Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1897-10-01


whom she loved, except TO Mil.
ford. She had told him. She had
refused Paxton, and she was ward
ing he captain of. BIT the last
she conld not do much longer
The captain had a good opinion
ot himself.
II. also had y dignity which
va not ~ be trifled with. Mrs
Gal'atin vas bv 40 means sure nj
Miss b adford. so one day she
spoke 10 her. The process of be.
ing spoken 70 can rouse the worst
in girl. But Bessie WAS In
broken and contrIte frame of mind.
She AMI yonng Milford had q1ar
r, led, aud she didn't care what be-
came of her Sue might as we'll
mary ANY old man and sacrifice
herselffr her family. .SSo made
q most fl .cli Z pic5nr' Of herself
rs an uferlug nn the alter OF
matrimony and fIlaI duty. She
would pine ava, pic'ur~Sqnel' in
A year or 40. aud Will Milford
well. perhaps b. would go to the
hid She hoped 80 IT, WAS under
tLi> prrs>Lre that she sOlennly
prnmis, G aud swore TO Mrs. Gal
htin to marry Captain Soutter #
lac a.k~d bet. hAt Miss Brad
tad D., n.Ii II du lsv re- She never
bfukr
So as soon as SHE and young
Milford nade 1t Mp, she set abOnt
wondering how Captain Sout'et
Was Ia lie kept from asking her.
VI shr could not arrive a. any
plan. The captain was all impet'
uous nau, ard he was neither
over wel.brrd nor nicely dlscriui-
mating Brs ie VAS worried. II it
bad been that che bad promised
aud sworn anything 10 yOnng
Milford and had had to choose
which VOW to break, she would
uot have hesitat d: Bat she had
teased hin, and had only answer
ed maybe For which she now
suffered.
But Fote came to her ald-as it
al ways should and always doeSu't
III the case of very pretty girl.
She was gong TO another hop,
and she was gong with Captain
Souther. He had invited her at
the time that she was Draclicing
for the martyr role. Az she cOnldnt
efore, go with Milford she
would wear the gown he liked,
which WAS while silk. For il she
had to have white gloves; aud her
white gloves were sOiled. Their
tore The, must he Cleaned. Miss
Bradford they must be cleaned.
Ml-s Bradford was an adept at
cleaning gloves. Sne prepared
special mixture Of n numbrr ot
chemicals and powders Tais mix
ture bad 10 be whIpned-as If II
had been the white Of eggs-very
light aud frothy. 1t had a most
a plea. ant ndOr, INT 1t VA pretty
10 ln,k upO'. B "adSe The Odor
wa~ so unpleasant MI-s Bradford
opered tbe door in.o the hallway
and stood just within it beating.
Tber- was a;r in the hail say,
bat there was none Ia The g latin
quarters. ~ the baby had a cold
Oaptaiu SJutter had cold, 100
trightful one. If he had not had
ne would would have noticed the
surII of Mss Bra if0rd's mixture
lie came lhrOdgb The hall nn his
wy TO Ills own quarters on The
flypr above C,lonel Milford
was wirh hin. The captain didn't
like The colonel particularly, on
IA comet ol his being his sons
father.
sAh! Miss Bessie! What pretty
hoOsewIfely plcthre we make
said tue captain.
Bessie SMILED eDconraRingly.
'Wh,i ara " dOlug' Whipping
crrami How good 1t looks. IL
Hcbe would but feed us with am
brOsla'
The cnlnnel sni led The amhrns
=; bat he hell his peace.
I'll give you taste, captain, II
you want it very, very much Open
your mouth wilde. Shut your
eyes,
She put a heaping forktul 10 his
mouth. The horrible taste made
him crap. The gasp made him
swallow the irOth. Colonel Mil
ford laughed. But Captain Soutter
went TO his quarters without a
word.
Bessie went ito the hop that
night with young Milford. After