The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-18

While his sweetheart, whose shyness had
quickly vanished, giggled and talked,
bridled and blushed with the sergeant.
Your friend amt much of a hand at
conversation remarked the latter, pres
emily. What is his name if might
be so bold? Emmanuel Welsh but we
mos n generally calls him Nanny, or
Manniwel for short The other laugh
ed. Got some rum names in these
parts; he ought to join US instead o
loafin' about the country; we'd soon lick
him into shape and make a MAN of
him.
The lads face famed, An wot else be
7 now?' he asked savagely. Again tie
sergeant gave that aggravating LAUGH,
and turning to the girl said suaveIy,
What do you say, Miss to me and You
havin tea at our mess? Your friend
seems a bit put out about something.
p'r'aps he'd best forage for ITSELF at the
canteen.' Emily Jane assented, and
Nanny watched the two out of SIGHT
Chance with his usual cavalry swagger
accentuated by the. consciousness thai
he was the envy of all his comrades
endeavoring to shorten his stride in
| order to keep pace with the tripping
| steps of the dainty little figure at his
side. Curse hiInl-curse him. said Man
hlWeI under his breath, and crept away.
! not to the canteen, but to a friendly
! thicket where-well, no one saw exactly
| what he did there, but when one of the
! villagers Whom ne encountered an hour
! or two later happened 10 remark on tho
| swollen appearance of his eyelids. he
! CURLY replied that his eyes wl1r his own
! he spwosed, an he couldn't see as it
! 1nattered to arm Wot I'm looked like So
! long as he wur satisfied Wi en- From
! which 1t will be seen that affairs We're
no smoother between him and his faith
! less sWeetheart true, they rode home
! IN the same long wagon, whereas in tra
morning they had occupied a cononara-
lively small portion of the plank that
served Tor Seat-for when two neOnla
| SIT very close together with their arms
/ round each others waist, a wonderful
economy of space results-in the evening
! the lad, having taken his place early.
! was near the driver, while the lass. hav.
! ing hurried up GREATNESS lust as the
wagon, full almost to oyerlIoyvipe Voc
Just about to start, was squeezed in close
10 the tail board, and told she med think
herself lucky she wur TUX in at ALL
Alter this Emily Jane went often 70
camp, but Nanny never again, and folks
| began to talk and say how she had eri,,
i'm the go-bye all along O. a soier cr9n
%ot moren like 'ad missus a'readv-ve
! could nlVer tell wi them kind bless zee.
! they Wur that artfuI, year TODAY an
! gone termorrer, an as like as not =
sweetheart in livery place-they dVyun't
thlhk no moor ont, ZEE knaws than
Eutth their dinner; It's them fine cIoes
as does it Nanny heard some of th.
wlspers about himself, but he sad
nothing, he merely waited until the lasi
| on the troops had left the neighborhood
Each Sunday morning he had gone To
| church and had sat at the outside of the
| pew, but the place across the aisle
| was vacant, for its owner was over a +
nTxricn
| parson at the drumhead and the band IL
play the hymns. Each Sunday even1as,
ne mad Knocked as usual at the Green
way s door, only to find it locked and
! the house Silent and empty. But when
the last hateful uniform had vanished.
ne boldly accosted Emily Jane in the
! street one day and asked her wbet1e9
] she intended to walk ont with him 49,,
more. Thee'st trated ma terrible had
| ne SAID, with a kind of rugged dignity.
/ incest trated ma terrible bad maI,i9,3
game on L an my neame- which nv oo.l
Iathers an godmothers in nv baptism
wherein Wur med 7 neveri, cried ~, >
e. WIN shade of compunction, for
! hef conscience. reproached her. and sba
was. sufilciently fond of her ouondar m
swan to wish to stand well in his est
nation. But I'm willin' to LET b1,-ers1,oe
De py-ganes pursued the young man
waving aside her interruption, fur I'm
nazln fond on ZEE, Emily, mels I feet
al happety-lke when thinks O. t'other
cnap, | cassn,t let zee goo, my dear; /
cassnt let ZEE goo! Theirs nowt 7 ,udn,+
90 TO get ZEE fur my missus' Emily Ian
was unprepared for this burst of passion
and knew not how to respond Her heart
melted within her, and she was on tbs
point OF yielding to his encircling ann
when the crackle of a letter in her .noclT.
| et' as Nanny pressed close beside her
Turned the scale and decided the course
] OF two lives. Your missusp She eai5
with laugh, stiffenfng her little fi ,oe'iu
and drawing away from hinl-.your n9;e.
sus! You on'y twenty year old an, M
! eighteen. ! reckon I'll wait bit Longer