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Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1899-10-03
uniere Sselsn bilosn cine sinaise Sarz

uHIele SeeleH pIlpeH etIe etV3t9e QQrS
monte"
ylleberlesen sic nod einmal", bat
9raf o'4rpor. vMa4en sic uniere
pobliberlegten Yldne niht gu nidte."
nWeine beilise Pfli9t iiberbebt mid
ieoes tpeiteren ueberlegens. Wenn Sc
piifen unb gbre eeiproten baben, Bes
beutet jeoe Setunbe 3Dserus S9pGz
DIE. llnb per teunt ben gober Der
gbre better als sic, 9err 9raf. 8as
tpiiroen Sic an meiner STEELE tbun2"
sd piiroe banbeln pie Sie."
Die ensliIdeu Sploaten i6ienen bus
@nbe bieies Wettitreites eeabnt Su baz
ben. sic pphten an bic Sbiir, INN tie
bann 81 0ffnsn. Die bepiuiste Stun
be mar abgelaufen.
Der alte Prieiter permo6te nur nod
ben eblsr gum Spbe bsreiteu Yatripten
gu umarmen uno linn ben Srieoensz
unb 4bihieostuB 81 seben.
Iuf Der Sdpele Der SbIr brebte er
iih nod einmal UNI, oeutete gum Simz
mel unb rief in franaDiiider Sprade
ben ridden S4la4truf: sir 9Ott
uno Srlano!"
Nidt LANCE barauf i6lug es auf benz
9lodentburm bon 8ilmainbam 3 ubr
uno cine ubr Oublins na9 Der anbern
pieoerbolte bic orei S6ldse. Der 5as
beaann gu srauen uno bic Sterile
ftuube fir Robert @mmet nabte bsran.
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1899-10-03

ibr bon benz Oirettor bes SefGngnihes
auf 8%ilmuinbam bereitet. SerIelbe
mar, pie mir gebOrt babsn, beito9sH
UNI Die @ntpei9uug Gpbert Gmmets
81 geltatten. Die 4ntunft Drip Ours
rams orobte ben gan5enSlu6tplau gum
S4eitern 81 bringen. gr burfte lie,
dlio ni9t gu benz @sfangeusn laiisn,
tonnte ibr aber audi bic 9riinbe ni05t
entbilen. Ho6 tpeniger ipagte er, lie
5uriitSupeiien. sic piirbs, ent19loi-
fen ipie Tie mar, iofort gum 2orbz@ou.
pernsur ellen. I'm ii9 iiber i'm gu be-
Hagen.
gr griff gu einem paHenben MitteI,
UNI 3eit gu sepinneu, inbem er Mib,
Gurran Dor iteate, pie Iebr es ibrert
8erlobten aufresen piirbs, penn iie
ieBt, ipo ibr 9efi6t bon Summer uno
Sdmer5 10 e~ntitelt fsi, ibrsn 8siu9
mafte. Sic iolIts ii9 srit ettpas be.
rublgen uno dusruben. Na6 elmer
Weile ging er tpeiter unp iu6te ii9 nit
ibr pertraut 5u MAIDEN. @r itelte ibr
Dor, bab es ii6 eigentli6 nit ibrer unb
&obert @mmets Gbre nitt gut per-
TRACE, tpenn lie fi9 nit oiefem bis gum,
dnoern Worgen in ieiner Sele Elm.
16lieben liebe. Was piirpe Die Na1e
melt od5u idgeH!
MtiB gurran, pel6e einise s3eit psrA
ltanontBlos 5usebDrt bate, iGneltei
plosli6 empor, ais Oh tie cine Sbrfeige
empfansen bate. Wie tpnnte elm
Wfeni4 10 perbGrtet feiu, bd ponS9anz'
be au reoen, mo Elm ebler Gbarafter
nur an SeIbftaufopferuns uno Gpsl.
mutb benten mubte!
