Barre evening enterprise. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-1898, 1898-04-29

what the devil Is that to you, STRIP Ma
garet Bullion was the bankers onl
daughter and heress, who had bee
hitherto understood to be the ffancee
the gallant adjutant Of volunteers. Ne,
? er WAS unpunctuality 50 punished.
Am to be kept waiting and get m
L. turhot spoiled because this son of
baronet chooses to dawdle?" was all tina
the circumstances Of Margaret and he
bridesmaids (elocD could for week
elicit from the old gentleman
At last, when she insisted with tears
'But he will never, never be late again
papa " he was 50 far Modified as to per
mt the couct,hip to be renewed upon
that basis
II am plain business man, sir, re-
D marked he to the captain land have al.
ways met my engagements to the day
1t Is as easy to be i'll time as to he after
III ana II you cannot conquer bad habit
you are not the sort of person | wish to
see married to my daughter. You under
stand therefore that if you aspire to be
her husband you will not be late again
forany important matter such as dinner
and least Of all when | am one of tle
company"
Captain Steel was proud, but he also
doted upon Margaret and be swallowed
ms resentment and submitted He only
lived fer her and the volunteer force.
Ihere was, CT course, no recuniary ne
cesslty Tor his undertaking he duties of
an adJutant but he liked the work and
uld it well. He was always too late of
course, lut when he had once begun he
inado up for lost time. His men adored
him, and be would put himself to any
lhccnvtniencG-shor Of being in time |
TO serve them. He had q rife butt
erected in his own grounds, so that
those whom it was nearer than where
the re9lmental target stood might come
ana practice there. There was shot.
proof house for the marker upon one
side OF it and all complete.
The time for Hippolyte's marriage
was drawing very near, and it was not
ms intention to be late for that l prom.
Use you Indeed since that edict of his
future fathcr,in-law, he had much i'm.
proved III respect to punctuality, as l
can certify, who happened to be staying
with him during those last bachelor :
days However late at night we played .
Dllllards. Hippolyte was always "to :
the FORE at breakfast time, and the
cook was quito astonished to find master
always at home when the second bell
rang.
Upon certain day we wero engaged -
to dine with the Buttons at their coun. =
try seat in the neighborhood. | could :,
hardly prevent Hippolyto from driving =,
over there Immediately after lunch SO "
as 10 be positively sure to be in time. o,
out represented to him that would e.
only look as if he had no confidence in ~
He would seem like a habitual ~ ~
'ruhkard, who dares not be merely y,
moderate, but is obliged to take tho ''
'lcdeo If we started at 6, we should q,
till nave full quarter Of an hour to 80 40
pare At o'clock Hippoyte had nut e'
IL rs evening clothes, in which lie So;
ookcd remarkably we'll, bat still. rs =
Deserved, it was premature proceed. a 4L.
hS. Never mind said he. II feel ' .u'
afe i'll these. shan't have to dress in no'
'Se anything should happen to delay r. +"
1t was quite touching to see his anx. e0I
ny ana desire to amend "When have ~.
ace got her, said he (referrins to his 40 So, :.
loved objecD "I'll snap my finger, at g. l"s
IL bulllon and make point of never .,, ="
lng IN time for anything. a.. ~
At half past H. who should ride IN on a pG1
at speedy weed" of his but Mr.. Nolan az.
; hau9hncssy Of the Royal Blankstire '-', y,
lEhteers, one Of those Irish gentlemen ,
be found in every CORPS ahont wbom Gas
oo0y Knows anything, except that , rn;'
ere 'ney are. He was sorry to intrude. tr..
ne had been accidentally shut out of ~. =
rcsimehtal competition last week '', ~
was exceedingly anxious to get into IL
IS x 1t was competent for the adm. ie"p
10 TO admit him. if he should s1ccrcd iowa
'atls1ylng him of bis efficiency, which wee
an ho1r's practice at the tarcet VI a
Md suffice to do. Steel
i doubt that, NV poo1 fo,,o,r ;, ., full {
'polyte, "for vopr shoot;n,. s"lo his d
,ather wild, but can lust snare yon AS
an hour " ~" could
o we went out to the b,t o,sho,a, had j
y ic'alhS his thoroughbred and anu
eliHg that attenuatad animal ia q Speoo
=, gate He had characters. surro'
lily omitted to BRING his,,n,n' ~! 40 horne
hlil'' which tho adjutant had n air.
by, '''-'' N'''' 70 So
men steel and I had shut ourselves Steel (
the markers lox which vas o,itn Marga
rpofllAe little edifice of tuyf with
ne aperture close to the tnroet :
Il fror, ,,l ny :, companion that our Prof
" from me Emerald Isle had rather when
IuiSei lined appearance. Sind
end l,,..s -Aarch nare said stolen
"''" AHo"s about as much ahort
= l"S, Hc VIII never set into the
- 1905 "s lohg as he lives; ONLY Ther
,,l1 NV, n",. l!Ao 10 seem i'll natured. than tn
'i never nave to use the green ti0nally
VI ne never made a bullseve in tbo altbour
W. MS existence, and very mucb blossom,
II ne Will ever make .an o,,t ;ro, >,
'b,+, .,, thrust,
m ono a;"1 "'' clled l, as dull multanc
~ one side of our turf hut follow. hand ~
oischarge of his first Shot resnond
thar, ~, y, Du'l instead OF the or apple
''' .' all returned Hippolyte in pots n
l1s quite shot proof; never with cr
+ bo ,,,a4, lily Of {
O0 " 1unatlc, y remon. ward vol
l. why do you let him shoot season b
snowdrol
''n stop him. BY Joyo how frost bou
ne llTes, but it rill be all tho keep exat
'Ver' stop bit; you mnstn,t turf. Bo
an adJutantsattention. 7 don,t drop as
neither that was a hit or NOT: 7 the Cauct
. out and see | suppose bo say, is its
I I:'' '1o red flag means stop fir. no pretty