Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-01-10
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CHAPTER billy Gray, young college
STUDENT secures
He meets Mr.. Prime. Miss Prime and
Miss Amy Lawrence.
CHAPTER II.-After conference in
his official tent. Gen. Drayton joins gay
rison doing the honors as hostess.
CHAPTER III.-Lieut. Gray il invited
g join the Prime party. to go over In Mr..
Primes carriage to see the review. but IL
Gegen. ef Sad BY canfs Tcm e.
cant seat In carriage Is given Col. ARM
strong.
CHAPTER Won the way to the re-
view the Prime party witnesses the cap
been accomplices In the stealing Of stores
intended for the soldiers-even Of dainties
contributed by the Red Cross.
CHAPTER V.-Gray receives note from
prisoner. who Is suspected Of having been
large recipient Of the stolen goods. but
help and signs himself George Norton"
sstng s s. Ss ssd Of fra
Gray had planned q night in town, ex-
pecting to meet the Primo party. In spite
Chance fof chat With m Emy z ns
Gray manages to secure duty ~ officer OF
the guard, that he may have an opportu-
nifty to have an Interview with Morton.
CHAPTER vl.-Preparations are mace
forsending part of command to Philippines.
For some reasons Red Cross officials wish
their tables, where they have been lunch
t Ing departing soldiers moved across plat
port, but the officer Of the guard has orders
to allow no one to intrude on that space.
However Mrs. Garrison ovsrhearing wish
by scrawling note to the officer. The
colonel Of the regiment about to leave ar
rives and is surprised to, see his reserved
space occupied. Joining Armstrong at this
momenthe shows him Mrs. Garrison's note.
Armstrong turns sharply to whore Mrs.
Garrison had been, but she had vanished.
Armstrong now learns an important pack
age has been taken from Gen. Drayton's
tent. The night before an important pris-
S 9ner a Morton, had eseaped and Billy
rest.
CHAPTER v1I.-Board of officers, con-
vened by Canker. investigates escape Of
prisoners from guardhouse. A tunnel from
places a sentry over Gray's tent, intending
to hold him for prisoners escana
Iney were never invited out to tea or
dinner on the post-solemn functions
nowhere near SO palatable as the whis-
pered homage of stalwart young man
hood. Mia is yet such child she
infinitely prefers cadet society, and
always did like boys" explained Mrs.
Garrison. Some rather gay old boys
used to run up Saturday afternoons
on the Mary Powell and spend Sunday
at the Point-Wall street men of SO
years and much lucre. Dear old
friends of fathers" Mrs. Frank used
to say, land I've simply got to enter
tain them" Entertained they GER
tainly were, for her wit and vivacity
were acknowledged on every side, and
entertained not only collectively, but
severally, for she always managed to
give each his hours confidential chat,
and on the Sundays of their coming
had no time to spare for cadet friends.
Moreover, she always drove down in
the big bus with them Monday morn
ing when the Powell was sighted COM
ing along that glorious reach from
Of the wharf waving her tiny kerchief
even blowing fairy kisses to them
as they steamed away. No wonder
Mia Terriss was frivolous and firta-
tious with such an example, said So
ciety, and its frowns grew blacker
when the White Sisters, the Fairy
Sisters-the "Sylphites," came in view.
But frowns and fulminations both fell
harmless from the armor of Mrs.
Franks gay insouciance. Mia WINGED
at first, but soon rallied and bore the
Sights of the permanent and semi
permanent residents as laughingly as
did her more experienced sister. Nita,
it was explained, was only just out of
school, and Mrs. Frank was giving her
this summer at the Point as great
treat before taking her to the far west,
where the elder sister must soon go
to join her husband. Everybody knew
Frank Garrison. He had long been
stationed at the academy and was a
man universally liked and respected
even very highly regarded. All of a
sudden the news came back to the
Point q few months after his return
to his regiment that he was actually
engaged to "Witchie" Terriss. Hot on
the heels of the rumor came the we'd
ding cards-Lieut. Col. and Mrs. Terriss
requested the honor of your presence
at the marriage of their daughter Mar
garet to Lieut.. Francis Key Garrison,
til U. S. Cavalry, at the Post Chapel,
Fort Riley, Kansas, November -, 1894
all in Tiffany's best style, as were
the cards which accompanied the invi-
tation. "What good thing for old
Bill Terriss," said everybody who knew
that his impecuniosity was due to the
eXactions and extravagancies of his
wife and ''Witchie"-"Andw what bad
thing for Frank Garrison!" was the
echo. His intimates knew that he had
put by" through economy and self
denial about $4,000, the extent of his
fortune outside of his pay. "She'll
make ducks and brakes of it in the six
weeks honeymoon" was the confident
prophecy, and she probably did, for
despite the fact that he had SO recently
rejoined the regiment, 'Witchie" in
sisted on midwinter run to New Or
leans, Savannah and Washington, and
bore her lord, but not her master, over
the coursein triumph. Toastudent ofhu-
man nature-and frailty, that union OF
faded and somewhat shopworn maid OF
u to an ardent ana vigorous young sol
dier many moons the junior was easy To
account for. One after another Witchie
Terriss had had desperate affairs with
half dozen fellows, older or younger
in the army and was known to have
been engaged to five different men al
different times, and believed to have
been engaged to two different men at
one time. Asked as to this by one OF
her chums, she was reported to have
replied: DO you know, believe il
true; 1 had totally forgotten about
Ned Colston before Mr.. Forman had
been at the post week. OF course the
only thing to do was to break with
both and let them start fresh" But
this Mr.. Colston, whose head had been
somewhat cleared by month OF
breezy, healthful scouting, accepted
only in part-that part which included
the break. Forman had the fresh start