The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-06-04
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Nv SADIE OLCOTT

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But Won don't have to dirt with ,
them il YOU don't wish Ia do 50.
They are so persistent There's Mr.
Wheeler. just ont of West Point WIN
nothing but his pay MS second lieuten-
ant aud nothing with which to occupy
himself hut To cultivate his mclpieht
mustachc lie has been bothcrinS me
10 become engaged To him thlok
YOU, aS commandment of the post.
should issue an order against flirting.
And IL the penalty of the order Is
trausgrcSScd?'
Twelve hours in the GuardhouSe.
VERY we'll Consider the order is
sued. Go to the guardhou>c.
Il? am not hirtng assure you
I'm in earnest
She looked ut the colonel. Il hand
some bachelor of forty. with pair OF
beautiful eyes in "A way that puzzled
him.
Il have n mind 10 order YOU out OF
the garrison" he said You have he
witchcd these young officers 50 aS To
| render them useless as soldiers. aud |
shall get no service out OF them till
| you are gone.
DO sit down and let us talk II over.
! | think | can prove to YOU that | am
not nrt."
We'll. 20 on
seriously. Mr. Wheeler must be
| headed OFF or
Hell blow ont his hrainSf'
! How could he do that when
HE hasn't any,"
Listen to me | see "A way to settle
the matter with him"-
And the rest of them?'
will YOU please cease to interrupt
me-"
Proceed"
when girl is once engaged she is
let alone. Now. | wish 10 be en-
gagged"
"Oh. YOU do, For how long
THAT depends My first object is to
get rid Of this clamur. | can't marry
all these young men, aud II engage
myself TO one Of them all the rest will
quarrel over the matter Now. If ! en-.
gage myself to their commanding ofii-
Ger it will he very different. No one
of them will have been preferred 10
the other"
What n brain You have in that pref
~ head of yours. Are YOU sure They'll
not all mutinyE"
How ridiculous!"
I'm at your service. But | warn
you YOU may find it harder to get rid
Of me tuan Wheeler"
"Oh. I'm not afraid of that
"You mean, | suppose. that being an
old fogy III do for II buffer aud when
no longer needed viii he retired"
You go too fast 1t will he time
enough to talk about crossing brids,
when we get to il"
will you announce our engage
mcnt?"
There you are again-trying To cross
bridge we haven't reached.
= "But thought YOU said you wishc,
TO he engaged to ne for protection
what protection will ii he if we keel
the engagement IA secret
What does au engagement in
volve?"
kissing privileges"
There is something that comes he
fore that"
What? Eli. oh. see--a proposal"
v Certainly"
will you do me the honor to he IN,
wife,"
Not on such n proposal as that"
y What kind of proposal would yo
like"
"One with some feeling in it."
Having received II great many q
them. perhaps you viii tell me tn
most attractive way to proceed
The sutton. sitting beside the lad
as YOU are sitting, takes her left han
in his"
The colonel did as instructed, usin
. his right hand.
Il. Not that hand: the othcr!'
80 "Why 500"
:. "The right hand must bc free"
:. The colonel used his left hand.
- "Then lie tells his story in his ow
al way"
~ You are the lovclcst little humbu
=. in the world love you dcsperatcl
- and have loved YOU desperately ev,
g.. since YOU came to the garrison. but
never dreamed that YOU would consi'
ri err an old fellow like me for a momen
ye especially when
* "Now you see why you should kee
ilc your right hand free" she intcrrupte