The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1900-03-16

hand careSSing ms lnlr, she whispered:
."'Gov,' dear boy, is it so very hard2
Would you like 10 80 to her at once?'
And the boy buried his face in her
lap, twined his arms about her slender
waist, and almost groGhed cloud as he
answered; For PHYS sake help me if
you can, Mildred, I'm almost mad"
Early in August The swiftest steamer
of the lire was splitting the Atlantic
surge and driving hard for home, with
"Gov" cursing her for canal boat. The
day after he reached New York he had
traced and followed the White Sisters to
West Point, and Margaret Garrison
stared in mingled delight, triumph and
dismay at the card in her hard; de-
light that she could SHOW these cXclu-
sive Pointers that the heir tc one of
the oldest and best names in Gotham's
Four Hundred was "A SLAVE to her beck
and call, dismayed to think of the scene
that might occur through his jealousy
when he saw the devoted attentions
she received from so many men-offi-
GERS, civilians and cadets. Old Cashton
came up now as regularly as Saturday
night came around, and there were
others. Margaret Garrison was more
talked about than any woman in Or
ange county, yet who could report any
thing of her beyond that she was a uni
versal favorite, and danced, walked, pos
sibly flirtcd with Il dozen different cav
alters every day Of her life. There were
some few people among her nccusers,
demure and most proper-even prudish
women, Of whom, were the truth to
be told, so little could not be said.
"Gov" Prime took the only kind of
room to be had in the house, so full was
tia little seven by ten box on the
Office floor. lie would have slept in the
coalbn rather than leave her. He saw
her 90 of to the hop looking radiant,
glancing back over her shoulder and
smiling sweetlv nj him He rushed 10
his trunk, dragged out his evening
clothes and stood nj the wall looking
on until the last note OF the last dance
he, noted German leader in the
younger set and the best dancer of his
years in Gotham. Not so much as
single spin had he, and he longed to
strewed fellows in gray and white how
little they really knew about dancing
well as many Of them appeared on the
floor. His reward was rendered us the
hop broke up. She came gliding to him
with such witchery in her appraised face
Nov, sir, il is your turn. | couldn't
give you dance, for my card was made
out days ago, but Mr.. Latrobe was glad
enough 10 get rid of taking me home
He is daft about Nita, and of course
she can't let him take her to more than
one hop a week. Mr.. Stanton is her
escort tonight"
Then she placed her little hand on
his arm, and drew herself to his side,
and when he would have followed the
others, going straight across the broad
plain to the lights at the hotel, turned
him to the left. I'm going to take you
all the way round, SIR" she said, joy
ously. Then we can be by ourselves
at Least ten minutes longer"
And so began the second period Of
Gouverneur Primes thralldom. A
young civilian at the Point has few
opportunities at any time, but when
the lady of his love is belle in the
corps, he would much better take a
long ocean voyage than be where he
could hear and see, and live in daily
torment. One comfort came TO him
when he could not beowith Mrs. Gar
rison (who naively explained that
Gov" was such a dear boy and they
were such stanch friends, real com
rades you know. He had early made
the acquaintance of Pat Latrobe, and
there was bond of sympathy betwcen
them which was none the less strou
because on Primes side, il could neith'
er be admitted nor alluded to-that
they were desperately in love with the
sisters, and it was not long before il
began to dawn on Prime that pretty
Mia was playing a double game-that
even while assuring her guardian sister
that she had only mild interest in
Latrobe, she was really losing or had
lost her heart TO him, and in every way
in her power was striving to conceal
the fact from Margaret, and yet meet
her lover at hours when she thought it
possible to do so without discovery.
AS the friendship strengthened be-
tween himself ana Latrobe they began
using him as Cupid's postman, and
many little notes and some big ones
found their way to and from the Fourth
division of cadet barracks. Mrs, Frank
was only moderately kind to her civil
ian adorer then, granting him only one
dance at each hop, and going much
with other men, but that dance was
worth seeing. Primes was the only
black "claw-hammer" in the room, and
therefore conspicuous, and cadets-who
know a good thing when they see it
and many pretty girl partner would
draw aside to watch the perfection of
their step and the exquisite ease with
which they seemed to float through
space, circling and reversing and wind
ing among the other dancers, he ever
alert, watchful, quick as n cat and