The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-01-04
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mston came tinlngs, teiegrapnea a. ila'
Y San antonio, !nas t.awtencey va
Gowiy meI9lng nno .wop!a so9n p ".
Hng up,%s MEs: Winn' ansorDed " tne
are q nef ssnNHer.ng nusDana' nao- a.
eepted no invitations, but the many
sympathetic women who called 70 ask
II there were not some way - which
they could be of ald reported her as
looking, feyerish and TAR from well.
Some ct them had yentured to speak q
!, the, new arrival, and, though her ears
were evidently open, her lips were
closed. That she was willing, Il not
( eager. to hear anything they had 70 say
VI veal Auonp AaptaAh pAICtay was M
. very well as tar 40 II went, bnt what
! some q her visitors most desired was TO
hear what she had 70 say about him.
AZ she wonid say nothing, one or two
had resorted TO. Q little delicate ques-
tinning IN the hope Of drawing her ont.
Mrs n Faulkner. young matron Of her
own age and previous social standing,
Z an army girl like herself, and for some
time her one intimate friend at'dWorth,
want 50 fax as 70 ask, "You used to
know him.very we'll, did You not?' and
was checkmated BY the answer, Not
we'll enough to talk about which an
swer Mrs, Faulkner pondered over and
considered deliberately and ine1cusably
ruda With the kindest feeling for her
IN the world, as all the women ayowed,
and no luminosity, whatever toward Bar
clay over and beyond that feeling on
poor Colonel Lawrence's account, there
was the liyeliest interest at Worth as
regarded Mrs. Winn and Captain Bar,
clay in seeing what they would do, and.
to the Disappointment Of all Fort Worth,
they had done nothing. ,,,, "a. !. 1s,..,.
Barclay promptly returned the calls
Of the officers who had called upon him
and had done all proper homage to the
wives Of those who We're possessed Of
such blessings, but there were still Ger.
tain quarters where his face or lis card
had not been seen-at Captain Cram s.
for instance, because that warrior was
on scout and couldn I call. ditto hislieu
tenant; at one or. two Of the new and
5 unpublished pillars Of the tcmple, be-
cause they had not known enough or
had been too shy. to call, and at Winn's,
because that officer was ill Of fever
and could not call. There was another
set Of quarters. in which he had not yet
set foot, Ned L.awrence's, and that was
the house most people expected him to
visit first. .,-.. "a. q.,4 s
Nor did ,ho remain at Brooks. The
majors house was big, but so was his
household. "You have vacant room
here. Mr.. Brayton, +" he said the thi,l
day after his arrival as he dropped in
at his subaltern' g. ut may be month
before get shaken down into place. !
dislike to disturb women and children,
and SO have decided to ask you to let
me move my cot and trunk in here
awhile and to propose my name at the
mess. " And, Brayton, blushing at the
realization Of the fact that the furniture
in the room referred to consisted solely
Of some chairs, a square pine table COW
cred with a cavalry blanket with a
cigar box half full Of smoking tobacco.
another half full Of white beans and. a
pack of cards, for its solo ornaments
nevertheless bravely ushered his new
captain into the bower, and Barclay
looked neither surprised nor satirical at
the sight. I'VE sometimes play mild
game of draw here, SIR" said down
right Brayton, (which accounts for the
appearance Of things, but my striker
can clean it up iii ten minutes, and yoa
are most welcome. y ..... .-.-.,
at won't put you out in any way?"
asked Barclay, without tho comment Of
an uplifted eyebrow OH the evidence ad-
duced.
"Not SO much as poker. II. it does at
all" said Brayton promptly. He was
determined his captain should know the !
extent of his frailties at the start.
Barclay smiled quietly and turned to |
the boy with liking in his eye "I'm
hardly ten years your senior, Brayton,"
said he, "and so shall not preach, but I |
believe we can put that room to d little |
better use
The next day he took his seat at the
bachelors mess, where a dozen officers
were congregated, all Of them but two
bis juniors in rank. The sideboard was
lavishly decked with the indispensables
of that benighted day. The old timers
and the new took their anteprandial
cocktail Or toddy and Hospitality invited
Barclay to join. Barclay smiled CRATE
fully, but said he had "never yet got in
the way Of it somehow, " nor did he
more than sip at the bordeaux which
tho presiding officer ordered served in
honor of the occasion. The mess was
rather silent. Most men seemed DESTROYS
of listening to Barclay when he spoke
at all. They knew every twist and turn
Of each others modo Of speech by that
time and could repeat verbatim every
story in the combination. Barclay might
have something new, but il he did he