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wonder he didn't wish to meet himi
And Mrs. Waite was there, buttonhol-
ing everybody to get her pension in
creased and wearing the costliest Grape
you ever saw. my dear, and-think Of
it!-solitaire diamond earrings with it,
She had room in a house where sew
eral prominent congressman boarded and
was known as the fascinating widow.
She sent to Barclay-would you believe
it?-and begged him to come to see her.
and he actually did. and Mrs. Cults.
who lives in the same house, told me
that you ought to have seen her that
day-no solitaire earrings or handsome
Grape. mind you, but tears and bornha-
zine. and Mrs. Cuts VOWS that he gave
her money That woman Is angling for
another husband and has been ever
since poor Waite's death, and il any
thing were to happen to Mr.. Winn it's
Just what Laura would DO doing too. 1t
runs in the blood. my dear. You know.
and know. that all the time she was
ut Omaha barracks and the major in the
field shea woman with a grown son
and graduating dauehter-was dane
ing with the boys at the hops and rid
ing-yes. and buggy riding-with bach
clors like those wretches Gates and
Hagadorn. Buggy riding was the un-
pardouable sin in Mrs. Pelham eyes,
she being "too massive to sit in any
thing short Of the side seat Of an anbu-
lance" as said regimental wit. and
Mrs. Pelham looked with eyes Of disfa-
vor ON women who managed to keep
their waists as Mrs. Waite did
"But let me tell you about Captain
Barclay" continued the letter Gen
eral Corliss called to see me two even
ings ago and said he heard that Barclay
was actually . millionaire; that he had
large interests in Nevada mines that
were proving fabulously rich. You cnn
understand that wasn't ut all surprised
to hear that tho general had intimated
to Mr.. Ray of his staff that 1t would DO
much better for him to go and serve
with his regiment awhile Ray would
not be an acceptable son-in-law He
has no money and too many fascina-
lions, and there ara both the Corliss
riris, you knew. to be provided for. and
Miranda is already passe, and Ray has
resigned the place. and the place Il va
rant, for-would You believe it?-thcy
ray the general rendered II to Barclay.
snd Barclay declined. Why. when We
were all at Mcpherson there wasn't
anything satirical the CoSlisses didn's
Gay about Barclay. and now that be has
money they bow down to and worship
him." Something Mrs Pelham
wouldnt do for the world" said Mrs
Brooks to herself. with an odd Emiie
"And when the general was asked about
IL yesterday. he couldn't deny having
made tho offer. but said the reason Csp-
tain Barclay declined was that he would
very probably resign in few weeks
his business interests being such as TO
render it necessary for him to leave tbs
army So. my dear. you won't have tho
millionaire in Texas. after all. and
fancy how deeply Laura VIM will bs
disappointed No matter how much she
cares for her husband, she wouldn't be
her mothers daughter IL she didn't try
to fascinate him over again.
Fancy tho comfort Of having such .
letter Ms that to read to an apprcciative
audience! Mrs. Brooks fed with it IN
Mrs. Frazier, who thought 1t ought ros
70 be read-it was too lilo Dorothy Pei
ham for anything But Mrs. Brooks
took and read il to ncighhors who were
chatting and sewing together and had
no such scrupIea And that night 1t was
dribbling about the post that Barclay
had decided to resign. had refused de-
tail ON the stan Of General Corliss. Some
body else would get Ned Lawrcnce's
troop Brooks heaved . sigh AMI said
10 himself be was glad Of 1t, and tho
women heaved . sigh and wished he
might have come, IL only for . little
while. just to make things interesting.
'It would be such novelty to have
millionaire mine owner in garrison and
actually doing duty as captain Of cav
airy" Finally they began to wonder
what Mira Winn would say now. she
having had nothing at all to say.
That very evening il CHANGED to oc-
cur to Ms. Hedge that be had not re-
turned Lieutenant winn's call (by
card. the cavalrynan having dropped
in when be knew the new arrival to
have dropped out,. and when Hodge
presented himself - the Winns' the
| had spoken a his intention st mega in
the presence and hearing Of the negro
attendant, who had mentioned 10 with
out delay to the Winns' colned combi-
nation of cook and eervinR maid. who
had come over 20 borrow . cup Of cook
ing sherry. 1t being too far TO the sut-
ler's and that dxmsel had duly notified
her mistress Of the intended honor) he
wss sbown into ths dimly lighted army
sitting room. wbers, toastins her feet
before the Ere. sat dreaming the young
misssc@ os the establishment, who start
ed op b apparent surprise. She had
beard neither tho step nor the ring
Very possibly she wns dozing. she ad-
mitted, for baby was sleeping aloft and
bes husband was gone. She wss sttired
In . silksn eUWp thss Hodge described