The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1900-08-31

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~ N-|hSSElA arms she should
IN A@41Nk have kept TO Flo
nv bert rifles. Moth
No would do. however, but that she |
INST learn to shoot a carbine, and the /
.asuli was that the whole post rose up |
md cut Burton. to a man; so that there
was no peace for him any longer IN
that regiment and he had to seek trans
Ter 10 another. There were other re-
suits. also, but they come further on
Some thought that what Miss Mivart
did was done on purpose, and some
thought that it was a piece OF idiotlc
Stiffness The latter based their argu-
ment upon the general frivolousness OF
her ways, and upon the innocency OF
her round. blue eyes. The former held
to the belief that Miss Mivart was one
OF those women fayorites OF Fortune
who look greater fools than they are.
They said. with a certain show Of rea-
son. that Georgia Miyart was child
Of the service and not an importation
from civil life. She had been born in
q garrison and had played with rows
Of empty. green-rimmed cartridge-shells
at an age when most little girls play
with paper dolls. She had hummed
snatehes Of the bugle-calls before she
could talk. and the person she had al
mired the most and obeyed the best
for the first dozen years Of her life
lad been Kreutzer, Captain MiVart
tWO-headed striker. A few years oil
bOardlng-school back East could not
have Obliterated all that.
Besides, the veriest civilian, who has
never come nearer to a carbine than tC
watch a Fourth OF July parade. might
reasonably be expected to know by III
tuition that in a target-practice compe
titiOn every trigger has got TO pull jus
so hard, whatever the regulation mum
Der or fraction of pounds may he. ON
erwse, it is plain that the nearer yo'
come to hair-trigger the better you
aim will be.
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fully aware of what she was doins
nobody ever knew, unless perhaps
was Greyille-and he. like Zuleiki
never told. But Burton had Nd tim
Of 1t, and all his beautiful score wei
for worse than nothing at all.
That, though. was the end. And ID
beginning ought to come first. The h'
ginning was when Miss Mivart unde
took to learn to shoot a carbine.
There was a target-practice compel
ton going on at the post; not one whiI
was OF any interest 10 the service.
even TO the department ut large; Ju
little social affair, devised TO keep
the esprit de corps of the troops and
tighten the monotOny of life. The
were three contests. one for troops al
companies, as such; one for indivldu
priVates, and one for the officers. III
last was to finish of, and then the
was to be big hop.
Every one knew from the first. VIII
burton and Greville shot with th'
troops that the officers cOmpetiu
would lie between them. This made
interesting In more ways than one.
cause the rivalry was not confined
'ue target range, but extended TO
winning Of Miss Mivart's hand a
"ear1, and every one believed that q
would settle a matter she did not
pear to be able to settle for herS'
-No' That she was to blame for tn
Any one even person much more c
tam OF her own mind than Miss Miv
was would have been put to it
choose.
1ney were both first lieutenants, q
uo,n cayalrymen. and both good
-oUA upon. Burton was fair and q
vine was dark, but she had no IL
peJudlces regarding that. She
1''en said so. Also, both were ms mi
" ioVe with her as even she could h
'sueu, and were more than Will
mat all the world should see it'll
"hlch nothing is more pleasant
V ~ to right-minded woman
Ine rlte contest lasted ten days.
s which time the air hummed v
ny p'ng and sing of bullets over on
ause' and with the calls Of the m'
sa "a the rihe-pits. Only scores
~ sTo'us and bets were thought
talked about.
Mss Miyart herself had bet, Will
que uaring wiekedness Of n kitten
ns d beetle. She even went so IN
70 oet on both Burton and Grevill
Duve' The adjutant undertook TO
tl1'n TO her that that was called n
s, and was not looked upon as
Se'ler sporty. Miss Mlyart was 7
vas Il really dishonest. she wante
S SuOw' The adjutant felt that he
en unkind. He FASTENED TO as