La Junta tribune., 1914-09-19
ADOz'EN YEARS
AFTER
x Stay i West Poiat
fllstsiisas
. UlsIcs MAKE

Capeaia AIsxan1ss Aiasvsrth. after
: 16ass yeass' absssce mon The Unit-
- oeata Ailitaiy aes1eny at West
Rslnt. wss osdsssd thess . Instructor
= srtilieey. ne vas tweaty when b
w. grsa9tsa Now ~ vas approach.
~, nt11,s NJ n ~ afssr his ar
rival. ~ ~ havins sntsssd upoa biz
1utiss. - sessiied about recalling here
asd thess scssss and ipcideses Of biz
eadet life.
Nouutins b o,d Fort Put bs unused:
-what . day that was when came
up hsss With Jennie: How my heart
warmed toward ber: can smeli this
misute the desicate perfume there was
about her. can feel the aiken soft
neas Of ber sleeve. the sweet touch Of
hef nngefs when mine came In contact
with them. Those beautiful blue eyes:
How c0n6dingiy. how lovingly they
looked into mipe!"
Descending. be crossed the plain and
Again be unused: 1T was right here iu
this little recess when with Belle !
stopped to tell her that loved her.
She knew what was coming and look.
ed out on the river aud the hills be
yond. waiting for me to speak. told
ber that though We had met but u
week before. hnd come to love her
with an uuQueuchable name. NJ
member thnt nj the time the word un-
Quenchnble seemed 10 me very well
chosen. was then . yearlIng with
nearly three year Of study before me.
What mattered II? We were In th,.
summer encampment With little to do
but make love to the girls who had
sprung up aii over the Point Ike dai-
sies IN the sweet springtime. In Sep
tember they vanished. and We were
again grinding away st our books."
He returned to the plain and strolled
past the monument to The West Point
graduates who had fallen In the war
and sisndInx on the deciivity directly
north Of Il. looked out upoe that view
up the Hudaon rivef. % beauttful n
Doe more beautiful than any In Amer
iea.
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wegv eves. snd Was a. oOcog d ~
army. Bet the boy aa1 ~ ~ all -
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