The daily Alaskan., 1907-03-07
What She Taught Him
LOrIginal

| United States artillery took the SFouIu that all girls were unreliable in mai | tcrs of love and a man should deHi with them according to their own methods. Donovan was stationed a.
 Fort Monroe, where he studied at the artillery school by day and ttrtel
 with the girls at the hotels during the evening.
 Among other girls he saw a grca-
 deal of Lorella Bertrand, the daugA- ter Of retired army officer living iH | Washington. Miss Bertrand was quits young and very unsophiSticated. Cap tain Donovan was the first grown man | who had ever been especially attentive
 to her, and her poor little head was soon turned. He was her constant at- tendant at dress parade in the after | noon and in the evening was always seen sitting in one of the luxurious chairs opposite her at the hotel where she was staying with her parents. Then one day came Miss Olcott. New York belle. and whisked most ct | the young officers of the fort in hr- following. as d train of cars will draw papers on the track flying in the a.r after 1t. Captain Donovan at once G,- came the favorite, and he made ID more of transferring his attentions from Miss Bertrand to Miss OlCO't than of changing his uniform of kha. i to full dress. Poor Miss Bertrand met her first attention and her first desc ton very near together. but If the ia ter troubled her she did not show l.. Outwardly at least she accepted tie situation. aud. as she was just grow ing into attractiveness, she found no difficulty in filling up her time with other officers.
 From Fort Monroe Captain Don Ovan was ordered to the Pacific coast.
 He remained there three years. when he was transferred 10 the var drpart- ment at Washington. On tHc evening of his arrival at q reception of the sec rctary of war he met Miss Bertrand. Three years had filled out her figure and stamped beauty on her face. She was the same retiring, gentle creature that she had been when Donovan had first met her. and when h. approached and spoke to her. after slight aNpH" rnt embarrassment, she received him not mkindly. As Donovan SurYcyet her critically from head t. foot he rc gretted that he had not taken nrr when she waS ready to fall into his net However. not being truH' pi with bgr'. wardneSS. he manufacture, a rnrE H... bull story about his cam urt. h.ut."-: at excuses greatly t1 his c"r!il. a., asked permission tu C,a auJ cEuI@',. Miss Bertrand told him th't ~hr woH.1 be at church the next lWcmn,lJyi aE.. ernoon at ! o'clock and Ee might s., her there
 Donovan went from the reception 2. the Army and Navy club where .N' met Major Price with whom hc hal passed some time in the Philippines when they were both suh@ltc"nS Thw. sat down together Ir a table for r- rrrShmrnt, and Donovan. who was ;t the moment full of his former Iovr. spoke to Price oc having met her. pr.r, smoked in silence while Donovan gaH' him an account of his attentions I' Miss Bcrtrsud h!S SwitcLm" oG tu r.. low Miss OlcOtt-"cOuidI help it: slr was such Stunucr'-aud ended l.. telling of the appointment hctwerr himself and Miss Bertrand the ne,' afternoon.
 Oh, she wouldn't hurt any ones f., iDgs for the world" Said Price. "Shc : a lovely girl and has recently iuhc-jlnl fortune from her grandmother"
 The two officers plrtcL with rXprc >ious of satisfaction at having met af'. nr So long an absence and the nc. Ifteruoou at I o'clock Donovan We. 10 the tryStnG place. The street before tha church was filled with carriage which surprised the captain. who cou ] not understand how SD many pcupa would attend service on a week ia. Then, seeing q canopy stretched frol ,le sidewalk tu the church door. l' concluded that some friend of Ms Bertrand was to be married and tn,
 md not the ordinary service was wh.. lad brought her to church.
 He had scarcely entered when wedding march came rolling out frpm the organ. Who should Donovan Srr proceeding as the groom down q SiGr aisle but his friend Major Price. A founded. he turned to the correspoul ing aisle opposite. and his wonder WI, tenrold at seeing in the bride the lady he had come 10 meet, Miss Bertrand Donovan was entering pew at the moment and caught at it's back tn steady himself. In twinkling he saw himself from being about to be liftcG into heaven cast down into hell ltr stood during the wedding service SuV. porting himself on the back oC the pew
 n front of him. and when the br.;.e
 md groom walked ont through the
 enter u,sIc, passing within 8 few feet
 # him. he stared at tEe bride like
 'ondrumcd maU at his cNccuJ.oHcr
 8ut she mcvclrully kept her eyes 10 the front,
 Captain Donovan wCr, to his rooma Sadarr and d wiser man. He had !