Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-02-02
DAILY. STORY
WHAT SHE TAUGHT HIM,

I Lilch EgliitS Ill lcOh iut SLouip
that all girls were unreliable in mat
tiers of love and man should deal
with them according to their own
methods. Donovan was stationed ut
Fort Monroe where he studied at
the artillery school by day and tiirted
with the girls at the hotels during the
evening
Among other girls he saw, Il great
deal OF Lorella Bertrand, the daugh-
ter of retired army officer living in
Washington. Miss Bertrand was quite
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 i'll one of the luxurious
chairs opposite her at the hotel where
she was staying with her parents.
Then one day came Miss OlcOtt, Il
New York belle. and whisked most OF
the young officers Of the fort in her
following, as train of cars will draw
papers on the track flying in the air
after 1t. Captain Donovan at once be
came the favorite. and he made no
more of transferring his attentions
from Miss Bertrand to Miss Olcott
than of changing his uniform of khaki
to full dress. Poor Miss Bertrand met
her first attention and her first deser-
ton very near together, but if the lat
ter troubled her she did not show it.
OutWardly ut least she accepted the
situation, and, 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 to the war depart
ment at Washington. On the evening
of his arrival ut reception of the sec
rotary Of war he met Miss Bertrand.
Three years had filed 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 he approached
| and spoke to her. after Il slight appar-
ent embarrassment, she received him
not unkindly. As Donovan surveyed
her critically from head to foot he re
| GREETED that he had not taken her when
| she was ready to fall into his net.
However, not being troubled with back
wardnesS, he manufactured a cock and
| bull story about his conduct, limiting
| at excuses greatly to his credit, and
| asked permission TO call and explain.
| Miss Bertrand told him that she would
| be ut church the next wednesday, aft
ernoon at O'Clock and he might see
| her there.
Donovan went from the reception to
| the Army and Navy club. where he
met Major Price, with whom he had
| passed some time in the Philippines
| when they were both subalternS. They
| sat down together at Il table for re-
! freshment, and Donovan, who was al
| the moment full of his former love
spoke to Price of having met her. Price
| smoked in silence while Donovan gave
him an account Of his attentions tC
low Miss couldn't help it: she
was such Il stunner''-and ended BY
telling of the appointment between
himself and Miss Bertrand the mex
| afternoon.
oh, she wouldn't hurt any ones feel
ings for the world" said Price. "She's
Il lovely girl and has recently Inherited
Il fortune from her grandmother"
| The two officers parted with expires
siOnS of satisfaction at having met aft
er SO long an absence, and the mex
afternoon at o'clock Donovan wen
to the trysting place. The street befor,
the church was filled with carriages
which surprised the captain, who coulC
not understand how so many people
would attend service on week day
Then, seeing a canopy stretched from
the sidewalk to the church door. HI
concluded that some friend of Mis-
Bertrand was to be married and thi
and not the ordinary service was wha
had brought her to church
He had scarcely entered when
wedding march came rolling out frOu
the organ. Who should Donovan Sc
proceeding as the groom down a sid
| uiSit Dul HIS IluJOE tTlce. n
founded, he turned to the correspond
ing aisle opposite. and his wonder wa
tenfold at seeing in the bride the lad
he had come to meet, Miss Bertha &c
Donovan was entering a pew at til
moment and caught at its back t
steady himself. In twinklng he say
, himself from being about to be lifte
into heaven Cast down into hell. II
stood during the wedding service SUI
, porting himself on the back of the peN
, in front of him, and when the brid
and groom walked out through tn
r center aisle, passing within a few fec
of him, he stared at the bride like
, condemned man at his executione
But she mercfully kept her eyes to iii
, front.
: Captain Donovan went to his room
a sadder and Il wiser man. He ha
f1irted with women who had vente
upon him the wrath of woman scorl
{ ed. Their treatment had only fattere
\ his vanity. Providence had sent I'll
|