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"It's a wtdced ertioltv. nrlncrcuil" 01
elaiaicd Mrs. Tanberry. "Wo want to !
cheer the poor fellows nnd help them to '
be gay, and hero do you deliberately
plan to make them sick at the thought
of leaving the place that holds you! Or
hnvo you discovered Unit Uiere's ouo
poor Yitgtibond of the band getting off
without having his heart broken, and
jnado up your mind to do It for him to
Jilghtr "Is father to go with us?" asked Bet
ty. It was through Mrs. Tanbcrry that
ho now derived all information con
ccrnlng Mr. Carewe, as he hud not dl
Tectly addressed her since tho after
noon when he discovered her reading
iho Journal's extra.
"No; we are to meet him there. Ho
vcodih ruther pleasanter thuu usual this
evening," remarked Mrs. Tanberry
hopefully as she retired.
"Den wo mus git ready to share big
trouble tomorrer!" commented the
kneeling Mnmle, with a giggle.
Alas, poor udoring scrvitress, she re
ceived n share unto herself Uiat very
evening, for her youug mistress, usual
ly as amiable as a fair summer sky,
fidgeted, grumbled, found nothing
fwell done and was never two minutes
in tho same mind. After donning the
selected dress, she declared it a fright,
tried two others, abused each roundly,
dismissed her almost weeping hand:
maiden abruptly and again put on the
first Sitting down to tho mirror, she
pent a full hour over the arrangement
of her hair.
When Mrs. Tanberry came In to tell
ker that Nelson was at the block with
the carriage Miss Betty did not turn,
and the elder lady stopped on the
threshold and-gave a quick, asthmatic
gasp of delight
"Oh," said Mrs. Tanberry, "you make
xno want to be a man! I'd pick you up
and run to the north pole, where no
ae could ever follow. And jin tell
rou that It hurts not to throw my
arms round you and kiss you, but
you're go exquisite I don't want to
touch your '
"Dance wid de han'somdeat," scream
ed Mamie, pursuing uproariously to
aee the last of her as she jumped into
the carriage, "bow to de wlttrlest an'
Idas de one you love de bes'l"
"That will be your' said Miss Betty
to Mrs. Tanberry and kissed the good
lady again.
CHAPTER XVI.
Trr Is a matter not of notoriety,'
but of the happiest celebrity,
that Mrs. Tanberry danced
that night; and not only that
bc danced, but that she waltzed. To
tho lot of Tuppingham Marsh (whom
she pronounced the most wheedling
vagabond, next to Cralley Gray, of her
.acquaintance) it fell to persuade her;
.and, after walking u quadrille with the
older Chenoweth, Khc waltzed with
Tapplngham. More extraordinary to
relate, she danced down both her part
ner and the music. Thereupon did Mr.
iBnreuud, stung with envy, dare emu
lation and essuy a schottische with
jMIss Trlxle Chenoweth, performing
lunirvelouHly well for many delectable
turns before he unfortunately fell
down. It was a night when a sculp
tured god would have danced on his
pedestal: June, but not overwarm,
balm in the utr and rose leaves on the
breeze; nnd even Minerva's great heels
might have marked the time that or
chestra kept. Be sure Uiey waltzed
.again to "Those Endearing Young
Charms:"
Oh, the heart that lias truly loved never
forgets.
But aa truly loves un to tho close,
iaa the sunflower turns on her god when
he sets
The samo look that she grave when he
rose.
Three of the volunteers were re
splendent In their regimentals Mr.
Marsh (who had been elected captain
of the new company to succeed Van
revel) and Will Cummlngs and Jean
Mndrlllon, the lieutenants. This glory
.was confined to Uie officers, who had
ordered their uniforms at home, for the
privates and noncommissioned officers
,wero to receive theirs at the state ren
dezvous. However, although this gala
adornment was limited to tho three
gcnUemen mentioned, their appearance
added "an Indescribable air of splen
dor and pathos to the occasion," to
quote Mr. Cummlngs once more. A
.fourth citizen of tho town who might
have seized upon this opportunity to
display himself as a soldier neglected
tto take1 advantage of It and stole In
anletly toward the last In his ordinary
attire, leaving his major's uniform
folded" on a chair in his own room.
fttie flag was to be presented to the
araJnaJssrsjitth.cltof.tb tY.eulng,
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nnd Tom came for that so he claimed
to tils accusing soul.
lie entered unobserved and made his
way, keeping close to the wall, to
where Mrs. Bureuud sat, taking a chair
at her side, but Robert Carewe, glanc
ing thither by chance, Baw him and
changed countenance for an instant.
