The daily Alaskan., 1907-02-20
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A Successful Rival
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of true love to be turned awry by 8
 horse. The story begins back in the
 days when the Indians In the west
 were constantly breaking away from
 their reservations aud slaughtering all pulefaCes who came in their way. It
 was then that Florence Brooks was
 visiting an older sister at Fort R., the
 wife of an officer in the United States
 army. And then It was that, the gar
 risOn having marched away. leaving
 the women and children to the prOteC-
 ton of half d company under the com
 mand of lieutenant. another tribe
 consisting of several hundred warriors
 came down to take possession of the
 fort
 When a friendly rCdskln rode into
 the IucloSure and announced the com
 ing of his fellows. every man being
 needed for defense Florence Brooks
 volunteered to ride to the nearest post
 fifty miles distant, for succor. Lieu tenant Howard Whiting, In command, placed her on his own Kentucky bred . horse, ComanChc. and sent her flying
 cut of the fort. shouting after her, ! Their lives depend upon you' How 1 the horse enabled her to cross the l path of the corning Indians an hour before they reached the point of inter section. how ten miles farther on sGo met a squadron of cavalry. how when the indians reached the fort thoy found force ample to protect 1t. uccI only he referred Jo here From tb0. tay Cnmauchc was beloved by tle whole garrison. and especially hv Miss 1 Brooks. AS for Miss Brooks, she was beloved by the whole garrison. especial. . lv Lieutenant WhlJ.u-
 1 And now the view of 4rEult plains . surrounding Fort R. has cdauccd to vacant lots o0 thr auc>h.rts of 0 ely. l Miss Brooks r.aeS .u 30 trolley car in. stead o5 on horseback. and Lieutenant ! Whiting spends iAc greater part of the day in a recruiting office in one os fae dsugicSt Strcr.S of thr city. En. early In the afternoon he leaves his sergeant iu charge and. mounted on Coucucln rides past Miss Brooks gh0Tc She .s watching for him from an upper will dow. lie raises his hat, and from be hind the curtain she throws him a kiss But for one thing the lover would be suPremely happy. He is jealous Of Comsnchc.
 Why" he asked on joining his fauccc after one of his rides, do you always feast your eyes on my horse and pay no attention 10 me: This aft eruoon when rode by you didn't even see when I raised my hat You waved your hand long after I had done so."
 "I love Comanchc." she replied.
 Miss Brooks left the city for a month. and when she returned her lover h. formed her that be had sold Comlnchc. Tho reason he gave for doing so was that he had been ordered to rci0fn D.s regiment in the west. and. Cowanoh2 having become old, besides gone lame. the lieutenant would not feel warrant cd in transporting hlm so far especial lv 0S he would need a SC~viccah'c auI- lnaI Miss Brooks looked nstouishcd when the news was imnartoi t0 her and argued long and well against gNa necessity for the sale Eut Whiting had nothing but his pay. which was not sufficient to keep so expensive a not. and Shc was obliged 10 admit which she did rrIuNautly. thu. he could hardly have doDo otherwise. They parted with an cmhr1ne warm enough on tho part Of thc m1n. hut not thc girl
 However. tt gradually game over Miss Brooks planning as sic was f07 tho coming wcddnc-that Comauche could not have hren 'ur'uroi Tn the calculations. Iudrod. it war ypry GrC- roult for ncr Co figure out thn vron1om of lIvfur on Wh'tinC's pay. c,on with. ont what ComauoNo would h0ro cost. SNo h0d an income Of SSN1. witch she must rclinQutSh upon hcr r.a~~ta-e This IcGt only a sNcond Nru.o~anGs my. with communication for 0-r1 and ouGrtnrs. Nu which thc rnumn must Uvc. After an. Whiting was right
 Thnrr is no dount that an would N0vo ~onr vn" Nad n n0t boon for D ror,.n mNnnorunu wnmne Ono ~Nr-Hr vrNu NHs, Rrnuls was out rws..r cop nuu..na0 ,nn saw o m7n Hv1mg ...rt v.n am nmormar- 'oad nw 2. .nn '.... was nNnNIo ir r.. . ru rr .n. .r. end rr aa,nr wa. HH.nr.ne '.m unmrr"n'n, Miss E~,.Es ontu. nI., fond of Norens. aun.n..... fnrno f.>t Tho horse urnr' his ne.r N>l. .1 af Hnr oul of pair of wr-0n.nnIy cvos and wrnn.rd IIrvas Cem.0anN. Mise RrroE- en'1rrco5 N0w ar' urant
 Tho rnNt man carrfni io } |.wnrnnt . wh.Gne a hroaN0nE or tho ua.aeNwrnt from Miss N~arAs N ,n..I..tNry rnesNr WAS g.yrn Tho rnal rrra.r s..z . tna. shr lowed romanehr Nrf'r- than l Nnune On rrr luromn. NNIer. v not narr.cI she would rnam wn fn.th. rhc eau'3 1.-Two and take oa7r af go wonehc. SNN bought him fNr SSo and kNNt him Tn rNynl r0Unn sty'o
 . CNmanrhc lIyri Hvr years after Ne. | Ing rneruc3 from ihc melancholy posi- Uon Info which his mastNr had so'd him TNNn Mise RgNhEs aFhrr a .fn-