New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-02-02
My ELOPE NJ EMF.

stay with her aunt, Mrs. Colonel Wellesley Butts,
and take up her profession OF s2ins,er IN ora'nary
to the 10Th Punjab lnvt'cibles, when were COM
manded by that estimaDlc LADY.
For though old Walter Butts. rs he used to be
called. in reference to his cuhicai capacity Tor M
Ids was down in the army list as colonel OF mat
gallant CORDS Mrs Wellesley commanded the
colonel She was a RECT specimen o. the m
dian "burra men," tail, stately. dghlheu. III
fact SOM. of tn young subs, pref tending teiner-
iv they did not really feel. winked al each other
and said she was dcviiish fine woman. 80 she
wa. and when she sailed UP the aisle In the
church. the little colonel, albeit arrayed Ia lu.l
uniform. with many medal on MS valiant
breast. looked but humble satellite u that COR
gcous yellow sun. Mrs +. For she affected vel
low: my wife says because II matched her COM
p.cAion. And yet when ! in my turn limited That
The c1mpleyi,n was perhaps due 10 hereditary
causes was told not To be foolish. but To look
at the h. dutiful yellow hair above the yellow race
Now | believe that my vie not only knew That
hair To- b. dyed. but also the very shop where
Mrs H. bought thr stuff. and the price she paid
for it, Women always know these things. 80
that when my wife says: Mrs. y. VII! most IKE
~ wear a now bonnet at church TINS morning
ii cost three gum at Es's," feel as certain
Of its appearance as the astronomers do about a
comet
OF course. concerning the hereditary causes Of
that complex. Jn. which. In its yellow setting
looked to me ike an egg when had got inuddled
in the pea hing. ! may have been mistaken
think not. II only because Mrs II. had snch unc-
tuou. compassion flr poor Mrs Major MacGaskn.
VINO not. as she phrascd IL, "qultc sixteen
annos IL, tn. ri,r.e" T,eslcs she made such a
fuss about mail day. and the letters she had 10
write home and that generally means mat the
family seat is Nu@soofie
Tinv Brown. however. was the colonel's niece
and bore rs much resemblance e. tina; dapper
warrior as a perfect rosebud Of a girl can to
stout little gentleman If ffty She had com
pcxion Of milk and roses-npt milk Of roses. dear
ladies' but III" real honest product OF youth ana
health not TO be bought at any European shop
In addition she was fascinating a little mon
key as ever stepped. and remember quite well
the tone If voice In which my wife said. That
Will d.. Miss. | Will not have yon MAKE eyes at
Robert lust be.aus. he happens to lie your god
..>a,' when went down II meet them at Bonn
nav For long years before. her Gather young
Brown OF the police. and had bCrn left alon"
in n iurgle station with week-od baby. and
/ rad helped him with botf s and wet nurses.
So that naturally enough. when n larspn cam"
within hail. | was tut up for ON of the sp"n,
SOUS. But Brown had gone of To Brrmah ana
died of cholera. leaving the baby In his brother .
Dcvonshire r,ctory. until Mrs Wellesley Butts.
I'm order to parade her connection with home. In
vitcd her 10 come out t. Brdhoporo.
remember the first time Tiny showed-f
was M tennis in the public Gardens Mrs. Man
tran and Mrs Friendly tried II crush her ny
calling her Uniformed. Perhaps sne was hu'
before Il week was over every man IN III" pl'''
was her devoted slave. in "udng her uncle. li'
colonel who sWorr go his wife that his pet
Arab charger hal developed blood SPAWN ana
was not M - his weight. ~ ord"r that tha'
economical lady might suggest II as Su'''.'
mount for the girl. A. Tor mo. never N'-
tempted denial when my wife told III" was
an old goose t. De - spooncy on thht chl'
was. despite tho fact that every scrap 81 my
heart is occupied by the mother 81 those SIX
HUNGRY leases and lads whom she has let AZ
home for my sake. God htip US are "" iN'.
