THE OMAHA DAILY 1JME : Hl UAX' , OUTO.B.IDK 1 , 1SSJ5) .
OUND IN THE
HILIPPINES
BY Gen. Cha&King.
COPYRIOHT
( Copyright. 1893. by V. Tennyson Necly. )
MynoDKlN of I'rccnlliiK Chapter * .
The story opens with n scene In the regi
mental rump on 1'rceldlo Heights , over
looking Ban Frnnclsro harbor , llumors o
moving orders to Manila nncl the arrival
from New York of lady visitors at bend-
quarters vary the monotony of camp rou
tine. The vlslloro are In search of a run
away boy who Is believed to have entered
the army find lieutenant Gray , the most
popular younR olllccr In his regiment ,
through n. supposed acquaintance with one
of the visiting party. Miss Amy Lawrence ,
la envied by his follows. The party , es
corted by Colonel Armstrong , attends n. re
view on the drill grounds , ami Is disturbed
by the sight of a young prisoner who
breaks away from his guard near them and
by a collision nmonp the currlnRes. Mrs
Garrison , an old acquaintance of Colonel
Armstrong , Is hurt. Private Morton te ar
rested on a charge of stealing money. Ho
appeals to Lieutenant Grny of his ) fratern
ity for help , and Gray secure * the detail of
puard over him. The troops prepare to sail
for Manila. Mrs. Garrison Joins the Hed
Cross society and assists at the embarking.
Young Morton and three other prisoners cs-
capti through a tunnel. Gray la arrested ,
charged with having ; aided the prlsonois.
CIIAI'TKH VIII.
Social circles at West Point at long , rare
Intervals arc shocked by n eoandal , and at
Bhort ones , nay every summer , are stirred
by some kind of a sensation , and the "Fairy
Sisters" were the sensation of the year ' 97.
They came In July ; they went In September ,
nnd moan'whllo ' they -were "on the go , " as
they expressed It , from morn till late at
night. Physically they wore the lightest
weights known to the hop room. Mentally ,
as their admirers In the corps expressed It ,
"either of thorn can take a fall out of any
woman at the Point , " and this -was espe
cially true of the older Mrs. Frank Garri
son whose husband 'was on staff duty In
the far Aveat. Both were slight , fragile , tiny
blondea with light blue cyea , with llgliter ,
fluffy hair , with exquisite little hands and
feet , -with oval , prettily shaped faces , and
the younger the maiden sister had a. be
witching mouth and. regular , snowy dots of
teeth of which eho was justly proud. Yet ,
as has bovn previously said of Mra. Frank ,
while the general effect was In the case of
each that of an extremely pretty girl , the
older had no really good features , the
younger only that ono. They generally
drersod very much alike la light , flimsy
gowns and hats , glovca and summer shoes
all of dazzling whlto som6tlmes verging
for a change to a creamy hue but colors ,
except for sashes or summer shawls , eeomod
ibanlsbod from their wardrobes. They
danced , divinely , said the corps , and pre
ferred cadet partners , fo the Joy of the bat
talion. They rode fearlessly and. well , and
had stunning -bnta and habits , but few op-
jxjrtunltles for display thereof. They came
tripping , down the path from the hotel
every morning , fresh and fair as daisies ,
in tlmo for guard mounting , and at any
hour after that could bo found chatting
wttn cauoc menus at tno visitors' tent ,
strolling arm In arm about the shaded walks
with eomo of tholr many admirers until tlmo
to dross for the evening hop , whore they
never missed n dance , and on rainy days ,
or on thoao evenings 'when their was neither
hop nor band practice , they could 'be ' found ,
each In some dimly lighted1 , secluded nook
about the nortli orwest piazza or on the
Btcpa leading down to the "Chain
Battery Walk , " sometimes sur
rounded by a squad ol cadet
friends , hut more frequently In murmured
teto-a-teto with only ono cavalier. In the
case of Mrs. Frank no member of the corps
seemed especially favored. She was just the
same to every one. In the case of her
jounger sister Mls ° j Tcrrlss there pres
ently developed a dashing young cadet cap
tain who so scientifically iconlucted his cam
paign that ho headed off almost all ccon-
potltors and was presently accorded the lead
under the universally accepted theory that
ho had won the little woman's heart. Ob-
turvnnt women and what wonien are not
observant , of each other ? declared both
platers to bo desperate dirts. Society at the
Point frowned upon them and , after the
first formal call or two , dropped them en
tirely a thing they never seemed to resent
In the least , or oven to uotlco. They wore
never Invited out to ten or dinner oil the
peat solemn functions nowhere near so
palatable as the whispered homage of stal
wart young manhood. "Nlta Is yet such a
child Bho infinitely prefers cadet society ,
nnd I always did llko boye , " explained Mrs.