4nitatt elmer Qntpprt 5og re einfa5
bic Srore bes 2prbz9 ouperneurs aus
Der Saf4e unb eriu9te ben DIRECTION,
lie fpfort gu benz 9efansenen su Be.
aleitsn unb ibrer un%terrsbuns ais 3eu>
ne anaupobnen.
lin lie gu bef6pidttssn, perIudte
Der Sirettor ibr tlar gu MAIDEN, baB er'
i'm Snterefie bes 9efanseneu banple.
fpenn lie ben 8eiu9 Bis our Mprgen-
bGmmeruns perf9isbe. Dem Gefan,
senen tpdre etpas Rube nDtbig, bamit
er nit um 10 srOBerem Mutbe ieinen
leBtsn Sang antreten tonne.
Stir WiB gurran mar es u~nbeareif,
lid, baB ibre 4npeienbeit ben 9efdns
genen ermiioen fole, au9 f6ien es ibr
pentd tpdhrf6einlih. bob Rpbert @nrs
met Der Hube bebiirfe, I'M mad elmer
i4lafloien Na4t, ben Mutb gu perliez
rem, fur feline ueberSeusunsen in ben
Sob gu geben. Sas ~mertpirbise, fat
aebeimnibppae 3Dsern bes DIRECTORS,
einen tlaren 9efebl fsines @prseieBten
aus5ufibren, f6ien ni6t nit ri6tigeu
Singen suaugeben. Die Ini6auung
Der Srau abnte bintsr ar benz ein
SebeimniB.
(S9lub foIgt.)
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8er6 mdb Rettung.


Die Belle, in tpslfer &obert @mmst
etngef6loi1en mar, befano iid am Gnoe
zines langen Corridors, auf benz cine
S6ilopa6e bin uno Der penoelte.
Sieie puroe ale 3fpei Stunben absez
loft. Sn einem an bic 3ele itoBenbsn
Saul idliefen apei Iufieber. @on
3eit 81 3eit I6pb elmer berIs!ben bu6
pergitterte 8udlp6 an Der Die le
bonn Saale abi6lieBenoeu Gi~ientbiire
auriid, I'm ii4 gu iiber5eugsn, Oh Der
9efangene nod pd par uno mas er
trieb.
&pbert, benz man in bel er lebten
Na6t cine Gampe seluiien bate, Jap
auf Dem Hanoe Ieines 9ettes unb
i9rieb ober las.
Gr mar traurig aber rubig. Gr
periu6te in einem Sriefe an feline
8raut ale iene 9efiible nisberSulegen,
bon benen feline Seele fir Soft, iein
8Gterlano unb Drip gurran erfiiat
mar.
4uf Elm WieberIeben nit ibr in Die,
Ter Welt 5dblte Der Yerurtbeilte ni6t
mebr, benin feline Sinri6tuug ip1te
benin 9rauen pes Mpreeus Itattfins
ben, pie linn angefiinpiet mar.
Ils eegen Spei llbr Morgens bic
S6iloipa9e abgelDit purpe, glaubte
er nit ienem feinen 9eb0r, ods alien
Meni6en eisen IT, Die ii6 in bober fee
lii4er grresung befinoen, Elm 9efliz
tier 81 pernebmen. Sas S6iebefenz
iter Der 3eaentbiir Dffnsts uno i6lpB
ii6 leiie. Damn brebte fi6 bic Sbiir
ielbit serGui4los in ibren Ingeln.
Robert Gmmet befano iif einem
alien Prieiter nit langem Bart aesens
iiber, Der. pom Otter eebeust, ii6 auf
einen lansen Stot itiiBte. Gr sing
auf Robert gu unb iaste rubia:
rWfein tbeurer Sobn, mir puroe bas
Slid Der @rlaubniB, Sic in Sbren
lebteu 4ugenbliden beIu6en au oiirz
fen. gs ma4t mir srpBe Sreube,
Sbnen bic SrOitungen unIerer beiliaen
Relision gu iiberbringen. Sic tpers
ben, tpie i4 CLAUDE, barber bic aleiGe
Sreuoe empfinoen. sic tennen mid
ni4t, aber mir perben rns ais priez
tier uno 8ei4ttinb inn 8ebeimniB bes
Satramentes Der 8uBe tennen %lsrnen."
