The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1894-06-22

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The nert instant ne stood erect, aUavt1,
! some unite object high I'm air.
) tiai or name and found the letter
, n. n. In monogram in one corner.
Push on, then, Leer Here, one NOR
0r you-you, Bennett, join the sergeant
Look alive now, but do not let your
selves be seen from the 'front.'"
Then as they fastened away HI
slowed the filmy trifle in the pocket o.
his blouse, and drawing his colt from
the holster closely inspected its loaded
chambers. Only boy, barely 90, vet
rich in soldierly experience already
was Drummond. He had entered the
Point when just II. His fathers
death, occurring Immediately before the
memorable summer of their first class
camp, had thrown him perforce into the
society of the so called bachelor club,
and he was graduated in the June of
the following year with a heart as
whole as his physique was fine. But
there were some cares to cloud his
young life in the army-a sister whose
needs were many and whose means
We're few. He found that rigid econ
omy and self denial We're to be his DOR
ton from the start and was not sorry
that his assignment took him to the far
away land of Arizona, where, as his
new captain wrote him, ''you can live
like prince on bacon and frijoles.
dress like a cowboy ON next to nothing
or like an Apache in next to nothing,
spend all your days and none of your
money in mountain scouting, and come
out OF it all in two or three years rich
in health and strength and experience
and infinitely better off financially than
you could ever have been anywhere
else. Leave whisky and poker alone,
and you're all right"
He had left whisky and poker alone,
severely alone. He had sought every
opportunity for field service; had
shown indomitable push, pluck and skill
In pursuit of Apaches and cool courage
in action. He had been able to send
even more than was needed, or than he
had hoped, to his sisters guardian and
was proud and happy in the concious-
ness Of duty well done. There were
no young girls in the scattered garrisons
OF those days, no feminine attractions
to unsettle his peace of mind. The few
women who accompanied their lords to
such exile as Arizona were discreet ma
irons, to whom he was courtesy itself
on the few occasions when they met,
but only once had he been brought I'M
der the influence of girlish eyes or of
girlish society, and that was on the
memorable trip to San Francisco dur
ing the previous year, when he had had
the great good fortune to be summoned
as a witness before a general court
martial convened at the Preside. He
had been presented to the Harvey sis
tiers by the captain of the Newbern
and would fain have shown them some
attention, but there had been much
rough weather in the gulf which kept
the girls below, and not until after pass
ing Cape San Lucas and they were
steaming up the sunny Pacific did he |
see either OF them again. Then one |
glorious day the trolling lines were out |
astern, the elders were amidship play |
ing horse billiards." and Tuck"
the genial purser, was devoting himself |
to Paquita, when Drummond heard |
scream Of excitement and delight and
saw the younger sister bracing her tiny,
slender feet and hanging on to a line
with all her strength. In an instant he |
was at her side, and together, hand over
hand, they finally succeeded in pulling
aboard beautiful dolphin and landed
him, leaping, Tapping, splashing madly
about, in the midst of the merry party
on the deck. 1t was the first time Ruth
had seen the gorgeous hues Of this cele-
brated fish, and her excitement and plea
sure over being heralded as its captor
were most natural. From that time on
she had pinned her girlish faith to the
coat sleeve Of the tall, reserved young
To him she was child,
even younger by year than the little
sister he had left, and of whom he soon
began to tell her. To her he was a
young knight Grant, the hero of a bud
ling maiden's shyest, sweetest, fondest
fancy and ere long the idol of the dreams
and thoughts she dared not whisper even
% herself. Paquita, with the wisdom
If elder sisterhOod, more than half be-
ieved she read the younger's heart, but
wisely held her peace. No wonder the
title maid had so suddenly been 81.
enced by the announcement at the pass
hat that very night she might again
zee the soldier boy to whom. in the alb
ence Of all others, her heart had been
o constant. No wonder the ride for
ward to Morenos was one of thrilling
excitement and shy delight and antici-
'ation. No wonder her reason, her !, ;
cry life, seemed wrecked in the tragic
ate that there befell them.
And now as he rode swiftly in pursuit
)rummond was thinking over the in. !
idents OF that delightful voyage, and
narvelling at the strange fate that had
'rought the Harvey girls again into his
life and under circumstances so thrill. ;
ng. Never for an instant would he
hot Al