Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1900-08-18
On the Triggers Pull
BY Gwendolen Overten.
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not concern her sex.
Obviously. carbines were none oil
Miss Mivart's concern. II she felt thS'
she had TO play with firearms she
should have kept to Flobert rines
Nothing would do. however. but tha'
she must learn TO shoot caroihe.
and the result was that the WHO"
post rose up and cut Burton. 10
man: so that there was no peace ioi
him any longer ia that regiment Sno
he had TO seek transfer TO another
There were other results. also. out
they come later on.
. Some thought that what Miss Mivari
did was done on purpose, and some
thought that it was a piece of idions
stiffness. The latter based their ar
e-ument upon the general frivolous
ness of her ways, and upon the ihno
cency of her round. blue eyes The
former held 70 the belief that MISS
Afivart was one of those women favor
ites OF Fortune who look greater ioos
than they are They said. with Ger
tain show of reason, that Georgia
Ngivart was child of the service and
not an importation from civil hie
She had been born in a garrison. and
had plaved with rows of empty. green
trimmed cartridge shells at an age
when most little girls play with paper
dolls. She had hummed snatches o'
the bugle calls before she could talN
and the person she had admired th'
most and obeyed the best for the hrs
dozen years of her life had beer
Kreutzer. Capt Mivart's tow-heade'
striker. 4 few years of boarding
school back east could not have Oh
liberated all that.
Resides. the veriest civilian. who ha
never come nearer 10 carbine tha
20 watch Fourth OF July militia pa
rade. might reasonably be expee'e
20 know by intuition that in targe
practice competition every trigger hs
got TO pull just SO hard. whatever IT
regulation number or fraction
pounds may be. Otherwise. II il piai
that the nearer you come to ha
trigger the better your aim will be-
However. whether Miss Mivart WI
fully aware of what she was doing. n
body ever knew, unless perhaps II W
Greville-and he. like Zuleika, new
told. But Burton had a bad time Of
and all his beautiful score went I
worse than nothing at all.
There was a target practice conn
tition going on at the post; not o
which was of any interest 10 I
service. or even 70 the department
large; lust a little local affair. devils
10 keep up the esprit de corps Of I
troops and 70 tighten the monoto
of life. There were three contes
suoh: one for individual privates q
one for the officers. Thie last v
TO finish OF. and then there was TO
big hop.
Everyone knew from the FIRST, WI
Burton and Greville shot with IN
troops. that the officers competit
would lie between them. This m
A. interesting in more ways than {
because the rivalry was not conn
10 the target range, but extended
the winning of Miss Mivart's hand
heart, and everyone believed that
would settle matter she did
appear to be able 20 settle for hers
Not that she was TO blame for {
Anvone. even a person much II
certain Of her own mind than
mtNdIt Wdss WOHio AA0'~ e~~-- -
10 choose
They were both first lieutens
and both cavalrymen, and both !
to look upon. Burton WAS fair
Grevine was dark. but she had
hxed rejudices regarding that
had often said so. Also, both
as much in love with her as
she could have wished, and were l
than willing that all the world sh
see it-than which nothing is
pleasant and soothing TO right-n
ed woman.
The rifle contest lasted ten I
during which time the air hummed
the ping and sing of bullets over o
range. and with the call of the n
ers In the rifie-rits- Only scores
records and bets were thought
talked about.
Miss Mivart herself had bet. wi
the daring wickedness of kitten
ing q beetle. She even went 5
as TO bet on both Burton and CIR
at once. The adjutant underto
explain to her that that was
hedging" and was not looked uE
altogether sporty. Miss Misar
hurt. Was IL really dishonest
wanted TO know. The ad1utan
that he had been VI kind. He has
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