Garrison , Some rather gay old 'boya ' used
to run up Saturday afternoons on the Mary
Powell and spend Sunday at the Point
Wall atreot mon of CO years and much
lucre. "Dear old friends o'f father's , " Mrs.
Frank used to eny , "and I'vo simply got to
entertain them. " Entertained they cer
tainly wore , for her wit and vivacity were
acknowledged on ovary side and entertained
not only collectively , but severally , for she
always managed to glvo each his hour's con
fidential chat , and on the Sundays of tholr
i cowing had no time to spare for cadet
friends , . Moreover , she always drove down
In the bg | 'bus with'them Monday morning
when the Powell was sighted coming along
thatr glorious -reach from Polopol's Island ,
and stood at the edge of the wharf waving
Iior tjny kerchief evpn Mowing fairy kisses
to them as they steamed away. No wonder
Nlta Torrlss was frivolous and flirtatious
with such an example , said society , and Its
frowns grow blacker whcn the Whlto Sis-
< or , the Fairy Sisters the "Sylphltes , "
came In view. Hut frowns and fulralimtlons
both fell harmless from the armor of Mrs.
Frank's gay Insouciance. Nlta winced at
PIMPLES
'Mr wife lind pimple * on her face , but
abe has been taklne CASCARETS and they
hare all disappeared. I bad been troubled
with constipation for some time , but after Uk-
lag the first Caicarot I hove had no trouble
with this ailment. Wo cannot speak too high
ly of Casc&rets. " FBEI > WAHTIIAK ,
6703 Germtutown Avc. . Philadelphia , Pa.
Pleasant , Palatable. Potent. Taite Good , Do
Good , Merer blckcn. Wcaloii , or Gripe , lOc , 2SC , tOc.
. . . CURE CONSTIPATION , . . .
l tlUt ftmttf C aM > , UlMt. , tlnlrnl. w T it. U
Boldantlrv rantrrdbr tlldrug.
Knti to Cimc Toliacco UablU
first , but noon rallied and bore the slight : )
of the permanent and scml-pcrraancnt rcal-
dents aa laughingly an did her more expe
rienced nlster. Nlta , It was explained , was
only just out of school , and Mrs. Frank
was giving her this summer at the Point
as a great treat 'before ' taking her to the for
west , where the elder sister must soon go to
join her husband , Everybody knew Frank
Garrison. Ho had long 'been stationed at
the academy and was a man universally
liked and respected < svcn very highly re
garded. All of n sudden the news came
back to the Point a few months after bin return -
turn to his regiment that ho < was actually
engaged to "Wltchlo" Terries. Hot on the
heels of the rumor came the wedding cards
Lieutenant Colonel and Mrs. Terrlsa re
quested the honor of your presence at the
marriage of tholr daughter Margaret to
Lieutenant Francis Key Garrison , th
United States cavalry , at the post chapel ,
Fort Illley , Kansas , November , 1894 all
In Tiffany's best style , as were the cards
which accompanied the Invitation , "What a
good thing for old Bill TorrlBal" said every
body who know that his Impecunloslty was
duo to the exactions and extravagancies of
difference was there In the ages of the fairy
sisters , and not a soul e.ivo those who know
them In former days on the frontier would
have suspected It. Mrs. Frank In evening
dress didn't look over twenty.
Ono lovely evening early In August , just
about the tlmo that Cadet Captain Latrobe
began to show well to the front In the run
for the prize , the two sisters bad gene to
their room at the hotel to dress for the hop ,
It was their custom to disappear from public
gnzo about C o'clock and when they came
floating down the stairs In filmy , dia
phanous clouds of whlto the halls
wcro well filled with Impatient cavaliers
In the natty cadet uniform , and with women
"waiting to see. " Then the slstcro would
go Into the dining room and have some light
refreshments , with a glass of Iced tea and
no matter bow torrid the heat or bow flushed
and dragged other women might look , they
wcro Inviting pictures of all that was ever
fresh , cool and fragrant. The two fluffy
blonde beads would bo huddled close to
gether a minute as they studied the bill of
fare , nnd virtuous matrons at other tables ,
fanning vigorously , would sniff and say :
"All for effect. They know that supper bill
by heart. It never changes. " All the same ,
at the bottom of this public display of sis
terly devotion and harmony and In eplte of
occasional tiffs and differences , there was
genuine affection on both sides , for as a
child Nlta bad adored Margaret , and tbcro
could bo no doubting the cider's love for
the child. Some regimental observers said
that every bit of heart that elder Terrlss
girl had was wrapped up In the little one.
