Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-04-07
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tious with such an example, said So
ciety, and its frowns grew blacier
when the White Sisters, the Fairy
Sistcrs--the "Sylphites," came in view.
But frowns and fulminations both fell
harmless from the armor OF Mrs.
Franks gay insouciance. Mia WINGED
ut first, but soon rallied and bore the
Sights of the permanent and semi
permanent residents as laughingly as
did her more experienced sister. Mia,
it was explained, was only just out Of
school, and Mrs. Frank was giving her
this summer at the Point us great
treat before taking her to the far west,
where the elder sister must soon go
to join her husband. Everybody knew
Frank Garrison. lie had long been
stationed at the academy and was u
man universally liked and respected
even very highly regarded. All Of a
sudden the news came back to the
Point IL few months after his return
to his regiment that he was actually
engaged to 'Witchie" Tcrriss. Hot on
the heels of the rumor came the we'd
ding cards--Lieut. Col. and Mrs. Terriss
requested the honor of your presence
at the marriage q their daughter Mar
garet to Lieut.. Francis Key Garrison,
TIL L. S. Cavalry, at the Post Chapel,
Fort Riley, Kansas, November --, 1894
all in Titfany's best style, as were
the cards which accompanied the invi-
tation. What a good thing for old
Bill Terriss," said every body who knew
that his mpecuniosity was due to the
pxactions and eXtravagancies of his
wife and Witchie"-"And what bad
thing for Frank Garrison" was the
echo. His intimates knew that he had
put by through economy and self
denial about $4,000, the extent of his
fortune outside of his pay. She'll
make ducks and brakes of it IN the six
weeks honeymoon" was the confident
prophecy, and she probably did, for,
despite the fact that he had so recently
rejoined the regiment, t"Witchie" in
sisted on a midwinter run to New Or
leans, Savannah and Washington, and
bore her lord, but not her master, over
thecoursein triumph. Toa student of hui
man nature-and frailty, that union of
faded and somewhat shopworn maid OF
81 to an ardent and vigorous young sol
der many moons the junior was easy 10
account for. One after another Witchie
Terriss had had desperate affairs with
half dozen fellows, older or younger.
in the army and was known to have
been engaged to five different men at
different times, and believed to have
been engaged to two different men at
one time. Asked as to this by one of
her chtms, she was reported to have
replied: DO you know, | believe it
true; l had totally forgotten about
Ned Colston before Mr.. Forman had
been at the post d week. OF course the
only thing to do was to break with
both and let them start fresh" But
this Mr.. Colston, whose head had been
somewhat cleared by a month OF
only III part-that part which included
HE break. Fornan had the fresh start
and the walk over and held the trophy
just two months, when ii daNncd upon
him that Margaret loved dancing lar
more than she did nina clumsy per-
former, and that she would dance
night after night, the lghtest, dahl
test creature in the hop room, and
never have Il word or a look for him
who leaned in gloomy admiration
against the wall and never took his
eyes off her. He became jealous,
moody, ugly-tempered and finally had
the good luck to get his congo as the
result Of an attempt to assert hiHsclf
and limit her dances. She was blithc
and radiant and fancy free when Frank
Garrison reached the post, a wee bit
hipped, it was whispered, because of
Me failure of a somewhat half hearted
suit of his in the far east, and the Fairy
bounded into the darkness of his life
and fairly dazzled him. Somebody
had said that Frank Garrison had
money.
There is no need to tell of the disillu-
Sion that gradually came. Frank found
his debts mounting up and his cares in
creaeing. She was all sympathy and re-
gret when he mentioned it, but-there
were certain comforts, luXuries and
things she had always been accustomed
TO, and couldn't live without. Surely he
would not have her apply to papa. No,
but-~could she not manage with lit
tle less? He was willing o give up his
cigars (indecd, he had long since done
so) and to make his uniforms last a
year longer-he who was in his day the
most carefully dressed man at the
Poirt. Well--she thought perhaps he
ought to do -besides--lnen' fash
ions changed but slowly, whereas wom-
ems We'll, I'd rather be dead than
out Of style, Frank"
And SO it went.
But if she did not love her husband
there was one being in whom her
frivolous heart was really bound up
Nita-her baby sister," as she called
her, and when Terriss, the colonel, went
the way of all flesh, preceded only few
months by the wife of his bosom, the
few thousands in life insurance he had
managed TO maintain went to the two
daughters. Not one penny was ever
laid out in payment of the debts of
either he father or husband. Mia was
seat to an extravagant finishing school
IN Gotham, and along in May of the
young girls graduating year, blithe lit
tia Mrs. Garrison arrived, fresh from
the far west, and after a few weeks of
sightseeing and shopping the sisters
appeared at the Point, even half-mourn-
ing by This time discarded. Thirteen
years difference was there in the ages