Oils Robert einige 8prte bes Sans
fes ia9en poIte, bepeutete i'm berpriez
tier fat itrense, ii6 in Der bon Der
Sbiir e%ntfernteiten gde Der 3eGe ME-
oersutnieen.
Der prieiter i9ien benz ni6t pollz
itdnois sei4lofIenen ,S9iebefeniter in
Der 3slentbiir ni6t gu trauen, auf
oas er i'm 8ebeimen bier unb ba feline
glide ri6tete. Sein fur5es, fat aez
i6GftsmGbiges Iuftretsn Ipute ben etz
paiaen Neusierisen an benz 9udloh
aeiaen, baB er als Prieiter nlr Ieines
Qmtes BEL einem benz balbigen Sr&
Werfauenen gu pdlten geoa6te.
Ils Gobert Gmmet nieosraetniet
tpar, I6pb Der 9reiS bas Selbbett
berau uno benubte es ais Sib. Damn
besei6nete er i'm nit benz 3eiden oes
&reuaes unb neigte ii6 berab, ipie UNI
bic 9eidte Rpbsrts entssgsnsunebmen.
lin 8pttespiaen, 5eisen Sic feline
lleberraI6uns", fliiiterte linn bsrGrsis
gu. rMdn bepba6tet uns piellei1t,
obipobl ih mid Der reldtipen Siscres
ton Der 4ufIeber perii6ert babe. SD
| bin tsiu prisiter, ipnpsru @raf p'Wrs
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41txPnthurner Gazette

genopo b%efreunoste @eiidter gu entoes
den unb ii9 bort Grmutbigung gu
iuden.
Ollie Srldnber iparen in bieIer fiji
i'm 10 pi6tigen Stunbe feline 8riiber.
Siefen ginorud gepann er BEL Ieinem
fur5en llmblif. Ri6t peit bon ibm
iaB blaB, aber itol5 tpie cine MartDrin
Dor tbren 8erfolgern i'm r0miI6en
prdtorium, feline 9raut, Drip Gurran.
Rpbert Gmmet Bate feinen anoeren
Ri9teripru9 ertpartet uno blieb oess
balb 10 ru6ig, als Oh er einen fremben
Wteni9en bstrdfe.
rWtein 8lut, MplDrbs", ipra9 er
langidm, uerri9tet aipiI9en eub uno
Srlano cine bo9e, cine uniibsrIteiebare
Sdeioenanb. Sas glut Der Sobne
Srlanos, oas ibr pergoi1en babel,
i6reit gum 9immel. Wie bas 9lut
oes Critters iiber bic Suben, 10 mDge
bas uni6uloig pergoiiene irii6e 9lut
iiber eu& tommen. Sbr babt jeoe2lus=
iObnuns nit Srlanb i9nDoe 3uriidsss
pteien, uno 10 mDse ii6 bas S6idIal
ar eu6 poasieben. Gs pGre einesSeigz
belt uno S9dnoe ppr Der sanSen Welt,
nit eu9 nod pactiren gu polen.
9ulo, liebe Mutter, bic bu mid gelebrt
bait, @ott unb mein @dterlanb gu lies
ben, iperbe i9 Bel Dir iein. 2ebet ppbl,
liebe Sreunbe. Grri9tet aber erit
oann elm Sentmal auf meinsm 9rabe,
penn Srlano ben linn g~ebiibrenben
Plas unter ben Hationen tpieber einssz
nommen BADEN pirb. 2ebe suu6 ou
Dobl, bu 9telgeliebte meiues 9ersens,
meme 8raut, Der i9 auf bisier Welt
ui4t gang ansebDren burfte. unIers
Giebe nebmen mir biniiber su ienen
SOben, no man bic S4laden bes Grz
b%enbaietns abgepprfsn bat. Iuf Wiez
oerieben, 9eliebte meiner Seele! Der
glib mid ni6t!"