JAMS over grateful enough - these wives "'
ours who sacrifice womgns strongest lh-
stincts ~ the altar 60. H1mfn- "'ubi IT,
though none know better than how IoNg 'h'
days must have been In Ia" bungalow 'mp,F
of childish voices when WAS away al my WORK,
We'll my wife good H'"l "l
,,l., rsrftnI her ilaf No. hH't
never let hor speak 70 suhaItrrh' anu
scarcely to a captain. whereas me YOUNG
lady herself loved boys. with i'Tir,'r nh.i.
whole love. So M wife used q" ask " WIZ.
covcv Of them to ride with us In the m'InliEH'
when Tiny Brown would run rae WIN 'l'.h
and have a good time. ior Mrs. 'oIoh'I hu''S %
figure not being Of the kind watch SHOWS 10
advantage on horseback. she preferred L. n'l'-
gate her duties Of chaperon to another on THESE
occasions.
rnonsirated and remarked that my lriva'"
rhvmlng dictionary had gone the round OF every
suhaltern IN the station. 1T does th"m good,
keeps their lvers in ord"-. ana prevents th"lr
drinking too many pegs You were Ike that
when YOU were boy though you are go old
now. sir that you pretend to forget II won
hurt anybody
Apparcrtlv il did not until dag Tiny :
Arab go: ont OF hand. and wen; sailing away
70 the horizon. what happened next 10 not
know until-as | was pounding along after her
with my heart IN my mouth met hor coming
back looking rather flushed and disheyced.
with Captain Hamilton. spck and span usual.
walking his thoroughbred mare beside her.
Now Captain Hamilton was the mauvais sujct
OF tho station or rather OF the ladies' In H. be
cause hc never called anywhere. Perhaps the
fact that he out and away the handsomest
man in the place had something to do with
their just resentment. At any rate. !. who "a
caniOnmcnt magistrate knew most things about
my ncighbors could find nothing against him.
save his dislike to society. My wife. however.
| thought differently the more so because Cap
tain Hamlton's house adjoinod ours 50 closely
that his stables were. so to speak. under the
same roof
1t was shortly after this incident that Tiny
Brown began II take an interest In my old
waller Bareboncs She used To- insist on going
to the stables and giving him sugar. calling he
world meanwhile To admire his "booful SOFT
nose" and listen 10 her assertion that he was
"tiddy iddy sing" All Of which hlandsh-
mcnis were wasted. utterly wasted. the raw
boncd old beast And sometimes there was
more sugar apparently than he could eat, for
on driving back from office one day dis
tinctly sa " the undoubtedly soft nose OF Captain
iIamilton's mare Elaine coming in for a portion
Of the cndearmcnts Then 7 understood why
Barebones got no fatter despite the pounds OF
sacch..rinc matter he was supposed 10 consume
Two days aft,rward Captain Hamilton came
to call on my wife. WHO. when ! returned in
/ the afternoon. met me with yelled hints at my
horrd cynical outlook on life. There Cap
tain Hamilton the most charming OF men
My dear" ! protested feeby. III you viii
remember always stood up
She passed m, by as If ! were non-existent
| until she suddenly remembered that she had
! asked him to dinner. and that must be sure
J and nut out bottle of my best clarot.
This was the beginning of many lunches ano
! dinners and morning rides. until one day. mu'
! TO my surprise Captain Hamilton came over to
| my cf,lce with a list Of his polo ponies. an(
/ what not and told mo he was leaving the sta
, ton He had had m offer OF civil employment
| and taken leave and off to see how Il
! suited before finally giving up the service
/ mon he rcmarkcd-somcwhat unnecessarily
. sometimes. and polo
! deuccd expensive game. When told this to my
! wife as "A piece Of news. she laughed in my
! face and asked me If ] was aware OF queer
/ Aune's death Any one with half an eye. Sh'
! lid oould have spen-and then she nodded he
| head mvsteriously. from which inferred
that she knew more than ] did.
Apparently she did not FOR the next DAY
| round her almost in tears because Tiny. VINO
| was 10 have lunched with her had sent over Z
formal little note To say she was otherwise en-
| gagged why this should ave led my better
u ILL