The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-11-01

i..0 life almost too seriously and
v... after the campaign in Cuba, he
.d To make soldering his profess
he seriousness with which he at
.i his new work surprised no one.
g they had lost him forever his
....r intimates were bored. but his
..,l was enthusiastic, and the men
bus troop not only loved but re-
s ,.d him.
l.m the start he determined in his
..t fc women should have no part-a
% .ru.nation that puzzled no one so
a... us the women. for to Lee no
.uan old or young, had found cause
.u ', uufriendly. But he had read that
rmy is jealous mistress who
'...- no rival. that red lips tarnish
.. -,lhhard steel" that "he travels the
...,-t who travels alone"
S.. when white hands beckoned and
.,,s eyes signalled, he did not look.
Pc. five years. until just before he
s.al for his three years Of duty in the
I. lpues, he succeeded not only In
.r uuh.ng, but In building UP for him
.." such "a fine reputation as woman
....r ,hlt all women were crazy about
t.. Had he not been ordered to Aga
N.u-ctt that fact would not nave
Affected him. But at the officers school
had INDUCED in hard study rather
H. u hard riding, had overworked.
'I brought back his Cuban fever. and
Nu- u poor shape to face the tropics.
s.. FOR two months before the transport
WIS Goo SAIL they ordered him to Cape
'ud ,o I'LL his lungs with the bracing
a.r.t New England autumn.
IT, selected Agawamsett because,
NA,n at Harvard. it was there he had
.p.u, his summer vacations. and he
knew he would find sailboats and tennis
a.I through the pine woods back Of
3D.. little whaling village, many miles
ul lutrayrllrd roads. lie promised him
self that over these ne would gallop an
imaginary troop In route marches,
would man9uvre it against possible am
hI-h and. in combat patrols. ground
scouts and Cossa,k outposts. charge with
Il as foragers."
a. Agawamsett he met Frances Gardner,
and his experience with her was so dis
astruus that in his determination to
avoid all women he was convinced lie
was right.
When later he reached Manila he
vowed no other woman would ever again
find place in his thoughts. No other
Woman did. Not because he had the
strength to keep his vow. but because
he So continually thought Of Frances
Gardner that no other woman had a
chance
Miss Gardner was a remarkable girl
Her charm appealed to all kinds of men,
AID unfortunately for Lee. several
Kinds OF men appealed to her Her fo--
tune and her relations were bound up
IN the person of a rich aunt with whom
sh' lived, and who. II was understood
some day would leave her all the money
30 the world. But in spite of her charm
certainly In spite Of her rich aunt, Ice
true to his determination. might MT
have noticed the girl had not she rid
den so extremely well.
II was to the Captain Of cavalry She
Hrs, appealed. But even cavalry Cap
iain, whose duty in life is to instruct
sixty men in the art of taking the life
turu his head in the direction OF a good
booking girl. And when for weeks @
man rides at the side of one through
pine forests as dim and mysterious as
The aisles OF a great cathedral, wher
ne guides her across the wet marshes
when the sun is setting crimson in the
pools and the wind blows salt from the
sea, when he loses them both by moon
light in wood roads where the hoof:
Of the horses sink silently into dusty
pine needles. he thinks more frequent,
Of the girl at his side than of the faith
'u troopers awaiting for him in Sal
Francisco. The girl at his side though
acqucntly of him.
With the Surface indications" Of |
young man about to ask her to MARI,
him she was painfully familiar; bu
this time the possibility was the revers
~ painful. What she meant To do abou
}, she did not know but she did know
hat she was strangely happy.
Between living on as the dependen
If a somewhat eXactlng relative AM
hccomng the full partner of this youni
stranger who with men had prove'
himself so masterful and who Wit
her was so gentle, there seemed bu
lttlc room for choice. But she did NJ
as Vet wish to make the choice. Sh
preferred to believe she was not Ger
tain She assured him that before hi
cave Of absence was over she 'woul
'ell him whether she would remain o
duty with the querulous aunt who ha
'"friended her or as his wife accom-
uhny him to the Philippines.
II was not the answer he wanted, bu
40 her happiness. which was evident t
every one, he could not help but tax
'op". And In the questions she put I
rim Of life in the tropics. of the life o
'H' officers ladies'" he saw that wha
was IN her mind was a possible LII
with him. and he was content,
She became to him a wonderful
glorious person. and each day she grey
DO lovelness 1t had been five years q
soldering in Cuba. China and on tn
Mexican border since he had talked I
woman with interest, and now In 4
She said. in all her thoughts and word
and delights he found fresher an
stronger reasons for disCardng his de
termination to remain welded only I
the United States army. He did no
need reasons He was far too niue