New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-11-26
Wff6 the Red Hea-L,feS.
The Story of a LOUe affair.
BY CHARLES EDWARDS.
IN FIVE PARrs-PART IL

The officers Of the Red Heavies not only
clean shaver set Of men, and-barring Pepper
great in bone and sinew; they were also good
as sworn bachelors. So rumor ran. without telling
lie OF the usual size. This tradition, like others
Of the regiment. had come down from the compare
lively remote past. It was often discussed over
the wine as capital joke. At other times 1t
accepted as en- inevitable detail OF the regimentaI
life Officers OF other regiments were in danger
wherever there was pretty woman to lay snares
for them in tbs conventional way. This kind of
incense left the Red Heavies unmoved In their
circumstances They were not uniformly stoid In
the matter; sometimes. indeed. they had earnest
little limitations due to great determination on the
part OF the lady and the mans temporary weak
ness but marriage was out of the question A
word from the Colonel. and it was all up with the
fair cOnspirators ambitions.
SO 1t had been for quite thirty-hve years
or all the Red Heavies too no one seemed less
likely to run counter to custom in this particular
than Major Grandson Lee. AS rule, he was too
trying fortress for any lady to besiege for more
than an hour or two. He met the warmest
direct advances with ce ice. ice there was no end
to the ice he had at command. Life was too short
FOR any lady to attempt to thaw him until he might
tire. 1t was generally understood that he was a
most dutiful son to his old mother. ard an un-
usually affectiOnate brother his sisters. But to
the rest Of the world such informs ton, taken by
ITSELF not exciting. OF all the officers OF tina
hed Heavles therefore, Grandson Lee was least
troubled by the serious attentions the fair sex
Citation with young Pepper something happened
70 give point to the Coiones inquiry at dinner that
What You are doing L suppose yo1 introduced Lee
to that charming sister Of yours?'
Young Pepper did not raise his eyebrows like
certain Of the others. he looked quickly at the
han-sister, sir. he explained. land it was awfuIy
sScs q RaS lee f 20 te her or my bands as far as
MIN She almost trod on his toes turning corner
Really don't remember that" said the Major
.t IiloUs i NJ ~ We" vas you: Pepper. Sut
once
Don't be sillyl' said the Major. And. Colonel.
been troubled by my escort if Pepper hadn't put
out 81 heF S STe5 f96 an SsT q
man"ItoP ne and they all marked with surprise
wouldn't really, if you want to have it PUT
what did you say she's WORTH" asked Captain
Gaiway, felgnlng to be quite casual. while he
Eighty thousand. the poor deari And bounder
OF the name of Stiles won't leave her alone. He's
a few broken backed lords TO shoot his covers he
thinks himself irresistible. She's said No to him
ears. She's come down here with the mater for
fortnight to try to get rest from him.
Red Heayies listened to young Peppers words.
But the Colonel. well as Major Lee had had
enough OF the subject.
you to continue unsettling our minds Your half
sister is charming. as have said. and SO leave
But the Major was disturbed for a considerable
time longer, in spite Of his endeavors TO comport
haf-sister had at first appealed TO him merely like
any other young lady of twenty-five twenty
three with tender gray eyes and a ready smile.
Probably the dappled sunlight under these beech
She really was. It didn't matter much anyway
What did matter was the tone she adoLted toward
him as Pepper had slipped away, after a
look at his watch, an expletive Of annoyance and
mention of an engagement at the Imperial Hotel
~ do want TO something to you, Major
Lee" she began, when they were alone. 1t was
then that he noticed her face particularly.
She bIUshing like boy, and she had clasped
his hand too with the honest grip Of boy.
me he ha q wifi ratb less ice to
his words than the contingency required
Yes. Peter has been telling how splendidly
you have been lecturing him. and both my mother
and 1 think it noble OF you
She shot her words out Ike a boy in his younger
teens.
The Major startled. and the more he looked
at those sunny gray eyes and .he telitale cheeks
the more he was startled He begged her pardon:
had she not made a mistake ?-and forth.
But there mistake a all. from her point
OF view, the Major himself soon had to admit