The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-09-26

lovely girl. and so lonely, YOU know KNOW
She Is engaged as companions IL seems;
to Miss Haight-a dragon or an 1l ia
maid who is n good deal or an lhVdliu
and seldom out of her room. That Is
why YOU never see the girl az the hops
at the Point. yet know shed io'e 70
I.oring felt that he blushed with
eagerness aud pleasure, though ne mere mere
ly said please and 50, Miss Geralo,he ,he
Allyn met Lieutenant Loring OF 'he ne
engineers. and within the fortnight ne
knew, though he strove to hide IL, Una.
he was madly In love with her Suca s,iTa
loneliness were too mucn for MIN SIX
long weeks, though he became her snad-
ow, Loring struggled against his pas
should remain single until he, had save1
a modest nest egg Then, when he had
rank and experience, had moved r,.r ~ 'he ie
world world wamen SnG aS he amPed MoPRd saect for him
seIf and deliberately lay siege 10 the
girl he thought TO make his wife.
But when his duties were completed
with the 2sth OF August and ne should
have gone 10 his home, Loring renamed
at the Point, fascinated. for Miss Halsn,
AMI her mTsssl ISsdsb ssnPEember 9 In octo
ber they we're to go to Lenox, and be-
fore the parting. 1orings, ring was on on
that little fingsrshe ,nn had n prSSmlsied Smrrisd in
response to the pleading. of his sister
but the moment the Lenox visit was
over and Miss Haish, returned zee eod 20 NeM Sis
llsniee nsed' somewhat portiy civilian bending
eagerly over her and rS ,S 80 ,nsTsser
This was Nov T. The engagem'Nt
was barely six weeks old, but Lorings <
ring was not on her finger as she rose
that. ghe wrote a piteous letter 10 him
begging for her release. She really had
not known her own mind. Lorlng
I'd n
other sight of her. packed his trunk ana
left New York on the morning tram.
There was a sensation at the Polnt Wnen
il was announced that Miss Allyn was
10 marry Mr. Forbes Crosby a wealthy
board OF trade man OF 40 m, -,
I,oring reappeared no more. lie GOV
his orders for san franSiIbSo AM bsreIy Ti had m
he gone than the story spread from ~
to lip that Mr.. Crosby had broken me me
engagement. that Miss iiaigh,ts nuu o, re re.
oulre a companion-what was more, Una,
Forbes Crosby had been making very
jIsiicious investments Tor MlSs ~
Surprised if-and then Geraldine Alyn,
too disappeared from New YORK ana was
next heard Of living very quietig Via Ma =
married gster, herself an Invalid, a
Mrs Nevins whose husband was saiu
TO be somewhere In the army. -, =
Ard so that girl whom boring hs hau 80 =,
deeply loved was sister 20 the vic Il
this military mastaway, this unprlncl,
nIsd gambier. swindler and thief and
he Ioring. had charged himself with 2
commission that might bring him once
more face TO face with her who mao
duped him. .
|ircling the camp at wide distance,
he had crossed the acequia and reacheu
the ella road. To the north now iay
Tho camp and the twinkling lights on
Tho sutier bar. and between him and
these twnnkllng lights two dark objects
bobbed into view, some ~ yards nlsthnl
and az plain as he could hear his own
heart beat I.oring heard a voice say
"Then I'll count on YOU not To LEI hlu
out Of your sight and the Na-r9 We
nosed 10 conhro himself day and nigh'
Ia errest 10 the limits OF the garrison.
~ (To BE Continued)