Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-04-14

pegan TO ask herself should she moi
urge her father to let Gov" return II
America. At last one sweet July even
ing, late in the month, the brother ant
sister were wandering along the lovely
shore of Lucerne. He had been UNI
usually titful, restless and moody al
day. No letter had reached him in over
n fortnight, and he was miserably un
happy. They stopped at grassy bank
that ran down TO the ripping waters
edge, and she seated herself on stone
ledge, while in reckless abandonment
be threw himself at full length on the
dewy grass. Instantly the last doubt
vanished. Bending over him. her soft
hand caressing his hair, she whispered
"'Gov,' dear boy, is it so very hard
Would YOU like to go to her at once"
And the boy buried his face in hel
Jap, tWined his arms about her slender
waist, and almost groaned aloud as he
answered. ''For PHYS sake help me il
you can, Mildred, I'm almost mad
Early in August the swiftest steamer
of the line was splitting the Atlantic
surge and driving hard for home, with
Gov" cursing her for a 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 anC
dismay at the card in her hand; de-
| sive Pointers that the heir to one OF
| the Oldest and best names in Gothnm's
-Four Hundred was slave to her beck
and call, dismaycd to think of the scene
that might occur through his jealousy
when lie saw the devoted attentions
GERS, civilians and cadets. Old Cashton
came up now as regularly as Saturday
night came around, and there were
others. Margaret Garrison was NOR.
talked about than any woman in Or.
ange county, yet who could report any
thing of her beyond that she was uni
versal favorite, and danced, walked, pos.
6ibly hirtc cd with dozen different cav
alters every day of her life. There were
some few people among her accusers
demure and most proper-even prudish
women. Of whom, were the truth tc
be told, so little could not be said.
"Gov" Prime took the ouly kind OF
room to be had in the house, so full was
it--a little seven by ten box on the
Office floor. lie would have slept in the
coalbin rather than leave her. He saw
her go off to the hop looking radiant.
Ia l. I'll !, II. lo, Il
smiling sweetly at him. lie rushed &c
his trunk, dragged out his evening
clothes and stood at the wall looking
on until the last note of the last dance
he, a noted German leader in the
younger set and the best dancer of his
years in Gotham. Not so much as a
single spin had he, and he longed tc
show those tight-waisted, button-be
strewed fellows in gray and white how
little they really knew about dancing
we'll as many of them appeared on the
floor His reward was rendered as the
hop broke up. She came gliding to him
with such witchery in her appraised face
Nov, sir, it is your turn. ! couldn't
give you dance, for my card vas made
out days ago, but Mr.. Latrobe was glad
enough 10 get rid of taking me home
He is daft about Mia, and of course
she can't let him take her TO more thar
one hop week. Mr.. Stanton is her
escort tonight"
Then she placed her little hand Oh
his arm. and drew herself to his side
and when h. 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 he by ourselve'
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 a 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 be with Mrs. Gar
rison (who naively explained that
"Gov" was such dear boy and they |
were such stanch friends, real com.
rades. you know. lie had early made |
the acquaintance of Pat Latrobe, and |
there was bond of sympathy between |
them which was none the less strong |
because, on Primes side, it could Meth |
er be admitted nor alluded to--that |
they We're desperately in love with the
sisters, and it was not long before it |
began to dawn on Prime that pretty |
Nita was playing double game-that
even while assuring her guardian sister
that she had only. a mild interest in
Latrobe, she was really losing or nau
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 and 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-whC
know good thing when they see it
and many a pretty girl partner would
draw aside to watch the perfection of
their step and the exquisite ease with
which they seemed to float through