The Republican., 1897-06-03

1Hdt was ClCNSI CuOuSu W De pre-
served as a sample of repartee," she told
| him; for she insisted upon seeing him
through very rosy spectacles, and when
she found the rosiness fading or wear
ing away IN spots, she laborlously tinted
! them up again. She talked diplomacy,
! the world, life ambition, to him con-
| stantly. She lost sight of the fact that
an officer has very little use Tor that
! sort OF thing. She brought hlm TO cor
rect tastes IN the matters OF art, and
literature, and music, and, above all, per-
sonal appearance
He absorbed how to cut his hDger-
nails, probably, for she never actually
told him, and he stopped chipping them
on the bias He tried at saying things
with his eyes; pretty generally the
things had to be sand over with his
tongue, but both of them laid that down
| to Mrs. Torrey's stupidity. After all,
Gordon was improved. 1t took IS
months to get hlm INTO shape, ana then
he said he was IN love with Mrs, Iorrey.
The way she had brought hlm up made
him hard to handle. lie had all KINDS OF
ideas that DO IN books and salons and
frehch' oul are Dad' III TACT III me army
ana III England. 1t Oegan win 1he eye
laIk' ana MIS- 1orFey unuerStoou Ona1'
But she Prelendeu she dla hot' SO nc
thought her stupid again ana put IL IN
WORDS. lie was very merry ABOUT lt-aS
III lne ooohS' hey We're Oh Vhe porch 10
SeIher alCer dark' Inns was rare lor
she was careful ol Appearances usudIly'
10 you kho" .ilaO you nave oeconle
NE ltSelI 10 me ne asheu'
nave tried 10 snow you me
Ion Ualh 10 me III 'hdU colu' III
StrucClNe way "S 'nouSil ou were cars
oluer 'hah A-a''u money LOU "'eo omlS
haII year o!der' ana "naC Is liza
wherein inc baIZac Sno"eu- anu you
are peauVllul'
oh. no, l am not
AZ i."S' YOU H"'0 'li0 4''0 u d -"''
1ol,n'' lirn
10 you IL snoulu oe llie lace VI "
prothet oiliceF we
IAN you see tndC IoNe you pas
SionatelS
l can see tnaC you Chink } ou io'e nle
ronlalltlcaliy' ou' you uon l.
He dld, however. lie was IN earnest
ana he had had the decehcy 20 keep IL
TO himself 1or a long WhlIe' men II llao
burst out ana a1ter that he hlaue her
lie burden ohe sa" Ihat IL was Hel
laulL' She ouShU 10 nave seen ''ld' VIC
klndest thlhS 10 40 III inc lonS run
would De 10 urop MN Ieleh VlesslS 'neli
and there instead OF tN"U She Irleu ~
reason with hlm ana 10 comfort hln'
when, OF course uIu noU WORN
he sad that IL sEe shook MN
altogether, he would XIII hlnsell'
ana ne mlghI nave uoHo So o
cause ms BRAIN was ro1ldhtlc nluu-
de MIS-. Iorrey Was III very olu
dlcameht "heh OncIe 0aln C"lne ~ ,i1i
AID. lie ordered Lieut. lorrey " 40''-
tlmore on recruiting service
Torrey lived IN Washington ana went
over to Baltimore TO the once every uay'
In two months Gordon had SICK 4ea'e
and was IN Nashlngtoh' MIS- 1orIeS
was frightened. 0he new lhto ldSe'
and told Gordon WnaI she IhouSht vi
| his actions. lie retoFleu ny c'Ihh8 Hel
heartless. 1t ended IN paruh9 Win
tears and curses; and Gordon married
an helresS before ne went pack,
Mrs. Iorrey felt sorry 1or hlm' ohe
knew she had broken ms heart' Wreeheu
his HE she "ouiu 40 "AaI she oou!u
1or hlan' A0 IedSI sue "oulu u 'Ae1 10
ambitions lie shou!o owe HIS "o14I1y
success to her' ohe had 1e"lneo Soou
deal by real experience now anu 'Ho
was young prll4ldhI' very PloIOy "lIH
marVeIously 1pIraeIiFe. 0ne oec"l
quite feature IN washington Socle'y'
woman OF the Woriu VINO never 4oS'
her head Whatever She lhl9hU maAe
others 90. All thls III less IMAM t"o
years. She knew there was no use III
trying to advance her husband ana She
did not particularly care TO- because
she had found out now That she was uh-
happy, horribly unhappy, and that her
life was a hat thing. She cared for the
Gordon she hda Ilade more Vhan sue
guessed. 1he real interest OF her NE
lay IN him. Her influence was great
because ol her SoclaA powers tilu nei
oeau'y anu dt'idoli' eiie''' anu DJ u4iV
| OIL IrglnS III lhose lhousd4lus Vi uAtolu