El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-10-03
An IntermezZO
By DracOt Deli

- a H. thinks B53'I' "-'
\ I didn't think, and told Glenn
so. Glenn, I must tell you, is my kiddie
sister Clemency, and, although she Is
only girl, she's all right Her falr'
curly head was raised above the news
paper she had been reading, and her
eyes were alive with animation. See
ing this look Of excitement in her face
became interested at once
We'll. what is it?" asked Some
new foreign stamp Clemency is an
ardent philatelisu, and Iear1u4ly Aatu ~
swindle out of a rare issue.
More important than that, was neI
reply. You will never guess. 1hsn
she became silent for moment, Inlnh-
ing perhaps that 1 should start -l.l guess
ing; but although I'm very young
know that If you start that game WIN
women folk YOU can go on all night so
I remained dumb-waittng Tor elem 10
speak.
Capt ChestertOn's regiment has re-
turned from the Philippines she
blurted out at last, indicating with an
fnkv little finger a small paragraph
in the Standard There was look OF
triumph on her face as she SAID IT.
''PhewP commented, and no Won
der, for at one time Capt ChesterLon
had been a constant VlslIor az our
house-as a friend Of mothei,s ne aaa
come. for they were boy and girl to-
gether before mother had married
wont the mater be surprised?' I
cried. but Glenn put warning finger
she mustn't know yet, Basil; II she
did 1t would spoil everything.
HOWE" I asked.
"Ohl you wouldn't understand" re-
piled elem. 1T is one Of those little
errrn-
stand"
It's that kind Of tone I hate about
Clemency-kind OF superior ring for
the maid" air that makes me mad, es-
pecially when L can put two years
Personally I knew that mother
would wish to see the captain. for re-
membered her farewell to him on the
night before the regiment sailed for
the Philippines
Some Afridis had started to kick
up shindy, and the regiment had been
ordered out TO iii up gaps caused by
losses. rather had been glad to 60
knew that by the way he looked when
the news cOme-but Capt Chesterton-
well, he had gone white and wa liked
outside with mother. I saw them from
the drawing room window-it was open
anu 1 heard mother say something
about the captain looking after himself
for her sake Then father came in
looked out Of the window, ana said
al any EhLtr II was q very LOFGlOle WORD.
Father is dead now, I must tell you
was killed on the frontier. Glenn and
/ know the story by heart how In the
hurry Of a retreat an officer had been
wounded and father had dashed back
to bring the injured man in. He got
into safety, but-mother says that
there is white stone out on some
lonely rock clad hill marking HIS rest
ing place.
Basil" whispered Glen softly. he
VIII be able 10 tell how fqrnar 7faT 100
BY JOve. yes, thought / We wanted
full details badly enough. for we had
not seen the papers at the time. and
only when the parsOn called. or the To-
cal engineer-he always held mothers
hand for a long time and called her
my dear lady'-was the fight referred
to, our two visitors giving details oc-
casiondlly, facts culled from none too
receptive memories, as our teacher
would say-but there. he is a man with
the courage Of no convictions, and rOr-
ten at sports.
How could we get to the captain?
Eureka I cried at last Z have itTf
''What2" aked Glen. jumping I'D and
making such a row that mother came
in thinking that something fearful had
happened
For a short while Glen and I looked
guiltily one at the other. and promise
TO be quiet. When mother had gone
back to her sewing I outlined my
scheme.
We would wire our address to the
barracks where the papers said the
regiment had been CHARTERED. and Can't
Chesterton would probably follow up