Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-31

WOulu Wnon lOOkluB ali around and
through a thing or when she found
any one beating about the BUSH The
little frown disappeared and she
smiled understandingly "You know
I'm not a perfect goose!" she added.
Had you been made chief of staff in
name, too, all the old generals would
have been in the sulks and the young
generals Jealous" she continued. The
one way that you might have the
power to exercise was by proxy"
This downright frankness was an
other reflection of the old days before
he was at the apex of the pyramid.
Now 1t was 30 unusual in his expert
ence as to be almost a shock. On the
point of arguing, he caught a mis-
chievous, delightful Isn't that sol" In
her eyes, and replied:
Yes, shouldn't wonder II it wereI"
Why shouldn't he admit the truth to
the one who had rung the bell of his
secret ambition long ago by recogniz-
ing in him the ability to reach his
goal? He marvelled at her grasp of
the situation.
1T wasn't so very hard to say, was
ltf'' she asked happily, in response to
his smile. Then, her gift of putting
herself in another's place, while she
Btrove to look at things with his pur-
pose and vision, in full play, she went
on In . different tone, as much to her,
self as to him: You have labored to
make yourself master of . mighty or
ganiEation. You did not care for the
non-essentials. You wanted the reality
of shaping results"
= "Yes, the results, the poweri" he
exclaimed.
Fifteen hundred regiments!" she
continued thoughtfully, looking at
given point rather than at him. Every
regiment a blade which you would
bring to an even sharpness Every
regiment unit of harmonious whole,
knowing how to screen itself from fire
and give fire as long as hidden, In
answer to your will II war comes! That
is what you live and plan for, isn't 1t ?"
8 Eyes, exactly! Yes, you have i'll"
he said. His shoulders stiffened as he
thrilled at seeing a picture of him.
self, as he wanted to see himself, done
in bold strokes. It assured him that
not only had his own mind grown be-
yond what were to him the narrow as.
! soctations of his old La Tir days, but
that hers had grown, too. And you
what have you been doing all these
years?" he asked.
Living the life of q woman on q
country estate" she replied. Since
you made a rule that no Gray officers
should cross the frontier we have been
little lonelier, having only the Brown
officers to tea. Did you really find it
80 bad for discipline in your own
case?" she concluded with playful
solemnity.
"One cannot consider individual
cases in a general order" he explained.
And, remember, the Browns made the
ruling first You see, every year
means a tightening-yes, a tightening,
as arms and armies grow more compli-
Gated and the maintaining Of staff
secrets more important. And you have
q been all the time at La Tir, truly?" he
asked, changing the subject. He was
convinced that she had acquired some
thing that could not be gained on the
outskirts of a provincial town.
mo. have travelled. have been
quite around the world"
you have!" This explained much.
"How envy you! That is privilege
shall not know until am superannu-
ated." While he should remain chief
OF STAFF he must be literally prisoner
in his own country.
"Yes, should say 1t was splendid!
Splendid-yes, indeed" Snappy little
mods of the head being unequal to ex.
pressing the JOY Of the memories that
her exclamation evoked, she clasped
her hands over her knees and swung
back and forth in the ecstasy of seven
teen. Splendid l should say sol"
She nestled the curling tip of her
tongue against her teeth, as IL the
recollection must also be tasted.
Splendid, enchanting enlightening,
stupendous and wickedly expensivel
Another girl and l did it all on our
own"
"O-oh!" he exclaimed.
"Oh. oh. OH" she repeated after him.
"Oh, what, please?"
"Oh, nothing!" he said 1t was quite
comprehensive to him how we'll
equipped she was to take care of her
self on such an adventure.
Precisely, when you come to think
1t over!" she concluded.
What interested you most? What
was the big lesson of all your journey
mgr he asked, ready to play the lis
tener.
Being born and bred on a frontier,
Of an ancestry that was born and bred
on frontier, why, frontiers interested
me most" she said 81 collected i'm.
pressions of frontiers as some people
collect pictures. found them all alike
stupid, just stupid! oh, so stupid"
Her frown grew with the repetition of
the word; her fingers closed in on her
palm in vexation. He recollected that
he had seen her like this two or three
times at La Tir, when he had found
the outbursts most entertaining. He
imagined that the small fist pressed