The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-04-01

sc. if you are not engaged and will spare
me few minutes, shall be glad to see
you between and 6. Sincerely yours,
Gertrude Vivian"
Hang the woman! Did she think that
the airy nothings, the soft glances, dan
cling and dawdling were serious @tten-
ttonS?" There was no putting 1t off. He
would have to go and see her sooner or
later, so tomorrow it might as well be.
1t would not>be half so awkward If he
could get some other fellow to go with
him, but whom to ask he did not know.
The fellows at the barracks had not been
sympathetic. Some had ventured to re-
monstrate with him on the subject of
Winnie, and had said that it was a shame
to play with a girl who had neither father
nor brother to look after her, and whose
mother seemed so gracefully incapable of
the task. Disasreeable necessity though
1t was, he felt that he must face what
he mentally described as 'ferocious ma
ternity' alone and unsupported
Blessed relief; through the narrow pas
sage, striding over the mating came
strong step. and a hearty voice was
heard exclaiming: "All right, cid fellow;
first turn to the right? Very good; I'll
find him." ''Marston, by Jove! the very
man. Mellish heard a short volley of
thumps on his door, the handle turned
suddenly and In came Marston, a brother
officer, happy-hearted and jolly lust In
from Bermuda and quite uncontaminated
by the sentimental nonsense about 'girls
without brothers" and similar rubbish.
After the greeting he began promptly:
Sit down old fellow, 1 want to tell you
something but was cut short by the
other announcing that owing to the stuffv
BOAT, choppy sea, and various other con-
Gngencies he had not enjoyed his four
days voyage, adding that he was now
FOR the first time beginning to recover
his appetite and wanted something to eat
Mellish sent his servant off on a foraging
expedition, and when he had returned
and Marston was setting himself the
task of demolishing the provisions, Jack
lighted a cigar and waited. A full stomach
makes good listener.
When Marston stopped and also lii ~
cigar, Jack began: 81 say, old fellow"
But Marston, like many other people who
nave been in state of collapse for sew
eral days, when he did revive had no IN
tention of collapsing again, even to the
state Of listener He had plenty to say
and, rested and refreshed, felt much in
clined to say It. Ignoring his friends
preliminary. he began:
Il say. Jack, you remember Wyckham
who was on board the Ostrich two years
ago2"
"A w, l.
ways humping and writing to some girl
Spoony and homely.'
Mummy, humph. 1 think you would be
mumpy, too. if you had the Roman fever.
You ought to see him now; splendid look
Ing. You think he is spoony. Silver
spoon"
Jack was not taking much interest In
Marston's talk, but he could not help
falling into the trap and ask what "silyer
spoon" meant
You must have been asleep here.
Haven't you read the papers?' said Mars
ton.
See them but don't read. Let the other
Fellows do 1t. What has that to do with
Wyckham?"
Perhaps you did not see the account of
Lord Warleigh's yacht upsetting and the
drowning of himself and his two sons?'
This with much increased sarcasm
i didn't see 1t. 1 heard the other fell
rows talking about It, What has that to
do with Wyckham?"
This much. that Lord Warleigh was
Wyckhana's uncle. his fathers elder and
only brother, and the sons were the only
children that Warleigh had"
''But Wyckham was a second son. I
remember that his elder brother was at
Bermuda when he was on the Ostrich
there"
His brother died last autumn, SO in
stead of being merely first lieutenant on
the Ostrich, with nothing but his pay, he
is now Lord Warleigh with heaven knows
how many thousands a year income"
"Whew!" calculated Mellish.
And" continued Marston. "as If that
were not enough luck for one man, 1t
seems that the girl he used to be SO wild
about has just cone Ia for a big lot OF