The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-05-18

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itv parcIva1 was Algy's snperior in
ayorv ros,oct. II was n nitv they both
sxeJ on tho Grev Horse for If two
solIovs 1a,.t lil,a each other it.s rather
a hora To have tbam ot such elose mar
tere Rut az iu-Iuck vould hive il.
potbipo would serva Alov but tbe Grey
uorsae chiefly beIieve hecause his
cousin had inst been onnoInted
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horribly Unpopular Ill the regiment
anu ihueeo' IN an 'he heishporhood' by
the pItter eyhicism OF ms Tongue anu
also ny an idiotlc hap'l Oh praelieal J"N-
ing whlci seemed 10 DE growing upon
MN, ana ehoea by shui'lhg many doors
against MN. bnt lie was handsome
ieilow' 'aii' wen SET up win awiuiiy
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ne va H".''o" no ~ 'io"
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MIN u, euoi.u n"u,e' n,', MS Sa,
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~, nan "',no'sn ile was u" uis 'ut UP
A"e' s"'a nc ,'"e 'e'' mar" .nht VIII
.er anu l .ilinh we were al giad Wlleh
Tue Ies iinen' iei' a'pehueh' anu poor
oiu ierciNai hau no longer eot lhe spec
'acie OIL the triumphant Alsy perpet-
"ahy peiore MS eyes
The engagement was likely TO be
long one, for Maude lafone had very
little money of her own, and the out-at-
elbow condition of her fiance was pro
verbal. Things dragged on for year,
during which Algy's temper became
awful. think he couldn't
make up his mind to leave the regiment
and try to get something to do; he was
cut out for soldering. and scarcely fit
for any other occupation.
Old Lafone had little place In Ross
shire, on the coast, where you could put
In a couple of weeks very comfortably
after ployer. rabbits and such like. and
even get a dozen or so brace of grouse.
They had little steam launch, and the
deep-sea fishing was rather fun. all
around Cromarty. About the time of
the Inverness meeting Algy and | went
nm there and had a capltal weeks
sport All went well until the last dov
OF our visit. when Old Iafone TALKED
business WITH AlBN, ana unset MN
dreadfully. He said his future son-in-
law must make up his mind what he
was going to do-whether he was going
to try for an adjutancy or leave the
army altogether. He NIr. I.afonel
could mol have Maude hanging on and
spelling her life for nothing. All he
said WAS fair enough, II he hadn't M
set the whole apple by saying that
II was Il pity Maude hadn't fancled
Percival. don't think he meant any
thing by It. but Algy was simply fu-
rious, and there and then broke of the
engagement | think old Lafone was n
bit startled. but Algy was too angry to
listen to a word. and he left the house
an hour after without seeing Maude.
In fact. ne behaved like the hayward.
ill-tempered chap he always was when
anything crossed him; and yet
couldn't help feeling sorry for him. and,
although dlsapproved OF the whole
proceeding. came away Mt the same