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was strangely silent on the subject of
field service, and Betty put II down
to brave mans reticence when 1t
came to speaking Of his own acts on
the field Of battle Betty might not
have liked ii had she known that when
she was looking up the colonePs regi-
ment he was making inquiries in GER
tain financial circles about the extent
of her bank account. The report SEEM
ed to please him, and he proceeded to
make hay while the sun shone and 1t
was a particularly cloudless month at
Lowland Glen.
Betty knew with a girls intuition
that an offer was not far away. She
felt pang, however, every time she
saw Captain Lanyard and saw how
miserable he looked, though he tried
to put a brave face on the matter. IL
the truth be told, Betty cried a little
in the privacy of her room when she
looked at the glorious old flag floating
in the sunshine at the flagstaff peak
in the fort beyond, and sighed and
sighed again.
One day Lawyer Coke, who looked
after Betty Rawlln's estate, heard
from a close friend that certain Eng.
lshman had been inquiring about Bet.
ty's financial standing. Fortune hunt
er If not a fraud" said old Coke to
himself, and then, as luck would have
1t, he happened to pick up copy OF
the Broad Arrow, the Journal OF the
united services Of Great Britain.
Lawyer Coke looked at 1t. His eyes
fell On a paragraph and he chuckled.
He folded the paper up, put 1t In his
pocket and took the first train for
Lowland Glen. He marked the para
graph in the paper and put 1t where he
knew Betty would be sure to pick II
up, and from the nature Of the publlca
tion he knew she would be sure to read
1t from start to finish.
Betty Rawlins felt that the hour wal
coming when she would have to an
swer a question put to her by Colone
Reginald Southcote. She was think
ing of this when she picked up thu
Broad Arrow. She knew what th'
paper was, for she had heard of 1t
She read 1t eagerly. The date Of th
paper was three months back. Th
marked paragraph caught her eye. Sh
read this:
General Powell Baden inspected tn
Royal YorlckshIre Regiment las
Thursday. 1t was the FIST training
day of this militia organization for
year. The new men were In poor trim
and Colonel Reginald Southcote, VIII
has seen no foreign service and YER
little at home had hard work to Civ
commands and to sit his horse proI
erly. The regiment will need overhaul
ing to bring 1t up to even militia stand
ards"
The paper dropped from Betty's fins
ers. "Militiaman; never saw a day
real service: couldn't sit on his horse;
and then Betty gasped. Her thought
turned to another paragraph that sh
J had read In an American journal.
n told how one Captain Roy Landyar
had received the Congressional medt
Of honcr for personal gallantry in th
saving Of the life Of comrade unde
), fierce fire in the Philippine Islands.
q Betty knew that night at the ball 9
h the hotel that Colonel Reginald Soutl
y cote was seeking her out, but sh
avoided him. Captain Roy Lanyar
n met her and she smiled on him, an
q there was look In her eyes that mad
a the young soldiers heart leap. "Won
a you go for a walk with met" he salt
= "Yes," she answered softly.
a As they passed down the hotel steI
. the moonlight fell full upon them, an
y Lawyer Coke, who was standing o
"a the veranda, smiled, and, being b
h Of wag, he turned TO a friend wh
% had been watching the course {
- events for a month past and said:
!. ALAS! Poor Yorlckshire. "-Chicag
:. Record Herald.