Drip Gurran, bic nod ppr penigen
Wo6en in ibrer iunsfrGuli6en 2iebe 10
i6i6tern mar, mar unter ben bartsn
S6ldgen bes lIngliids fiibn uno ents
i6lofen pie Elm Mann getporben. Sic
itieB Die Wu9en surSeite uno mari ii6
in bic Irme Roberts, Der serabe meg
aefiibrt peroen iolte uub rief ersrifz
fen, dber felt:
rWel9e Srldnoerin piirbs bi6 iee
mails pergefien t0nnen, &obert9 @ie
ioate i9 ods tOnnsn, mo mir bieSdlfte
beines Rubmes gebDrt. Wie tDnnte i6
nod einen anoeren @ebantsn ais an
bid begen? ., seliebter 9atte por
Soft, siebe in Sriepen. Mein 9ers sez
bort Dir, iolange es i9ldst!."
rSiibrt bin gum 9algen!" i6rieen
Die ~beadbIten Spione uno @nsldnber
ourheindnoer.
Sur llniterbli9teit!!" ersdnStsn bic
Srldnoer.
r9ieasi9t i9on morsen!" murmelte
Der PattrGger Sobn Barter, pel6er
idleunieit in benz 9etpiibl Der ben &C.
rihtsiddl perlafenoen Wense per=
i9pano.
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1899-10-03

= reue SIepe plS u III IL y.
Wioer aues Grpartsn bate Mib
gurran pom 2orbs9 ouperneur bic Gr>
laubniB erbalten, ben 9efangenen in
ieiner 3sae 81 be1u6en.
Sir man9es iunse Mdo6en ipdre
bieie lebte untsrreouns nit benz benz
Spoe sepeibten beiBseliebten @srlpbtsn
Elm Ding Der rnmDsli9teit eepefen.
SroB hires S6meraes unb ibrsr Grz
miiouns bei9loB iie, ben 8el9 hires
2eibens BIB our Retse gu lesrsn.
Mpdten unrsine Settle iis bssrpessn
perpammen. On ibrer Heinbeit unb
ibrem StolS auf Robert muBte iebe
8erldumbung Suridpraaen.
Die erite unb empfinbli9e Semiitbis
aung fir lie mar ibr periOnli6es 4ns
fleben Der 9nuoe oes 2oroz9 ouper=
neurs, auf Der er beitanpen bate.
&annte lie bod feline unreine 2eibens
i4aft fir ibre perion. Stols unb sez
meiien, bur6 ibre 2iebe gu Hobert sez
pappnet, ertrus iie bic bslsibissnbsn
Compliments, Die ipDttii6en unb be-
sebrli6en 8lide oes Henegaten.
Oils bic GrlaubniB, 8ilmainbdm Be-
trsten gu biirfen, enbli9 unterSei1net
mar, elite MiB gurran, pbne crit na6
benz Saule tbres 8aters Suriidsutebs
rem uno cine 8egleituns gu erbittsn,
alein les mar neun ubr bes Ibsnbs)
na6 Der enslif6en 3pinsburs. sic
S~itterte gu ipdt 81 tommen.
Sas arme &ino g~laubte, BEL ibrem
@erlObten 10 lanse bleiben gu biirfen,
bis er our Sinridtuns sefiibrt purbs.
