Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1903-07-18


was peTverse and roUtT When Size
~an;eI TO he So WAS ordinarily -
sweet as a vio.ei.
Betty lived i'll the summer tine 1T
Jowlanl Glen. rot mary miles re-
moved frcla Fort Sherr?a. 4 big gar
r,soa with c@cngh youEg ciiicerS on
6l-ty to fill the ranks % y company rad
they been forced 10 drop the sword
aud shoulder the kTag-JoggerScn.
Betty loved the military - what girl
doesn't and Il the truth he ted Bet
fy's hear! WAS stt on marrying into the
sold.eTy but she lad made Up her mind
secretly that si.a couldn'; think o. look
ing 81 anything less ;i.an Il colonel. and
when size Thought of it size sighed. for
fine c).one;s in Uncle Sans regulars
we all so dreaGiully old. and Eetty
was only nineteen. mind YOU.
Tie-e was young Hcy Lanyard sta
tio3ca ~ Fort sherman. lie was
mighty good looking. Eeity admitted
tbs 10 herself and il wouldn't I've = bit
hard TO love him. but Roy was only Il
captain. and nothing but n colonel
would Go. Captain Lanyard. 10 get
in;o the middle of things ut once. was
just us desperately in love with Betty
rs Il young soldier just Old enough to
know his own mind can lie. He didn't
care n rap abou: Betty's bank account:
in fact. lie never gave Ii 4 thought. II
was inst pretty Betty herself that he
wanted. but he didn't dare say so.
Now Betty had another failing. not
Uncommon among American girls not
old enough to thoroughly understand
that Yankee husbands are the best in
the world. and that was a firm belief
that the ideal condition in married life
would be that which would come from
n husband who was = combination Of
EnGiishman and English army officer.
"'rhe colonies are yoTnge: over there.
said Eei;y 10 herself. land they are al
o: aristocratic family. and. oh. we'll.
Ea=iiShmfn a:e ju:i TOO lovely ;o:
anything"
Tho summer co."ny ~ Iov'.a:ld Glen
was unusually large that season. There
Were huncles o. swell dciugs. rs tho
s.an@y Yale cousin o. Petty would put
it. The army oi;iCcrs from Fort She"
iacn Wee mucl in oyiien,c. and exc
:o-nS car.a,R il 2:~t!ciiiI: w2S vc"y
much I'm cvitanrr in the vicinity q:
Miss Betty Haw.inS. Petty saw he
evidence clearly. and how she did wish
fila; the Pc s;Ge;t w0aid retire some
few hundreds cf superior cf;;sars 50
that Roy Lanyard could tac.; the all
hrcviat.on &C." 10 iae front part OF
his name.
Ore day there was excitement n
I.owllnd Glen. Mrs. Calumet had III
vited TWO EngiiSimcn. one o: them IN
army officer. 10 spend the month with
them n their summe: ho:rc. The news
rcached Betty the mo:n.n. after the
arrival OF the Ca;umet's two guests.
Twenty younc women had told her
Sbout II. Let the girls alone 10:
spreading news of this kind. And
Betty" said one OF her iaformants.
zone OF the En=lishmCn is coicncl j..
HIS Majos:y's service. and yo:!ay a2G
good LOOKING ii fiat"
Befty's heart gave n thIa.D. "-,t
las" she ma:mu-cI 20 hersel
The next afternoon EPiiy met TIE
Fn-lisiimag q: the De@,c: Country
Clui;. He: lear; 1uti red little -
the Young" o. the 'Y;o n:c:,-ii:e o:le:
WAS Old and ont Of the rurn.ns-was
Introduced TO he". Colonel Reginald
sortncote was his name. II fairly
sang OF a.istocracy and militnrism.
Betty knew TIA; h. was 4 s.mo1-DIre
EnSlishman all right or9Ig; because
OF his name. his accc-; ard lis clothes
which didn't fit.
For the next week Co.carl Reginald
Scuii:eota WAS Betty Rawl.n'S shadow.
Captain Roy Lanyard loo::ei o. a.d
WIS miserable. Eos;y gave him ;wo
canoes amd ai:ort t.l;ce woods during
ihe entire wee;
M show 10. onr OF Uncle Sans
poor ariilierymcn VIII = ;..e.e'S enc OF
King Edwards men with draw, a:,d
:: ".onocle a3ou,." s,-.:c! 300: Captain
Toy.
Colonel Reginald Southcote was rot
long in finding out tlat Ee;;y Eawiirs
hal Il pot 81 mO.ey aad that sac
adcred Tie Military. Eet;y asked E';.l
on day what his regiment WAS. :-l
II repi.ed promptly: Il ain lie co.oa2,
q: The Royal Yo:.ckshlre Regiment"
" said.
Ertty had heard tales aboa: English
men pretending - ne what they were
no.. bat the coiorel locked lon i
e-o12ii. and the gil was hals ashamed
o. herself whe,i sae went 10 n library
IN Tie city and took Gown 4 British
military gazette from the shelf ard
locked for Royal Yoricks .iire Re::m Ut
She foInd II MI right. a@l the naiie 81
Eeginald Sol;hcctc set down rs the
co,oael Thereof:
From that time Rett% was very co.,
dial t. the colonel. She turned the con
vevSaiion occasionally OF the Bocr war.
expecting TO hear some deeds o. daring
n.odestly told. Int the colonel was
strangely silent or the subject Of field
service. and Bet: put it down to
brave mans reticerce when IL came 70
speaking of his own acts On the field
o. battle. Betty might not have liked
II had she l,@5wn that when she was