Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-11-11


Of the color company, and capital
young officer despite boyish face and
manner, and then Jack Ormsby, who
never before had "taken much stock IL
West Point'-the battalion looked sc
small beside the Seventh, and the band
was such a miserable little affair after
Cappa and his superb array-Jack not
only concluded that he must 90 up there
every few days to pick up points on
guard and sentry duty and things OF
that kind, but Jack decided that Kitty,
his precious sister, might as we'll go,
too, and spend fortnight, and she did,
under the wing Of a matron from Goth
am with daughters Of her own, and Kit
ty Ormsby, only 16 and as full Of vivao-
ity, grace, sprightliness and winning
ways as girl could be, pretty as peach
and brimming over with fun. coquetry
and sweetness combined, played havoc
in the corps Of cadets, and-could any
thing have been more fortunate?-the
victim most helplessly, hopelessly, ut
terly gone was Cadet Captain Will Far
rar. To the CONSERVATION Of the widow
ed mother she saw her handsome soldier
boy led day after day more deeply into
the meshes-led like slave or like the
piggy in the nursery rhyme, with the
ring in the end Of his nose-by this be-
witching, imperious, fascinating little
creature, and there was absolutely no
help for it Anywhere else almost she
could have whisked her boy under her
wing and borne him away beyond
range, but not at West Point She had
to learn the lesson 80 many mothers
learn with such bewilderment, often
with such i'll grace, that the boy was no
longer hers to do with as she would,
but Uncle Sans, and Uncle Sam un-
feelingly said, "Stick to your camp duty
with its drills and parades, roll calls,
practical engineering, forthcoming and
spooning In stolen half hours, no matter
what the consequence.
Mrs. Farrar couldn't carry Will away
and oouldn's order Kitty. About all SHE
saw of her boy was drilling with the
battalion at distance or dancing with
Miss Ormsby close at hand, and, on the
principle that misery loves company,
she soon was comforted by fellow suf-
ferer. for just in proportion as the moth
er's heart was troubled by the sight OF
her boys infatuation for this pretty
child, s0was Jack Ormsby made miser-
able by seeing the attentions lavished
by officers and cadets alike Oh Ellis Far
rar.
And yet the little blind god was do
ing Jack far better work than he ever
dared to dream. The mother longed for
Will, and no one else could quite take
his place. The lover longed for Ellis,
and what earthly chance has "cit'
lover at West Point, even though he be
a swell and sergeant in the Seventh
1t resulted that in the hours when the
mother and Jack had to sit and look on
they were brought constantly together,
and then in these hours Of companion
ship Mrs Farrar began to see more and
more how manful, honest, self reliant
was the gallant fellow who had fought
by her husbands side. Little by little
she learned to lean upon him, appeal te
him, defer to him and to see in him,
after all, a man in whom sho could per-
haps conflde even so precious trust as
her daughters heart, and that summer
at West Point won the mother even II
it did not win the Lady Of his love.
All that winter Ellis had continued
her course at school, but was to come
out in May, and during the long months
from September she was comforted II
the comfort her mother found in the
companion that had been chosen for her
a gentle, refined and evidently vel
bred woman, who came upon the rec
ommendation Of their rector, and who
was introduced as Mrs. Daunton-Hel
en- Daunton, O woman with a sad his
tory, as the grave old pastor frankly
told them, but through no fault or fol
BILE of her own. She had been married
but her husband was unworthy Of her
had deserted her some years before
leaving her to struggle for herself. DIR.
Morgan vouched for her integrity, and
that was enough
By the time Ellis was to return tt
her mothers roof Helen Daunton was
30 thoroughly established there, sc
necessary to her mother, SO devoted tc
her in every way, that for the first time
in her life, even while glad to mark the
steps of improvement i'll the beloved i'll
valid's health and appearance, Ellis
Farrar felt the pangs of jealousy.
And this was Willis graduation sum
mer, and they had a lovely time at the
seashore. Kitty was there, and Kitty
was an accepted fact-and more So
] now. Will would be content nowhere
without her and would have married
her then and there but for his mother
gentle admonition and Kitty's positive
refusal. She had been reared from girl
hood by doting aunt, had been pettet
and spoiled at home and at school anc
yet had not little fund of shrewd goot
sense in her bewilderingly pretty head
She wouldn't wear al engagement ring
wouldn't consent to call it all engage
ment. She owned, under pressure, tina
she meant to marry Will some day, bu
not in any hurry, and therefore, bu
for one thing, the mothers gentle hear
would have been content.
And that one thing was that Will
had applied for and would hear Of NJ
other regiment in all the army than tina
at the head of which his father hat
died, the Twelfth cavalry, and no on
could understand, and Mrs. Farra
couldn't explain, how it was, why i
was that that of all others was the on
she had vainly hoped he would no
choose. He was wild with joy and en-
| 4L.n;aa,,, ,uhan at last the order came