The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1895-08-10

4 was yeG deeply enRFOSSeu III 5IIoueA1
| when the captain entered.
GEORGE Z she said to him, do you
know any thing Of Private Brown OF
| your troop" s;s5s1.l 5 Il: q, "a
Brown? Yes. He has several
times attracted my attention. He. is a.
splendid young soldier, ] believe, al
ways unusually neat in personal APP
pearance, and at times when he has
been on duty as orderly at my quar-
tiers I have noted his intelligent LAM
guage and gentle1nanly bearing. He
distinguished himself in a noticeable
manner in several Of our brushes with
the Apaches la& winter, and have
him listed for promotion when there is
q vacancy. Why do You ask, my dear?"
II have q very remarkable story to
tell you, George, if you will promise
me that you will never divulge it with
out my permission, not even to Brown
himself" 81
"Well, it must be startlingly inn
portant secret. Will such a pledge In
any manner conflict with my duty as
an officer?" Il
/ "Not in the least, my dear, or would
| not exact: 1t OF you. ,,tss 5s-i: lit .s3, q:
ssThen promise. am all attention"
She told the story as Alice had re-
lated it to her, and the captains eyes
opened wide with establishment.
SPY Jove, wife, / am inclined to be-
lieve the man has told the truth. I
have never had occasion to give him
extra notice further than L mentioned,
yet in the Light of this revelation l can
recall many Of his actions which go to
corroborate what you have told me.
must keep my eyes on him in future" q
Alice went at once to her father and
related to him the story Brown had
told her. The old man at first evinced
considerable interest in the recital but
at its conclusion said:
| Cali nonsense, Sunshine, all bosh. You
must not place any credence in the wild
cock and bull stories the soldiers tell.
! Look after the sick men in the hospital,
! child, and let the well ones take care of
themselves y
'Did ! do wrong, papa, in listening
! to him and showing my interest in his
| work?'' d, X.
my, little Sunshine. could not do
| wrong. If this man has interested you
| with his skill with the pencil I am
| glad of it. Your life is cast amid very
| sober surroundings, little one, and any
thing that affords you pleasure and
helps You to while away the dull hours
has my full approval. If a big, honest
| eyed Newfoundland dog should come
to you for recognition it would be no
wrong; for you to pat him on the shagg-
| gy head and call him pet names. If a
| private soldier interests you and pos,
sesses intelligence enough to treat}you
as becomes your station in the world
above him, amuse yourself with him all
| you desire. Even listen to their fairy
! stories If you wish. Soldiers love to
| boast Of what they might have been
lshad they not been crowded into the
army by some remarkable circum-
stances. Their romances are all bosh,
Sunshine, all frothy bosh Z
f# }$ MAJ. X
CHAPTER VI
Lieut.. Vandever was Industrious In
acquiring knowledge Of horseman-
ship, for call to field duty might be
made at any moment in the then un-5
setJled sJaGe q *lne Auuid1hs II l1o VS.
" rides about the post and down
the river he frequently met f Miss
Sanford and sometimes rode be-
side her. Her treatment OF him was.
always polite, yet she mainta ined5 to- to
ward him an air of modest reserve
which warned him that any resun1p-
ton Of foppish gallantry would meet
| with her disappr On severalsoc
casions he had passed by hen herself
and Private Brown were sitting to-
,gether, bending over q sketch or quiet
lly conversing, end it shocked him sto
see the daughter Of the commander I, q on l'l 4
terms Of such seeming familiarity with
man in the ranks. In his estimation,
the private Soldiers were mere soulless
machines, which moved only at the OF
fetal beck and cal, but puppets IL ex-%
allied hands, and lump Of indignant
resentment stuck in his throat. at the
lsthought that the maiden could grant to-
|a5yulga private the .sociab ility She de-
MED him s,s "
On one 81, Of his daily rides he oyer took I