Oenn Die 3sit oes idredli6en Sdau-
lpisls mar our6S trdBenani6lGee perz
tiinoist unb gu bemielben Die 9ep0ltes
rung eingelaben pproen,
Cine sntistli1s Gut.aai4aug tpurss
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1899-10-03

Nibt iebr LANCE na9 pisiem parmz
fiblenben griefe batten Der franaDiii9e
SonIul bon Dublin uno 9raf b'4rppr,
Der tmmer nod ais PadtrGger arbeis
tete, cine 3uIammentunft. sic fanb
unter benz ginbrude Der Ra6ri6t
itatt, bab bemnd9it beer Yroasb Ros
bert Gmmets beginne. sic uberlegz
ten lange, pelfes bus bette Mittel fei,
I'm ibren S9iiblins ben Jdnsen oes
Goros9 ouperneurs gu entreiben.
Na6 oieier Gpnferen5 itrebte Sobn
Barter, cine i1pere 2ait 9olohiiden
in ben Sai6en, bsren 8eiib Niemano
benz i6ledt setleibetsn, einem betrunz
tenen 2anb itrei6er Gbnli6 iebenoen
unb glei6enosn padtrdger augstraut
bate, elmer Ypritabt Oublins su, mo
er pobl bic notbpenbisen 9elfer gu
finben bottle.
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(S aluB fplst.)

- Gus Surdt Dor Strafs, neil ss
cine Mart psrlOren bate, iprans tiir5.
LID in WiirSburg elm 10 Sabre altes
WtGoden bon elmer Bride in ben Main
uno srtrant. Sas Ii Sabre alte
Shpefter6en noute na9iprinsen,
puroe absr BON binausiIsnbsn pahan.
ten isitatbalttn.
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1899-10-03

elmer an Sonbeit %erenaenber Deiis 9es
feiert. ueberaq bDrte man bas 5rie
umpbsei6rei uno bic Gufe: Den Srs
ldnoern tein Quartier! Sn's sseuer
nit ben 8atbolifen! Sob benz pdpIte!
@s lebe bo4 oas rubmpoGs, bas frieb=
liebenbe, bas liberale unb cipiliiatpris
i9e Gnglanb!"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-03-30
Gro BE CONTGNUED)
ONE OF FIELDS FRANKS.
low the B.morist Put an End to Long
MINDED speech.

A Gene Field story, by \. 7. Fleming,
in the -. Joe Times: Il shall never for
get the first time l met Field. I was, in
1872, editor Of the Caldwell Citizen an
indeTcndcnt weekly paper published at
Kingston No. That was the year of tho
Greeley campa'g On. Major Gentry of So
dalia was candidate for governor OF tha
1adpolc ticket. Carl Schurz was stump
ing Missouri for Gentry, Greeley 4 Co.
The st. Louis Democrat, a great blanket
sheet, was then running The Globe not
yet having swallowed The Democrat This
great combination was billed for Hamil-
ton, Mo-. for an afternoon and evening.
1t was Il day still remembered in Caldwell
county. II was in October, cool and
pleasant Hamilton was in her best, and
people camo for miles to hear Schur7. B.
Graft Brown, Major Gentry, Diul I.ete5
and other noted speakers. Field, long and
thin, was with this wonderful combina-
ton and was writing letters for Tho
Democrat-tNo ANA three long, 80 inch
columns per day. And what letters they
wcre-full Of rich humor, sparkling sar-
casm and everything that was bright and
breezy and Saucy
AZ this time I iold was a mere boy
and had madc no reputation. BUT he WAS
the same Gene Field. In some things no
never changed. Ilewas always alive for
practical joke Gentry was "a slow, poky
and weari-omc speaker. He had been on
the floor half an hour and vas good for a
fun hour to come. fiold had got weary
and quietly left the hall In a few mo-
monts the fire bell wildly rang. OF course
the meeting broke up in IA mad rush. Y
dash was made for the door All got out.
