New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-06-16
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y tiently to Sergeant Muldoon. "Cal
the guard"
Phil stood respectfully at atten
ton, but his heart was missing a
) least every third beat.
, In a moment the sergeant cam,
| back with an unintelligent and yer!
much frightened soldier. who sa
/ luted.
Were you on guard duty las
night"
YES. sir"
"Was Private Tracy absent from
his cot?"
mo. sir. l reported every hou,
until one, and Private Tracy was In
his cot at those hours"
Phillip almost dropped where he
stood as he realized that his ruse
had succeeded and that there was
nothing the lieutenant could do, al
though he had himself seen him at
the country club-and he knew
that Phil knew he had seen him.
After a moment he said to the
guard: You may CO."
The man saluted and left.
Phil did not trust himself to look
at the lieutenant. He knew that the
battle was now on.
"Tracy, 20 back to your duties at
the Kitchen" Hardly waiting for
Pills parting salute. as he turned
smartly, the officer left the office.
You ought to belong to the Navy.
Wynne," said Rod. who managed to
get a word with his friend a little
later, because il anything should
happen that you fell overheard, you
would not get wet"
who told you about it," asked
Phil with a grin. You needn't
worry about me with that Idiot. If
1 can't outwit Lieutenant Andrews
some way, / deserve the guard
house"
Don't get too proud OF yourself.
but you're only to get stable police
this time. just heard the order
that you were to be transferred
there at the end of your three days
stay here"
Good, III have chance to ride. :"
In his pride. Phillip Wynne Tracy
" made everyone think, at least,
that he was having the time Of his
life.
Before he had been on stable po-
lice two days he was ordered to
report for regular duty.
To the sergeant Lieutenant An
drews said: Tracy is having alto
gether too much fun at the stables.
It's not punishment. but recreation
we're giving him. Make him drill"
Phillip had not heard from his
mother for weeks. He had grown
very lonely and homesick and one
morning he received letter from
Natlee, who in telling him the
news, wrote:
Your mother has been home
over Sunday. I never saw her look
ing so we'll. Her face has lost that
cold, formal look THAT always made
me afraid Of her.
II expect she has told you before
this about Major Auckland. He came
over from Washington with her and
they held monster Red Cross
mass meeting at your house.
1.-The major seems to be a splen-
did man. Wynne, and he is not at
all reticent in showing how much
he thinks of your mother. Everyone
is saying thai he has at last per-
suadcd her that his patient waiting
should be rewarded. ] heard the
other day he had proposed to Mrs.
Tracy before your father did.
ut seems as though you can't get
away from fate after all. doesn't
it? Because your mother baked at
making Major Auckland your father
when she was young. Destiny would
now MAKE him your step-father.
"They always even things up,
don't they?-ths fate and destiny
and sometimes think they are not
above playing joke now and and
then"
Phil started to fear the sheet in
two, but as he did so, his eye caught
the next sentence and he went on.
Il have been seeing lot Of
Jerome Kenyon lately. You know
he tried TO get into the army after
you left. but they would not have
him on account of his eyes. He is
heart-broken and Is envying you
every minute. I am doing the best
can to cheer him up.
HE asked father the other day
IL he could not take the place of one
Of the men in the dairy. so that
that man could enlist.
dad thought this was wonderful.
You know how very careful he has
always been about my going out
with any young man - particularly
you. Well. he has not made the
slightest objection to my going with
Jerry, and although I am almost
ashamed to say it, I have been hav-
ing the time of my young life with
war and Red Cross work as the ex-
cuse to get out of the house"
"She's already calling Jerome
Kenyon Jerry snapped Phillip to
Rod, to whom he was reading ~,
letter later. Evidently she has
corped him away from Lucia Ran
dolph. What is there about war that
makes every woman clamp onto any
man she can get hold Of? Afraid
there won't be enough to go
around ?"
Look here, don't be a fool
Wynne." admonished Rodney. you
ought to be glad that the women
who love you are finding something