The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-09-17
An International
Episode .
ByEDwARD B. cL.ARK


ID count, and a huge one at that But
Betty had . greater fortune in her face.
fol. she was as pretty as q spring beau
ty, and though she was perverse and
pouty when she wanted 10 b, she Wan
ordinarily as sweet as violet. Y
Betty lived in the summer time at
Lowland Glen, not many miles removed
from Fort Sherman, a big garrison with
enough young officers ON, duty to I'LL
the ranks ofsa company had they been
forced to drop. the sword and shoulder
the Krag-Jorgenson. Betty loved the
military what girl doesn't and II
truth be told Betty's heart was set on
marrying into the soldiery, but she had
madessup her mind secretly that .she
couldn't think Of looking at anything
less than colonel, and when she
thought Of 1t she sighed. for the colonels
in Uncle Sans regulars were all 60
dreadfully old, and Betty was only 10.
mind you. ~
There was young Roy Lanyard sta
toned at Fort Sherman. He was mighty
good looking. Betty admitted this to
herself and 1t wouldn't be a bit hard
to love him, but Roy was only captain,
and nothing but colonel would do.
Capt Lanyard, to get into the middle
of things at once, was just as desper-
atelys in love with Betty as young sol
,dier just old enough to know his own
mind can be. He didn't care rap
about Betty's bank account; in fact,
he never gave it q thought. TWAS Just
pretty Betty herself that he wanted, but
he didn't dare say SO.
Now, Betty had another falling, not
uncommon among American girls not old
enough thoroughly to understand that
Yankee husbands are the best in the
world, and that was firm belief that
the ideal condition in married life would
be that which would come fromsa hus-
band who was combination Of Eng
Ilishman and English army officer. The
colonels are younger over there" said
Betty to herself, land they are all Of
aristocratict family, and oh. WILL, Eng
lishmen are Just too lovely for any
thing
The summer colony at Lowland Glen
was unusually large that season. There
were lunches Of swell doings, as the
.slangy Yale cousin of Betty would pnt
it. The army. officers from Fort ssSher-
man. were much. in evidence. and one
young captain in particular was very
much in evidence in the vicinity OF Miss
Betty RaWlins. Betty saw the eyi..
dence clearly, and how she did wish
that the president would retire some few
hundreds of superior officers SO that
Roy Lanyard could tack the abbrevia-
ton Col" to the front part Of his
name.
Ono day there was excitement at
Lowland Glen. Mrs Calumet had in
vited two Enghshmen,one Of them
an army officer. TO spend the month with
them at their summer home. The news
reached Betty the morning after the ar
rival of the Calumets' two guests.
Twenty young women had told her
aboutit Let the girls alone for spread
Ing news Of this kind. '.And Betty. .
said one: Of her tnformants,i zone Of the
Englishmen Is a colonel in his majesty'a
service, and young and good looking al
that. b s
Betty's heart gave q thump. "At last. .
she murmured to herself.
The next afternoon Betty met the Eng
lishman at the Dexter Country club. Her
heart futtered q little as the younger 81
the two men-the other was old and
out Of the running was introduced Ia
her. Col. Reginald southcote was his
name. It fairly rang of aristocracy and
militatism. Betty knew that he was q
simon-pure Englishman all right
enough. because Of his name, his accen,
and his clothes-which didn't 1T. ~
For the next week Col. Reginald
Southcote was Betty Rawlins' shadow
Capt. Roy Lanyard looked on and was
miserable. Betty gave him two dances
and about three words during the entire
week
NO show. for one OF Uncle Sam,
poor Artillerymen when there's one q
KingS Edward's men with a drawl and
4 mqnoele about. Z sighed poor Cant
4 hoy. II "a sSEFs &
Cot Reginald southcote was not Ions
A finding ont that Betty Rawiinss had
Z pot 81 monsy. ana that she adored