The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1898-09-30

clasped his hands behind his head. He
was to propose to Agnes Lacey Tor the
colonel. He thought over all the hours
he spent with Agnes, and his face grew
tender and his lips quivered a little as
he remembered that tomorrow she was
going away, then he said TO himself:
whats the use of my feeling like
dog In the manger7 She wouldn't mar
ry me. She'll never think Of me again
after she leaves here" He took up his
pen. then hesltated as he dipped 1t In
the ink. my, but It win be lonesome
when she is gone" Then he went on
writing, and when the letter was finish
cd he forgot and signed his own name
instead OF the colonels. and then laugh
ed as be saw his mistake. He had to
write the letter all over again then.
This time he signed the coloners name
and called the orderly and sent him to
Miss Lacey with the letter. And when
It WINS done he walked up and down the
room, and all that evening he felt like
n Gagged lion What would her answer
be? Had the colonel received III Once
or twice he took up his cap to walk
down past the captains quarters, then
he threw II down again. OF course she
would accept. Yes, but, nfter all, would
she?
The stage left In the early morning
Lieutenant Glover noted the stir of de-
parture about the captains quarters
Then he saw the captain and Mrs. Les
ter appear. and he ran out to speak to
them. He half expected to find the colo
mel with them, but he was not here. A
flush dashed up to his face. Had she
really refused the offeri If so, whyf
There was no time for explanations.
She came out ready for her journey.
She gave him her hand, and her eyes
looked level into his.
Il shall never forget how much you
did to make my stay pleasant" she
said. Il hope l shall meet you again,
Lieutenant Clover"
The drivers whip circlcd out over the
heads of the forward mules she waved
her hand to him. and Lieutenant Clover
was standing alone with an aching
heart with nothing In the world to do
but listen to thirty seven bugle calls a
day and follow the dreary routine of an
adJutant's life.
Then there came a time when the
country called for troops. Boots and
Saddles" quickly followed, and Troop
X started for the South.
Army headquarters at Tampa was
thronged with officers. Orderlies were
speeding everywhere. Spurs jingled
across the floors, and the few army
wives who followed their husbands
walked up and down the rose trellis
paths In the evening and talked of what
the morrow might bring. Lieutenant
Caldwell Glover was still adjutant to
the colonel. A telegram was handed the
latter. The colonel frowned, pulled his
mustache, then said: Lieutenant,
have a telegram from a friend now at
Chickamauga. His sister arrives at
this hotel tonight to join the Red Cross
forces at Key West Please meet her
and see that she gets her train for Port
Tampa In the morning.
The lieutenant saluted. When the
Pullman car backed into the spacious
hotel ground that night, q few officers,
q newspaper man or two and one wom-
an alighted. AS she stepped forward
the waiting adjutant was startled ut
first, then hurried toward her.
"Miss Lacey You here?'
"Ah, Lieutenant Cloverl How glad |
am to see you againl 1t is good to see
a face one knows. felt rather lonely,
for there wasn't another woman on the
car all day"
II was to look out for nurse" said
the lieutenant. CHANGING around, but II
seems she didn't come"
The girl stepped into the broader
light. "Oh, then you didn't know" she
said and pointed to her sleeve. An in
sigma honored the world over was sew
cd there-the Red Cross.
as 1t posslble?" 1t seemed to him
that nothing but intcrjections came
into his mouth. "You are really going
to the frontT
"Golng to the front" she repeated,
with a smile in his face. II shall prob.
ably meet you there" She said It as
though 1t would be a pleasure They
were crossing the wide veranda- Vladi
mir Purlshoff's orchestra was playing
THE Serenade." "You win come fol
me by and by and bring me to hear the
music" she said. ut will seem like old
times when we danced to the music OF
the reglmental band"
Were you lonely after left the
post? she asked. No one but won
an could have asked such question.
II never before knew what loneliness
was" he said. II wonder II you would
forgive me II I told you Just how lonely
was-but- no." For moment hi
thought only of his love for her. Their
he remembered that she had refused
the flower of the army-that sho had Q
mission In life.
Tell me-" she said softly.
A man may spend the best OF his lif,
IN the drcary confines Of On army pos
two days journey from q railway sta
ton He may listen to thirty-sever
bugle calls day and attend to an adju
: tant's thousand and one duties fol
years, but the blossoms Of his hear
may remain eternally fresh and fra