The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-09-17
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A Story OF ARMY Life.
A Story Of Army Life.
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watched the gira. who was coming to-
ward her. There were three men with
the girl, and only Lancaster was With
Miss Terrence. However, as was all the
world 10 her, Heiena-,ike, shel acked not
WORLDS of company. The six met on the
walk in front Of Captain Lauslng's
quarters
Lansing was cynic who observed his
kind and tod the result OF his obser-
vatIons. Such are deservedly unpopu-
Iar, but command Gpreclatlve audiences
that are the envy OF the good-hearted
II was to an audience of the sort that
he recounted the meeting, the same at-
tsrnoon, when the band had stopped
playing andthe Invading hosts from the
town had scattered and left the post to
rs r!gbtful owners,
Dorothy Terrence"-he began, laying
his saber across his knees and settling
back TO the temporary repose which
alone can fall 10 the lot OF the officer OF
the day--fDorothy Terrence came up
the walk. She had Lancaster with her,
and she was looking happy. Miss Leeds
the bankers daughter, you know
came down the walk She had Kant and
Dartmoor and Ferguesson with her and
she vas looking Ike a celestial being.
They were both dressed in whlte-but
there was q difference. Mrs. Lansing
says 1t lay In a silk foundation. BE that
as It may, there was a fearftiily and
wonderfully made hat. all drifts and
miSts and sprays Of white, atop Of Miss
Leeds. and tluny-all-round sort OF
parnsol atop of that. Dorothy saw
Miss Leeds from afnr, but the latter did
not see Dorothy. They came along, to-
gether in front Of my quarters--'and
With my harp was there. Dorothy
moved to one side. II WAS her Instant
attitude, and, 1 fear, prophetic. The
woman who steps aside can always stay
there. But all might have gone well,
and this story might never have been
told, II Kant had not INDUCED his vui-
gar propensity for intrOdUctions. Miss
Leeds bestowed sweet and transttory
smile upon Miss Terrence, but Lancas-
ter lie not the best-looking fellow. In the
preside for nothing. II any Of you
happen to share my good, forinte OF
knowing her you VIII understand What-
in the nature OF things and OF men
happened when she turned her eyes on
him with trick she has Of seeming 10
look into ones very soul. She has the
most beautiful voice outside Of the hea-
YenJy choir, and she brought It into play
also. Dorothy stood Il as long as she
could, and then she tried to get him
away. He never even heard her. II
Miss Leeds had not gazed soul search
InCly at him, ard told him that she
YSsust be going, but would see him at the
hop. he doubtless would be standing
there stfli, with Dorothy anXlously
watching him. It VIII be worth going
10 the hop to see things happen.
Lancaster stood at the door OF the
dressing room and watched Miss LEEDS
while he waited for Dorothy. He saw
her throw back her gorgeous cloak and
drop 1t from her with the careless as
dain OF q celestial creature discarding
some temporary earthly garment. That
II fell on a chair and crushed other less
splendid Wrapplngs beneath 1t was
detail which escaped him, He watched
her as the budding feminine mass
made way for her at the mirror and
she stood unchallenGed, leisurelF touch
Ing her gllmmering brown hair and PIN
ming great white rose upon her shoul-
der.
Dorothy waited at his side for fully
1--WE minutes before he saw her. Then
she laughed mocklngly up into his face.
and wished that her laughter might
have been blow.
AS soon as he could leave her he went
running and sliding across the floor to
where Miss Leeds stood against the
walala and a sunburst OF sabers was just
.ahnXe her head.
There, are only twenty dances" she
kept rEpestina, saad neVef divide"
Lancaster took two OF his fellow ofl-
Gers BY The shoulder. and PCT chem ont
Of his way. Miss Leeds looked tlnto his
eyes and smiled as, It seemed 70 him, no
woman had ever smiled before. She put
her card into his hand.
''The two with the crosses pre- the
ones promised you" she said. And as
she had promised and he had asked
nothing, his heart beat high with tri-
umph.
Not that It was a case OF love at first
sight. He was In love with Dorothy.
But the most faithful OF men may pay
the court she expects to a belle. and
may allow himself 20 be flattered by her
marked favors.
He could honestly. then and for sever
al weeks afterward. give Dorothy the
comfort she BorelY needed, and say that
he did not even think Miss Leeds beau
tIful. "She has STYLE and charm" he
passed Judgment, but not beauty. And
she IL n hirt." He meant that Miss Ter
renee should understand how entirely
he abhorred that
''Did she try to flirt when you called
upon her?"
He had made point Of confesslng the
cali directly It was made and he thought
It tRctless Of Dorothy TO Insist upon It.
He shrugged his shoulders. "She does
that with every man"
II was a truth which he fully appre-
cIated. but Its feeble light no longer fell
upon the path Of duty when the time
came that the sun Of Miss Leeds coun-
tenance shed It's glow upon the highway
OF inclination. And get she did her
best to make II clear to him
Now. listen to something mean TO
tell YOU" she said to him. She set down
her tea cup and leaned toward him.
with her elbows upon her knees and her
chin between her soft. pink palms. Her
eyes were looking straight into his. and
they allied his Heart with anticipation.
"Do you know that this Is risky game
we are playing. and that we have been
playing It for all It IS worth this last
fortnight or so?"
Lancaster knit his brows
ut Is no; worth while to pretend sou
don't understand. We both know exact
~ what mean But want 10 be sure
we both know that II is only a game. I
am not in earnest. and you must not
be-"
He gazcd at her speechlcss
y suppose you are thinking that the