The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1895-10-23

Scores Of the garrison proper seem II
cliued TO follow his example, and the
tail. dark faced. black bearded soldier
a handsome fell0w-leGniGg on TIE
breast-high wall over at the east end
midway between the hospital at the edge
Of the bluff and the Junior surgeons
quarters, his chin on his arms, his cap
pulled well down over his eyes. seems TO
have been stricken 10y the general soIa-
nOlence. II Is only the ladies who are
wide awake and alert. for this Is Mia
Ciuthrie's last appearance. 50 TO speak.
She has been paying brief visit 10 Dr..
and Mrs Holden. kinsfol6 cf hers. bat
Is 70 take the east bound train this very
night. Mrs. Holden goes, too, leaving
her lord. the junior medical officer of the
station. To the mercy Of the other wo-n-
en-. and Of al the families OF some thirty
married officers stationed in tLis big gar
rison not one is unrepresented al Major
Berrien's today, for Mia Guthrie has
won all hearts. Bat this. say those wac
have known her long, Ia 2n old, old story
with Nita. she has been doing the same
thing for years.
There Is tang Of sgggestiyeaess about
this statement: moreover. il Is true: Hiss
Guthrie is not IL tie first bloom oi
youth why. she must be nearly thir-
~, say some Of the younger girls and
younger matrons. who envy her none the
less the freshness. tLe grace. the win
saaeness that hover about her mobile
face: bat those. who are IN position 10
know and hzve 80 reason 10 feel the
faiules; jealousv assert very poSitiyely
that Nitl IS not mere than twenty-five.
Well. why hasn't She married: Is the
instant query # AIRS. Vance. 10 whose
benigLted ni.ld IL ever appears that be-
cause q woman hasn't she cannot
simply because the right man IS yet
oc0me. Is 1Irs. Harper equally prompt
reply. Nj Guthrie has had more Of
fers ia SIX years than any woman ever
heard Of.
Then there must be something Lacl.
g IL aH. responds Ms. Vance. whose
theories are not % b. lightly shaken.
WAS there some early aaair:
MvGelr 5irs Vance. have no doubt
icould tel y.u "a dozen stories. al plausi-
H.c. ;.L II active circ1iacion when last
VISITED -. Lo5lis and saw her IN society
there. ana al - uear the truth, prob
ably. a. any We coaId invent here. No
body knows bat MIA. a;d she won't
ten
Now IS the autumn sun. all red bur
nished gold, is sinking 20 the horizon a.
this final day Of q charming anl uleln0r-
able visit. Mia Guthrie Is bidding s.tlie1
with laughing. kindly ccrdi2lily 20 .he
little coterie gathered IL her boaor To
oue and all she has The same frank. Era-
ci0us manner. Over al size throws The
same oli magnetic spell. seeming 10 IN
press each aad every one IN tu-a Win
the same idea, 'Aow. -o1 are 5-st tie
Tsost Thoroughly delightful Creature /
have ever uret. and cannot lcsr 10 ss-
gooaby 70 y0a. There i tae lingering
hard clzsp. ana yet nc; the C.,i.l,es; sen
1iaentaiity. Ei1a's biEe eycs-vely blue
--sze straight ilt0 those of her friends
she seems 10 advance = step o. tz,o. -
1h0ugh eager 70 meet ANA take by TIE
hand each newcomer. Even the elders
among tie women find Il hard to 20.
and ~ FOR the girls. they linger spell
bo1Rl; they c!uster about her. watch
iny the sunshine Ia her face. TIE play II
her features. the SPARKLE of her ewes.
s.lI.iing ii her winsolne words. her Iif-
ping laughter.
.-s 5ust the only chance we've had
70 ourselves. Miss Mia. protests WIKI
fred BeTFien. You've becn surroGndal 4
by men all the rest &C the time. ard we
c9ulaat see you noss If i weren't t'.sf
they had 70 he IN stables Oa. If yol
ouly didn't have 10 70 tonight.
Indeed. Winnie. doa-t want % 70.
Il seems % me nothing can be iaore de-
LsAtfnl than lie in al army past ike
thi& Certainly no girl ever had a better
time anywhere than voE have given ne
here. ard it is so unlike what fsncied
It might be-"
1t is entirely unlike what life on the
frontier used TO be. Hiss Guthrie. an
swers her hostess, the majors wife. in
her calm. placid way. ..Any one con
trasting cur bestitude Of toGav with our
lie here. there and ayc-yss here over tie
west during tie indian caInpaigns IN
which the regiuleut WIS i8cesSantly en-
gased can only wonder how we found
a possible to exist IL these days. Social