Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-06-27

Filipino lead. ~
When' moment later. she emerged
safe and unscratched, from the con.
FUSED heap OF men and furniture, it was
10 cut off instantly the stutter and
stammsV OF poor Shaftos apologies. to
DID him go instantly for the ships doc.
tor, and, with face the color of death
TO turn quickly to Armstrong. The
blow had burst open the half-healed
wound, and the blood was streaming To
the deck.
Both liner and transport turned back
without Stanley Armstrong, Dorc and
sedgwick sailed unheeded, for the
highest surgical authority of the de.
partment of California had remanded
him to quarters at the Palace and for.
hidden his return to duty with an I'm.
healed wound. He was sitting ND again
somewhat pallid and not too strong, but
with every promise, said the "medico,"
OF complete recovery within two
months. But not month would Arm.
strong wait The Puebla was to start
within the week, and he had made I'M
his mind. &C.," said he, 81 must"
They had been sitting about him, the
night this opinion was announced, in
the parlor of the suite of rooms the
Primes had taken. Billy Gray had gone
with his father to the club, Shafto had
hpnn ha nrin n nI,{ ;,,t
Englishman's first love. Gov disap.
peared q. moment and came back with
tickets for the Columbia, bidding Mil.
dred get her hat and gloves at once, and
whispering to Shafto that he had a sea.
for him. AS the little mantel clock
struck eight Amy Lawrence, lifting W
her eyes from the book she was trying
hard to believe she meant to read, saw
that Armstrong was rising from hi.
easy chair, and, springing to his side.
laying her white hand on his arm, she
faltered: "Oh, please! You know the
stipulation was that you were not tc
stir"
But then her heart began to flutte1
uncontrollably. The blood went surg.
Ing to her brows, for all of a sudden
rs through impulse irresistible, hcl
hand was seized in his-in both of his, IL
fact--and the deep voice that had
pleaded at her behest for the cause q
Billy Gray was now, in impetuous flow
of words that fell upon her ears like
some strain of thrilling music, pleading
at last his own. Ever since that day ii
the radiant sunshine of the park she
had learned to look up to him as tower
of strength, man of mark among hi!
fellows, man to be honored and
obeyed. Ever since that night at tn.
Palace, when she saw his glowing eye
fixed intently upon her, and knew tina
he was following her every move, sh'
had begun to realize the depth OF hi
interest in her. Ever since that day
when the China slipped from her moor
ings, with Witchie Garrison singing
linn out for lavish farewell favors, sh'
had wondered why it so annoyed ant
stung her. Ever since the day she reat
the list of killed and wounded in thu
first fierce battling with the "insur
rectos" she knew it was the sight o
his name, not Billy Gray's, that mad
her for the moment faint and dizzy ans
taught her the need of greater self-con
troll. Ever since that moonlit night up
ON the Marsdens' lanai, when her hear
leaped at the sudden sound of his voice
she had realized what his coming mean
to her, and ever since that breezy da.
upon the broad Pacific, with the sailors
song of Land, no! ringing from tn
bows, and he, her wounded soldier, ha
sprung to shield her from the crash
Shafto's hapless stumble, and the dec
was stained with the precious bloo
from that soldiers reopened wound
shed for her-for who so revered him
she had longed to hear him say tn
words that alone could unlock the gate
of maidenly reserve and let her tell hir
tell him with glad and grateful hear
that the love he bore her was answere
by her own. lowering over him onl
one minute, her lips half parted, he
eyes still yelled, her heart throbbin
loud and fast, with sudden movement
she threw herself upon her knees at tn
side of the low chair, and her burnin
face, ever so lightly, was buried in tn
dark blue sleeve above that blesse
wound.
THE END.