New-York tribune., 1903-02-07
The Belle of the Garrison.
BY Il. +. W. Rf AN.

George and sat over the fire after after 5 dI2nfr vas saj2y 6-
but boy. he had always treated me as "a q
had travelled wherever the foot of man had trod
and fought in every campagn for hall eel5gTy. 5ib
to the latest novel. and withal was as modest as
schoolgirl her holidays -.-,..
George" said l, let US have story 1T,
The dear old chap threw himself back IN MS chaH
+, as % iai rscontsi,r find il as hard to put my
finger on story as Il had lived my IRE III
Don't trouble let talk Of the past tan and dsRs tRs
when our evenings always ended in a tale -
talk of from the day-that Haughtonm "a and landed
at Bombay to begin our soldering I'LL ret1rheu
swords after half IA century - t.t ,.o,
..Haughtor" l repeated Il never heaIe you
\ shadow seemed TO hit across his hne old t9Ge.
and he stroked his luXuriant silver halr' Durieo III
Poor Charley II was dark crime laid hin him
for a woman Years have since passed and ! haNe I
seen blood flow in torrents, SeC tr ieeH JeH
Iac, with horror the deed OF murder pVIHl4eteu
I'm the trackless jungle when miSht-I - H.
story' fIaushton ana were at Eton together ma
chuIns all time there. We We're IN f'ErS ! !tr .is
tig listers to the 1oggngs meted out by their
brother Oh the Ibn S5e Cnnpa9vs ON service and
harked on the same vessel, when. Dy tne way ~"
Our regiment was quartered at Ghaznapore and
had been quartersd there scarttiS tHreT +3r
VIXEN Haugaton was the idol OF ms o'Otn9L i'm;
believe there VA not fb m a nsome dsponar
voungSter with his ite-eXcept' perhaps oHe'
Junior captain named Barnet - 49,. aa,,+
Barnet jealous OF Chariey as as ths
Of Adam i'm the garden because AllLy PTltch4to "a
brought all her foEceS-horse I0ot ana al -
Eears Iear on sub the he'F' 'l ''s O''''''7' So
SocHli ceiIT Was Just such a girl you may hnd in
,.aNr ~ garrison town in the kingdom-fond OF fun
jollity and always IeadE tI ro c,1I1and,Int
3r fbe dapper sub sne is always handsome always
a coGuettte ready 10 laugh at the fellows J3hes oI
be the conhdante OF their troubles ana the G
sUbaIterr invariably looks forward 10 hlS eapIaItS
to NARY g me- fsi an institution and Garrison
Belle standing toast at every Ae> i" ''''
"SIily Pritchard was TIE daughter OF an old offi-
eta F 9I Tue fTeme wealthy and She only
child ehe had in addition TO her other chdrHls al
This regimentaI afaire de coeur was watcheG led
with lively interest and theTs aynaHse whicS no
doubt did not help to soothe - wounded RF6ae t6,
rouI5ed nor avoided the girl. nor BETRAYED tn
slightest consciousness OF unuSIi ufi 80 worn his
Iaiirais more gracefully, and no gentleman copid
I taute behaved with more perfect breeding to his
But Barn, was bitterness itself Al first first he hs
fatTer ,t soon showed himself his equal In most
things his summed sqBGT9f r Barnet was barely
Haughton cOntemptuously lnaIeLeILh, aI.h Tho,
one evening aqgho sams ans 30 his my p weFe rmy
IEjoisnt emotion. II evident something serious
i6ngbt had PSat mashed through my mind He threw
himself into a chair and there was pause Io'
effeorge! he said at last must get away from
here His voice hoarse and uncertain betrayed
Get away! repeated taao.SsS3 somsthins is wrong
Haqgnfon 90n are right. Something has happened
cannot go into particulars. George but It : Wohig
not Indifferent should have gone long agos gsd oHi
She seemed such a firt Who could have guessed
H9He hesitated but my knowledge Of his honora-
BILE nature made his emotion. his reserve, ms I Re
solve 10 quit the station more eI9lug I bae scene
that i'm a moment of uncomfortable passion tne
and in the delirium of the moment he too h@u
been weak it was all clear to me as day,
Don't be a fool Haughton. Marry tne7 CIR.
Marry. Be my wife's pensioner, Never! ana
the proud spirit famed in his eyes. hHcuSe 6Sd nf
having shown temper but it is impossible even even
if the old nabob were wiling FooI mn ..rTot
booklet their pride before money bags; cannot
40 I II kpev he was as proud as Lucfer but tried
his mind Wds MAS IGtiy tnrlI bava ended I'm common
place IA shion enough but for chance strOke "4
" that night half-a-dozep of late over our
S.in4 ard piay when Haughtou stroIled IN and
,ar ose@li - we'll remember the look OF hate that
flashed from Barnet's ewes when some one IN
yited him to Join us, which Charley excused him
"Barnet had been losing all night: nay nay etS,n oTn
luek was Just bad which considering the sKil III
Of INV antagonists. hardly surprising We
doubled the stakes Barnet lost asai. h,-d tine Ss
doubled and again he lost For the tlltG IiiiiS q
donhiad IL was last game. notiGeu baE-
nets hands rrebe as he gatner1d up ndt nIs of
frumps 1 glanced at the pile Of goid nothing
~ led of with my worst won the trick,
and the next. and SO on As d was , apoI1 T,t 10
a bout onlookers which was plainly meant Tor
Haughton ton n,. obisc,,or shall be bappy 10
'Dnn't bs a fool Barnet said ons- fslnx