The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-09-16
| aflier of the Cavalry
GENERAL CHARLES
 KING.
Author of .sTfe Coionel.s Daushter,D
 l"Foes In AmS1sh,'' Etc.

captain out Of earshot and there make his plea as best he could. leaving Lanier and the silent young trooper, 1 Dora and her grave faced old father,
 in possession of the field.
 | For a moment they watched Fitzroy Hell give you no more trouble, l l fancy" said Lanier. in low tone to the veterinarian. 'HI'n say good night again, Miss Dora.'' And he walked cheerily away, but Mayhew looked
 after him long and anxiously.
 Maybe not-maybe not" be mutter- 1 ed with sorrowing shake of the head. l s'but few men can give more trouble
 than him when he's minded and I
 reckon he's minded now.''
 
 Nearly six long months went the reg l inent a4field on the hardest campaign l of it's history. Then at last by way of reward it had been ordered into big
 Fort Cushing for the winter. The new station was bIithe and merry with 1 Christmas preparations. Half Q dozen
 fair visitors had come from the distant east The band was good, the dancing I men were many, the dancing floor was fine and the dance they were having on Friday night Dec. Is, was all that even an army dance could be until just after Il o'clock. Then something happened to cast a spell over every body.
 Bob Lanier was officer of tho guard. Bob had asked the colonel to let him turn over his sword to a brother off cer, who, being in mourning, could not dance and the colonel had curtly said mo- The colonevs wife was amazed. Six girls were sorrowfu1, and one was cruelty hurt. She was under parental orders to start for home on the nor row She liked Bob Lanfer infinitely more than she liked her fathers die tum that she must like him not at all. As for Bob Lanier, the garrison knew he loved her devotedly even before she knew it herself. t5
 Of course she came to the dance. As the guest of Captain and Mrs. Sumter, she even had to go up and smile on the colonel and his wife, who were receiving She and Kate Sum- ter had been classmates. roommates, at Vassar. and Kate, born and reared in the army. had never been quite con tent until her friend could come to visit the regiment-her fathers home.
 A wfnsome pair they were, these two sweet girl graduates'' of the June gone by. while the regiment was stirring up the Sioux on the way to the Big Horn and Yellowstone. Everybody had lavish welcome for them, and to Miriam Arnold the month at Fort Gushing had been quite dream Of delight until there came a strange and sudden missive from her father bidding her break off a visit that was to have lasted until February and all relations with Lieutenant Rob- eY.f I4avI TzafafaT-
 For reasons of his own MT. Lanier had made no avowa1 of his love to her. even though he had disclosed it to every one else. Bob had his enemies frank men generally have. He could hardly believe the evidence of his ears when just after sunset roll call he had confidently approached the colonel with his request and had received the colonel's curt reply
 Everybody by half past 10 had heard of it. Nobody was very much sur prised when in the midst of the lovely ''Lorelei'' waltz a group of young off cers near the doorway opened out, as it were, and Bob Lanier, officer of the guard, came gracefully gliding down the room Miriam Arnold'S radiant, happy face looking up into his It was joy to watch them dancel together, but not to watch the coloneps face when he caught sight of them. Ex- cept Lanier every officer present was in full uniform. without his saber. Lanier was in the undress uniform of the guard. but with the saber-not the long, curved, clumsy. steel scabbarded i weapon then used by the cavalry. but a light Prussian hussar sword that he 1 had evidently borrowed for the occa- sion. for it belonged to Barker. the ad- jutant, as Barker realized to his cost when the commander summoned him.
 "Mr. Barker, you will at once place 1 MT. I4anters in arrest for quitting his l guard and aisobeying my orders
 shall have to--get my saber, SIT. starnmered the adjutant, meaning the regulation item over at his quarters
 There it is, sir, before your eyes. MT. Lanier, at least, can have no fur ther use for it until q court martial l acts on his case.''
 Good Lord,' thought Barker, "how l can I go up to Bob and tell him to l turn over that sword so that can properly place him in arrest :"
 But the colonel would brook, no de- lay. Direct MrsLauier to report to | me in the anteroonl. said he,@ march l ing thither forthwith.
 BOD saw It coming III 6s1fheti $ AoA1- Der visage.
 Miss Arnold. may offer myself as a substitute for the rest of this dance? Bob, the chief wants to see you a | second,'' was the best that Barker could think of. They praised him later for his 'mendacity," yet what he said was true to the letter. It took little more than second fer taa colo nel to say:
 "dr. Lanter, go to your room in ar rest.''
 Now, that was the first touch to spoil that memorable December night The waltz soon caaSed but the colcnel