The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-03-07

young beauty and then disiiiusion yet
IN, ana one DISAPPOINTMENT Followed an
other' She was empty headed' frivolous,
tond OF every KIND OF social gayety' DUO
WIN neltner heart nor hana 1or comes
tlo duty OF any Klna. ehe loved 70
aance' ana ms wounds haa put an emo
TO even the nttie ne ever knew OF tnat
are. one eloried IN inc as'ensions Oh the
society ana garrison oeaus tney met
anu plainly sno"ed MIN no was oiten
IN tne way she was reckiessiy exeraV-
agans IN ner tastes ana spent MS saw
,nes WIN lavish nano' prlnoipaiiy on
nersei, III oress OF Jeweiry' one nad
oeen aenleo almost everything OF the
Siho III none' ZOE ner parents hao peeh
lor years IN straiteneo circumstances
turner oeepiy IN love- couio deny ner
mourning un1i, MS savings were EXHAUST
CD ana tney naa 70 come Gown 10 MS
pay. one reaa mourning pun noVeis. ohe
knew no'h,ns pu! garrison gossip ano
~" W maze nerseit iooA ,asoina'ins'
one nao luno OF Email lax ana rae
ulty Oh seetlng her cap Ior eacn new
young olnoer tnat joined 1ne regiment
speeaiiy tascinasihg MIN ana aeeacnlne
nm ior Term Oh MONTHS or possibly
year. TO ner apron Strings; sne was ART
ICES, klttenisn' oonnoingiy' trustihgiy
youenlui, this nia'ure daine Oh Oh
wnen OUT IN society OF among ner sls'
tiers OF the garrison put IL was any.
tnlng nut Iresn' youtn1ul, rao1ah'
giri tnat came yaWning iangu1o!y ooWn
tne SUITS Inis oark March morning ana
with why dions you oraer your
preaK1ase carrier II you wanted III! ano
oarely glance az her spouse passed
MIN py witnout otner salutatlon ana
TOOK ner seat pehina tne coneepos at
the head OF the table: =.
~ much preferred to walt Tor you,
SAID turner gently. ne mad never re-
Duked, rarely attempted 10 correct ner'
since tne lnltial attempt that well nlgh
wrecked thelr honeymoon: ne coulo
not scold her now yet MS heart ached
at her indifference, and MS weary eyes
dld not 1all to notice the marvellous
change IN her appearance since she 1911
the hoproom the nlght pe1ofe, Or ratner'
at O'CLOCK that morning. The sort plnk
lips were dry ana purple now the dell
cately tinted cheek was sallow and COL.
orless' DARK purple circles mad formed
under her eyes, deep lines cracked out
through their temporary hlilng ana
gave the lie to her pretensions to youth.
Her hair 80 beautifully and becomlngiy
arranged the night be1ore' was simply
twisted up into KNOT at the oack o!
her mead. ohe wore a loose nowereo
wrapper, gathered IN at the slender
waist with cord. Even her white.
fragile nanos' tnas tremoieo as sne nileo
the captains cup Win conee, looked
wrlnKled ana oid, wnlie upon her Wis
age 80 radiant with smiles ana sun
SHINE rev hours since. there sat an ex'
preston OF proiouna ana enVioas olscon
tent' turner MAD nara WORK TO represi
second sign as ne glanced 1uftive!y ~
her from over Inc Leader wnion ne
hao pioAeo up again "heh her ioo'slep
were heara descending the sualrs'
in courteous tones. II fear you are very
tired this morning, Fanny. You had Q
grand time last night though. You
never missed a dance, did your"
81? Why bow odd that would be! l
verde miss dance. That's one of
the advantages of having so many old
friends among the young officers"
"But you must be hungry, dear.
Won't you try to eat something's"
"What is there?" she asked languid-
". "Steak, stewed potatoes. BAIL
Scrambled eggs cold-rolls ditto.
wish those children next door wouldn't
make such noise CAPTAIN Turner"
she went on, toying with her coffee
spoon, "did YOU see that gown of Mrs.
Greec's last nightP Il was one she had
made in Chicago-s30O if it cost a cent,
Now Won know perfectly we'll she can't
afford that since the failure of their
b.n. u
Turner was studying the advertise
ments hard and made no answer.
"And his pay ism t as big as yours by
mi,
ono ioey' sne ~on0 oa mTa 900, as Ae
WY s.iii siienI siie quetnou' Az
n.ni 10 AZ wna, u:
w,sn you wouiu iis!en W me III
Steau ol losing yourself ~ Snae stu .
paper' captain turner. . asheu W., "ne .a
captain Urees pay was no' ieas 'n'n
ours ny d iosy " 3D.
very ProDapiy' ~ e1'ereu selvi'e
soiiie years ai'e, oio Anu 40 no"iiy ~
years younger. ...,..
nu' uinei saiA s. i,on o e"a.sa nls pa pc,
per- ne nas naiSneu us ofeaalas., ,: a.
Ou. ,ne Cup VI , e'e .,:' oonee WALL
"nien sne mas az iasS suppi.eu Mn
wnas aia you thinh oi 'has gown
ol MIS- urees NJ ohe hau ~ iiiauo uniy
TWO montns ago-two months alser lnelr
Dank broke. seems 70 me Ihieh'y queer
'ne shouia W s"ellins Al sucn eA'lav
agant styAe' MIS- naylhono 'nAnAS ~
ZOO.
Turner's eyes are glued to the col
nmns OF The Leader lie IS apparently
leaf to any comments On Mrs Gregg's
costume.
Don't you think so?" persists Mrs.
Turner, determined to extract an opin-