The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-11-04
Disarned

! zarlll-e4 Hll4 nor A-As bot AtBaA. men
came the sudden wave Of her hand. q
gay -Good-by- TO the general an Au-
geyoir. 10 the Young ouic=rs. and she
/ was out Of sight, leaving never a trace
Z DeG-D-
Thunder and ughtning. gEum1led the
: general How uoes she dc it2 We
nave once again been ou-wltted-
! The next morning found hr again al
! the c0mmandant IS saucy SIS ever. she
/ gave the sentiuels merry little military
salute with her dainty riding whip, de-
/ livered up her horse TO be taken care
/ of. and moved straight toward the dining
hau where covers were set Tor JGe sen
/ erals breakfast They break fasted to-
eether quietly. bar toward the end ths
general seemed To SET somewhat rest
less. He could not restrain lnree or tOor
formidable ''hems and he sent the at-
tendants flying about in al dlrecu ms
1--WE are noE here for amusement she
remarked Drink your coffee.
de drank il, mentally feel -ns anything
buzz amused Certainly he had met We
men OF many kinds. but never any ming
like her Was he afraid Of the little
creature, he wOndered2 He recalled the r
meeting, just a month before. in Paris
He remembers stnI how the moment tae
train was starting she had climbed I'M
with the rapidity Of a htrle squirrel and
taken a seat beside him IN the compart-
ment, settling herself so cozily and CO.
querushly and arranging her packages
with q pretty order Then little by little
the eyes closed. the head leaned heavily
forward and was soon lying in sleep
against her ueigh5Or shoulder.
Thunder and lightning One does not
disturb the sleep of little child ou-
when she opened those big. astonisheJ
eyes and looked about it was different
he might surely be forgiven Tor stOop-
ing to get d kiss. Unfortunately it was
the greasy cushion of the seat when
received 1t, while mademoiseIe moved
into q corner for the rest OF tle jour
ney. MOI very vexed, however. for he
saw slight smile lowering about her
HDs.
It happened that both were going to
The same place.
Two days after the garrison was up-
side down and the funniest part Of the
affair was that while she seemed o know
everybody. nobody knew her. A hendker-
chief which she unwttingly let drop had
O. haron's wreath embroidered in the
corner whence she came to be called
the little Baroness
II only that animal. his nephew, who
was so shrewd. and was as keen on the
scent as a bloodhound, would turn up.
the generaf felt things might 80
straight Bur no, Guy was suk.ng. 1t
was three months now since they ha1
that quarrel The imbeciIe not 10 wsn
to marry the young girl who was be NJ
specially trained for him at the C0nven
of the Assumption, and to take it into
his head To marry q widow A widow
fie never would consent to Guy uuiting
himself to woman old enough TO BE-
his mother. Never!
SO the fine captain had taken his de-
parture. and the pleasure oe The gem
erals wife with him For the two were
all that remained of the ldd family. ana
nothing ought to have separated them
Yet a mere caprice hs@ done it. The
uncle, of course, made up mis- mind 10
disinherit he nephew. His money would
go to some charity, unless
And the image Of the little baroness
came before him flying over the HEDGES
and the bitches. witiss her sharp utue
speeches and clear ringing laugh. Yest
Why not? He would mdrry her. Guy,
OF course, would retort, 'Y0u could be
her father" Well, everyone to his
taste
This resolution taken as the result Of
the reflections which had prevented him
from sUall wing his coffee. his anger
against GUY became stronger and
stronger
But what a dance the little baroness
led him, Though each day seemed 10
add to her charm it also seemed to add
to her consciousness. Not I'd could
he get with her The moment he opened
his mouth to say anything to advance
his suit there was pirouette and she was
OFF Ike fash
One morning She said.
'0ur last promenade general -