The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-10-30


"a lrIlt sergeant. Barclays r.
mnil was bigger tknu Ihal q an1l.
else excepG ths comnlsudins c11.
whose miszivea. howc7er. weRn mniaA
ofTiuial. and the number uf laEtara penr.*
IN feminine o. childizh hands seemed
like Galahad's 3 godchildren, eTur On l|.
increase. Mrs- Blythe came back 10.
leave BONNER than ever and blinrfnI -
yund compare In the possession Of nou1.I
she could not share with even her oi8
est cronies. yet that leaked out n Wny.
no man could hope 20 stop. Ned Lev.
rence's children were well. ha1r1
thriving-Iittls Jim at Barclays bon.
with other godscna two o. thrca
where . widowed sister cared for thon
M for her own. 20 aid Mira Biyfh
when fairly cornered. whila Ada wac 4. .
famous old Connsoeiout school not e.
| from the Barclay homestead
GOOD heavensP' aid Blythe ono a.
An late October. "Thess women har.
powers Of divination that would n
| priceless nc police headquarterA Whv.
| they've rot bold OF fncts th0ught cnS
Mrs. Blythe and knew-fncts O..
Barclay would have kept conceslS'
from every one. but that ws simply
can't deny"
And so, little BY little, the details el
some at least Of Galahad's benefnctinks
became known. though no man knsr
how many more were held in reserve
For three long years be lived his sin.
pie, studiors, dutiful life at Worth. q
: man the soldiers and their wives and
children learned to love and look up ts
as their model Of all that was kind nn1
humane (they well nigh worshiped bin
at Christmas timcs)-a man his brother
: officers OF the better class ho1ored Is
/ friend and comradc, worsa their whcl,
trust and esteem, and from the arnc
of whose reserve and tolerance L.
shafts of the envious and maliciom
glanced harmless into empty air.
There were women, old and younf
who thought him lacking in more ws,I
than one. The Fraziers said not much.
but looked unutterable things whaa
they went north ON leave and peopln
asked for Galahad. II was family tra
/ diticn that he had treated 'Manda vefy
badly-that is mamma said as much
but the elder sister had views Of her
own not entirely in harmony with thnso
Of her beloved parent. 'Manda herslf
found consolation by marrying in the
army not two years later. and her hus
band thinks to this very day that Bar
clay, with all his wealth, secretly en-
vies him his treasure, though admitting
in those lucid intervals to which 80
many lords are subject that perhaps
Barclay wasn't so confoundedly IN
lucky after all. 1t was at taeir quarters
some years later still. at far distant
4 post, that in the course of an evenings
call, in company with his host, Lieu
tenant Colonel Brooks. the chronicle
of a portion at least Of this episode Of
old time army life, was favored with
the most important facts Of all.
"Hhat do you think, said the stout
possessor Of Mrs. 'Manda's matured and
rounded charms as he came bustling
in with The Army and Navy in his
hand, "Galahad Barclays married at
last. Here it is. ITO Ada, only daughter
CT the late Brevet Lieutenant Colo1eI
Lawrence, -th q. s. cavalry. ,"
ada Lawrsncel That childr
screamed madam, with eyes and drawl
expansive well, of all''-
But others, who have seen her in her
happy wifekcod. declare that Ada Law.
renee grew rp to Ee one CT the loyeliezt
of the lovely girls that married in the
army-aad they are legion.
TIE ED.