Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-04-21
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THE PHILIPPINES
A STIRRING STORY OF ARMY LIFE IN
TIE PHILIPPINES.
BY Brg-Gen. Charles King.
Copyright 1899, by F. Tennyson Nee'y.)
CONTINUED
CHAPTER K.

One OF Col. Frost's consuming ambi.
tons was to be the head of his depart.
ment, with the rank Of brlgadier gen.
eral, but he had strong rivals and knew
1t. Wealth he had In abundance. It
was rank and power that he craved.
Four men-all with better war records
and more experimentation between
him and that coveted star, and two Of
the four were popular and beloved men.
Frost was cold, selfish, intensely SELF
willed, indomitably persevering, and
though "close-fisted," to the scale of a
Scotch landlord as rule, he would
loose his purse strings and pay we'll
for services he considered essential.
When Frost had a consuming desire he
let no money consideration stand in the
way, and for Mia Terriss he stood
ready to spend small fortune. Every
body knew Mrs. Frank Garrison could
never dress and adorn herself as she
did on poor Frank Garrison's pay, and
when she appeared with q dazzling
necklace and superb new gown at
the garrison ball not long after Eros.
and his shrinking bride left for their
honeymoon, people looked at her and
then at each other. Mia Terriss WA
sold to Jack" Frost, was the verdict,
and her shrewd elder sister was the
dealer. Mrs. Frank knew what people
were thinking and saying just as well
as though they had said 1t to her, yet
smiled sweetness and bliss on every
side. Frankly she looked up into the
faces of her sisters in arms: II know
you like my necklace. Isn't it lovely?
Col. Frost'S wedding present, yor
know. lie said l shouldn't give Nita
away without some recompense, and
this is it,"
But that could have been only part
of it, said the garrison. An honorar
ium in solid cash, it was believed, waa
far the greater portion of the consider.
alton which the elder sister accepted
for having successfully borne Nita
away from the dangers and fascina'
tons of the Point-having guarded
her, dropping and languid, against the
advance of good looking soldier lads
at headquarters, and finally having, by
dint of hours of argument, persuasion
and skill, delivered her into the arms
of the elderly but well preserved groom
AL he demanded to know was that
she was fancy free-that there was no
previous attachment, and on this point
Mrs. Frank had solemnly averred there
was none. The child had had foolish
fancy for a cadet beau, but 1t amount
cd to absolutely nothing. There had
been no vows, no pledge, no promise
of any kind, and she was actually free
Us air. So Frost was satisfied.
They made an odd looking pah
Frost was bony built but sturdy, an.
Nita seemed like fairy, indeed as un,
substantial as wisp of vapor, as she
came down the aisle on his arm. They
were so far to the south on this honey.
moon trip as almost to feel the shoca
and conclusion when the Maine was
blown to a mass of wreckage. They
were in Washington when the congress-
demanded full satisfaction Of Spain,
and Col. Frost was told his leave was
cut short-that he must return to his
station at once. Going first to the Ar.
lington and hurriedly entering tho
room, he almost stumbled over tho
body of his wife, lying close to the
door In swoon from which it took
some time and the efforts of the house
physician and the maids to restore her.
'at.r al to the cause she