The age-herald., 1898-08-14
A War Story That Will
 Have It's Sequel in Peace

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 It is a wide-a-awake newspaper that prints gossip that is not already known at the clubs. In this case the engagement of Miss Dithmar and MT. Kelcey reached the clubs by a brief announcement in the pa pers. The wedding occurred some time last spring for it was in May that the Kelcey's travelled southward and put in a week at Old Point Comfort Kelcey was one of the numberless young fellows who have gone up from the south and joined the newspaper colony in New York;
 Kelcey now with young Mrs. Kelcey was putting in the time as happily as one could in somewhat deserted hotel. It was the life they wanted of course, and Kelcey, familiar with the coast line, selected Old Point Comfort for a quiet week.
 They sat together evening looking out contentedly across the harbor
 Mathewson, a young naval officer who had come ashore from a batteship that lay anchored in the harbor was walking across the pier with Miss Chatterton. There was desultory dancing in the ball room, and the people outside were discuss ing the war situation.
 'The situation will not change for sev- eral weeks" Mathewson was saying. "We have been anchored off Old Point Comfort Tor six weeks, awaiting orders to put to sea-"
 That evening Kelcey and Matthewson sat apart, but they could hear Miss Chatter sons voice as she talked with Mrs. Kel- cey beneath the awning. Miss Chatterson was saying, My aunt was so opposed to my coming to New York that have really given it up for the present."
 My husband" Mrs. Kelsey told her, expected you on last winter. There are so many young women who come up for that sort of life. There Is Carnegie Hall where the Bohemian gentlewoman reigns in all her artistic glory. You can live there and write all the books and stories im- aginable."
 "Yes," Miss Chatterson said, q used to dream of living there in all my Bohemian glory. I have given it all up," she added despairngly. She glanced across at kel- cey, and she felt that his eyes were upon her The life that they had known to- gether came to her vvidly. It was not like abreath from out the past. It seemed too real for that. She felt that she could have taken up the old life just where they had left it off few years ago. She felt as if no unhappy years had separated the past from the present. But presently the vividness of the present came to her. She heard Mattherson's voice and saw the two men coming towards her. She moved slightly and drew in long breath of mist laden air She heard Kelcey saying some lHluS dDOul lHe HlSNl Ociib SoOi ioi 'iiS season and Matthewson, noticing small craft coming towards them.
 Matthewson and Mrs. Kelcey sat watch- ing the lights from the squadron.
 Miss Chatterton and Kelcey were talk ing indifferently of empty hotels, the pros- pect of an excessively stupid summer, but finally she told him of her engagement to MatthewSon.
 Mrs. Kelcey and Miss Chatterton, walk aff went in search of Kelcey. He was at -a~ writing table, getting off story Co his paper. Inc two women -lS0king over his shoulder read--.tF .t;ive vessels of the fly sns saNadron, led by the flagship Brook- .-5n, steamed out of harbor this afternoon. and after passing the Virginia capes took a southerly course. The order directing the squadron to put to came at mid night last night. The day dawned and still the men waited to weigh anchor. At o'clock the signal was run to the top of the fiagship's military mast, half hour later smoke was curling from the stacks on the ships and they were ploughing the sea at fifteen knots. The pier was crowded with guests from the hotels, and the wives, daughters, sweethearts of the officers. -
 Miss Chatterton raised her eyes and looked beyond at a starry flag that was f1uttering outside.
 She felt suddenly a keen resentment that Kelcey could be calmly writing of his COuHlTyIHeH WHO were SOlllS lo Ddllie loi the sake of the country. She had felt this way toward the me non the pier, who had cheered "Old Glory" and yet had not followed it. The night before came to her vaguely Kelcey looked up for moment. Through the open window they could see the darkness settling over the harbor. It was quiet now, but the sea beyond looked like a quivering thing.
 Miss Chatterton, with unseeing eyes, gazed across the harbor She was thinking of Matthewson as he stood on the deck of the battleship as she dipped her flag.
 The Kelceys took the first outgoing steamer north. Miss Chatterton, fitting here and there, has been waiting for the dawn of peace.