Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1895-03-02

was only striving to keep hun in. 1t
was hot shot, give and take, for ten
minutes, a warfare IN which it must be
| owned that Tintop rejoiced even though
he did not excel, and It ended in his
ordering Bragg to leave the office and
coming in, all in a towering rage, to
ask Gray if he ever IN all his life knew
such a cantankerous ass as Bragg
unless it's me for letting him rub my
fur the wrong way" Gray said that
he didn't like to draw invidious com
parsons; but Schramm got the fur
Tough, was back at Ransom In ten days
and caught the regiment before it
camped in sight of Cloud Peak. lie
had long conference with Bertha be-
fore he left, and his good-by tc his cap
tain and Connie was very brief The
day after he left there drove up to the
door low-wheeled phaeton that Con-
ME instantly recognized as Mrs. Am
ory's. Mrs. Amory was the wife of one
Of the officers OF the Eleventh, who,
with her children, had gone back to
visit their Kentucky home as soon as
the regiment was ordered away, leav-
ing the phaeton for sale. Bertha came
in with note addressed in Schramm's
peculiar cramped and precise hand:
'.Will not the gracious Miss Morgan do me
the very great honor OF the occasional exer-
cising of the horse and carriage which must be
left at the Empire stable during the summer
without other use. The groom will call each
morning for the orders of the gnadige Frau
lein, whose acceptance will much honor and
both pom ,.th harc nd
the gracious lady's most humble and grateful
'.SCHRAMM."
And when the doctor happened in
and found Connie with tear-brimmed
eyes and saw through the situation at
glance, he said it was an inspiration.
On those smooth, hard roads, in that
low, couch-like, soft-roiling carriage
they could give her father air, sun
shine, a sight of the distant mountains,
look at the old fort, an occasional
visit to the now neglected grave. Con-
stance took Rand" on preliminary
spin, and found him, as was to be cx-
pected, perfectly bridlewise and re-
liable, and between DIR. French and
Bertha the dear old daddy was pres
emily bundled in by her side, and the
only mar to the exquisite joy and har-
mony of that sunshiny morning was
the indignant howl of Billy-boy on
their simultaneous return, he from
school, the elders from their blissful
drive.
And now frequently in the fair June
weather they came bowling out to the
garrison, Morgan contentedly reclin-
ing in the phaeton and chatting with
old friends among the infantry officers,
while Constance ran in to see Mrs.
Woods and other lady friends who had
been so kind to her in their dark days,
and often they drove to the neglected
cemetery, and the mothers grave,
adorned now with simple headstone,
was put in order, tufted and trimmed,
and often decked with wild flowers.
But there was greater surprise il order.
A letter from Aunt Lottie said their
uncle had business requiring visit to
the far west, and that she would come
with him. And they came, and spent
two days in Butte, and Aunt Lottie
urged her brother-in-law to make an
effort and move to the east, for Con-
MES face was a fortune. 'tShe will fall
in love with and marry some penniless
officer if she stays here" said the ex-
perienced woman of the world, and
was aghast when Morgan calmly an
swered that he hoped she would, If the
man was of the right sort, as only in
the army had they found friends in the
days OF their sorest need. AS for him
sell, he looked forward to the time
when he could be laid away by Carries
side. All he prayed for was that