The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1898-07-13
1t is Miss Lacey. "

1t is Miss Lacey
Very we'll, colonel. - Adjutant
Clover received the order just as no
would have received an order To APP
point IL substitute captain for the re
cruts or any trivial thing of that sort,
and he turned to his desk AZ the colonel
went out.
There arc those who think an adju-
tant has nothing else to do save listen
to 81 bugle calls II day and look his best
from reveillo to taps. 1t is "A mistake.
He has "a thousand and ono things to do.
He oversees guard mount lie selects
the colonels orderly. He writes letters
and signs papers. and now Adjutant
Caldwell Glover of Troop X is asked to
write n proposal for his colonel to Agnes
Lacey.
When Captain Lester went east and
returned with golden haired young
wife, Lieutenant Glover danced with
tho bride at the reception given them.
81 am sure | shall not be lonely
here, she said to him. 81 find it all 80
new and interesting, and thon III the
summer my sister is coming to me. "
They We're promenading then, and she
looked up at the six feet of handsome
manhood beside her and said: "You
will like my sister She is not at all
like me- She is almost as tall AZ you ara
and independent and brave" And from
that night Lieutenant Clover looked
forward to the coming Of Captain Les
ters fair sister in law.
Alice Lacey reached the post i'll July
Mrs. Lester had been watching for tho
coach and when it appeared ON the
brow Of tho hill Lieutenant Glover
handed her pair of fieldglasses, and
when at last the rumble of tho wheels
was heard they walked together across
the parade, and it was Lieutenant
Clover's hand that opened the stage
door and then reached up to help tho
girl alight.
When he took off his cap to her and
then escorted herself and sister to tho
captains quarters, Agnes Lacey felt
that all her sister had written about tho
courteous young officers of the post
must be true
The summer was quiet one at tho
post There were a few dances, some
rides over the prairie, u picnic or two
and long, quiet hours on the vcrandas,
and then one day there came news Of
Captain Lester's transfer to another
post. 1t was ON tho day before the
one set for his departure that the colo
mel gave his adjutant his peculiar order.
When the colonel had gone, Lieuten-
ant Glover leaned back in his chair and
clasped his hands behind his head He
was to propose to Agnes Lacey for tho
colonel. He thought over all the hours
he had spent with Agnes, and his face
grew tender and his lips quiyered lit
tie as he remembered that tomorrow sho
was going away, then he said to him
self: What the use Of my feeling like
dog III the manger? She wouldn t
marry me. She'll never think Of me
again after she leaves here. " He took
up his pen, then hesitated as he dipped
1t in the ink. my but it will be lone
some when che is gone. " Then he went
on writing, and when the letter Twas
finished he forgot and signed his,own
name instead Of the colonel 3, and then
laughed as he saw his mistake. He, had
to write the letter all over again then
This time he signed the colonel's name
and called the orderly and sent himIto
Miss Lacey with the letter. And when
1t was done he walked up and down,thc
room, and all that evening he feltilike
q Gagged lion. What would her answer
be? Had the colonel received it2 Once
Or twice he took up his cap to walk
down past the captains quarters. then
he threw it down again. OF course'she