The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-03-17

rcnsnns. of whom the two
Youngest were Laurence lii
oncl, commonly known as Lal,
and Angela. Angela was the only girl
and had Eepn spoiled. or, rather. given
her w aN; but. then, that way Wai
always exemplary. She had done her
lest for all her brothers, she said,
With lmthns, yet BERTHE still remained
~ dude and Harold still IL fool, and
With nome Of them had she succeeded
save 1.al. Wllo was Il lattern or VIZ
tue. Angela bauc him work for the
army. enter Woo}wich and pass into
the Royal engineers. lie olcycd her
by coming out first in his batch. Aft
cr this they had a slight difference of
opinion. for I.al chose to enter the
Royal artillery and would not he dis
*natl"d from it Ivy ali the accusations
ct llZin"ss which his guardian angel
hurled at his head. She did not know,
and nobody else noticed. that Il cor
tain poor country parsons son, who
after patient toll had attained only
the eighteenth place on the list. was
10y I.;li'S retirement elevated among
the lucky seventeen to be drafted
into the en~yincers-thc only regiment
where Il pcnnilcss man can live ON his
Fay. La!'s choice remained Il puzzle
10 Angela. But I.al was queer. She
WIS sure that her deepest sounuingS
never quite touched bottom.
I.al entered at once upon Il diStin-
2uishcd career. During the South AZ
,.,,n, v.or l, 1,-nI tHt-i.n n,nhtin,nt in
dispatches. received the distinguished
Service Or,le" and was never taken
prisoner-threc grand distinctions
which made the guardian angel proud
~ precn her wings. She had cried her
self to sleep every night of the first
wcek after he sailed In sSomalilanu
he got cntcric fever and was wounded
in the foot. He WAS invaliucl home
amid a blaze of glory with six months
sick leave and another medal to hang
beside the two which Il liberal Con-
sentative war office had already be-
slowed for his services in Africa. He
sustained the character of wounded
hero with fortitudc. but without en-
.ioyment. lal was modest. Admiral
ton silcnced him. He had boon
open with Bernard. Il stranger who
did not know him. thar he had ever
been with his sister. He made II
vaguely impressive figure at Ella Mcr-
tons garden parties-a quiet. lan@ui1.
fair haired young aristocrat, always
very cOrrectl.V dressed. always collr-
tcouS. always reticent. Maud I'ridcauN.
who had names for everybody. hit off
the L~aurcnsonS pcculiaritieS to a nice
ty when she chriSteneh Angela On dit
and her brother Celia Va sans dire.
Angela Laurcnsun had views. She
had also Il first class drcssmaker.
These sentences arc not gems from u
German grammar. but the statement
OF correlated facts: the first would new
er have becn in evidence but for the
second. The temperance question. the
rights of women. public scandals and
private fa,ls were Angela'S happy hunt
ting grounds.
In the forefront of her battles she al
ways posted Ial. He was not allowed
to smoke. He would have been cn-
rolled in the Ladies' league had that
been possible. He WAS constrained to
become what III temperance language
is called an abstnincr. which WAS cs-
l~ccially hard ON l.al. who inheritcd ii
delicate critical taste in wines t"gcth-
er with an ancestral cellar. But he
dislike,l these things less than hCin"
dragged to meetings and forced to sing
"Dare to he a Daniel upon Il plat
form. l.al hated publicity. Not the
L. "a
him the real test of Daniels courage.