Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-02-14

A glance at the windows told that the
white lace curtains hung there draped
as prettily as ever. Fresh flowers stood
on the window sill. A shawl and a
pillow, the latter indented as by hui
man head, lay in the lounging chair
on the little porch. Another chair
stood but a few feet away. There was
even fan, though fans in Frisco
summer are less needed than furs; but
nowhere saw he other sign of the tenn
porary mistress of the house. He went
round TO a side window and raped.
No answer. Then he turned to the
walk again, and, taking the reins, babe
the orderly inquire next door if Mrs.
Garrison could be found. Yes, was
the answer; she went driving to Golden
Gate Park with Mrs. Stockman an hour
ago, and Mrs. Stockman was to leave
for Los Angeles that night. Odd! Ii
Mrs. Garrison drove to Golden Gate
Park the easiest and best way was that
along which he came, and he had met
no carriage. In fact, not since that
night at the Palace had he set eyes on
Mrs. Garrison, or until the coming OF
this sorrowful news about Gray had he
cared to. From all that he heard Mrs
Frank was enjoying herself at the
Preside. Cherry having gone one way
and her devotee another, Mrs. Frank
speedily summoned chum of old gar.
rison days to come and keep house with
her for awhile, and Mrs. Stockman,
whose lord had left her at the call OF
duty, and gone to Manila with his men,
right gladly accepted and much en-
joyed the fun and frolic that went on
night after night in Mrs. Franks cozy
parlor, or the mild Irritation, possibly
in the recesses of Mrs. Franks en-
powered porch. The last expedition
had borne off almost all the regular
element at the post, but had not left it
poor, for, fast as camp grounds could
be made ready for them, vastly to the
disgust of the saloon keepers and street
car magnates who had reaped rich
harvest from Camp Merritt, regiment
after regiment, the volunteers came
marching over from the malodorous
sand lots and settled down in sheltered
hooks about the Preside. So cavaliers
in plenty We're still TO be had cavaliers
whose wives and sweethearts, as a rule,
were far away; and Mrs. Frank loved to
console such as We're so bereft. The
chatting dish and Scotch and soda
were in nightly request; and even wom-
Ell who didn't at all fancy Mrs. Frank,
and spoke despitefully of her among
themselves, were not slow to come "for
just a minute" as they said, as the
evenings wore on, and to stay and chat
with various visitors-it was so lone
some and poky over home with the chill
dren asleep and nothing to do. Women
there were who never darkened Mrs.
Garrison's door after the first formal
calls; but they were of those who deep
ly felt the separation from all they held
most dear, and who, forbidden them
selves, heard with envy and even dis
tress her gay assertion that she would
sail for Manila the moment the Queen
of the Fleet was ready. From what
source-or circumstance-did she de-
rive her influence?
But with the edict that no more
troops should be sent came comfort to
the souls of these bereaved ones.
Transports would not go without
troops. and Mrs. Frank could not go
without transports, the journey was
far too expensive. They wished her no
evil, of course; but if they were them
selves forbidden how could they rsioies