The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1910-12-23

hurried on In their academic course
T., hr prnduntcI no so,n NJ host,IItlcs
rommrur,d
rb, foll,winu sprlny p,ckhnm nnL
Hon wrrc rr,duot,a md assigned Ia
n war ycssrI sailing for Cuhn Peck.
ham md Snt, wore m,rrlnd h,for, be
smiled III, wedding wns notnhl,
from fin, numbcr Of disnppointc,l
y,uny mon I'm ,tt,ndnurc nm cycry
mop az ,hrm s,vnr, nv thc bride md
considered ,hc vrn,m thc nckicst mun
that Ind over wo,cI woman
Eote having inIucl fin, navy mntrI.
mouIplly felt nj home nj n naval stn.
ton, and her aunt who ndorcd her,
invited her TO remain with her I'm.
definitely, So Kate STAYED where she
would he IN touch with her husband
far more than at home. Tint was an
exciting summer, First came news of
the fight I'm NInnIln Inv. then the on.
trance of the SPANISH Admiral Cerye.
rn's fleet into Cubnn waters, its ut.
trmpt to cscnnr md Its destruction.
prckhnm and Holt went through
this last fight and when II was over
the Inter officer was ordered TO tho
commnud of II smoll SUNNY bont md
dIr,ct,J IN sail far tho uronI,Iyn nnyy
ynrd
"rop n, nnvthiry f,r van nj
homer" br nskrd Of prrkImm
/ "NothIug. mlrqa van will tnke n
letter for NV wife you cnn mnIl Il
as soon ma ,ou Get IN Brooklyn."
pcckhom wrot, n short not, TO his
wife and gave II ia Holt.
"Thc tran Pm TO command IA not
very scaworthy." said the Inter. "Jf
meet II big blow | may not get
/ through. Dut | promise YOU, Hector,
that your wife shall hive the letter"
pcckham hurrd TINT his friend
would get through safely. and they
parted
One morning Young Mrs Pcrkhnu
was Sitting I'm her room nj hnpnpoll,
reading accounts of the naval fight OF
Cubn she hnG rcnd them mnny times
before wh,l II draft blew Omen the
door md tIrrn came into the room q
strong smell of the son. Standing he.
fore the opening was Leslie Holt, pale
nnd exhausted.
"Why, MIR. IIoltw exclaimed Mrs
rerkhnm.
without n word he handed her let.
ter. Thinking II To be from her hlla-
band or that II might bring her bnd
news from him. her attention was mo.
mcntnrlly turned from lis bearer 10
tie letter II bore evidence Of having
been wet, A dnmpnrsS chung 10 II,
ana the letters of the suprrScrlptlon
had run together. She tore II open
md read H. II was simply mn mn
IuuucuInrm that the writer was we'll,
lad suffered nothing IN tho recent en-
gngrmcnt aud hoped before many
weeks to return 10 her Having sat
IsIcl herself TINT II bodied no linrm TO
HE man sh" loved, shc turned to its
hrur,r He wnH not there
Thinking that whnt bud passed bc.
Iwccn them before her marriage Ind
ed him 10 go AWAY without even hnv.
ng brrn thanked shc tossed the let
cr on II table aud ran ont into the
mll 10 stop him. Not finding him In
he hall. she went out on 10 the porch
lie was not there, nor was he any.
where IL hr sr,n, though there Wns
nothing for come distance to obairurt
her vision.
"Strnup,,' she said IA hrrsclf md
returned to b,r ronm. II fcnr coming
,,rr hrr th,t il,r affair ,yn. I'm sninc
wny connected win, n misfortune In
uci, husband t,iu,, in fla, ,nII, ahc
wu4 ulout Ia snatch mn tbc letter
whom si,n amy iIni n wna moi where
,.l,r had uui II InuIkluy an ibc floor
far n shr dIJ mn, find II
ann sur, snmrthIny has honncned
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