When peace and order was declared, Field
mow no moro, in the parlur playing ~ /
romping innoccntly with half dozen lit
tie boys and girls OF course Field rang
the bell, but no one knew it or for a mo-
mcnt suspected it at tho time. This was
ape of his practical jokes.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-03-30

whose name Is spelled M.a.i-n-w.a-r-
ing and always pronounced Manner
ing, and Eey and Blake, who have
often appeared in these chronicles Of
bygonc frontier days, and Brady and
Dawson, who have never yet SO appear
cd and who never will again 60 far as
this chroniclcr il oncerned--about
these five men and one othor yet to APP
pear hangs most Of this story-theso
six men and just two women
Place aux danes, though this bivouac
on the Boxoldur was no place for them
whatever, and neither woman was there
at the time, and only one Of them was
known to any one Of tho mon referred
to. one Of the women was Mrs. Main
warning, and tho other, spinster, was
Kate Leroy
Il was hot day, o dusty day, and
the command could prove it without the
use of a word as it unsaddled in the
grove and men and horses made for the
nearest water. they had marched since
early morn and covered 90 miles when
the trumpets rang the signal for the
final halo. They had been winding for
hours il long column of twos down tho
sandy bottom Of a vanished creek, and
the sight of this oasis in the desert, tho
clump of cottonwoods with its outlying
stragglcrs farther down stream, was in
deed a grateful one 1t told Of the pres
enco Of living water, and the regiment,
said Trooper Kelly, was as dhry as
the chaplaiu's temperance sermon the
night before Patrick ) day in the morn
ing.
Mainwaring' four troops being first
on ;ha ground, pre-emptod what grass
lharc was before breaking for the spring.
Trooper law reserved 20 the horses OF
the owner all space within lariat length
Of the firmly driven picket pin, and woe
to the man That jumped the claim. " In
like manner had the majors striker
pre-cmpted the biggest cottonwood for
his master ; roof tree, and there, busted,
shaken and smoothly spread, Were the
MAJOR blankets when, fresh from hi
dip IN the stream, that sturdy. keen
5rCd, cumplctly built soldier came back
toT his rest
And there he lay, tho picture OF
trooper content heguiing the moment:
until dinner should be ready and try
ing hard not to 90 to sleep meantime,
with copy Of LES Miserablos, 50 haul
d from the depth Of his caracious sad
dlcbags Having rad little schooling tC
speak Of, MainwariHg was an assiduou.
tcader Of fiction, and priaed himself OF
the fact
Presently, without lifting his eye
from tine page or glancing toward the
party m,c,:uaatcd, who was surawlirl
ia similar fashion under an adjacent
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-03-30

Each pickct pin lrdS stamped home.
and then bacl; ran the troopers 10 un-
saddle and lead to water. Ten minutes
more and the chargers of Stannard
battalion, perhaps 250 III all, were be-
ing slowly driven in four distinct herds
well out upon the northwnrd slopes,
where, after a preliminary roll each
horse set contentodly to grazing. Those
pre-emuted patches close at hand We're
reserved for their further use at night.
And then tie little cook fires began
To blaze along the bank, and the pack
trains stumbled in and were unloaded
in the twiukling of an eye. The mules
went blinking off to water, and the ma
ior, never quitting his saddle until his
last trooper jis'nounted, slowly lowered
himself to earth and went off in search
Of the colonel.
"If you've no objections, sir, I'd like
to send u sergeant in ahead tonight"
"Why, Stannard, " said the colonel,
looking up from under his hat hrim in
some surprise, "that's just what Ray
been asking. Anything amlss:'
"Well, his time expires tomorrow,
sir. It's old Banron of b troop and
he'd like to catch the east bound train
SOS to have all the time possible to go
and visit his children in Illinois. Heu
re-enlist at once.
And your man, Ray"
as Sergeant MerriwCather, sir. Hs
says his witc's at Ransom quite sick,
and he's anxious and troubled about
her. -
isn't ne the man that we had TO
reprimand Gor letting certain horses
stray up on the Belle Fourche!'
