The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1896-11-12

while he, with lovers sollishncss saw
nothing beyond his own. She heard his
quick, lmnctuous step, however, and,
pccping through the curtains, SAW the
light pop up III the window opposite her
own, and readily she OWNED that Kit
had been torncnting him again.
Verify the Ormsbys seemed to exercise
balcful influence over the Farrars,
and, with all her admiration for Kitty's
better qualities and her remembrance
or all jacks goodness IN tho past, her
heart was hardening against them, as
1t was, i'll jealous disQuiet against Hell
ell Daunton. At that moment she SEEM
cd to long fov tho companionship Of her
brother and wished he had como in.
She heard her mothers Ecntlo words
mlngling with Lcalc's deep baritone
and Helen Daunton's low, soft voice,
and again the fcoling gained ground
within her that she, to whom the moth
CT chung with such love and depend
encc in the past, was herself in need
Of advice and sympathy, while that
| mother was finding other helpers now.
Wayne had gone, tho servants had re-
tired, and still the pleasant, friendly
Chat went Oh. 1t w;.s all well enough
SO far as Malcolm LCalc was concerned,
but why should her mother so utterly
cOnfidc i'll one of whom she knew so lit
| tic and of whom Ellis WAS beginning to
suspect SO much? Why should Helen
Daunton be allowed to accept those un-
| mlstakablo attentions from Captain
Lcalc even when her act; Ons plainly
| showed that 'hcrc had been some mys-
| tcriOuS tic between her and Jack Orms-
| by in the rast2
| Then, again, came rCcOllCctiOns of tho
note she had seen her slip in Ormsby's
hand that night, and, longing for some
| body, for something, to distract her
thoughts from, her own angry self, she
toro aside the curtain and pccrctl out on
the night. There, not 90 feet away, was
Wills window. Thcrc, to her right,
the snow covered cXpansc OF tho parade
terminated at tho far southern sdo by
the black bulk Of the ono story barracks
and the glistcning lights of the guard
house tower, where, Oh tho lower floor
the sergeant Of the guard and his cor
poralS held their sway. or to the left
lay tho rolling slopes, al white and
peaceful III their flcccy mantlcs and
gllstcninG i'll the moonlight, savo where
scanned iy pathways leading to the river
and dsligurcd by tho wooden fences of
the back yards.
Far across the Platte the rod lights
burned at Bunko Jim's, and some I'LL
hallowcd royclry was going on, for even
at the distance the black shapes of
horses could be seen tothorcd about TO
promises, and one or two moro dim dots
OF pedestrians seemed slowly creeping
across the stream. Tho post of sentry
on No. 5, at tho north end of the pa1ri
son, began back of tho coloncl's quar-
tcrs on the point of tho bluff and contin-
ucd on to the rear of the officers uuar-
tcrS at the eastern front, where it join
cd that of No &. and even as Ellis gaZcd
from her window she could sec that the
two scniriC$, approaching each other,
were apparently having some conference
about tho situation. There was a low
fcncc separating their yard from that
next door, and tho snow was almost nh
troddcn. There was no pathway around
the bachelor den next door, as there
was around No. 5. Post servants and
ordcrlics thought nothing of utilizing
tho Railways Of quarters occupied sole
ly by subaltcrns. The back gate stood
open, rs sho could sec, and tho board
walk leading from it to the rear door
was visible for half its length. That
had been clcanly swept during tho day.
and leading from the cato diaeonallv
across the yard through tho snowdrifts
was the track Of q man, and right ot
the rear corner Of the bachelors quar-.
tcrs, half concealed from tho front and
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