Neither girl , even after Margaret's mar
riage , would listen to a word In
disparagement of the other , hut in
'tho sanctity of the sisterly re
treat on the third floor of the
old hotel there occurred sometimes
uplrlted verbal tilts' that wore quite
distinctly audible to passers-by In the ! corridor
rider , provided they cared to 1'sten ' , which
some of thorn did. On this especial August
ovonlng Mrs. Frank waa In an admonitory
tramo of inlnd. They had known Mr. Latrobe -
trobo barely three weeks , and yet as Mrs.
Frank -was sauntering around a turn In Flir
tation Walk , loaning on the arm of the cadet
adjutant , there in the pathway right ahead
Blood 'Nlta ' , a lively little picture with
downcast eyes , and "Pat" Latrobe 'bending '
ever her with love and passion glowing In
bla handsome toco , pleading eagerly , cling
ing fervently to 'both her tiny , white-
gloved hands. Mrs. Garrison saw it all In
the flaeh of a second , the adjutant not at
all , for Tvltb merry laughter she repeated
some words bo bad just spoken us though
they were atoout < Jho wittiest , funniest things
In the -world1 , and looked frankly up Into
hla eyes as though ho were about the best
and brightest man she 'had ' met In years
so bis eyes wcro rlvoted , and the tableau
had tlmo to dissolve. All the same bhat
eight gave Mrs , Garrison rather more than
a bad quarter of an hour. She -was Infinitely
worried. Not because Pat Latrobe had
fallen desperately In love with her charm
ing little sister that was bis outlook tout
what oh , what might not nappon If Uio
charming little eletol were to fall in love
with that handsome ooldler boy. At all
( hazards , even If aho had to whUfc her away
tomorrow , that nod to bo stopped , and fill a
very ovonlng when they went to their room
Margaret spoke.
"Nlta , if It wore only for 3tr. Latrobe I
should not care a snap of my finder , but
It's you you ! I thought you had more
sense. I thought you fully understood that
you couldn't afford to 1ono yourself a moment -
mont , end yet If ever a girl looked llko
yielding you did ithls afternoon. For my
eako , for your own sake , Nlta , don't lot It
po any further don't fall In love hero-
whatever you do. "
The younger sl&tcr stood at the dressing
table at line moment , her face averted. The
Mary Powell was just rounding the Point ,
and tbo mellow , melodious no toe of Its bell
were still echoing through ( the Highlands.
Nlta was gazing out on the gorgeous effect
of euneet light and shadow on the eastern
cliffs and crags across the Hudson , a flush
as vivid mantling her cheeks , her lip quiver
ing. She was making valiant efforts to con
trol herself before replying ,
"I'm not 'Jn love with , himehe finally
eatd. - .
"Perhapa not yet. Surely I fcopo not , but
It looked awfully llko * t was coming and
Nita , you simply mustn't. You'vo got to
trarry money , If I have to stand guard over
you and eeo you do It and you know you
can this minute If you'll only listen. "
The younger girl wheeled sharply , her
eyes flashing. "Peggy , you promised me I
shouldn't bear that hateful thing again at
least not until wo loft here and you'vo
broken your word twice , You "
"It's because I must. I can't PCO you
drifting the way I did wbcn , with your
) x > uth and advantages you can pick and
choose. Colonel Frost has mines and money
all over tbo west and ho was your shadow
at the seashore , and all broken up ho told
mo so when wo came her * . Paddy La
trobo l n beautiful boy without n , penny "
"Ills unclebegnn Nlta feebly.
"Ills uncto bud a sister to support besides
Paddy's mother. Ills pay as brigadier
In the regular service la only
(5,500. Ho can't have Rived much
of anything In the > past , and bo
may last a dozen years yet or more.
Even If ho does leave everything then to
Latrobe , what'll you do meantime ? Don't
bo a fool , Nlta , because I was. 1 had to bo.
It was that or nothing , and father was get
ting tired. You heard how he talked. "
The younger slater was still at the dressIng -
Ing table diligently brushing her shining ,
curly tresses. She had regained her com
posure and was taking occasional furtive
peeps nt Mrs. Frank , now seated at the foot
of the bed , busy with n buttonhook and the
adjustment of a pair of very dainty boots
of whlto kid , whoso buttons gleamed llko
pearls. The mates to them , halt n size
smaller , peeped from the tray of Nlta's new
trunk.
There came a footstep and n rap nt the
door. ' "Sco what It Is , Nlta , there's a love
I don't want to hop. "
It was a card a new arrival at the hotel.
"Gentleman said he'd wait In the parlor
"m , " said the bellboy , and vanished. Nlta
glanced at the card and Instant trouble
stood lu bbr paling faco. Silently Mrs. Gar-
' rlson held out her hand , took the card , and
ono quick look. The buttonhook dropped
from her relaxed fingers. The card read :
"Mr. Gouverncur Prime. "
For a eecond or two the sisters gazed at
each other I silence.
