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tiresome hikes that would
inevitably fall to his lot there, but
his future was redundant with pos
sibilities, and he saw no reason why
he should not carve his name deep
into the pages of history yet to be
| written. So
Murray was handsome and we'll
bred; so much so that the aristoc-
racy of New York had found him
| hard to resist, and he was never
Sighted as the invitation lists for
swell functions were being COM
! piled. To be captain in the regu-
lar establishment at 30 is some little
encouragement within itself and in
lieu of this his rank seemed incredi-
BILE until the broad shoulders hove
sufficiently close to view to admit
| sight of the two little silver bars in
either strap, which were symbolic of
his rank. .s~~
But the war and good record was
the making of many a man, SO to
| speak, in the revolution it brought
| about in the ineal rank of all arms Of
| the service, and because Murray per-
formed clever little exploit at San
tiago that brought him gratuitious
promotion through gallantry in ac-
ton, it was no fault of his, nor was
it just cause for the bitter envy and
| righteousness from those who were
less fortunate yet mayhap more de-
serving from ineal point of view.
Any man, and certainly any soldier,
confronted with a like opportunity
| to win reward in the service of his
country, would have accepted the
chance and made the best of it, as
| did the lucky one. Men who had
grown grey as ieutenants were now
but captains, and that a. shave-tail
fresh from the academy in '97 should
| rise like o rocket from the lowest
subaltern grade seemed an injustice
intolerable and to a degree unwise.
Yes, indeed, there was much in the
| future for Capt. Murray, and he
knew it; that is he felt it. Mental
telepathy told him so. He dotted on
his good luck and the good luck the
future held in store, perhaps a bit
selfshly, but nevertheless surely. He
| paid tribute to the goddess of for
tune in an attempt to arrest the at
tention of the fair dame every time
he raised glass to his lips.
True to the law of nature the cap
| tain was not satisfied with what he
| already had but craved for more.
He managed to engage himself to
| pretty Dorothy Seaton just before
| leaving New York and he was ami
| mated and vain. That was another
| streak of fortune worthy celebra-
ton and everybody at the army and
navy had their habit with Capt. Muir
ray that day, though no toasts were
| said to the young and popular wo-
| man, for the professor of arms was
| reticent and reserved on this subject
out of respect for the sweetest wo-
man in town.
He simply remained silent and Of
fered no excuse for his iberality and
high spirit, much to the chagrin OF
| the curious element.
Murray had striven for the wealthy
hand of Miss Seaton for months;
yes, even prior to his trip south
from David's island, and his devotion
had been continuafSsince his return
from Cuba. But his gallantry in &C
ton far outshone his perseverance in
affairs of the heart and it was only
due to the forced attentions of a
Grabbed old lieutenant colonel of en-
gineers, who had performed no other
duty than that of chair-warming in
the capitol, that the dashing cap
tain made his successful advance and
won the day. -- 49,.
Then an important piece of news
given him by friend in congress as
he was about to go aboard the trans
port produced compound paroxysm
of hilarity, Impotence and anxiety.
The congressman was using his in
fuence to have Murray sent as mill
tary attache to Berlin and to what
higher detail could young captain
aspire to than representing his coun-
i
encouraging announcement that Miss
Seaton consented to hasten the we'd
ding day about year sooner than
was anticipated in the beginning.
The human is an impatient, COM
planning creature at times, especially
in event of good and unexpected for
tune, and to Murray the day when
Miss. Dorothy Seaton would discard
that name for his, seemed far, far
away. Somehow the lieutenant col
onel could not be driven from his
imaginative state of mind and the
mere recollection of silver leaf
made his blood run hot. Until
Dorothy should become Mrs. Murray
the captain thought her not quite
safe from the ardor and persistency
of engineer duty.
! Murray was jealous and for moth
ing.
/ These perp1exities of the heart sur
mounted all the whisky sour he could
decently dispose of while en- route to