Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1900-08-01

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arms she shoult
KT have kept to Flo
wv bert rides. Moth
ing would do. however. but that sh,
must learn to shoot . carbine, and thu
result was that the whole post rose NJ
and cut Burton. to q man: SO that ther,
was no peace for him any longer II
that regiment and he had to seek trans
Ter to another. There were other re
suits. also. bat they come further on.
Some thought that what Miss Mivar,
lid was done on purpose, and some
thought that 1t was a piece Of idiOtit
Stiffness. The latter based their argu
Ment upon the general frivolousness OF
aer ways, and upon the innocency OF
aer round, blue eyes. The former held
o the belief that Miss Mivart was one
II those women favorites Of Fortune
Who look greater fools than they are
ION. that Georgia Mivart was q child
II the service and not an importation
rom civil life. She had been born In
= garrison and had played with rows
II empty. ty.green-rimmed cartridge-shells
1t an age when most little girls play
With paper dolls. She had hummed
matches Of the bugle-calls before she
:Ould talk. and the person she had ad-
mired the most and obeyed the best
:or the first dozen years Of her life
lad been Kreutzer, Captain Mivart's
:wO-headed striker. A few years of
,oarding-school back East could not
lave obliterated all that.
Besides, the veriest civilian, who has
lever come nearer to carbine than to
watch Fourth Of July parade, might
'easonably be expected to know by In.
:uition that in target-practice compe-
ition every trigger has got to pull just
10 hard, whatever the regulation num-
Der or fraction Of pounds may be. 9th,
.rwise. 1t Is plain that the nearer you
come to haif-trigser the better youl
lim viii be.
However. whether Miss Mivart was
:ully aware Of what she was doing,
nobody ever knew, unless perhaps 1t
vas Greville-and he. like Zuleika.
lever told. But Burton had bad time
If It, and all his beautiful score went
:or worse than nothing at all.
That. though, was the end. And the
BEGINNING ought to come first. The be-
Ginning was when Miss Mivart under
ook to learn to shoot a carbine.
There was a target-practice compcti-
ion going on at the post; not one which
was Of any interest to the service, or
even to the department at large; just
l little social affair. devised to keep up
he esprit de corps of the troops and to
ishten the mOnotony Of life. There
we're three contests. one for troops and
companies, as such: one for individual
)rivates. and one for the officers. This
ast was to finish off, and then there
was to be a big hop.
Every one knew from the first, when
Burton and Greville shot with their
roops, that the officers competition
would lie between them. This made 1t
interesting In more ways than one, be-
.ause the rivalry was not confined to
he target range, but extended to the
OF Miss Mivart's hand and
1eart, and every one believed that this
would settle q matter she did not up
,ear to be able to settle for herself
Not that she was to blame for that.
Any one, even person much more ce-.
min of her own mind than Miss Mivart
vas, would have been put to 1t 10
.hoose.
They were both first lieutenants. and
10th cavalrymen. and both good to
oOk upon. Burton was fair and Gre
lille was DARK, but she had no fixed
,rejudices regarding that. She h:d
,ften said So Also. both were as much
q love with her rs even she could have
and We're more than willing
hat all the world should see It-tLnn
which nothing ie more pleasant and
to II rigbt-minded woman
The rife contest lasted ten days. dur
ng which time the air hunlmcd with
he ping and sing Of bullets over on the
auge, and with the calls Of the mark
RS In the riHe-pits. Only scores aud
ecords and bets were thought an
alked about
Miss Mivart herself had bet, with all
he daring wickedness of q kitten teas
ng beetle. She even went SO far as
o bot on both Burton and GreviIlc ut
nee. The adjutnlt undertook to tx-
lain to her that that was called ''hedE-
ng," and was not looked upon rs alto
ether sporty. Miss Mivart was hurt
Vas 1t really dishonest. she wanted to
now. The adtutant felt that he hud
zen unkind. He hastened to assure
ler that 1t was not-not dishonest in |
he least; only that It took away from
he excitement Of the thing to q GER
ain extent Miss Mivart suille4 and |
hook her head. No. she didn't think |
! did. because. Of course. she knsw
Ierself which one she wanted 10 hive
rim. The adjutant admitted that that
night possibly be Just as interesting
or herself and the fortunate man. Ard
which was he. II he might ask. Miss
divart shook her head and smiled
gnin. M. she didn't think hs might
sk. As the man himself didn't Enow.
be could hardly tell any one else Just
ret, could sheI She had her own ideas
lbout fair play.
II can shoot a carbine, myself" she
told the adjutant, with her cleft chin
proudly raised; land my shoulder is
Ill black and blue. Mr.. Burton Is teach
ng me-"
"Oh" said the adjutant, land what
loes Greville think about thatY' The
ldjutant was married. 90 he was OUT
II the running