At last the elder spoke. "In heaven's
name , what brings that vbsurd boy back
hero ? I thought him snfo In Europe. "
I'HAPTIHl IX.
Ono of the most charming writers cf our
[ day and Eencratlcn has declared that "tho
I truest blessing a girl can have" Is "tho In-
' gonuoua devotion of a young boy's heart. "
j Nine mothers m ten will probably take 1s-
| sue with the gftted author on that point ,
i and , though no longer a young girl In years
j whatever she might bo In looks , Margaret
Garrison would gladly have sent the waitIng -
Ing gentlemen to the right about , for ,
though too waa only 20 , "Gov" Prime , as a
Junior at Columbia , had b m ingenuously
< Jovotod to the little lady from the very first
evening ho saw her. A boy of frank , 1m-
jiulBlvo nature , was "Gov" ' a boy still In
splto of the budding mustache , the twenty
summers and the lharely passed "exam"
that wound up the junior year and entitled
him to sit with the seniors when the great
university opened its dloors In October.
Studies ho hated , ibut tennis , polo , cricket , ,
riding and dancing wore things ho loved and
excelled In. Much of bis boyhood had been
spent at ono of those healthy , hearty Eng
lish schools where all that would cultivate
physical and inoutal manhood was assidu
ously practiced , and all that would militate
against them was as rigorously "tabooed. "
At t-lio coming of his twentieth birthday
that summer his father bad banded him
bis chock for $5,000 'the ' paternal expression
of satisfaction that hla boy bad never
smoked pipe , cigar or cigarette and the
same 'week ' "flov" had carried olt the blue
-ribbon with the racquet , and the second
prlzo with the single sculls. It was during
the "exams , " the first week in June , when
dropping In for 5 o'clock tea on some glrla
whom bo had known for years , be was pro-
eontoil to this witching little crcaturo whoso
name bo didn't oven catch. "We mot her
away out at an army post In Wyoming wbcn
papa took us to California last year , " was
vvhlspored to him , "and they entertained us
so cordially , and of course wo said If over
you come to Now York you must bo euro
to lot us know and Bho did but " and
tbsro bis Informant pauswl , dubious.
Other callers came In and It began to
rain a sudden , drenching shower , and
the little ptranger from the far
west saw plainly enough that her
hostesses , though presenting- their friends
aliter our cheery American fashion , were un
able to Bhow her further attention and the
newly prcsontod-olmoat all women said "no
very pleased , " but failed to look It , or othor-
\\hro to manifest tholr pleasure. She
couldn't go in tbo rain. The butler tad
'phoned for A cab. She wouldn't sit there
alone and neglected. She deliberately sig
naled Mr. Prime. "Tho ladle * nro all
busy , " she said , with a charmingly appeal
ing smile , " > but I know you can tell me. I
have to drcsa for dinner after I get homo
and must bo at Ouo Hundred and Tenth
etrcat at 7:30. : How long will it toke a
carriage to drive mo there ? Oh , U that
your society pin ? Why , are you ttlll In col
lege ? Why , I thought "
That cab was twenty-five minutes coming
and when it ca no Mr , Prlmo went wltb it
and her , whom ho bad not left an Inntnnt
from the moment of her question. Mora-
over , bo discovered she was norvoua about
taking that carriage drive alt alone away
up to Ono Hundred nnd Tenth street , yet
what other way could a girl go In dinner
dross. Ho left her at her door with a
I reluctantly given permission to return In an
, hour nnd escort her to the distant homo ot
' her friends and c-ntertataers. He drove to
I the Waldorf and had a light dinner with a
I half pint of Hock , devoured her wltb bis
eyes ns they drove rapidly northward , wont
to a Harlem theater whllo she dined and
'
forgot him , and was at the carriage door
, when she came forth to bo driven homo.
I Seven hours or less "had done the business"
so far as Gouvemeur Prlmo was concerned.
It was the 'boy's ' first wild Infatuation as
mad , unreasoning , absurd , yet Intense ns
was ever that of Arthur Pendcnnls for the
lovely Fothorlngay. Margaret Garrison bad
never seen or known the llko of It. She
bad fascinated others for a tlmo , bad kin
dled love , passion and temporary devotion ,
but this this was worship , nnd It wo
something EO sweet to her jaded senses ,
IN THE PATHWAY STOOD NITA WITH DOWNCAST EYES , AND LATUOBE CLINGING FEHVSNTLY TO BOTH HER TINY WHITE GLOVED HANDS.
bis wife and "Wltchlo" and "What a bad
thing for Frank Garrison ! " was the echo.
