Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1906-03-10


have worn a livery which no gentle
man with any self-respect would wear
and all 10 no purpose whatever. Why.
In the name Of the Internal regions.
didn't you meet her in formc, way {?
There would have been plenty OF op-
portunitIes"
Warburton shrugged; 80 did thecolo-
mel. who stood up and shook the
wrinkles from his trousers.
shall YOU Doe long in Washington.
sir?" asked Warburton. politely
In hurry TO get rid OF me. eh?"
with "A grim smile Well. perhaps
In few DAYS"
Good night"
The colonel stopped az the threshold
and his face melted suddenly into "A
warm. humorous smile. He stretched
out n hand which Warburton grasped
most gratefully His colonel had been
playing with him.
Come back Co the army. lad: the
east is no place for a man OF your
| kidney. Scrape up a commission and
III see 20 IL that you get back into the
! regiment. Life Is real out in the great
west People smile too much here:
they don't laugh often enough. Smiles
have a hundred meanings. laughter but
one. Smiles are the hidden places for
| lies. and sneers. and mockcries. aud
scandals Come back 20 the west: we
all want you. the service and /. When
/ saw you this afternoon / knew YOU
instantly. only I was worried as To
what devilment you were up 10. Win
I this girl. II you can; she's worth any
kind of a struggle. God bless heri Win
her and bring her out west. too"
Warburton wrung the hand in his
| TIL the old fellow siEnihed that his
fingers we're beginning TO ache.
do you suppose she suspects any
thiEg2" ventured Warburton.
mo. She may be a trihe puzzled.
| though / saw her watching your
hands at the table She has eyes and
can readily see that such hands as
yours were never made TO carry SCUM
| plates. For the life Of me. / had a time
Of it, swallowing my laughter. I longed
for vacant lot to yen in It would
have been a positive relief. The fop
Of Troop A peddling SOUP Oh. shall
have TO tell the boys. You used more
pipe-clay than any other man in the
/ regiment Don't scowl Never mind;
you've had your joke I must have
mine. Don't let that Russian fellow
get the inside track. Keep her on
American soil. / like him and ! don't
like him; and for all your tomfoolery
and mischief. there is good stuff in
you-stuff that any woman might be
proud OF. II YOU hadn't adopted this
disguise. ] could have helped you out
bit by cracking up some of your ex-
PLOTS. Well, they will be inquiring for
me. GoOd night and good luck II
you should need me. note will find
me at the Army and Navy club" And
the genial old warrior, shaking with
silent laughter. went back to the house
Warburton remained standing. He
was lost in a dream. All at once he
pressed the rose to his lips and kissed
1t shamelessIy. kissed il uncountable
times. Two or three leaves, not With
standing this violent treatment, fiut-
tered TO the floor He picked them up;
l 49, CHt " AlDoE Velvet lCANtN
have been the recipient of her kisses,
the rosary of love lie was in love,
such love that COMES hut once to any
man. not passing, uncertain, but last
Ing. He knew that Il was useless. He
had digged with his own hands the
abyss between himself and this girl.
But there was a secret gladness; TO
love was something. Cor my part,
believe that the glory lies, not in be-
ing loved, but in lovlng)
do not know how long he stood
there, but 1t must have been at lest
ten minutes. Then the door opened
and Monsieur Pierre iurched or rolled
III can't explain OF describe the
method OF his entrance) into the room,
his face red with anger. and a million
Thousand thunders on the tip of his
lGaiiic tongue.