The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-12-28

yearnlng or affection and believed more
than ever that he cared for Miss HALO
ran quite creditable deal Before Ches-
Ter left the next day he stood in front of
the photograph again. She'll wear curl
papers and his forage cap and cape" he
rejected aloud. That was his notion of
the point beyond which vulgarity could
not 20. 1t 5 devilish contemplate bust
ness, know it is. But, then. nv fu-
lure all behind me, and his is all ahead.
lie 5 only boy. He has all sorts Of
pun what striker does not know
about his master is not worth considering
at all-'hc will be able to get ANYTHING
he asks for in Washington. Not" he
muSed, that the American army offers
much for young man just now, but he
can get all it can give. If he behaves
himself and marries the right kind. or.
better yet, doesn't marry at all. he may
rise to the roaring height of an attaches
ship. Nh things are possible with pull"
lie stopped and bent down to knock
the ashes from his biicr pipe into the fire
place. Then he took the photograph in
ms hand and started to put it in the grip
that lay on his bunk. But he changed
his mind and tucked it into the tray of
his trunk instead. And he gave it a last
look rs he closed down the lid In
which case" he finished as he turned the
kcv. .he wo,,ld no vory Iil.oI,. 20 ,,oat
You"
y hunting leave is only Il week long.
But great deal can happen in Il week
to soldier who has cut loose and is
accountable to no one or to Il lieutenant
madly determined to become just the
moro was in e,,,n MI.
The day aftor O''TooIa fool, cborgo bo
rode over to tho IIoIIo,.,, rorab ,rJ
when he camo hocl; bo u.as on,,,,,od ta
marry Mamie poo,Io W-bo,, i ,,.a.,
done and he sot down to tbint. bo ro,,nd
that he was not so r,Ji,ntIr hmm. ~ ~,
had cxnectcd IN bn. RIM tbo VIEW tho cit.
tinp room had hnnn d,stcL tb,t ,,,r,in,,
had disoust,l him o,,.o o,d r,r. oil VIII
SINGLE Iifn Tho novt Jo, bo ,,.os ,,giocr.
of tho d,v and couIdp't Ioovo +bo rns+
The dov sftnr that bo b,d = cola ,,lioI,
he had carght MAKING bis rornJs and II
confined him IN tho horsn
As for Cbcstcr tbn vr,v ba n,+ in his
time ncver diJ hoco,on n,,ifo rln,r bnt
for ncrioJ of six dovs tbnrn vas =
strange EnrIisbmon in = town soma II
miles the other side of tbn UaIIoron
raDch-some ~ mil * thot is or moro
from the most If vas = mud town ,ud
its hotel was os b,d os its rcnutation
but the Enclishman staiJ thorn Un
wore consnicuous suit of clothns and
spont money osteutotigusIv Jn lot if
he understood that his rone was or,tt
and that he was lord. also th,t he was
travelling through the west and might if
he faDcied tbp countrv huv q ranch If
was probably with tbat end in Wow tbat
he rode almost at once to thn Tallor,n
place and eyplained TO the baciondaJo
that he would like TO he shown how =
ranch was run. He met Miss IIalloran,
and her father told him thar she was
engaged to q lieutenant at fine nciobhor-
ing post, but that n severe cold was CON
fning The officer TO his house. He ey.
pressed wish that Lovatt might meet
the lieutenant some dav. and T.ovatt
hoped that he would. 1t was possibIy in
this hone that he called nj the ranch for
six successive davs. but pIways. had he
known it, at an hour when il was quito
unlikely that apv one would be coming
over from the post. After that thcy
saw him no more.
ON the evening of tbe seventh doy
Chester was in charge of Stratbmore's
quarters again. Stratbmora was recoy.
crinc from tbe cold and he told Chester
that he had missed him profanclv mpch
Eyerythiuo had oonn WRONG He osl.od
what fine striker had bcen doino with his
time
Chester throw an armCul of wood mon
tbe fire and stood mn brushing the cbins
from his sleeve "WolI sir he answer.
ed. ~ have been getting engaged"
Strathmorc's law fell That meant that
he would have To hunt m new striker
of course Then he remembered Mamie
Pearle "Tbat's rather coincidence
Chester. eo have /"
Cbester's concentration was rosnertful
but NOT so cordial rs If might have been
81 shah ask vour nermissiop and the cam
toin's to marry sir /" no said
Strothmore accorded his own "But |
shall be sorry to lose you Chester; very
sorry What is the girrs nameY'
Chester grnw red all over his MIRO bov
isb face TIo was fndino ont that saving
another is nor MI bcroism necessarily,
TIa nrodnced 81 niece of manor from his
nocket-o niece Of nimsv. ruled. mink mn.
nor slammed with white dove Stroth.
moro pave little start Rut Chester
was doing This because he thought il best
70 deal the final blow ot once. nor TO
mince matters in the least. and he did
not hesitate. He smoothcd ont the sheet
"That's the name. sir. he said.
Strathmore read it. It was Mamie
Pearle.
The last name, Chester explained, lis
Halloran. She's the daughter Of Halo
ran of the ranch"
Oh, sald Strathmore dryly. Ills eye
had caught misspelled assurance of en-