Mr. Carewe composed Ills features
swiftly, excused himself with elabo
rate courtesy from Miss Chenoweth,
with whom he was talking, nnd crossed
the room to a corner near his enemy.
Presently, as the music ceased, tho
volunteers wero bidden to come for
ward, whereupon Tom left Mrs. Ba
reaud and began to work his way down
the room. Groups were forming and
breaking up In the general movement
of tho crowd, and the dissolving of one
brought him face to face with Eliza
beth Carewe, who was moving slowly
In the opposite direction, a small nock
of suitors in her train.
The confrontation came so suddenly
and so unexpectedly that before cither
was aware they looked squarely Into
each other's eyes full and straight, and
both stopped instantly, as though trans
fixed, Miss Betty leaving a sentence
forever half complete. There was a
fierce, short vocal Bound from the crowd
behind Vanrevel, but no one noticed
Mr. Carewe, and then Tom bowed
gravely, as In apology for blocking th
wny, and passed on.
Miss Betty began to talk again, much
at random, with a vivacity too greaUy
exaggerated to be genuine, while the
high color went from her cheeks and
left her pale. Nothing could have en
raged her more with herself than the
consciousness, now suddenly strong
within her, that the encounter had a
percepUble effect upon her. What pow
er had this man to make her manner
strained and mechanical? What right
had his eyes always to stir her as they
did?
Ah, that other should have come. If
only to stand between her and this
tall hypocrite whose dark glance had
such strength to disturb her. What
lies that gaze contained, all In the one
flash the strange pretense of compre
hending her gently, but completely a
sad compassion, too, and wlUi it a look
of farewell, seeming to say, "Once
more I have come for this and just
Goodbyl' " For she know that he was
going with the others, going perhaps
forever, only the day after tomorrow
then she would see him no more nnd be
free of him. Let the day after tomor
row come soon! Miss Betty hated her
self for understanding the udlcu, and
hated herself more because she could
not be sure that, In the stnrtled mo
ment of meeting before she collected
herself, she had let It go unanswered.
She had done more than thur. With
out knowing it, she had bent her head
to his bow, and Mr. Carewe hud seen
both the salutation and the look.
The young men were gathered near
the orchestra, and, to the hilarious
strains of "Yankee Doodle," Uie flag
they wero to receive for their regi
ment was borne down the room by the
sisters nnd sweethearts who had made
It, nil of whom were there except Fan
clion Bnreaud. Cralley had persuaded
her to surrender the flag for tho sake
of spending this evening, next to bis
Inst in Itoucn, at home alone with him.
The elder Chenoweth made the speech
of presentation that Is, lie mude part
of It before ho broke down, for his son
stood In the ranks of Uie devoted bund.
Until this Incident occurred all had
gone trippingly, for every one had tried
to put the day after tomorrow from his
mind. Perhaps there might not havo
been so many tears even now If the
young men had not stood together so
smilingly to recclvo their gift. It was
seeing them so gay and confident, so
strong In their youth and so unselfish
of purpose. It was this and tho feeling
that all of them must suffer and some
of them die before they came back, so
that when Mr. Chenoweth, choking in
his loftiest flight camo to a full stop,
and without disguise burled his face In
his handkerchief, Mrs. Tanberry, the
apostlo of gayety, openly sobbed.
Chenoweth, without moro ado, carried
the flag over to Tapplngham Marsh,
whom Vanrevel directed to receivo It,
and Tapplngham thanked tho donors
without many words, becauso there
were not then many at bis command.
