The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-03-07

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a middle aged, somewhat port1y ciut,ian
1Cas Dchdta9 eagerly Oucrter.
isa lovely girl, and SO lonely, you know
She is engaged as companion, it seems,
to Miss Haight-a dragon of an old
maid, who is a good deal of an invalid
and seldom out of her room. That is
why you never see the girl at the hons
at the Point, yet know she'd love to
co."
Loring felt that he blushed with
eagerness and pleasure, though he mere-
~ said PLEASE, " and SO Miss Geraldine
Allyn met Lieutenant Loring of the
engineers, and within the fortnight he
knew, though To strove to hide it, that
he was madly i'll love with her. Such
beauty, such voice, such appealing
loneliness were too much for him. Six
long weeks, though he became her shad-
ow, Loring struggled against his pas.
: sion. He had planned that for years he
should remain single until he had saved
a modest nest egg. Then, when he had
rank and experience had moved in the
world and had ample opportunity to
study women, he would select for him
self and deliberately lay siege to the
girl he thought to make his wife.
But when his duties were completed
with the 2Sth of August and he should
have gone to his home, Loring remained
of I'M foe oi, fol fou uos vl,
and her musical companion staid at
Cozzens' through September. In Octo-
Der they were to go to Lenox, and, be.
fore the parting, Loring's ring was on
that little fnger-she had promised to
be his wife. Home then he hurried in
response to the pleading Of his sister,
but the moment the Lenox visit was
over and Miss Haight returned to New
York thither went Loring, to find his
fiancee at the piano. with middle
aged somewhat portly civilian bending
eagerly over her, and SO engrossed that
he never saw or heard the intruder.
This was Nov. q The engagement
was barely six weeks old, but Loring's
ring was not on her finger as she rose
in confusion to greet him. More than
that, she wrote piteous letter to him
begging for her release. She "really had
not known her own mind" Luring
gave it without a word to or without
other sight of her, packed his trunk and
left New York on the morning train
There was sensation at the Point when
it was announced that Miss Allyn was
to marry Mr. Forbes Crosby, wealthy
board of trade man" of 40.
Loring reappeared no more. He got
his orders FOR San Francisco, and he
sailed late j" the fall, and barely had
he gone than the story spread from lip
to lip that Mr. Crosby had broken the
engagement, that Miss Haight had de-
cided to GO abroad and would not re-
quiro companion-what was more.
that Forbes Crosby had been making
very judicious investments for Miss
Haight herself, and people really would
not be surprised if-and then Geraldine
Allyn, too, disappeared from New York
and was next heard of living very
quietly with a married sister, herself an
invalid, Mrs. Nevins, whose husband
was said to be somewhere in the army
deeply loved was sister to the wife of
this military castaway. this unprinci-
Piled gambler, swindler and thief, and
he, Loring, had charged himself with a
commission that might bring him once
more face to face with her who had
duped him
Circling the camp at wide distance,
he had CROSSE d the acequia and reached
the ella road TO the north now lay
the camp, and the twinkling lights of
the suffers bar. and between him and
these twink.ing lights two dark objects
bobhed into view. some 80 yards distant
and as plain as he could hear his own
heart beat Loring heard voice say,
"Then I'll count on you not to let him
out of your sight. /" and the voice was
that of Notwithstanding, who was sup
posed to contine himself day and night
in arrest to the limits of the garrison.
CHAPTER vi.