The Advocate and news., 1898-12-07

Indeed 30 practically friendless were
the Winns 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 a consequent
sentiment, only partially yelled in many
cases, OF keen disappointment when the
news dew around the garrison that Mr.. (
Winn had announced his readiness to
meet the demand in full.
"Why, it can't be true" said many
a woman. "I'll believe it when see
the money" said many man. "Do
you suppose-he could have accepted it
from-Captain BarclayP' asked, in
striCtest confidence, Mrs. De Lancy Of
Laura's erstwhile intimate, Mra Faulk.
ner.
"Not Harry Winn. probably" an
swered Mrs. Faulkner, in confidence
equally inviolable, "but"-- and the
pause that followed was suggestive
Follansbee and Bellows bolted down to
the suffers with the surprising news,
wondering if Fuller could have been asa
enough to advance the money. There
was a time when he would have done
90 perhaps, for he was one Of the first
to be inthralled by young Mrs Winn's
grace and beauty, and lavished presents
upon her-and upon Winn, Of course
for a month, until Winn put stop to
the presents and Mrs. Fuller came post
haste back from San Antonio and put
stop to other manifestations. But Fuller
had long since become estranged from
the Winns-the presentation of his bill
at inOppOrtune times having later
widened the apparent breach. His jaw
fell and his mouth opened wide when
he heard the news, for Fuller had begun
to believe that he would never get his
money, and resented it that Uncle Sam
should be luckier.
"Send up another bill rendered by
Ikey to Mr.. Winn this afternoon, he
bade his clerk as the investigators de-
parted to follow other clews Fuller
had gone down into his pockets unbe-
known to the post and had actually
pressed on Lawrence loan Of $500 and
bade him come for more when that was
gone, but not cent would he put up
for Harry Winn-not he. 1.-THE damned
supercilious snob" was what Fuller
now called him, not so much because
he thought him q snob OF supercilious
or even deserving Of damnation as be-
cause he had allowed himself to be rob-
bed Of SS, 900 worth Of goods that might
otherwise have been purchased Of him,
Fuller, for double or treble the money
No; plainly Fuller was not the angel
that had come to che rescue Of Winn,
nor could Follansbee or Bellows or the
rest Of the fellows find out who had
The mystery Of Gilgal was outdone
Even Frazier and Brooks did not know,
and when some one, possibly Mrs Fra
zier, suggested to the colonel that as the
commanding officer he really ought to
know the colonel did send for his new
quartermaster and say to him: "Mr
Trott, as you are to receipt to Mr. Wjnn
for the money value of his shortage it
would be we'll to be very CircumspeCt
BE probably cannot have that much in
currency here How does he propose to
pay it2''
~ don't know, sir, said the man Of
business promptly. "He says he will be
ready to cover the entire amount on or
before the Goth Of May. l didn't like
to ask him where it was to come from. -
Neither did Frazier, despite no little
prodding at home. Only one man ven-
tured to speak Of it to Winn, and the
resultant conversation having been vari-
Ously and exaggeratively reported the
truth should here be told. It was at the
which for the first time in
weeks Mr.. Winn entered. He asked for
Major Brooks, and finding him absent
turned to go out with no more than
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