Miss Carewe had been chosen to sing
"Tho Star Spangled Banner," and she
stepped out u little from the crowd tt
face tho young man as tho orchestra
sounded tho first chord. Sho sang In a
full, clear voice, but when the volun
teers saw that as sho sang the tears
wero streaming down her cheeks In
spite of Uie brave voice they began to
choke with tho others. If Miss Betty
Carewe found them., worth weeping
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for, they could afford to cry a little for
themselves. Yet they Joined tho chorus
nobly and raised the roof with tha
ringing song, sending the flamboyant,
proud old words thunderously t
heaven.
That was not the last song of the
night General Trumble and Mr. Chen
oweth had Invited their young friends
to attend, after the ball, a collation
which they chose to call a supper, but
which, to accord with the hour, might
more aptly have been designated a
breakfast To afford a private retreat
for the scene of this celebration they
had borrowed the offices of Gray &
Vanrevel, and Cralley hospitably un
nounced that any guest was welcome
to stay for a year or two, sluee prob
ably neither of the firm would have
need of an office for at least that length
of time. Nine men gathered about tho
table which replaced Tom's workaday
old desk the two Cbenoweths, Eugene
Madrlllon, Mareh, Jefferson Bnreaud,
tho stout general, Tom Vanrevel, Cral
ley and Will Cummlngs the editor
coming In a little late, but rubbing his
hands cheerfully over what he declared
was to be the last column from his pen
to rear Its length on tho Journal's
front page for many a loug day a de
scription of tho presentation of tho
flag.
This convivial party made merry and
tried to forget that most of Uiem had
"been mighty teary," as Marsh snld,
an hour earlier, while Mr. Chenoweth
sat with his bund on his son's shoulder,
unconsciously most of the time, apolo
getically removing it when he observed
It. Many were tho witticisms concern
ing the difference in rank hcuccforUi
to be observed between the young
men, ns Tom was now a major, Marsh
a captain, Will Cummlngs a Bccoud
lieutenant and Uie rest mere privates,
except Cralley, who was a corporal.
Nevertheless, though the board was
festive, it was somewhut subdued nnd
absent until they came to the toasts.
It was Tapplngham who proposed
Miss Betty Carewe. "I know Tom
Vanrevel will understand nay, I know
he's man enough to Join us," said
Marsh us he rose. "Why shouldn't I
say that wo may hall ourselves us pa
triots, Indeed, since at the call of our
country we depart from the town
which is this lady's home and at the
trumpet's sound resign the gracious
blessing of seeing her day by day, and
why shouldn't we admit loyally and
openly that it Is her Imago alone which
shines in the hearts of most of us
here?"
And no man arose to contradict that
speech, which appears to have rung
true, seeing that four of those presen
had proposed to her again that sana
evening.
"So I givo you," cried Tapplngham
gallantly, "tho health of Miss Betty
Carewe, the loveliest rose of our bou
quet! May sho remember us when wc
come homer'
They rose and drank It with a ahout.
But Tom Vanrevel, not setting down
his cup, went to tho window and threw
wide the shutters, letUng in a ruddy
shaft of tho morning sun, so that as ha
stood In tho strong glow he looked like
a man carved out of red gold. lie lift
ed his glass not toward tho table and
his companions while theyTtared at
him, surprised, but toward the locusts
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"To Miss' Betty Carewe," he said,
tho finest flower of them all! May she
remember those who never come
home!"
And without pausing he lifted bis
rich baritone In an old song that had
been vasUy popular with tho young
men of Itoucn ever since the night of
Miss Betty's debut. They had hummed
It as they went about their daily work,
they had whistled It on tho streets,
they had drifted Into dreams at night
with tho sound of It still chiming In
their ears, and now with one accord
as they stood gathered together for
the last time In Rouen they joined Tom
Vanrevel and sang It again. And the
eyes of Cralley Gray rested very gen
tly upon his best friend as they sang:
"Believe me. If all thoie endearing young
charma,
Which I g-oxe on ao fondly today,
Were to chance by tomorrow and fleet
from my orma
XJke tairy gifts fading away,
Thou wouldat still be adored as this mo
ment thou art.
