Daily camera., 1899-11-28

had such al don't know-hunted look
on his face-poor fellow"
And then the carriage reached he en-
trance to the reservation and the sub
ject, and the second object of Miss Law
rencc's sympathies evoked that day.
were fer he time forgotten. Possibly
Mrs. Garrison was partly responsible
for this. for hardly had ther rounded
the bend in the road that brought them
| in full view. from the left, or southern
flank. of the long line Of masses in
| which the brigade was formed, than
there came cantering up to them, all
gay good humor, all smiles and saucy
coquetry. their hostess of the evening al
the generals tent. She was mounted on
a sorry-iooking horse, but the habit"
was a triumph of art, and it well became
her petite. rounded figure.
No one who really anafyzed Mrs.
Frank Garrison's features could say
that she was a pretty woman. No one
who looked merely at the general effect
when she was out for conquest could
deny it. Col. Armstrong. piacidly OBJ
servant as usual. was quick TO note the
glances that shot between the cousins
on the rear seat as the little lady came
blithely alongside. He knew her, and
saw that they were beginning to be as
wise as he, for the smiles with which
they greeted her were but wintry re-
Elections OF those that beamed upon her
radiant face. Prime, paterfamilias.
| bent cordially forward in welcome. but
her quick eyes had recognized the
fourth occupant by this time, and there
was little less of assurance in her
manner from that instant.
How perfectly delicious," she cried
Il feared from what you said yesterday
you weren't coming, and so never or
dered the carriage, but came out in sad
dle-l can't stay on horseback with
such wreck as this, but every decent
1 horse in the Preside had to 20 out with
the generals and staffs. you know. and
had TO take what | could get-both
| horse and escort" she added in n conf
dental tone. "Oh!-May present Mr.
Ellis? He knows you all by name al
ready" (The youth in attendance and
a Mcclellan tree two sizes too big for
him. lifted his cap and strove to smile;
he had ridden nothing harder than a
| park back before rha, day.. Frank
says talk of nothing else. Bnt where's
| Mr.. Gray? Surely ! thought he would
he with you" This for Armstrong;
benefi, in case he were in the least in
terested in either damsel.
| "Mr. Gray was detained by some du-
ties in camp. explained Miss Prime.
| with just a trace OF reserve that was lost
| upon neither their new compan,on nor
the colonel II settled a matter the
placid officer was revolving in his mind
| Pardon US, Mrs. Garrison he said,
briefly. I'VE must hurry. Go on,
| driver"
| "Oh, l can keep up" was the indomit-
| tble answer. even on this creature
| Nnd Mrs. Garrison proved her words by
| Whipping her s'eed into iuusing can
ter, and, sitting him admirably, rode
| gallantly alongside. and just where Mr..
| Prime could not but see and admire,
| since Col. Armstrong wou.C not look
/ al all. He had entered into an cNplana-
ton of the ceremony by that time well
under way. and Miss Lawrence's great
sof, brown eyes were fixed upon him
a,tentively when, perhaps, she should
| ihNt p''h ~ AH' - g
Like those latter, possibly, her thoughts
were changing direction.
| Not ten minutes later occurred the
collision between the hack and the
heels that resulted in the demolition of
| one and ''demoralization" of the rider
| of the victor While the latter was led
away by The obedient Mr.. Ellis lest the
sight of him should bring on another
| nervous attack. Mrs. Garrison was suf
| tering herself to be comforted. Her
nerves were gone, but she had not lost
| her head. Lots of Presidio danes and
| damsels were up on the heights that
day in such vehicles as the post afford
ed. None appeared in anything so
stylish and elegant as the carriage of
the Prime party. She was new and
comparative stranger there, and it
would vastly enhance her social
prestige, she argued. TO be seen in such
"sweli" surroundings. With a little
tact and management she might even
arrange matters so that, willy nilly, her
| friends would drive her ,hither instead
of taking Col. Armstrong back to
camp. That would be stroke worth
| plaN ing Sht o"tu ClaHltA armstrong
a bitter grudge. and had rursed it long.
She had known him ten years and hated
him nine of them. Where they met and
when il really matters not, In the army
people meet and part in hundred
places when they never expected 10
meet again. She had married Frank
Garrison in n hand gallop, said the gar
rison chronicles, before she had known
him two months" said the men. before
he knew her AT ALL" said the women.
She was four years his senior, If the
chaplain could be believed. and five
months his junior II she could. What
ever might have been the discrepancy
in sheir ages at the time of the cere-
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