The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-09-25

I'D The W1nnS nAo come 60 the Ie81-
.,s,,t ....,oa after a round Of receptions, dim
rars , and dances in their honor all the
.sov from Washington to Worth and
ssS estarted with a splurgs, as the
..-oniclers declared. Laura's gowns
and airs and graces won her NO end Of
a-ominence, but very few friends.
W;nn's "high and mighty" ways, so
they were termed by all the garrison,
in which at that time only two or three
West Pointers could be found, had
.l;enated all the subs. most Of the SEN
;o-e and many Of the women. Their ex-
travaRance during the first year Of serv-
ice the explanations and excuses ten
dared by Laura in the next and Har.
us increasing moodiness and distrac-
.;on served only to widen the breach.
Men and women both, who began by
enyyinR, turned to openly decrying.
Cnttin0 things were said to Laura.
whose mendacities provoked. them.
sneering or at least suggestive things
ware often said in presence Of Winn, IL
not exactly to him, for there was one
Cnaity about the swell the garrison
had to respect-his cheerful and entire
readiness to fight on very small provo
cation-and those were the days when
the senets Of the "code" were not total.
" forgotten, and there still remained
in the army sentiment in favor Of the
doctrine Of personal responsibility for
disuaraging words. There would be
fewer cou-ts martial today were there
more Of it eft.
But when women heard the stories
about the big bill at the suffers and
others that came by mail, and made
little icy comments about some people
being able to afford much more than
they could, Laura laughed off the allu-
sions to their superior style Of living
BY stories Of an indulgent papa, until
papa's death left her without further
resource from that quarter. Then she
set afoat fabrication about a doting
suut of Harry's who had no children
of her own-an amiable old widow who
was to leave him all her money. He
did have an aunt of that description,
but she didn't have the money, and
there were men who were malicious
enough to refer in Winn's presence to
their wish that they had wealthy ia
thersin-law or doting dowager aunts,
thereby giving seine other fellow a
chance to sag, land SO does Fuller, nc
doubt
Indeed so practically friendless were
the Wins that among nine out of ten
families along officers row there was a
feeling Of lively curiosity to note the
effect of this supposedly crushing blow
on the unhappy pair and q consequent
sentiment, only partially veiled in many
cases, Of keen disappointment when the
news few around the garrison that Mr..
Winn had announced his readiness tt
meet the demand in full.
'Why, it can't be true said many
woman. "I'll believe it when l see
the money" said many man. "DC
you suppose-he could have accepted il
from-Captain Barclay?'' asked, il
strictest confidence, Mrs. De Lancy o.
Laura's erstwhile intimate, Mrs Faulk
ner.
"Not Harry Winn, probably, an
swered Mrs. Faulkner, in confidence
equally inviolable "but''- and the
pause that followed was suggestive
the suffers with the surprising news
wondering if Fuller could have been as
enough to advance the money. Their
was time when he would have dom
SO perhaps, for he was one of the frs
to be inthralled by young Mrs Winn'
grace and beauty, and laviShed present
upon her-and upon Winn, of course
for month, until Winn put q stop t.
the presents and Mrs. Fuller came post
haste back from San Antonio and put
stop to other manifestations But Fulle
had long since become estranged fror
the Winns-the presentation of his bill
at inopportune times having late
widened the apparent breach. His jay
fell and his mouth opened wide whe
he heard the news, for Fuller had begu
to believe that he would never get hi
money, and resented it that Uncle Sar
should be luckier.
Send up another bill rendered b
key to Mr. Winn this afternoon" b
bade his clerk as the investigators de
parted to follow other clews. Fulle
had gone down into his pockets unbt
known to the post and had actuall
pressed on Lawrence loan of $500 an
bade him come for more when that wa
gone, but not cent would he put u
for Harry Winn-not he. 1.-The damne
supercilious snob'' was what Fulle
now called him, not SO much becaus
ne thought him snob or superciliou
Or even deserving of damnation as be
cause he had allowed himself to be rot
bed Of So, 200 worth of goods that Nigh
otherwise have been purchased of hin
Fuller, for double or treble the money
No; plainly Fuller was not the angt
that had come TO the rescue of VIM
nor could Follansbee or Bellows or tn
rest Of the fellows find out who hat
The mystery of Gilgal was outdont
Even Frazier and Brooks did not know