Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1900-05-11


put by" through economy and self /
denial about $4,000, the extent of his /
fortune outside of his pay. 'Shell |
make ducks and brakes of it, i'm the six /
weeks honeymoon was the confident /
prophecy, and she probably did, for, I
despite the fact that he had so recently |
reioined the regiment, "Witchie' I'M /
sisted ON a midWntcr run 90 New Or I
leans, savannah and Washington, and I
bore her lord, but not her master, over /
the course i'm triumph. Ioustudcnt Off /
man nature-and frailty that union Of /
faded and somewhat shOpWoru maid of /
20 TO am ardent and vigorous young sol |
dier many moons the junior was easy 10 |
account for. One after another Nitchie /
Terriss had had desperate affairs with
hall dozen fellows. older or younger, /
in the army and was known to have
been engaged 10 five different men at
different times, and believed 20 have
been engaged to two different men at
one time. Asked as TO this 10y one of
her chums, she was reported TO have
replied: DO you know, / believe it
true; / had totally forgotten about
Ned Colstun before Mr.. Formau had
been al the post "a week OF course the
OuN tuIug 70 90 was 10 break WIN
both and let them start fresh But
this Mr.. Colstou, whose head had been
somewhat cleared by month OF
breezy. hcalthful scouting. accepted
only IN part-that part which included
the break. Formau had the fresh start
and the walk over and held the trophy
Just two months, when it daVncd upon
him that Margaret loved dancing far
more than she did nina clumsy per
former. and that she would dance
night after night, the lightcst, dain-
test creature in the hop room, and
never have "a word or a look for him
who leaned in gloomy admiration
against the wall and never took his
eyes Oft her. He became jealous.
moody. ugly-tempered and finally had
the good lucll 10 Get his congo rs the
result of an attempt to assert himself
and limit her dances. She was blithe
and radiant and fancy free when Frank
Garrison reached the post, a wee bit
Lipped, it was whispered, because of
the failure Of 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 Franl; Garrison had
money.
There is no need to tel of the Gisillu-
sion that gradually came Frank found
his debts mounting mp and Ais cares in
creasing. She was all sympathy and re-
gret when he mentioned IL, hUt-therc
were certain comforts, luNuries and
things She had always been accustomed
TO. and couldn't live without. Surely he
would not have her apply 20 papa 40.
but-could She not manage with a lit
tie less? lie was willing TO give up his
cigars Ciudecd. ne had long since done
so) and 90 make his uniforms last
year longer-he who was in his day the
most carefully dressed man at the
Point. Well-she thought perhaps he
ought TO do that-besides-m mems fash
ions changed but slowly, whereas wom-
EMS well, 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 the father or husband. Nita was
sent to an eXtravagant finishing school
in Gotham, and along in May of the
young girls graduating year, blithe lit
tie 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
of the Fairy Sisters, and not a soul save
those who knew them in former days on
the frontier would have suspected it,
Mrs. Frank in evening dress didn't look
over 20.
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