The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-01

listening to the music. It had ceased,
and I was waiting for it to begin again,
when heard voices"
"Why did you not leave thenF'
"And be observed? I dared not. ~
The colonel chewed the end of his CT
"And now may I have that rose,
The colonel observed him warily. He
knew that quiet tone. 1t said that if
he refused to give up the rose he would
have to fight for it, and probably get
licked into the bargain. -.
five notion you might attempt to
take it by force in case [ refused
ct surrendered it peacefully enough,
$50 you did. Here The colonel
tossed the flower across the room and
Warburton caught it:
II should like to know, sir, IT you
are are gGi3ag ss to expose me- It's no more
The colonel studied the Autographs
with wave of the hand. IT,
"No, sir. should like to know what
you are going to do. 1t would relieve
my mind. AS matter of fact, | con-
fess that I am growing weary of the
mask. - Warburton waited.
"You make a very respectable but
ler tho,','-musingly. ..,,
Shall you expose me, sirS'-per-
sistently.
Ono, lad. I should not want it to
get about that a. former officer Of mine
self. You have slept. all night in jail,
you have groomed horses. you have
worn livery which no gentleman with
any self-respect would wear, and all to
no purpose whatever. Why, in the name
of the internal regions, didn't you
would have been plenty of opportuni-
ties.'
Warburton shrugged; SO did the col
onel, who stood up and shook the wrln-
kles from his trousers.
WShall you be long in Washington,
sir7' asked Warburton, politely. -,
"In hurry to get rid OF me, ehf.
with grim smile. "Wel, perhaps IN
few days.
"Good night"
The colonel stopped at the threshold
and his face melted into warm, hu,
morous smile. He stretched out hand
which Warburton grasped most CRATE
fully. His colonel had been playing
with him.
east is no place for a man of your, KID;
ney. Scrape up a commission, and II
see to it that you get back into the
, regiment. Life is real out in the great
west. People smile too much here; they
dom laugh often enough. Smiles have
a hundred meanings, laughter but one
Smiles are the hiding places for lies
and sneers, and mockeries, and scan
, dals. Come back to the west; we al
? want you, the service and l. When
saw you this afternoon ! knew you In
stantly, only was worried as to what
devilment you were up TO-, WIN IN:
girl, if you can; she's worth any KIM
: Of struggle, God bless herl Win he1
Warbu1rton wrung the hand i'm his til
: the old fellow signifed that his fingers
were beginning to ache.
z edo you suppose she suspects any
thing9' ventured Warburton.
emo. She may be trihe puzzled
y tho. I saw her watching your hand
= at the table. She has eyes and cal
readily see that such hands as your
were never made to carry soup-plates
! For the life of me, I had q time Of it
vacant lot to yell in. It would hav
,, Troop A peddling soupl Oh, I sha1
pipeclay than any other man in the regi
u ment. Don't scowl. Never mind
you had your joke; I must hav
t. mine. Don't let that Russiar felloy
get tho inside track. Keep her O.
q American soil. like him and I don
like him; and for all your tomfooler
" and mischief, ther is good stuff in you
IS stuff that any woman might be prou