The Delta independent., 1899-01-13
CHAPTER XIV.

4 week rolled By. week little JiIn
Lawrence and other s,nail boys lous re
0anhsssa for the good thinss shey had
- sAs and drink. and now Gaiahsd
Was sitting mp again at his GuartsrA
doing vsgy well, said both doctorA ~
veil that he could bs cut Gu the shaded
pia,n in reclining chair. said Ersy-
Ton. bat wouldn't, said Blythe. srd fer
good seasonA said the Traxisrs feini-
aine, "becarss then thers'd be 10 doalg-
Ing Laura Winn. il indeed be has sue
eseded thus far True. he had not
vensured outside his doors and no one
Aad seen her venture within them.
True. Ma Fraxier. Mira Blythe and
ethas motherly women had teep 10
visit him. MrA Frazier frequently. ard
Ma Winn had been most particular in
Aag daily inquiries "moss per.istenk
~ ths Frazier girlA Thosv were days
n which milk was luxury IN fxrSway
CeEnA but the delicate custards. whipa
creams and what the colonel's HiLer-
aian oedsely described ~ "fioating Ire
oanda, which thxs messenger bore with
Mn Ffasisr's love or Miss Frazicr's
eoDplimaats or Mis- 'Manda Fraxier's
se9ards and hopes that the captain was
bsttse this morning. could bs numbered
only By The passing dayA What Mrs
Jsaaiee Was prepared to see or hear ct
wa. .3milAr attention ON the part Ut
Nfa Winn. but ArA Winn's attentions
took furm more difficult to wee aud
even In frontisr. old time garrison to
hear oi
What Ara Frazier was not prepared
% 80 was Mrk Eiythe in frequent con.
3deotixl chat with the officer whom the
eoionel's wife choss to consider her own
invalid She bad always fancied Mrs
Blythe before. bus now she met hss
with that indescribabls tone suggestive
~ unmesiessl yet ,nsekly. wor,anfuIly
hasns injury. which il 90 superior to
either AZ planasion or resentment Ara
N'tnn was frequently ON hes piazza
chatting with Mr Brayton o. Dr.
''eunny bone. ~ tho wits az the pnss
bod designated CollabCas' right bower.
who has moro beains In one head.
md Oollabone. ethan the mss8 has In
t.n." hus shs greeeed MA Frnxier with
IN saGesss end distant dignity even
1ore pecoouncsd than Nrs- Fraxier's
Dapns 70 AsA Blythe. which plainly
showed shas Laura had not ''been raised
h - army fue soothing. - aud that she
- . Will aDd esopps and pluck shat
psesioas oa AA Fsaxier's part
Aspirations there had bseu. foe heS
Sfissd Asa Faulkner had not failed in
shAs dsesrly duty which 50 r,any won,-
- - ssluctantly yet faithfully perform.
and sv9ything Ara aud the Misses
ysaaIW hod Oveo hiuted aud s0ms things
shsy even hadu't were duly conveyed to
1AuFa's cara 6he was anSered at the
1tasims for dasine % say such things.
q Ma Faulkncs 6ns daring to repeat
then and u Barclay fer Caring TO keep
hsF beyond the possibili Of their being
true. Never before had she known what
admiration and 70 meet utter indifIer
snos. yet those blue eyes Of Barclays
had opoe fairly burned with passionate
dslight IN her girlish beauty. and his
words bod trembled with their weight
q love for her. No other woman she
believed, lad yet come into bis life and
hanishcd all memory Of her. aud now
that her beauty was bat tho ripper for
Aes yeaxs she rebelled il her soul
aGainGe the whisper that is could no
Jongse move him.
Wooded Though she was 20 Harry
Winn, loving him after tho fashion Of
- shallow nature ~ long os there was
no man q the post from whom shs
spaeht 70 exact honlage, she had time
aDd again within tho year felt toward
Aef husband senss Of iniury. What
6sdness bad hs bad to WOO her n he
Was % poor? Whist right had he to sub
5Rcs hss n the annoyance Of dnanins
bsssseA a ssasessivs inQcisiss ca the