The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1895-02-08

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Miss Alice's room and '.Was foolin
around the house till near 10 O'Clock. -
Another thing that added to the flame
Of speculation and curiosity was this.
Two Of the ladies' returning from q
moonlit stroll on the terrace Just after
tattoo came through the narrow pas.
sageWay on the west side Of the eolonel's
quarters, and there, at the foot Of the
little fight Of steps leading up to the
parade, they came suddenly upon Cap
tain Chester, who was evidently only
moderately pleased to see them and nerv-
ously anxious to expedite their onward
movement With the perEersity Of both
sexes, however, they stopped to chat
and inquire what he was doing there
and in the midst Of it all faint light
CLEANED on the opposite wall, and the
reflection Of the curtains in Alice Rem
Wick's window was distinctlyJvisible
Then a sturdy masculine shadow ap-
peared, and there was q rustling above,
and then, with exasperating, mysterious
and epigrammatic terseness, q deep voice
propounded the utterly senseless ques-
ton:
'How's that?"
To which, in great embarrassment,
Chester replied:
Hold On q minute. I'm talking
with some interested spectators. %
Whereat the shadow of the big man
shot out of sight, and the ladies found
that it was useless to remain-there
would be no further developments so
long as they did-and so they came
away, with many lingering backward
look. But the idea of asking such a
fool question as 'How's that? Why
couldn't the man say what he meant?''
1t was gathered, however. that Armi-
tage and Chester had been making some
experiments that bore in some measure
on the mystery. And all this time Mr..
Jerrold was in his quarters, only a
stones throw away How interested
he must have beenl
But while the garrison was relieved
at knowing that Alice Renwick would
not be on hand for the german, and it
was being fondly hoped she might never
return to the post, there was still an
other grievous embarrassment. How
about Mr.. Jerrold?
He had been asked to lead when the
german was first projected and had &C
cepted. That was fully two weeks be-
fore, and now-no one knew just what
ought to be done It was known that
Nina Beaubien had returned on the pre-
vious day from a brief visit to the upper
lakes, and that she had a costume Of
raVishing beauty in which to carry desc
lation to the hearts of the garrison
bellies in leading that german with Mr..
Jerrold. Old Nine. Beaubien had been
reluctant, said her city friends, to re-
turn at ALL She heartily disappro7ed Of
Mr.. JeTrold and was bitterly set against
Nina S growing infatuation for him But
Nina was headsTong and determined.
Moreover, she was far more than a
match for her mothers vigilance and
it was known at Sibley that two or
three times the girl had been out at the
fort with the Suttons and other friends
when the old lady believed her in quar-
tiers totally different.
Cub Sutton had confded to Captain
Wilton that Nine. Beaubien was in to-
tai ignorance Of the fact that there was
to be a party at the doctors the night he
had driven out with Nina and his sis
ter; that Nina had pulled the wool
over her mothers eyes" and made her
believe she was going tospend the even
ing with friends in town, naming a
family with whom the Beaubiens were
intimate. A long drive always made
the old lady sleepy, and as she had &C
companied Nina to the fort that after
noon she went early to bed, having Sc
cured her wild birding, as she suppos-
ed, from possibility of further meetings
with JerFold, For nearly week, said
Cub, Nine. Beaubien had dogged Nina
so that she could not get a moment
with the man with whom she was eVi-
IDENTIFY so smitten, and the girl was al
most at her wits end with seeing the
depth Of his Irritation with Alice Rem
wick and the knowledge that on the
morrow her mother would spirit her of
to the cool breezes and blue waves of
the great lake. Cub said she so worked
on Fanny's feelings that they put up
the scheme together and made him
bring them out Cad, if old Maman
only found it out there'd be no more
| germans for NinaI She'd ship her off
to the good Sisters at Creve-C osur and
slap her into a convent and leave al
her money to the church.
And YET, said city society, old Ms
man idolized her beautiful daughter
and could deny her no luxury OF indul-
gence. She dressed her superbly, though
with a somewhat barbaric taste, where
Nina's own good sense and eastern
teaching cid not interfere What she
feared was that the girl would fall IN
love with some adventurer or-what
was quite as bad-some army man who
would carry her darling away to Arr
iona OF other inaccessible spot. He1
plan was that Nina should marry here
lat home-some one Of the staid young
merchant princes rising into prominence
IN tho western metropolis, and from the
very outset Nina had shown singular
infatuation for the buttons and straps
and music and heaven knows what all
out at the fert. She gloried in seeing
her dsughter prominent IN al scenes Of
social life. She rejoiaed IN her triumphs
and took infinite pains with al prspa-
zations.
/ She would have set her foot against
Nina's simply dancing the german al
the fort with JeFreld as partner. but
she could not resist it thar the papers
should announce on Sunday morning
that the event of the season at FoEi
i=sibley was the gsFmsR given last Tues
3 day 1lgi1t lsy The ladies OF the garrison