The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-10-08
have not looked 81 the face q Z Young

After guard mounting she went for a
ride with Blake and Bayard. She sat
her horse splendidly, although she did
hold the reins in both hands, but that
was q habit she had picked mp from rid
ing hard mouthed cart horses. she sweet
ly explained. Blake and Bayard took
luncheon with her. We sat by and
bet on the outcome.
In honor of the young lady's arrival
we had q hop that night. It was quite
an affair-20 couples in all, some OF the
best people from the neighboring rail-
road town having driven over. We
promptly discovered that Miss Rohan
could not dance--at least her way was
not our way. She went around in q
circle, which was enough to make even
a soldiers head swim; but, then, she
took it 50 cheerfully and sweetly when
she stepped on u patent leather pumps
and informed us so honestly that she
guessed she never had been much at
dancin" that we were only too anxious
to assure her that she was a perfect
fairy. In course of time she came to be-
lieve it.
She had one habit which was delight
full. It was so old fashioned and quaint.
She said 'tYes'm'' and Nom" Eyes
sir" and 'tNosir,'' always Captain
Grant said it was like a servant girl.
But, than, he had inst been on leave
and was engaged 10 IN eastern girl.
We thought she was very good COM
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 q
thoroughly good hearted girl. generous
to the last degree, and such q cookl
For q 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. IL 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
q lieutenant of 28, 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 I'M
married and not u~nattractive. 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 q month and gone back
among his equals, or had one Of his
equals come to him, he would have bean
saved. As it was, he was left alone
with his ambition and this girl.
He fell i'm 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 in 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 in that family was
when the young Mrs. Bayard sat one
day IN the front steps and read a copy
of Don't. which she told MS that ''my
husband had bought for her. She was
very much pleased with the gift and
took much pleasure in reading 1t. We
|. noticed after that that she was most
careful about breaking, biting and c1t-
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 a time, for she
ceased making her appearance in public
with it, but she bit her nails neryously.
/ went away ON leave about this TIME.
When I came back, there wal a little
Bayard, which promised. TO look very
like It's mamma. There had been q great
quarrel as to the naming Of the child.
There were o good many quarrels now
anyway. Mrs. Bayard had liked the
name of Kathleen-she said il was her
mothers name, and, for my part, il
seemed that it was very musical and
~pretty-but the father was determined
upon Beatrice, with the accent on the
second syllable. The child was baptized
Kathleen.
When / had gone east ON my leave,
Bayard had begged me to give my atten-
tion and what personal influence ! had
to his promotion as captain and COM
missary at Washington. He wanted 1t
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 ever the
manicure set for the very noisy and un-
prepossessing baby; that poor Bayard's
spick and span'clothing and appearance
were o thing Of the past; that he looked
worn and did not seem TO feel al ease
among his brother officers. So / carried
to him some encouraging news with re-
gard to his erstwhile desired appoint
ment. / told him that I knew Ii TO be q
sure thing; that the enviable post in
Washington would soon be his; that ere
long he would be again in his native
air.
An uneasy look came into his brown
eyes. He shrank back as his wife and