The Washington times., 1904-01-03

I in finding out that Betty Rawlins had
a pot Of money and that she adOred the
military Betty asked him one day what
his regiment was. and he replied
promptly; Il am the colonel OF the Roy
al Yorkshire Regiment" ne said.
Betty had heard tales about English
men pretending to be what they were
not but the colonel looked honest
enough. and the girl was half ashamed
Of herself when she went to a library
in the city and took down a British
military gazette from the shelf and
looked for Royal Yorickshire Regiment.
She found it all right. and with the
name OF Redinald Southcote set down
as colonel thereof.
From that time Betty was very cor
dial to the colonel She turned the con-
versation occasionally on the Boer war.
expecting 10 hear some deeds OF daring
mcdestly told; but the colonel was
strangely silent on the subject Of field
service. and Betty put it down to
brave mans reticence when il came TO
speaking of his own acts on the field Of
battle Betty might not have liked IL
had she known that when she was Ilok-
ing UP the colOners regiment he was
making inquiries in certain financial
circles about the extent Of her bank ac-
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him. and he proceeded TO, make hay
while the sun shone. and it vas a par
ucularly cloudless month at Lowla7d
Glen
Betty knew with a girls intuition
that an offer was not far away. She
felt pang. however. every time she
saw Captain Lanyard and saw how
miserable he looked though he tried
TO put a brave face on the matter If
the truth be told Betty cried a little
in the privacy of her room when she
looked at the glorious old flag floating
in the sunshine at the Flagstaff peak in
the fort beyond. and sighe6 and sighed
again.
One day Lawyer Coke. wao looked
after Betty Rawlins' estate. heard from
a close friend that a certain English
man had been inquiring about Betty's
| financial standing. Fortune hunter il
not a fraud" said old Coke to himself
and Their. as luck would have s.. he
BPosd Arrow SA the up io,TD oPy o the the
united services Of Great Britain Law
yer Coke looked at It. His eye fell on
a paragraph and he chuckled He folded
the paper up, put il in his pocket and
took the first train for Lowland Glen
he marked the paragraph in the paper
and put II where he knew Betty would
be sure TO pick il UP. and from the
nature of the publication he knew she
would be sure TO read il from start TO
Betty RawIins felt that the hour was
coming when she would have to answer
a question put to her by Col. Reginald
Southcote- She was thinking of this
when she picked up the Broad Arrow.
She knew what the paper was, for she
had heard Of IT, She read il eagerly
The date of the paper was three months
back. The marked paragraph caught
her eye. She read this:
Gen; Powell-Baden inspected tho
Royal Norickshire Regiment last Thurs
day II was the first training day OF
this militia organization for year. The
men We're in poor trim. and Col. Rogi-
nald SOuthcote. who has seen no Tor
eign service and very little at home.
had hard work TO give commands and
to sit his horse properly. The regi-
ment will need overhauling TO bring Il
up TO even militia standards
The paper dropped from Retty's fin
gers. "Militiamen; never saw DAYS
real service; couldn't sit on his horse
and then Betty gaSped. Her thoughts
turned to another paragraph that. she
/ had read in an American jourp>si- IL
/ told how one Capt. Row Lanyard had
/ received the Congressional medal OF
\ honor for personal Galantry in the saw
/ fire in the Philippine Islands.
/ Betty knew that night at the bail at
/ the hotel that Col. Reginald SoGthcote
1 was seeking her out but she avoided
/ she smiled on him. and there was a look
4 IL ner eyes That made the young sol
\ diers heart leap; Wont you go for
walk with me" he said
! Yes. she answered softly.
/ As they passed down the hotel steps
the moonlight fell full upon them, and
/ veranda, and being a bit of a wag, he
/ turned 70 a friend who had been watch
] ing the course of events for a month
Alas! Poor YOrickshire. Chicago
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