Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-08-02


hungry and the little fruit vender's
cart less attractive Barbara might
never have heard again from her
missive. AS It was. a dozen bananas
were selected from the cart by the
hungry officers and Barbara's espe-
cial one was among the chosen.
It was Lieut.. Cumming who. upon
peeling the fruit, discovered the
banana soaked card.
by Jove!" he exclaimed, II have
struck a snag. Hello It's card.
He drew forth the bit OF pasteboard
and one and all OF the officers came
to halt beneath the street light.
Barbara Scott. jamaica. w. IT,
they read with considerable difficulty.
for card and banana we're more or
less closely mingled.
Your future wife, concealed Ia -
banana" laughed Lieut.. Smythers.
"Rather a soft place. isn't III"
Cumming laughed and put the card
in his pocket. 'You oan all come to
the wedding" he told them, and did
his own words.
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southern waters during the followius
winter.
The small incident that had put
Barbara SCOTS name into tho hsap-
| ing of Lieut.. Cumming had assumed
mammoth proportion: % day. wore
on. Try Is he might to hanish the
itself upon the deeper lobes Of hin
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Babs and Babby rather than the
young officers heart singing.
bered the finding Of the card, be
kansas made her way steadily toward
the West rndies. do you remember
a Capt. Scott who retired and came
south a year or 90 ago! We win
look him up II we are in port long
enough" Smythers laughed. There
is a chance that he might be at least
related to your banana girl"
ANY one bearing the name Of
Scott interests me" observed Lieut..
Cumming
| It was a scant three days after
the conversation on board the Ar.
kansas that officers were introduced
to lovely some one whose name
was Barbara Scott. Her father.
Capt. Scott, had given big dance
In honor of the arrival OF the battle
ship. He and Lieut.. Smythers made
their way across the room after the
introductions, and Barbara was left
to face shamelessly delighted OIL
Ger, whose eyes made her color flut
ter quickly into place.
You look at me so strangely
she managed to say.
II feel strange" the lieutenant
told her."
"But why?" questioned Bar
bara.
TT is rather long story he con-
fided to her and looked suggestive
| ly toward the windows where the
moonbeams stole in from the out Of
doors.
Come" laughed Barbara. Il VIII
take you out into the moonlight
since that IL what you want. But"
she admonished him, you must toll
me the whole story-every word Of
IT,"
II you promise to listen, Will tell
you everything" He followed Bar.
bara out into the moonlight night
and never before had realized that
one fragment from the feminine
world could possess al the lure In
the universe. He fumbled In the coat
Of his dress uniform and produced =
card very much the worse for wear.
Barbara started and a high color
sprang into her cheeks.
'sYou found that" she laughed and
her voice was a trifle tremulous, for
after all she knew that something big
and wonderful had followed upon her
whim of the moment.
Eyes," Lieut. Cumming said simply.
II found your name, and now have
/ found you