Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1898-09-14
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The stage left In the early morning
Lieutenant Clover noted the Gt1r Of de-
parture about the captains quarters.
Then he saw the captain and 4rA Les
ter appear, and he ran ont to speak to
them. He half expected to md the colo
mel with them, but he was not here. A
flush dashed up to his face. Had she
really refused the Offer7 If g, why
There was NO time for explanations.
She came out ready fer her journey.
She gave him her hand and her eyes
looked level into his.
Il shall never forget how much you
did to make my stay pleasant" she
said. II hcps shall meet you again
Lieutenant Clover"
The drivers whip circled out over the
heads of the forward mules. she waved
her hand to him, and Lieutenant Glover
was standing alone with an aching
heart with nothing In the world 10 do
but listen to thirty-seven bugle calls q
day and follow the dreary routine Of A.
adtutant's life.
Then there came a time when the
Codhby foi tiVOPS- DOVtD &hu
Saddles" quickly followed. and Troop
X started for the South.
Army headquarters at Tampa wal
thronged with officers. Orderfies were
speeding everywhere. Spurs jingled
across the floors, and the few army
wives who followed their husbands
walked up and down the rose trellis
pathsin the evening and talked Of what
the morrow might bring. Lieutenant
Caldwell Clover was still adjutant to
the colonel. A telegram was handed the
latter. The colonel frewped, pulled his
mustache. then said: Lieutenant,
have a telegram from q friend now at
Chickamauga. His sister arrives at
this hotel tonight to Join the Red Cross
forces at Key West. Please meet her
and see that she gets her train for Port
Tampa In the morning.
The lieutenant saluted. When the
Pullman car backed into the spacious
hotel ground that night, few officers,
a newspaper man or two and one wOm-
an alighted. AS she stepped forward
the waiting adjutant was startled at
tucu lON uCT.
Miss Lacey. You hereT'
"Ah, Lieutenant Clover! How glad
am to see you again! 1t is good to see
a face one knows. l felt rather lonely,
for there wasn't another woman on the
car all day"
Il was to look out for a nurse" said
the lieutenant glancing around, but It
seems she didn't come"
The girl stepped into the broader
light. "Oh, then you didn't know" she
said and pointed to her sleeve. An in
sigma honored the world over was sew
ed there-the Red Cross.
rs 1t possible?" 1t seemed to htm
that nothing but ipterjections came
into his mouth. You are really going
20 the frOnt?'
Going to the front" she repeated.
with a smile in his face. II shall prob
aply meet you there" She said 1t as
though It would be a pleasure. They
We're crossing the wide veranda. vIadi-
mir Purishoff's orchestra was playing
THE Serenade." you will come for
me by and by and bring me to hear the
music" she said. 1T will seem like old
times when We danced to the music of
the regimental band"
Were you lonely after 1 left the
pOst?' she asked. No one but a wom-
an could have asked such a question
Il never before knew what loneliness
was he said. Il wonder IL you would
forgive me IL I told you Just how lonely
I was-but. jno" For a moment he
thought enH of his lore for her Then
he remembered that she had refused
the flower of the arny-that she had Q
mission in life
Tell me-" she said softly.
A man may spend the best of his life
IN the dreary confines of an army post
two days Journey from n railway sta
ton. He may listen TO thirty-se
bugle calls day and attend to an adju-
tants thousand and one duties for
years. but the blossoms Of his heart
may remain eternslly fresh and fra
grant.
There We're tears in the girls eyes
when he finished his story. II am glad"
she said as she put her hand In his
Il thought you would tell me before ]
left the post. l should have stayed"
And now, Agnes
After the war" she said
So you, who pray for the safety OF
those who go into battle and for bless.
ings upon those who wear the Red
Cross. remember these two-country
first, self after. and then. with his will
long life and happiness News