The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1898-10-14

about his neck; that his travelling suit
was of rough gray mixture, and his
shirt flannel negligee. But then, as
Mrs De Lancy explained in extenua-
ton of their blindness, he had donned
his uniform by the time they called
that second evening, and it became him
very we'll.
CHAPTER v.
A week Went rapidly by. Captain
Barclay had gone OH duty, and Mr..
Brayton, his sub, had not yet ''sized
him up" Lieutenant Trott, the new
regimental quartermaster, had arrived
by the Saturdays stage and was ready
to receipt to Lieutenant VIM for all
property he had to turn over but VIM
had broken down under his weight of
woe and taken to his bed. From Wash
inston came tidings, telegraphed as far
as San Antonio, that Lawrence was
slowly mending and would soon be sit
ting up. Mrs. VIM, absorbed in the
care OF her suffering husband, had &C.
cepted no invitations, but the many
sympathetic women who called to ask
if there were not some way in which
they could be of aid reported her us
looking feverish and far from We'll
Some of them had ventured to speak of
the new arrival, and, though her ears
were evidently open, her lips We're
closed. That she was willing, if not
eager, to hear anything they had to say
or tell about Captain Barclay was all
very we'll as far as it went, but what
hear what she had to say about him.
AS she would say nothing, one or two
had resorted to a little delicate ques-
tioning in the hope of drawing her out.
Mrs Faulkner, young matron of her
own age and previous social standing,
an army girl like herself, and for some
time her one intimate friend at Worth,
went SO far as to ask, sYou used to
know him very we'll, did you not?" and
was oheckmated by the answer, mot
we'll enough to talk about, which an
swer Mrs Faulkner pondered over and
considered deliberately and inexcusably
rude. With the kindest feeling for her
in the world, as all the women avowed,
and no animosity whatever toward Bar
clay over and beyond that feeling on
poor Colonel Lawrence's account, there
was the liveliest interest at Worth as
| regarded Mrs. Winn and Captain Bar
clay in seeing what they would do, and,
to the disappointment of all Fort Worth,
they had done nothing
Barclay promptly returned the calls
Of the officers who had called upon him
and had done all proper homage to the
wives of those who were possessed Of
such blessings, but there were still GER
tain quarters where his face or his carr
had not been seen-at Captain Cram S,
for instance because that warrior was
on scout and couldn It call, ditto his lieu
tenant; at one or two Of the new and
unpublished pillars of the temple. be-
cause they had not known enough or
had been too shy to call, and at Winn $.
because that officer was i'll Of fever
and could not call. There was another
set of quarters in which he had not yet
set foot, Ned Lawrence's, and that was
the house most people expected him tc
| visit first.
Nor did he remain at Brooks. The
majors house was big, but SO was his
| household "You have vacant room
here, Mr.. Brayton. he said the third
day after his arrival as he dropped il
ST his snbaltern's. 1t may be month
bcio1e got shaken down into place.
dislike to u.sturh women and children,
and SO have decl,.cd to ask you to lei
mo move my cot and trunk in here
awhile and to propose my name ut the
mess. And Brayton, blushing at the
realization of the fact that tile furnitur,
in the room referred to consisted solely
of some chairs, square pine table GOV.
cred with a cavalry blanket, with 6
cigar box half full of smoking tobacco
another half full of white beans and s
pack of cards, for its sole ornaments
nevertheless bravely ushered his new
captain into the bower, and Barclay
looked neither surprised nor satirical a
the sight. 1--WE sometimes play milo
game of draw here, SIR said down
right Brayton, (which accounts for tht
appearance of things, but my strike
can clean it up i'll ten minutes, and yor
are most welcome''
cit Won't put you out in any way
asked Barclay, without the comment 81
an uplifted eyebrow on the evidence al
duced.
"Not SO much as poker, if it does q
all, P" said Brayton promptly He wa
determined his captain should know til,
extent of his frailties at the start
Barclay smiled quietly and turned t.
the boy with liking i'll his eye. "I'n
hardly ten years your senior, Brayton,
said he. land SO shall not preach, but
believe we can put that room to littl
better use
The next day he took his seat at tn,
bachelors mess, where a dozen officer
were congregated, al Of them but tw,
his Juniors i'll rank The sideboard wa
lavishly decked with the indispensable
of that benighted day. The old timer
and the new took their anteprandia
cocktail or toddy and Hospitality invited
Barclay to join. Barclay smiled CRATE