Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-07-25

roonlit meets. and galloping al that hour
'housh more dangerous to necks. was less
so 10 compilations. As rule. too. Angel
ana Punch contented Themselves with A
swift scurry .ound the reservation. WIN
frequent fordingS of the stream for th, to,-
it gave them both. They were. rarely ON
of sight of the sentr!as and never in any
appreciable danger. No Apache. with hos
tile intent ventured near enough To Sand
to risk reprisals. Miners. proSpectorS and
ranchmen were Few in numbers. but far
and wide they knew the captains bonrv
daughter. ana. like the men of her fat hers
troop. would have riSked their lives to do
her service. Their diversions To- SandS
We're conferred in the other sex
Aunt Janet. therefore, had some reason
for doubling the report of Mrs. BriIger 1t
was so unlike Angela to be So very late re
turning, although. now that Mrs. F!ridger
mad mentioned II. she. too. remembered
hearing the rapid thud of Punch'S galloping
hoofs homeward bound. WAS she at -
Yet. barely five minutes thereafter. Angela
who usually spent half An hour SpllShia..
In her tub, appeared full pauopIicd, appar-
emily. at the head of the stairs upon her
aunt's arrival. and was even now some
where down the row honobhing with KAT.
Sanders. That Lieut.. f;lakcly should have
missed retreat roll call WIS in itself no very
serious matter. Slept through at his qua
terS. perhaps said Plume. Hell turn ~
in time for dinner" In fine tn. majors in
difference struck the captain evidence
of official weakness, r.pr1nrnSibln in 4
comma nder charged with the discipline. Of A
force on hostile soil What Wren intended
was that Plume should b. impressed 10y his
formal word ana manner and direct tn"
adJutant to look up the nrelict iuS.lnt"r.
As no such action w * taken. however. "a.
felt it due to himself to sp"1k again. \
just man was Wren. and faithful To tn.
core in his own diSGh:-,e. of duty. What
he could not abide IS nesligenc,. on PR
of officer or man. on part of superior or in
ferior. and he sought Ia ''StiTen" Plume
forthwith.
no !,
party out in search. s:r?''
Who Blakriy? Dear, no. Wren What
fer; returned tn" post commander. Obj
viously nettled. Il fancy hr'lI not thank
you for even searching his quarters You
may stumble over his big museum in tn.
dark and smash things. No. let him alone.
If he isn't here for dinner I'll tend 10 1t
myself
And So. rebuffed rs it happened by an
officer much his inferior i'm point of expo
rience and Somewhlt in years. Wren 81
iently and stiffiy Saluted and turned away.
Virtually lie had been 5iven To understand
that his suggestion WIS impertinent. lie
reached his quarters. therefore. in no pleas
ant mood. and found his sister waiting for
him. with duty in her clear and shining
woman Of many a noble trait was Janet
Nren-a woman who had don. IL world of
good TO those in sickness, SORROW or other
adversely. Il woman of bouudieSS faith in
herself and her opinions. but not too much
hope or charity for others. The blood Of
the Scotch coven1nterS was in her veins.
for her mother had been born and bred in
the shadow of the kirk and lived and died
in the shadow of the cross. 4 woman with
a mission was Janet. and one who went at
1t unfiinchingly. She had loved her brother
always. yet diSapproved his marriage Ia 50
young and Uniformed IA woman was his
wife. Later she had deprecated from the
start the soldier spirit. fierce In his High
land blood. that tore him from the teach
ings of their gentle mother and her beloved
meenSter. took him from his fair young
wife when most she needed him and sent
him straightway into the ranks OF the one
Highland regiment In the Union army at
the outbreak of the civil wIr. His gallant
colonel fell at first Bull Run. and Sergt.
Wren fought over his body TO the fervent
admiration of the southerners who cap
tured both. The first War Secretary,
mourning beloved brother. and grateful
to his defender commissioned the latter in
the regulars at once. and on his return
from Libby. Wren joined the army as "A
first lieutenant. With genuine Scotch thrift
his slender pay had been boarded for him.
and his now motherleSs little by that
devoted sister. and when captain. at the
close of the war. he came to clasp his
daughter to his heart. he found himself
possessed of few hundreds more than fell
to the lot of most of his associates IL WIS
then that Janet. mOtherless herself had
stepped into the management of her BROTH
er's army home. and sought to dominate
In that as she had in everything else from
early gtrlhOOd. Wren loved her fondly. but
he. too. had a will They had many a clash
1t was this. indeed. that led to Angela's
going so early to an eastern school
Go be continued Monday.)