stra Mag,=ip."
SIZE WOULD MAZE AN EFFORT.