The very man, sir. lie is careless at
times and not altogether reliable, but
hes one of the smartest, nattiest men
I've got, and
Didn't he marry that pretty maid
servant Of the Freemaus' after we got
! back from the Ute campaign;'
Eyes, sir and Freeman hasn't for
given me yet, =" answered Captain Ray,
his white teeth cleaning. I'm very
sure | should he glad to have him take
her back. She's turned the heads of
some of my best men and is running
Merriweather heels over head III debt. -
The colonel pondered moment Il
greatly dislike to refuse you anything
he said, "hut every time we come Ill
/ from scout on campaign, since / joined
the regiment, no sooner are we withlu
q days march or SO of the home station
or any station, for that matter-than
several men ask to ride in ahead ~
first even the officers did, and there
Were as many ~ "a dozen mon AoW
woyo. reduced it to two When die
Merriweather hear from his wife,
"The mail rider, sir, going up TO the
Sioux agency, met us this morning oarly
and gave HIM letter He brought i
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The major was spraWled IN the broad
Of his back urGcr the shade of ii spread
ing cottonwood, slouch nat, battered
and weather stained, pulled well down
over his fine, dark brown eyes, their
beavy b,oWs concealed by its Jagged
brim, their long, thick, curling lashes
downward sweeping coward the hronzed.
sun tanned cheeks The lristlln2 beard
and curling black must1cne concealed
the lines Of tire mouth and Jaws, rem
Gcring speculation as to the majors
characteristics mere gucssWCrk, which
Wouldn t be the case, said Captain Irct-
tor, a physl0gu0mist OF the first order III
his own estimation, if the majors face
We're as usual with him in garrison,
freshly ana cleanly shaved except as to
the upper lip open at the throat, the
majors dark blue flannel shirt rolled
easily back, revealing black waste of
barry stubhle down to the prOtuherant
"Adam 5 apple below which the fair
skin showed almost as white as IA child 5
and well nigh as soft y devotcc tocold
water WAS the major, even in his cups
and that too in days when the trudi-
tions g. the great war still held sway
in rho c,volr,, o,,d rho oockto;l yos t,a
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by l0.year-old lIangdon 1.-The mater
and Sis are having row in the gal,
lery, " said he radiantly "Old Smythe )
been restoring her. Go ont there They
don mind you, you know, and can t
get away from here until they've finish.
ed "
But further condolences We're ended
by the sudden entrance of Miss LangdOn
herself She had evidently been watch
ing for Gray return Outstretchod to
him in eager greeting were Amy long,
slender white hands; upltted to his i'll
anxious inuuirv were pair Of the SOFT
est, loyeliest eyes. The voice In which
she spoke was soft. almost rremulous
"What is it, Darcy:'
The hand sidlcd into his and Miss
Langdon walked to sofa whittier she
would have drawn him, bat despite the
hand, which, Notwithstanding, he re-
leased, he remained on his feet and con
cisely answered;
"Whgt you expected"
"From Mr. Hunter: Gerald, 90 down
and play with Ralph until mother sends
for you. "
"Ealph isn't there, " was the petu-
liant answer
"Then 90 and play. Go anyhow,
Then size turned for answer. "Fron
Mr. Hunter"
"Ycs "
"And it's true?"
Eyes, every cent"
Then the hands would DO no longer
denied Both went impulsively out
seized his with no timid grasp ant
drew him impetuously down beside
her, chen to his amaze he saw the fai,
face quivering pltepusly, the lovely
eyes trimming with tears, the soft rec
lips twitching with uncomfortable emo
tion. "Oh, you poor, dear boy--oh
Darcy, Darcy, never--I never knew
how much | cared for you till now,
she almost sobbed. Gerald, if yol
don't leave this room instantly, M
But the boy bolted, and then Dare,
saw that she was gazing up at hin
through briny depth of tears Even il
his surprise, even in the thrill of 10.
with which he heard this fond confes
sion, he reoaptured himself, as it were
in the nick Of time.
Under the circumstances, that
something | didn't expect to hear,
said Darcy
"Under other circumstances, 20
wouldn t have heard It, said Amy
'lt's bit rough on Smythe, lisp
it?"
at in noWise concerns him. AS fo
Rokeby, he must take mo just as am,