Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-01-31
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CHAPTER I-Buly Gray. young colless
student, secures a lieutenant's commission
Sn breaking out Of Spanish.American war.
Miss Amy Lawrence.
CHAPTER II.-.After conferences in
ms oinoial tent, Gen. Drayton joins q gay
company In his personal tent-Mrs, Ger.
fison doing tho honors as hostess.
CHAPTER III.-Lieut Gray Il invited
Primes carriage to see the review, but IL
denied leave by Col. Cankor, whom the
regiment had nieknamed "sQusers." Va
strong.
CHAPTER Won the way to the re-
view the Prime party witnesses the cap
ture OF two soldiers suspected of having
inten led for the soldiers-even Of daintiss
contributed by the Red Cross.
CHAPTER V.-Gray receives note from
prisoner. who i suspected Of having been
who declares his Innocence, bsgs Gray's
help and signs himself George Norton"
i aaang tas Greek eek Letter. Of the same Fri.
Gray had planned . night in town, ex-
pecting to meet tho Prime party. In spite
81 Sh.a 1es tact that thi smfh. 3 his last
Gray manager to secure duty as oficsr Of
tho guard. that he may have an opportu-
nifty to have an interview with Morton.
CHATTER N.-Preparations are maze
forsending part Of command to Philippines,
For some reasons Red Cross ofiiciais wish
their tables. where they have been lunch-
form directly under the side of the trans
port, but the officer Of the guard has orders
t9 allow no one to intruds on that space.
Of Red Gross OFFICIAL accomplishes the end
by scrawling q note to the oficer. The
colonel Of the regiment about to leave ar
space occupied. Joining Armstrong at this
momenthe shows him Mrs Garrison's note.
armstrong rrr;trE turns sharply to where Mrs.
Armstrong now learns an important PACK.
age has been taken from Gen. Drayton's
tent The night before an important pr!s-
rest.
CHAPTER Y1I.-Board of officers, con-
yened by Canker. Investigates escape Of
guardhouse to street is discovered disc; canRer
places a sentry over Gray's tent, Intending
TO IN ho,d I,h hin for TI prisoners escana
to the summer of 81. when the Fairy SIS
ters" {Mrs. Garrison and Mia Terris)
we're the sensation at West Point Mrs.
attentions OF young Latrobe, a cadet who
was shortly to graduate, Insisting she
must marry money card Is handed Mrs.
1e HHspTEp RT ~ Go ..H Prime"
into a mad infatuation for Mrs. Garrison.
though she was married and several years
his senior. He had been abroad for a
time, but now unexpectedly returned A
letter about this time from Latrobe Intend
ed for Mia fell into Mrs. Garrlson's hands.
and, to break up what was already an en-
gagement, took her sister west A few
months later Mia married Col. Frost. On
this announcement Latrobe suddenly dis
appeared. Now. too, Mr. Prime, learning
Of Of his sons attentions to married woman,
Reme M angEy Sse MTp Soy LEFT
Of his sons enlistment, and traced him to
San Francisco. but without finding him
CHAPTER x:-During the Fros1s non
eymoon. Mrs Frost received in Wash
ington a note from Latrobe, who swore
he You'd T follow her until granted an in
was assigned to duty in the Philippines,
and he took his wife as far as Hong-Kong.
While in San Francisco he learned of his
wtfe's previous attachment to Latrobe.
CHAPTER xI.-col. Armstrong gets
and concludes that the young recruit (and
now a deserter) is Gov" Prime. and that
ably with him. Ganker has been ordered
to have one placed over Sergt Foley, a IA
yorite of Canker, but Foley Is already miss