Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1897-10-01
A Will and the Way.

Ex,~ rc,. ard,r h" guar iia"-
sbun.of ne one shO j. i ng hi
du'y u Van is not an ''"ixfd
n,.aSnr. Miss Bradf > SlS'er
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not otn pr, y T l"'Nr sS
very. very pret y-"hrh - 81
mnrh more car iu-. th'n y IN
very. YER, peanufll. BI' M
/ Ga.l.tin Was ma rn'd AL It>>
Bradford as poi Tbs .owe ct
tie facl Ina, NJ =. Gal d'ip n'd
Ni>i el Al FoIi Pr, blr AMI bad
captured urh dyed lieutenant
,y m % 9 iVring and i miracle, aHd
rhat Nj B adfori hId spent her
twenty one year, ia a small Ntiue
town
Boys iu the village had been IN
love With b sSie Bradford, but she
had not been in love vii Ih
them. and she had, moreover, d
decent appreciation Of her own
value and knew she was far too
good Tor such as they. Tdere had
been college youth, also, once;
but he and she had Qu irreled be
fore the end OF his sum ner visit.
Aud now Bessie was one and
twenty and the family worried. II
Worried Itself into state where
e.eu the raising OF a mortgage Oh
the home did not seem too great
a thing, if it would but insure her
marriage. with The money thus
obtained she was sent across tue
conuncut with instructions 10 get
herself welded before she CANT
back. She was told to marry a
general if she could 1t notary
thing, down to a second lieutenant.
But rank was to he the PRIMARY
considera ion, MISS Bradford
agreed. She picked out II very
nice general, mentally. He would
be- abpnr fve.sud thirty, aud hand.
some aud dashlng. That Year,
wrnt with rank was one of the
tuings The civilian novels OF arLy
lite she had read had not caught
her. Besid"s, she was rOmautlc-
az "a very pletlJ glri sh iuIG govern
h@r C once. Then she departed To
VISIT her sister II The P.rsilio.
Lieutenant aud Mrs. Gallaun
lived III the huildiug known as the
Corral II the Cor al were in the
cl+y,lt WOdld be call, q tepeuen
But Uucl, Sdm doesn't quarter hlS
officers III tenemeuts. Tue q
lAtius we're cramped for rOjm-
very cramped. Tury All three
children and second lle tn1nl's
pay. So the, we're pnOr Therefore,
t.kIng Miss Bra ieidln Vas AOt a
pleasure. 1t Was duty.
But Bessie 10 the up'easa It
ness of tue Situation tha very day
OF her arrival.
Cap ain SOutter is going to take
lyon 10 the hop this evening. Bess,
Mrs. Galatin said; Bessie WAS cut
ting paper bird cages tor her niece
| Mis-. Galldtin was mendlng a
plnafore.
rve promised to 60 with Mr.
Milford answered Miss Bradford
stopping and looking up from th,
scissors.
. Mr.. whOP
'Mr. Milford. Colonel Milford
son, who lives IN st. Louis
where have you met himT Th
him warned Bessie that she wa
running on rocks.
p 'On the train. We got acquaint
ed. He's IN business IN st, Louis
and he's coming to visit his people
because he's In bad health. He
a very nice man.
Man! He must be about twenty
three. A perfect boy. And bi
business is being a brlehess bal
rister. Now, let me teli.yOu on
thing. Bessie. Yon must lear
from the first that the civilian so
of an officer is nobody at all IN
garrison. You will hurt YOU
chance badly with the officers b
going with HIN. How did he kno
there was to be hopP
Bessie finished opening the Gag
gave Tito her niece with q kl,