The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1901-11-01

daughter and Waly roster IN
fatuation.. Farquhar said it was the
general belief that Maidie liked Wal
ly mighty well and would marry him
were he only in the army. And Stuy-
vesant wondered how it was, in all
the years he had known Farquhar
and envied him his being a West
Pointer and in the cavalry, he had
never really discovered what a bore.
what wearisome ass, Farguhar
could be.
Then just as Miss Ray was report
ed sitting up and soon to be able to
'ssee her friends"-with what smiling
significance did Mrs. Brent so assure
him!-what should Stuyvesant's gen.
eral do but select Stuyvesant himself
to go on a voyage of discovery to
Iloilo and beyond. The commanding
general wanted a competent officer
who spoke Spanish to make a certain
line of investigation. He consulted
Vinton. Vinton thought another voy-
age the very thing for Stuyvesant,
and so suggested his name.
1t sent the luckless Gothamite
away just at the time of all others
he most wished to remain. When he
returned, within a dozen days, the
first thing was to submit his written
report, already prepared aboard
ship. The next was to report him
self in person at Col. Brent's, to be
asked into the presence of the girl
he loved and longed to see, and, as
has been told, ushered out almost
Immediately, self-detailed, in search
of Sandy.
He had found the lad easily
enough, but not so the man with the
fit, whom, for reasons of his own
and from what he had seen and
heard, Stuyvesant >yas most anxious
to overtake. His carriage whirled
him rapidly past the parade ground
and over to the First Reserve hos
pital, whittier he thought the victim
had been borne, but no civilian, with
or without fits, had recently been adj
mitted.
Inquiry among convalescent pa
TENTS and soldiers along the road
without resulted at last in his find
ing one of the party that carried the
stricken man from the field. He had
come to, said the volunteer, before
they had gone quarter of mile, had
soused his head in water at
hydrant, rested a minute, offered
them a quarter for their trouble,
buttoned up the light coat that had
been torn open in his struggle, and
nervously but positively declared
himself all right and vastly obliged,
had then hailed a passing carromatta,
and been whisked away across the
city. There all trace was lost of
him.
Baffied and troubled, Stuyvesant or
dered his coachman to take him to
the Luneta. The crowd had disap-
peared. The carriages were nearly
all departed. The lights were twink
ling here and there all over the
placid bay. 1t was still nearly an
hour to dinner-time at the generals
mess, and he wished to be alone, to
think over matters, to hear the sooth
ing plash and murmur of the little
waves, and Stuyvesant vowed in his
wrath and vexation that Satan him.
self must be managing his affairs,
for, over and above the longed-for
melody of the rhythmic waters, he was
hailed by the buzz-saw stridencies of
Miss Perkins, whose first words gave
the lie to themselves.
TIN all out of breath, and so het
up runnin' after you 1 can't talk, but
was just bound to see you, an I've
been to your house so often the sol
diers laugh at me. Those young men
haven't any sense of decency or re-
spect. but I'll teach 'em, and you
see they'll sing another song. Where
can we sit DOWN." continued the lady,
her words chasing each others heels
in her breathless haste. 'These lazy,
worthless Spanish officers take every
seat along here. Why, here! your
carriage will do, an I've got thou
sand things to say!" C'Heaven be
merciful,'' groaned Stuyvesant to him
self.) II saw you driving, and told
my cabman to catch you if he had to
fog the hide off his horse. Come,
aren't you-don't you want to sit
down? 1 do, anyhow! There's no
comfort in my cab. Here, I'll dismiss
it now. You can just drop me on the
way home, you know. I'm living
down the Gale Real few blocks this
side of you. All the soldiers know