His Intimates know that bo had "put by"
through economy and self-denial about
$2,000 , the extent of bis fortune outstdo of
his pay. "She'll moke ducks and drakes of
It In the six weeks' honeymoon , " was the
confident prophecy , and she probably did ,
for , desplto the fact that ho had so recently
rejoined the regiment , "Wltchle" insisted
on a midwinter run to New Orleans , Sa
vannah and Washington and bore her lord ,
but not her master , over the course In
triumph. To a student of human nature
and frailty that union of a faded and some
what shopworn maid of 27 to an ardent
and vigorous young soldier many moons bor
Junior was easy to account for. One after
another Wltchlo Terrlss had had desperate
affairs with half a dozen fellows , older or
younger , in the army , and was known to
have been engaged to five different men at
different times , and ibellevcd to have been
engaged to two different meu at ono time.
Asked as to this by ono of her chums , eho
was reported to have replied : "Do you
know , I bollova It true ; I bad totally for
gotten about Nod Colston before Mr. Forman
had been at the post a week. Of course the
only thing to do was to break with both and
lot them etart fresh. " But this Mr. Colston ,
whoso head had been somewhat cleared by a
month of breezy , healthful scouting , accepted
only In part that port which Included the
broak. Forman had tbo fresh start and a
walk-over and bold the .trophy Juat two
months , when it dawned upon him that Mar
garet loved dancing far more than she did
him a clumsy performer and that she
would dance night after night , the lightest ,
daintiest creature In tbo hop room , and
never have a word-or a look for him who
loaned lu gloomy admiration against
the wall and never took his eyes off
her. Ho became jealous , moody , ugly-tem-
perod and finally bad the good luck to got
bis conge as tbo result of an attempt to as
sort himself and limit her dances. Sbo was
blithe and radiant and fancy-freo when
Frank Garrison reached the post , a wee bit
hipped , It was wblnpered , because of the
failure of a somewhat half-hearted suit of
hla In the far east , and the fairy bounded
Into the darkness of his life and fairly daz
zled him. Somebody bad , said Frank Garri
son bad money.
There is no need to tell of tbo disillusion
that gradually camo. Frank found bla debts
mounting up and his cares Increasing. Sbo
was all sympathy and regret when ho men
tioned It , but there were certain com
forts , luxuries and things she bad
always been accustomed to and
couldn't ' llvo without. Surely ho
would not have her apply to papa. No ,
but could oho not manage wltb a llttlo
less ? Ha was willing to glvo up file cigars
( Indeed , bo bad long since done BO ) and to
make his uniforms last a year longer he
who was In bis day the most carefully
drcraed man at the Point. Well abe
thought perhaps bo ought to do that be
sides men's fashions changed but slowly ,
whereas women's "Well , I'd rather be dead
than out of style , Frank ! "
And so It went.
But If she did not love her husband there
wan one being In whom her frivolous heart
was really bound up Nlta her "baby sis
ter , " as she called her , and when Tcrrisa ,
tbo colonel , went the way of all flesh , pre
ceded only a few months by the wife of bis
bosom , the few thousands In life Insurance
QO bad managed to maintain went to the
two daughters. Not ono penny waa ever laid
out in payment of the debts ot either the
Father or husband. Nlta was sent to an ex
travagant finishing school In Uotbam , and
along In May ot tbo young girl's graduating
year blithe llttlo Mrs. Garrison arrived ,
fresh from the far west , and after a few
( weeks of night-seeing and ubepplug the sis
ters appeared at the Point , even half mourn
ing by ibis time discarded. Thirteen years
something EO rich and spontaneous that she
gave herself up for a day or two to the
delight of studying It. Hero was a glorious
young athlete whoeo eyes followed her
every move and gesture , who hung about
her in utter captlvation , whose voice trem
bled and whceo eyca Implored , yet whoso
strong , brown , shapely hand never dared so
much as touch hers except when she ex
tended It in greeting. Ho was to accom
pany his1 father and sister to Europe in a
week , so what harm was there ? He would
forget all about it. He know now she was
married. Ho was presented , to Nlta , but
had hardly a word and never a look , for her
when Margaret was near. Ho was dumb
and miserable all the day they drove In the
park and later dined at Delmonlco's with
Colonel Frost. Ho was slok , even when
mounted on his favorite English thorough
bred and scampering about the bridle patb
for peeps at the drives , when eho was at
the park again with that gray-haired repro
bate , that * money shark , Cashtbn a Wall
WHEN Mil. PniMB FOUND IT WAS A MAItHIED WOMAN WITH WHOM HIS SON
WAS IN LOVE THERE WAS A SCENE AND BITTER WORDS.
street broker blackballed at every decent
club In New York. Why should she go
with him ? Ho bad been most kind , she
said , iti the advice and aid be bad given
her in tbo investment of her llttlo fortune.