Let thy loveliness fade oh it will,
And around the dear ruin each wish of
my heart
Would Intwlne Itself verdantly still."
CHAPTER XVII.
HE
T was the misfortune of Mr.
Cummlngs' llunl literary of-
PCKWl luring iu uuuuy uuc ui uiu iru-
jft9g ltor's friends. The Journal
was brought to the new corporal at
noon, while ho was considering wheth
er lie should rise from his couch or
sleep another hour. Reclining among
his pillows, he glanced through Cum
mlng.sdescrlptlon with the subdued
"To MIbb Betty Carewe."
giggle he always had" for the good Wil
liam's style, but as his eye fell upon
one paragraph he started, sat upright
and proceeded to read tho passage sev
eral times with anxious attcnUon:
"Only two or three sources of regret
occurred to mar the dollgbt (In which
young and old participated) of that fes
tal and daszllng scene. One was the
absence of Miss Fanchon Bareaud, one
of tho donors; another, that of Corpo
ral Gray; a third was tho excessive
modesty of Major Vanrevel, who, al
though present at the time, refused to
receive the ladles' sumptuous offering
and Insisted that Captain Marsh was
the proper person to do the honors, to
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sorry that the major appeared la dU
sen's dress, as all were anxious to wit
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our humble Judgment be will be conv
pelltd by etiquette to don It this after
nooa to receive the officers of the reg
ular army, who will arrive by the stag
about 5 o'clock, It Is expected, to In
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to the service of ths federal govern
ment at the courthouse. We, for one,
have little doubt that, owing to tha
major's well known talent In matters
of apparel, his appearance will far
eclipse In brilliancy that of his fellow
officers."
Cralley dressed slowly, "returning t
the paper now and then with a per
turbed countenance. How would Miss
Betty explain this paragraph to her
self, and how account for the fact that
she had not seen Cralley, how for tha
fact that she had seen Tom? It seem
ed unlikely that she could have over
looked the latter Tom was one of
those whom everybody saw wherever
he went. And what Inquiries would
Bhc make? For Cralley had no means
of knowing that sho would not see the
Journal. Tomorrow he would be gone
It would all be over but he wanted
this last day to run smoothly. What
wild hopes ho had of things that should
happen when they all camo murchlng
home no one cnu say; even if it wero
not to bo doubted that Cralley ever en
tertained hopes of any kind whatever,'
since to hope Is to bestow thought up
on the future.
But, however affairs run with him
so far as hope wus concerned, he sel
dom lacked an idea, and ouo came to
him presently, a notion that put tho
frown to rout and brought tho old
smile to his lips, his smile of the world
worn nnd tolerant prelate. He flicked
the paper lightly from him, and It sped
across the room like a big bird in awk
ward flight For he knew how to pre
serve id's last day as he wished and to
make nil smooth.
Ho finished his toilet with particular
euro, took 11 flower from 11 vase on his
tabic, placed It in his coat and went
down to tho dusty street, where every
thing was warm and bright with sum
mer. It was Joy to be alive; there was
wine enough In the nir, and Cruilcy
made up his mind not to take a drink.
Uiat day the last day! The laBt day!
The Uireo words kept ringing through
his bend like a mluor phrase from a
song. Tomorrow at noon they would
be churning down the river, and this
was tho last day the last day!
"SU11 not too late to mako another
friend at home," be said, stopping to
pat the head of a mangy street cur
that came crouching nnd wabbling to
ward him like u stavelcss little keg
worried by scurries of wind. Dogs and
children ulways fell in love wlUi Cral
ley at first sight, and he never failed
to receive them in the spirit of their
approach. Now the mongrel, at his
touch, Immediately turned himself over
and lay upon Uie pavement with all
paws In air, to say: "Great lord, mag
nificent in tho graclousncss which,
deigns to cast a glimpse upon this ab-,
Ject cluster of ribs, I perceive that
your heart is too gentle to kick me In
my present helplessness. Yet do with
meajj QUwilJ."
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