The Florence daily tribune., 1898-03-23

1t was never saie TO love any man loo
much, even Randy; to which she an
swered with sunshine In her eyes:
How could one love Randy too much p.
Mind you, she never volunteered these
overflowings Of her heart, but thes,
women had been her friends from hel
earliest days. She was sfill shy. evei
with him, but such well-meunt warn.
ings always seemed to put her on the dc
fensive, MS II were, and, poor child, 81
believed it her duty TO her husband tha
she should never allow him 10 go und,
Tended, even though the attack wer
intangible as womau's sneer. An,
they looked 50 wei together, and he wa
so proud OF her, so devoted to her, "st
conscious of her" as some one said
Nowhere in that garrison was thcr,
man or woman who wRs able to say tina;
Randy had not borne himaclf as an al.
most ideal lover and husband ever sinci
that sun-kissed wedding day. Many
could even feel sense of what is calle,
agreeable disappointment" which n,
ways strikes me as phraseo,ocicG
parallel. for that other remarkah,
euphemism of so many of our country
women-"she's enjoying poor health
Yet withal. Florence had the sympathy.
the genuine affection OF ali Fort Sedg
wick, even in--or rather notwithstand1
ing-her enthusiastic estimate of Ran.
dy's qualities as husband aud as man
and her own extreme beatltude nc
wife. Then Mrs. Buxton ventured t,
fire shot, as she stood watching theu
strolling homeward after parade on,
evening, absorbed In one another. aut
to observe to her own supremely in
different lord: There now. Blu.
there's another girl making n fool OF
herself over n man. only she's the sweet.
est fool ever knew In my horn DAYS"
Bux himself roared 1t out for Flow
benefit not long after and did II so tina
half Fort Sedgwick heard it. for the on,
valuable quality Bux possessed as
cavalry officer was his voice. The vo,
ume OF sound he could produce whei
believing instructions TO regiments
skirInish linewas something prodigiou
but OF so rasping md exasperatinr
| timbre that his old-time derider. Blink,
likened 1t in force to fog horn and
staying power to boiled cubbace-nt
a neat comparison but one exprcssl,
fitting.
And now. strangely enough, this mad.
dest OF nights poor Florence could nc
| get those words and that tone ont
her head. She had flushed and turne
| speeches. away at the time, hurt to h,
soul and indignant, too. but the trail
| ing of her youth was strong. The.
We're people her father and mother ha
taught her to respect and though II,
cry, indignant remonstrnnce was |
her heart. she s.ifled the words tina
strove TO spring to her lips.
II expect I've put my foot in ii agaii
to-day" reported Bux to his better hall
| when he got home.
well, I'm sure In never surprised,
was the lndy's prompt reply. 30
Il fear I've been rude to Col Buxton
Randy" filtered Floy, when that ger
tlcman came in from troop drill an hou
later.
"You couldn't be rude even to Blu,
my darling" was his answer, as h
| folded her in his arms.
And these are not types of the sfirs
year welded" and the Quarter cer
tury mated" love as seen in the army.
II
who have risen together through ever
grade in the line. loved, loving and 10,
ers to the end.
At one o'clock Florence had set her
lights in the parlor window At tvs
with that booming. gone-iike sound n
verberating in her ears, tina, incessar
repetition of Buxtcn's coarse word
she had sprung from the chair in viii
she had been brooding. writing. shut
/ dering for half an hour. and then, ten
ing down the shade, close looising III
curtains, she hurried to the hall ~
locked and bolted the door ''Anoti,
girl making n fool of herself for a irr
another grill" Gcd, how the word
rang-resounded through her brai:
buzzed and whirred like angry wasp
in her ears. hissed and ratified. aye
stung like the venomous reptiles sa
had learned to.shun from early ehi,a
hood. Making fool of herself fer
man who would leave her-so socn-fof
that painted-yes-thnt padded thing.
They'd soon learn that an army-hre
girl loved, indeed, with all her heart ane
soul. but could hate. hate hate MS ven.
Wild-eyed. with beating heart. she
rushed through the little dining-rccn
TO the dark kitchen beyond and issppe.
imperious,y at door. Hop Ling.
she cried. up, need you" No ar
swer. The brute" She murmured t,
herself. as she threw herself heavily
upon the door, and it flew open and
plunged her in. The Chinamal's little
sanctum was deserted She kept nc
maid. One schooled Chinaman easily
and efficiently did all the houscwork OF
lieutenaut's humble quarters and was
generally employed in tina: capacity in
almost every garrison of the far west.
She few 10 the rear door and locked
that. thcn UP to the second story where
Nere the pretty guestrooms as we'll as
heir own-hers and Randy's, with all
their closets and nooks aud corners
he took ous rapid survey through
tfrr thar t,.l l.