Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1899-11-24

and into this, his favorite leather
armed, canvas-backed, hickory-framed
companion of many u year, she deity
dropped him and then, giving him no
chance for u word. gayly pirouetting,
she seized one after another upon each
member Of the party present-an ac-
complished little mistress Of
les, encased in a tailor made travelling
suit that rendered her proof against
2 dozen minor ills, so beautifully was it
cut and fitted to her pretty figure-and,
with inexhuustible flow of merry words,
presented her or him to the veteran in
the chair:
This, my honored general, first
and foremost, is Miss Mildred Prime,
daughter of a thousand earls is she,
yet one vastly to be desired, though
l say it who should not, for she halls
from New York, which is enough to
make me hate her, whereas we've just
sworn an eternal friendship. You've
only casually met her and her folks
before, but can tell you all about
them. You should have put Frank at
the head of your intelligence bureau,
general. He'd never find out anything,
but l would. We came on the same
train together all the way from Og-
den"
"a tall, d~ark-eyed, d%ark-haired, oval
faced girl, coloring slightly in evident
embarrassment over these odd army |
ways, courtesied smilingly to the gen-l
eral and seemed to be pleading dumb.y !
for clemency il there had been trans
gression.)
This" hurried on the voluble little.
woman, Selling another feminine wrist,
lis Miss Cherry Langton-Cherry Ripe
we call her at home this summer, the
dearest girl that ever lived except my
self, and n you'll simply delight in
as you do in me-when you get to know
her. She is, as you have often been
old and have probably forgotten, tho
only good-looking member of Franks
family-his first cousin. She was mop
ing her heart out after all the nice
young men in Denver went to the wars,
and whitening on the stem until 1 told
her she should go, too, when she bios
somed and blushed with joy as you see
her now, sir. Cherry, make your man
ners." Cherry, whose name well de-
scribed her, was only waiting for a
chance, laughing the while at the merry
flow of her chaperon's words, and, at
the first break. stepped quickly forward
and placed her hand frankly in the
outstretched palm of her host, then
glanced eagerly over her shoulder az
though she would say: But you must
see her." and her bright eyes sought
and found the fourth feminine menu
Der of the group.)
And this" said Mrs. Frank Garrison,
bravely, yet with q trife less confidence
of manner, with indeed a faint symp-
tom of hesitancy, lis Miss Amy Law
renee" and in extending her little
hand to take that of the most retiring
Of the three girls, only the finger tips
and thumb seemed to touch. Miss
Lawrence came quickly forward, and
waiting for no description, bowed with
quiet grace and dignity to the chief
and. smiling a bit gravely, said:
Uncle left word that he would o
return, general. but be has been gone
with Col. Armstrong nearly an hour.
| hope we have not taken too great q
liberty" and her glance turned to the
substantial tea service on the rude
camp table.
"Oh, I'm responsible for that-and
for any and every iniquity here COM
mitted, solely because l know our gen.