She told tbo Ho with downcast eyes and
cheeks that burned , for most ot that llttlo
fortune was already frittered away , and
Casbton's reports seemed to require many
personal visits that bad sot tongues wagging
at the hotel , eo much frequented of the
army , where she bad taken a room until
Nlta should have been graduated and they
could go to the seashore. She bad promised
to bo at home to bor boy adorer that very
ovonlng and to eo wltb 'him ' to Daly's , and
bo bad secured the seats four days ahead.
Poor "Gov" had trotted swiftly home from
the park , striving to comfort himself over
his bath and irreproachable evening clothes ,
that tbero , wltb her by bla side , the wild
jealousy of the day would vanish. Sharply
on tlmo ho sent up hla card and listened , incredulous -
credulous , to the reply ; "Mrs , Garrison bas
not yet returned , " He would wait , be Bald ,
and did wait , biting bis nails , treading tbo
floor , fuming in doubt and despair until
nearly 10 , when a carriage dashed uji'o the
women's entrance and that vile Cushion
handed her out , escorted her in and vanished ,
She came hurrying to her boy
lover with both llttlo hands out-
Btrotcbed , with n face deeply flushed
and words of pleading and distress rusMnf
from her 11 pa "Indeed I could not help It
Oov , " eho cried. "I told him of my cngngO'
mcnt and said wo must not go eo far , bui
away at the north end something happened
I don't know what , a hccl wan bent am
the harness wrenched by too short a turt
on a stone poet at n corner. Sctnothlnr
had to bo repaired , They said It wouldn'l
take ton minutes , and ho led mo out and ur
to tbo plnzia of that big hotel you know
wo saw It the day I drove with you " ( "He
was a .blackguard to take you therol" bursl
In Prime , tbo blood boiling In his veins. )
"Then vo waited nnd waited nnd bo wcnl
to hurry them , nnd then bo came back and
said they had found more serious damage :
that It would take an hour , and meantime
dinner hod been ordered and was served
Ho bad tclopboncd to you and the butlci
bad answered nil right. " "He's a double
dyed llarl" raved "Gov , " furiously. "Am' '
eo what could I do , Gov ? The dinner was
delicious , but I couldn't cat a mouthful. '
( This tlmo It wasn't Cashton who lied. ) " 1
was worrying about you , and and aboui
myself , too , Gov. I had sot my heart on
going wltb. you. It was to bo almost oui
last evening. Oh , If you only didn't bav <
to sail Saturday , and could bo hero ncxl
week , you dear boy , you should have m
cnuso for complaint ! Won't you try tc
forgive mo ? "
And , actually , tears stood In her eyes , as
again she held out both hands. They wen
the only people In the parlor , and In an
Instant , wltb quick , sudden , Irresistible
action ho hud clasped and drawn her to Ills
breast , and though oho bid her face and I
struggled , passionate kisses wcro printed on
her disheveled bnlr. It waa the first time he
bad dared. ,
And then bo did not sail Saturday. Prime
senior was hold by meet Important busi
ness. They gave up the Saturday Cuuardcr
and took the midweek Whlto Star , and
these four additional days riveted poor
Gov's chains and left her well-nigh breath
less with excitement. The strain had been
Intense. It was all eho could do to make
the boy try to behave In a rational way In
tbo presence of others. When alone \\lth
her bo raved. A fearful lend was lifted trorn
her spare llttlo shoulders when the Tcutonlo
sailed. Even Nlta had worried and
had seen bor sister's1 worry. Then no sooner
did "Gov" reach Europe than ho began
writing impassioned letters by every
eteamcr , but that wasn't eo bad. She bad
several masculine correspondents , some of
wbom wrote as often as Frank , but none of
whom , to do her justice , got letters as often
ns ha did , which , however , was saying Ill-
tie , for she bated writing. "Gov" wan to
bavo stayed abroad throe months piloting
the pater and sister about the scenes EO
familiar to him , but they saw how nervous
and unhappy he was. They knew ho was
writing constantly to some one. Mildred
had long slnco divined that tbcro was a girl
at the bottom of It all and longed and
Btrovo to find out who she was. Through ,
the last of Juno and all through July be
resolutely stood to bis promise and did bis
best to bo loving and brotherly to a loving
and devoted sister and dutiful to a most
Indulgent father. But bo grew whlto and
worn and haggard , be who had been such a
picture of rugged health , and , In her utter
Innocence and ignorance as to the being on
whom her brother had lavished the wealth
of his love , Mildred began to ask herself
ebould Bho not urge her father to lot Gov
return to America. At last one sweet July
ovonlng , late in the month , the brother and
sister were wandering along the lovely shore
of Lucerne. He bad been unusually fitful ,
restless and moody all day. No letter bad
reached him in over a fortnight , and bo was
miserably unhappy. They stopped at a
rassybank that ran down to the rippling
water's edge , and she seated boraolf on a
stone ledge , whllo In reckless abandonment
he throw himself full length on the dewy
jrass. Instantly tbo last doubt vanished.
