Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-07-12
CHAPTER vII.-(COntinued.)

Mill be gLad 10 nave the men go through
some revolutions for you. They and their
horses have been together so long that l
sometimes fancy the same soul anmates
man and beast They are quite .remarka-
bic horsemen, | assure YOU
Il can believe it WELL" she replied. run
ming her eye over the recumbent forms.
But | do not feel that shall ever visit
YOUR post 1t lies to the eastward OF us,
does it notT
1t does" he answered in some Sur
prise. and looking at her more attentive
". but what does that matter? 1t is
only twenty miles away. Does the West
draw you? i have known such cases out
here"
The West or the South she said
with short laugh, "Perhapsy on will
think me foolish, hat it is so with me.
Since l came l have been haunted by the
feeling, or presentment-cal it what you
will-that l shall go eastward or north
ward never again. Stranger STILL though
/ was born and reared in the far north
east, l am happy in this certainty. |
had the sentiment-call it sentiment.-I
had the sentiment family, when l had
taken a seat in the car at Grayborough
and the wheels began to whirl under me,
With each mile | travelled it grew strong
or. When / saw this rancho and met its
gay, hospitable, kindly people, it was
very strong indeed. Then a voice said
to mel think it was voice; | think l
heard tia voice said to me: This is a
resting place; here you fold your wings
for little while and resume your flight,
southwark and westward, southwark or
westward, southwark and westward.
How this shall come about | do not
know, but / do know that it is to hap
pen. The voice. call it a vOice-was
100 distinct"
Her deep, thrilling tones had sunk al
most to murmur and she looked at him
with wide, pathetic eyes. The soldier,
man of action and a man of experience,
but not man of thought or spirituality,
felt uncomfortable. He said afterwards
that his Skin ran in waves up and down
his back" He cleared his throat loudly
and said:
Its possible that you're right, Miss
EMglish; it's quite possible. | don't pre-
tend to understand such things, or to
know anything about them. Fact is, ]
have been kept so busy looking after these
black infants that I've had no time to
examine matters outside of the exercise
ground and the march. You're a woman.
and more finely strung than we men, If
man tells me anything of the kind, l
think at first that he's staid at the mess
table too long, and if l find that he hasn't
| think that he ought to stay at the mess |
table longer. Fellow in my regiment once |
got out of West Point with dreams in i
his head; queerest chap you ever saw. |
Said he could feel the north. Hadn't, |
as | understand it, read any Of Du Maui
rier's stuff either. just said he could |
feel the north day and night; it never !
left him. Consequently he didn't need |
4 compass; consequently he couldn't be
lost anywhere; just closed his eyes and
there was the north just as plain to one
side of him as a jack rabbit ON sand |
heap. Went ont shooting blue quail in !
the mesquite with him one day, and got |
separated from him by hundred yards. |
Then | couldn't find him and coudn' t !
make him hear. Hunted for him nearly |
all day and went back to the post expect |
ing to find him there. Have no sense of |
the north myself and had hard time
getting there. Turned out q company 10
search for him; looked all night; no Nh |
Man. No Mr.. Man next day; no Ma. !
Man next night. Things looking serious /
and whole regiment turned out. Second /
lieutenants too rare and precious with Us
10 spare one without tremendous cOnse- !
quences to the service. Found him On !
the evening of the third day eighty miles
from the post, semi-delirious and busily /
walking straight away from succor. Some
Of these fellows here found him, fed him
on goats milk and finally brought him.
He never had a sense of the north
again"
The captains somewhat moist, thick
voice had not changed during this recital,
and he looked at the girl with an honest.
kindly gray eye. In turn, she looked at
him with eyes Of red hazel and broke into
peal of laughter.
1T is refreshing to meet a humorist.
Captain Harding" she said. My Eng
fish friends, while everything that is good
and wholesome, don't see any fun in the
things we see fun in
No humor at all, | assure YOU" said
the captain. Nothing but sober truth.
Fact is, this chap who felt the north
50 strongly until he ought to have felt it.
was my brother; he's down in Cuba now.
broiling for the sake of lot of yellow
people whose souls are in their stom-
achs"
The others Of the party had returned
30 the rancho house The two stood with
IN the circle of the freight, the Somi-
Hemlnoies busy about their own amuse
inents not noticing their presence Hard
ing saw the leaping lights Of the flames
paying upon the dark, red masses Of
AeT hair, the smooth curves of her power
4uI and graceful figure, the clear flush
upon her cheek. the delicacy Of her pro-
ME, the somberness in her half-veiled eyes.
suddenly she spoke:
i have another feeling Captain Hard
ing 1t has come to ME while we are
standing here. 1t is that shall need a
friend ere long. / am drawn toward YOU
because you are the first American gentle
man have seen for long. AS an Ameri-
can woman, in a people OF kindred blood
GUY sun not my own people, l ask you: