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CHAPTER II.

From the night Of her brilliant ap-
q AFanos At the garrison ball, not once
= I'd Ma Winn an opportunity 70 ex
= 1Ange . dozen words with Captain
= Arclay. He. husband. as has been said
a I'd failed to call on his new ns 1t door
a eighbor. although Winn had besn well
: nough TO be about for several days. aud
= ntil he did call 10 was impossible for
!; iarclay 70 cutter their doors and expo
I lent that hs should avoid MrA Winn
1, shssever IL was possible to do so This
: night not have bsen difficult. even
Z hough the same roof covered 10th
: useh0lds-tbat Of the Winns on the
outh and that Of tho Barclay Erayton
4 Ombination ON the nOrth side-but fer
4 aura Winn herself. who seemed to To
mt on the porch every afternoon as the
Z Ap3aia cane walking back from sta
3lea. - ths women who were apt to
I Sashsr ss Ma Blythe's At that time do
alaFed that there was something actually
0invitins. II not implOriug. IN the why
I 4ra Winn would watch for him. an6
I bow and seem to hover where he could
4 hardly avoid speaking to her. Three
times 1t least since that memorable
lpaTty had ahe been there ION watch. as
0fA Faulkner expressed it. and though
his bow was courtssy itself, and his
"Good evening. Ara Winn," most re-
spectful. anil even kindly. IL enc could
judge by the tone Of his voice. not an
ether wori did he speak. He passed en-
10 his own gateway. Brayton generally
at his aide. and his stable dress was
changed for parade uniform or dinner
before he again made his appearance.
After the ruanncr Of the day. most Of
the cavalry contingent stopped in at the
clubroom ON the way Lack from evening
stablea Brayton used to do 50, but,
thoogh no one could say his captain had
preached 70 him on the subject. some
tnduenOe either Of word or Of example
had taken effect. and the young bachelor
seemed entirely content to cut the club
md ths social tipple and to trudGs
along By bis new. companion's sida
Thsy had been getting "mighty Thick
for captain and secoud lieutenant, said
on0e Of the Others but, serencly indif-
1srsas 10 what others said. the two kept
- their way.
"Thought yoo wero goin to wear
0ouFniu for Lawrence the rest Of your
aatasal life, Braytoa. and here you are
tytA 70 Barclay - IL Lawrence had
nsvse lived, =" said Ar. Bralligan only .
6ay o. two before Lawrencs's return.
aad Bxayton started almost a. though
sung. What BralliRnn said was not
Aan ~ Ill grounded ~ most Of his state
OootA and Brayton was conscious of
enDethins akin 70 guilt and self re-
Dfuach. In oommoa with most Of tho
regiment. ~ bed fels very sore over
LAwrencs's going. lie hsd boon much
aea.chsd to that gallant and soldierly
apsain, but now that smother had taken
his place and be could compare or con-
osast the two the youngster began to
sssliss with something like q pany Of
dissrssR ~ thoash IL were disloyai to
think %. thas in many ways Barclay
Was "bead and shoulders" the superior
nan. Lawrence never rose till O'Clock
except when In tho 6cld. Lawrence
safely read m, thing but the papers and
tntefminable controversies over the war.
Lawrence, despite the claims Of Ada and
little Jimmy. often spent an evening as
the club mud always stopped there On
his way from stables Lawrence never
stUdied and "a the di i'll ground never
taught Ind. ed almost all tl,s drills the
troop he'd known for months and months
0fayton himself had conducted. No
wonder the boy bad wasted hours a
va1uable time No wonder there was o
1itsls Rame going On among the young
Gesss u Brayson's hack parlor" many
day. He had simply been searted all
VsuoG.
Bat svss bs6ms Barclays books were
0Dpackod ~ oew captain hsd found
Osass 70 lDossess the young fellow In
pgu(s@6oaao ouPics that Lawrence bad
Dsves seemed 20 mention. Barclay had
svtosusly bs-o sakin2 counsel with pro-
gFsssive soldtsss before joining his now
s0gi0sus, baA bccn reading bpks cf
ehetS oboossna and. among others. was
valoabls oEeatise On the proper method
- 6ttsta9 bosnep. aud he found thas here
Was . Dsssss that Lawrencs sad Bray
~ had 0sscr tbcushs Of ssd that Bray
- saSd ~ ueveS tsuehs then - ths
eutDe Whllb wrs ssrictly trua
To - sOsse and unepeakabls ipdie-
osstna NJ Denny Sullivxn. who was
auno 20 - overbauled on Graves puiutaI
H. ooughb1y baa taken his Iieusenant
0U0 borss N bos~s In she truop ~ they
GouDa - ssss during drill snd shown
bin % Ienss 90 bits oct Of the 81 In
1i0s thss were no DC as all He showed
BIN sDuss thas werc ton broad from bag
- bar - tbss Aid b and fro is sks
ourturs4 esrsssre's Dossh: oshsss that
Aoo9 40 DoW. elmUs ''feIl through -
sebsss Who's curb cAsin a sesap. IN
Gouo6 - 6efio9 n ths RvoovA buss ssv.
oUssy ~ shs delicsss buoes sbpvs 10 epd
esDssesA The IUckIess charger every
s6Oo ~ stsies drsw seis. Barrlsy gave
- ~ ~ rwD casesslly seeded hssd-
esv6 n1 asosh<s cavslfy 0l1css tbes
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