La Junta tribune., 1914-09-19


snamefaced look came over AinswoslA.
ana he smiled feebly.
..Don't VERY about Il. capealA
Thear cadets an doing the same thing
ron boys did I dozen yeArs ago. and
radets will keep % doing Il - long
~ tb~ academy lnstG Come and dine
with u this evening. ] wish y0u %
meet ny husband"
4 dasce for ~ gEaduating claa
end their friends was IN proGresa CAP
tain Ainsworth wna among the on
Iookera. He stood behind ths chair Of
1 lady. a young siri Of perhaps six-
teen came 70 her 70 ask so0e Quee-
ton and called ber auntiA Later N
he evening Captain AinswoetA vas
lntroduced to the aunt
.sYou are not one Of our army eircie
here 1t West Point. I believer
..No. I am . visitor from New YORK
l came to chaperon my niscA I know
how girls enjoy West Point Tor ] was
here when . giri myself. ] rsnsmhr
my experiences here with great pseas-
urs that Il. al except one. INST my
nrss disappointment here. 4 cadst
was attentive 10 ne. ] listened 70 hb
nsttering worda. One day ~ asked
me to stroll down Filtration walk with
him. was persuaded. He stopped
at . little nook part way down. Hs
told me-
-Dont 80 any further. ! beg yoa.~
said the captain. "You are the second
person have met since have return
ed to the Point whom asked to bs"-
"You are Fred Nolanr'
~No: I an Alec Ainsworth. Aren't
you Edith AndrewsY'
.No: I'm Belle Harwood."
"Oh-'
TT IL only q case Of another cadet
and another girl. Doubtless there are
dozens of proposals ON that walk every
year. wonder II any Of them ever
results In mnrriage?"
One bright moonlight night Captain
Ainsworth and a party Of his friends
were trying by the uncertain light u
read ON the monument on the north
ern end Of the plain At West Point the
names OF officers who were killed In
the war between the states. Several
others came up. and there was q gen
eral introduction.
Il am looking" said 4 lady to Cap
tain Ainsworth. ''for the name Of my
cousin who was killed at Antietam."
The captain started. He had heard
that voice before and had never for
gotten Il. He told the lady that II
she would Give him the ofncer's name
be would try to dnd II for hef. but
when she told him b. exclaimed:
HE was In my clasa You can't -
the letters at night. for they are In
shadow. Tomorrow you will 0nd The
ssme without any truubla~
when The otheU pssssd % Captaia
Ainsworth and this lady lingersd
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~ eapenls had ever spotss - ~
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osedass1se - bed told - aeso ~
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