New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-27

sis.ers funeral last week. He came paCk lo-"'s"
and he's told me a lot OF things. felt oeasus'
hut I couldn't tell him that thought her '"'
lovellest sweetest girl in all the worid. bu' vi
course she isn't in the world now, but IN heaven
1can't fancy her an ange.. She was good enough
and pretty enough for ten OF them oh'y' YOU
know. she used to laugh so and was so )o"y
and. then how she did skate and dance
The Hesseltines' place is only ten miles out Of
Rugby, and l often saw her al meets DO u'u
,he svyers In our house heard once that
Brownson mot duffer Brownson' that !!''le ch"i
T., tho 9Th who's won two scholarships, but the
Brownson. the captain OF the eleven spent ever ,
cent Of two cuineas in getting her a bouquet
for the hunt ball though, Of course ne WASH
going. Young Hessetine tagged for Brownson
and got let off about everything. / wish had
O. sister that that Surtees Major would fall IN
love with But the eldests only eight anu mas
70 fag for me in the holidays.
It's nearly the end Of February now: nasty
rloppy weather with the country like a swamp
downright ghastly for footer Back at the be-
ginning Of the month there were some fine days
There was that holiday for BrownsOn's scholar
shin and went to the meet at Barby. she was
there. but she was ayfully pale. and All me
sparkle seemed gone out Of her eyes. She only
nodded to me- though because l was a pal OF
Hesseitine's. she used T. be tremendously soou
10 me when ! went TO their house
7 stopped there Last Christmas, and II was
simply ripplng Any one could see she didn
care a snap for any Of the men but Major For
syth. and they got engaged Ny name IS George
and so IS his; and tell you what d have gwen
a Jolly lot to have been in his shoes. lie was
O. great long dark chap. but Hesseltine ana
hated him He was an ill-tempered brute, and
never looked you straight in the face Before
they were engaged we did some BOBBY traps ana
he was awful thirty over IT ALL whereas the
others only made fun Of 1t and TOOK good care
to score off US They did that dodge OF the
brush in the bed which generally docs eaten
fellow, because il Is so played out.
There was mistletoe up on the night OF their
ball and / met her standing under 1t with the
Major. She did look happy, and she had a
white dress and diamonds In her hair which
was awfully golden. Ia got a programme, but
l can only do polkas, so it was not much good.
asked II she'd let me dance with her and she
said with pleasure. Mr.. Standring,' as If I'd
been a hundred.
looked at the mistotoe very hard. | couldn't
ray anything; never can. And she. Miss Juliet
bent down and kissed me-yes. me-and then
laughed up to Major Forsyth You won't be
jealous George" or course | never told any
one. but I liked to think how beastly mad |
rould have made the whole SIXTH just flag
In the shell"
Well Just about a week before the Brownson
holiday, Hesseltine-he's generally called Pug
garee because Of his nose and because his pater
was In India once-came into our study. He said,
What price revolvers?' and looked awfully
iown.
"Forsyth's a beast" he began rather suddenly.
We'll We always knew It," said l.
II should like 10 shoot him. or horsewhip the
hound He's gone and Tilted my sister be-
eause he's got hold OF some rich woman. Juliet
won't believe it, but It's true. The pater is
pretty furious They won't let me hear much
about it; but tell you what mean to practise
>istol shooting and go to Aldershot next hoi-
lays"
knew my old pal plucky enough. but I
hardly thought him up to this form. and we got
thicker than ever.
I her two or three times before the meet
at Barby She was awfully quiet. I heard
some other girls say that juliet Ecssetine was
going off. They He'd she was pretter than
ever. and some Of the swells were fairly wild
about her. Brownson and his lot were glad
enough to know she wasn't engaged. and, mind
you, It's something to know that the captains
In love with your own sister
Hesseltines pater Is a clinking good rider
H was az proud as Punch because Miss Juliet
could ride anything and 10 fences, Why. she
took them like bird She had a new lCrse.
Black Prince. and he could go. II you like
When I'm man ! shan't potter about on q bike.
but get horses Ike that. rode him once the
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