Dcnding over him , her soft band caressing
Ills hair , she whispered : "Gov , dear boy , is
It eo very hard ? Would you llko to go to
lier at once ? "
And the boy ( burled bis face in her lap ,
.wined his arms about her slender wnlst , and
almost groaned aloud as he answered : "For
pity's take help mo if you can , Mildred , I'm
almost mad. "
Early In August the swiftest steamer of
the line was splitting the Atlantic surges
and driving hard for homo , with Gov
cursing her for a canal ( boat. The day after
io reached Now York be bad traced and
followed the White slstora to West Point ,
and Margaret Garrison etarod in mingled
delight , triumph and dismay at the card In
ber "hand. Delight that she could show
these exclusive Pointers that the heir to
one of the oldest and best names in
3otbam'e four hundred was a slave to her
beck and call. Dismay to think of the
econo that might occur through bis jealousy
when ho eaw the devoted attentions eho
roeclved from BO many men officers , clvll-
ans and cadets. Old Cashton came up as
regularly as Saturday night came around
nnd there were others. Margaret Garrison
was more talked about than any woman
n Orange county , yet who could report
anything of bor beyond that ebo was a uni
versal favorite , and danced , walked , possibly
flirted with a dozen different cavaliers every
day of her life ? There wcro some few among
icr accusers , demure and most proper-
oven prudish women , ot whom , were the
truth to bo told , so little could not be said.
"Gov" Prime took tbo only kind of
room to bo bad in the bouse , so full was
t a llttlo eoven by ton box on the office
loor. Ho would have slept In tbo coal bla
rather than leave her. Ho eaw her go off to
.ho bop looking radiant , glancing back over
ior shoulder nnd smiling ewootly at Ihlm.
ile rushed to bis trunk , dragged out bla
evening clothes and stood at tbo wall look-
ng on until the last note of tbo last dance
bo a noted genman leader in the younger
sot and the beet dancer of bis years In
Dotham. Not so much as a single spin bad
be , and 'ho ' longed to show tboe ! tlght-
walstcd , button-bestrewed fellouo In gray
and white bow little they really knew about
dancing , well as many of thorn appeared
on the floor. Ills reward was ten
dered ag tbo bop broke up , Sbo
came gliding to him with such witchery
n her upraised face. "Now , sir , it Is your
urn , I couldn't glvo you a dance , for my
card was made out days ago , but Mr , La-
robe waa glad enough to get rid ot taking
mo home. He is daft about Nlta , and , of
oourso , mis can't lot him take her to more
than one bop a week , Mr. Stanton is her
i escort tonight. "
Then eho placed her little band on his
! arm , and drew herself to bis side , and when
bo would have followed the others , going
straight across tbo broad plain to tbo lights
at the hortel , turned him to the l ft. "I'm
i going to take you all 4ho way round , sir , "
| she eaid Joyously. "Thon wo can bo by ouri
solved at loaot ten minutes longer , "
And BO began tbo second period of Gouvor-
nour Prime's thrulldom. A young civilian
| at the Point bas few opportunities at any
time , but when the lady of bla love la a
belle in the corps , be would muoh better
take a long ocean voyage than be where be
could hear and eee and live In dally tor
ment. Ono comfort came .to him when he
could not bo with Mra , Garrison ( who
naively explained that "Gov" was such a
dear boy and they were such etanch friends ,
real comrades , you know. ) Ho bad early
made the acquaintance of Pat Latrobe , and
tbero waa a bond of sympathy between them
which was none the louj strong because , on
Prime's side , It could neither bu admitted
nor alluded to that they were desperately
In love with tbo sisters , and It was not long
buforo it ibegan to dawn on Prlmo that
pretty little N1U was playing a double
. ( that even whllo assuring her guardian
' ulster that eho hnl only A mild Interest In
Lltrobo , Bho won rwlly losing or had lost
I bor heart to him , nnd In every way In her
5 power waa striving to conceal the fact from
, Margaret , and yet meet her lover at hours
. when she thought It poMlble to do so wltb- ,
I out discovery. As the friendship rtrcngthJL
oned between himself an-1 Lathrobo they ' V.
j begun using him as Cupid's ' postman , and
j many llttlo notes nnd some big OHM found
. tholr way to and from the Fourth division
' of cadet barracks. Mra. Frank was only
moderately 'kind ' to her civilian adorer then ,
1 granting him only ono dance at each hop ,
and going much with other men , but ( hat
> dnnco was worth seeing. Prime's -was the \J
t only black "claw-hammer" lu the room , and
I therefore conspicuous , nndi cndets 'Who know
t a good thing when they BSO It nnd many
ft pretty girl partner , would draw
9 asldo to watch < ho perfection of
j tholr Rtep nnd the exqut lto owe with
. which they seemed to float through space ,
p circling nnd reversing and winding among
. the other dancers , ho ever alert , watchful ,
1 quick ns n cat and lltho nnd otrong ns a panther -
, ther she all yielding lissome airy grace.
