The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-01-05

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WHO Il Bufsttck'" q,lerted Mrs. B,yth.
away. II was much Is her HUSBAND
said. The Wins had come to the regi
ment after round Of receptions, din
mere and dances in their honor all tn
way from Washington to Worth ant
had "started with . splurge," as tn
chroniclers declared. Laura's gown
and airs and graces won her no end O
prominence, but very few friends
WINS thigh and mighty" ways, x
they were termed by all the garrison
in which at that time only two or three
West Pointers could be found, had
alienated all the subs, most Of the sen.
Tors and many Of the women. Their OK.
travaganoe during the first year of serv.
ice, the explanations and excuses ten.
dered by Laura in the next and Har.
rvs increasing moodiness and distrac-
tion served only to widen the breach.
Men and women both, who began by
envying, turned to openly decrying.
Cutting things were said to Laura,
whose mendacities provoked them.
Sneering or at least suggestive things
were often said in presence Of Vim, If
not exactly to him, for there was one
quality about the swell the garrison
had to respeot-his cheerful and entire
readiness to fight on very small provo
cation-and those were the days when
the tenets Of the "code" were not total.
ly forgotten, aud there still remained
in the army sentiment in favor Of the
doctrine of personal responsibility for
disparaging words There would be
fewer courts martial today were there
more of it left.
But when women heard the stories
about the big bill at the suffers and
others that came by mail, and made
little icy comments about some people
being able to afford much more than
they could, Laura laughed off the allu-
sions to their superior style Of living
by stories Of an indulgent papa, until
papa's death left her without further
resource from that quarter. Then she
set afioat fabrication about doting
aunt OF Harry's who had no children
of her own-an amiable old widow who
was to leave him all her money. He
did have an aunt Of that description,
but she didn't have the money, and
there were men who were malicious
enough to refer in WINS presence to
their wish that they had wealthy "a
thers-in-law or dotiny dowager aunts,
thereby giving some other fellow q
chance to say, "And so does Fuller, no
doubt"
Indeed so practically friendless were
The Winns that among nine out Of ten
families along officers row there was q
ceiling Of lively curiosity to note the
effect Of this supposedly crushing blow
IN the unhappy pair and consequent
'eEtiment, only partially yelled in many
Eases, of keen disappointment when the
news flew around the garrison that Mr..
Vim had announced his readiness to
meet the demand in full.
"Why, it can't be true" said many
woman. "I'll believe it when see
be money, =" said MANY a man "Do
,ou suppoee-be oonld have accented n
rom-Captain Barolay?' asked, in
trictest confidence, Mrs. De Lancy Of |
,aura's erstwhile intimate Mrs Fan,L.
err.
"Not Harry VIM rroho,,, -
wered Mrs Faulkner in confdence
uuallv inviolable "bnt,, and tho
ause that followed was snoUest;ve
ollansbee and Bellows holted dawn n
ae suffers with the snrnr;sino news
,onderinp If Fuller conld have been ass
,oueh tn advance tho nonav Thora
+as time when be would have done
, perhaps for he was one If tho t,rst
, he intbralled bv vonny Mrs Wins
race and beauty and lav;shed rresents
non ber-and mon Vim ~ cnnrsaw
r a month. until VIM mt a ston n
10 presents and Mrs Fuller cana npstS
,ste back from San Antonio and nj
on to other manifestations Rat FnIIor
ID long since hecoma estranosd from
"a Winns-tbe nresentat;on of his hi
inopportune times having ,ater
idened the annarent breach His is,y
II and his month ononod 1y;do ,rhon
heard the news for FnIIor ho5 hoann
believe that he wonld newer cot HI.
oney. and resented "A that ITnoIs Sam
ould be luckier.
"send nm another .b;,, rordoroa, =,
ey to Mr.. VIM this aftarnoon F" bs
do his clork as tho ;,vost;oatnrs AZ
rted 10 follow other cle,ys Fn,Is,
d gone down into his nocLsts nmho
own to the most and bsd ootuaIIv
,ssed on Lawrence a loan ~ saoo az
le him coma for move ,uhen H.. ,naa
ne, but not a cent wonld he nnt ms
u. W., 'onS wo"'u .n NC Pu' up