That dnnco was "Gov" Prime's reward , and
t almost only reward for hours of Impatient
t waiting. Other women , charming nnd pretty
l nnd bolter women , would gladly have been
r his partners. Some two or three whom ho
met nt the hotel even Intimated as much.
}
t But not until Lady Garrrleon told him ho
must to protect her from scandal did bo
nsk n'nother to dance. At Inst came the end
of the summer's encampment , the return of
I the corps to the barracks nnd studies , ono
' blissful week In which ho was enabled to
1 spend eevoral uninterrupted hours each day
nt her side , and then n cataclysm. A letter
1 Intended only for Nltn's bands fell Into
those of her sister. It was bulky. It was
from Lntrobe. She hesitated only a moment ,
then , with determination In her eyes , opened
nnd read all. Two days after Nltn was
whisked nwny to Now York , and within nn-
other week , leaving two most disconsolate
swains on the Hudson , the sisters ,
ono ot them bathed In tears , went
spinning away to the west , where Frank
Gnrrrlaon wna on duty nt department head
quarters. Prime was permitted to _ write
once a fortnight ( hesant n volume ) , and In-
trobo forbidden , but already the poor boy
owned a thick packet of precious missives ,
all breathing fond love nnd promising utter
constancy though she had to wait for him
for years. For n month Nlta would hardly
speak to her sister , but In October there
were lovely drives , picnics and gayetles of
all kinds. There were attractive young of
ficers and assiduous old ones , nnd among
l these latter was Frost with his haudsomo
, gray mustache and distinguished bearing ,
and that air of conscious success nnd pos
session which some men know so well how
to assume oven when their chances nro
slimmer than my lady's hand. The sisterly
breach was healed before that bcautl/u3vw
month was over. Frost dined nt the Gnrrlf
sons' four times a week nnd drove Miss
Nlta behind his handsome bays every day
or two. In November ho asked n question.
In December there was on announce
ment that called forth n score of
congratulations around headquarters , and
In January the wedding cards went
nil over the union some to
West Point , but to Latrobe , who bad been
Hooking 111 and anxious for eix weeks , said
his classmates , nnd falling off fearfully In his
studies , said bis professors , only n brief
note enclosing his 'loiters ' and begging for
bers. At reveille next morning toere was
no captain to receive the report of roll call
from the first sergeant of Company B.
"Whero'a Latrobe ? " eleeplly asked the offi
cer of tbo day of the cadet first lieutenant.
"I dn' know , " was tbo answer , nnd to the
amazement of Latrobe's roommate , who had
gone to bed and to sleep right after taps the
night before , they found evidence that "Pat' '
had left the post. Ho ( had not even made
down hla bedding. His cadet uniforms were
all there , but a suit of civilian clothes , usu
ally In a enug package up the chimney , that
bad been used several times "running it" to
tbo Iiotel after taps In August , was now ,
llko its owner , missing. After three days'
waiting ana iruiuess Bcarca tno superin
tendent wired Latrobo's unclo'and best friend ,
old General Drayton , and that was the last
seen or beard of "Pat. " In' the spring and
ahead of time his class waa graduated with
out htm , for the war with Spain was on. In
tbo spring an irate and Jong-tired father
was upbraiding another only eon for per
sistent failures at college. "Gov Prime
will get the eack , not the sheepskin , "
prophesied his fellows. And then somehow ,
Bomowhcre , the father heard It waa a married .
woman with wlhom bla boy wou so deeply .G
in love , and there were bltiter , bitter worda '
on both sides so bitter that when at last ho
flung himself out of his father's study Gov
Prime went straight to Mildred's
room , ellcnUy kissed ( her and walked out of
the house. This waa in April. Tito next
heard of him ho had enlisted for the war
and was gene to Son Francisco with hU \
reghnont , with the prospeot of service in the
Pblllpplnea oboad of him , but that waa full
tour months of tor bis disappearance. Thither ,
Unto in July , the father followed , bringing
Mildred wiuh him and the reader knows the
rest.
( To bo Continued. )
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