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A Story (g the Fifteenth Infantry at Fm Sheridan. ., V "Well! the ring from my finge'r was in the pin if V1111 like? she re- Mic-(Ir Anna and Fried-.1 touk the (-119 and by a serivs of most appar- eutly innocent remarks set poor Jes- sie's face on fire. and caused even Huffmzm's (u take (111 11 darken tinge. 4 , _ - . . . Jessie was 111-.1'11til1 glad 11'111111'sl11i could escape 111111 get away by 1191'- self. li111'111'dl1 51111111114 fuming at her 101) mident embarrassment and 11115 111111031 reudv t1) crv for vexation 111 having let the others 51:11 how much it 11Ffoctedhvr.(}oing up to tl111Sergeant. 1‘1'h011'as lying in 11 l111'11mmck she said: “..M1'Churcl1ill, will you go for 11r011' 011 the lake 11i1l1 1111‘? I shall 191119 all the clear- ing up to the girls {111 teasing me 30. n "I shall hedeliglntod to (10 any. thing I can to help my little wild- l'ose uut.0f troublv." said the Ser- geant. and taking an umbrella. they started towaxl the lake. Before tlwv luld gom‘ fur. Jessie turned geunt. and taking an umbrella. they started town: i the lake. Before tlwv luld Uom‘ fur. Jessie turned back and called L“You may come. too. Mr. Huffman. if you wish: thg rest are in disgraéu and must do without ynur snoivty." 'Ho row at once and wont down tuwlwrv Jessie and} the Svrueunt we-n» waiting. W0 will lvnvv them for u whilv uml gm hark to tln- party 'at tlnfimhle. "l lmlw slu- won‘t be nlfmulotl ill our jests but ii is such fun to H‘P Bvrt pay any Mtc-ntiunstn u Ind). isilid Roytlom .\ dash uf unvy‘s gnu-must gn-vn. Submerged in a tea: of wui': ‘ A flash 0f yellow. all aulvulu me a golden sunwt‘s glow: Deep unruly. from Tl‘lllt‘llll)[ull(‘(' wrought. Allamc with young luve's lurid lulu. An ccstucy 0f jny. fresh (might. 'llu- "llet‘ll from a sparkling drop of «lc '. \\ ilh pullid moonlight grunting through. in: R I'HA BAKER Gut-2r: \'. “She l‘frimlzl: that." \L‘Oh." said Anna. “51w may fm'l :| little put (mt just now. but she is ton mvuM-tmnlwrml to lw (It-uply ()fl‘mul (‘l at this." “WelL Mutt shall no (In when we- get the hash is pmkml? / “VHH you take a stml (m thv lwm'h if it is shady. Miss Churchill?” .Iskml (‘drmll l haw- il (1an of mefv'lluvs with 1m and “ill n m1 if tn \uu if you llkv." > ”'lh: It “ill 1w (-Imrmilig." 2m- swvre-tl .\mm. "and you will almw THE SERGEANT’S DAUGHTER. 'B\' .H' Np ALIVEHKIDXHRF. H .\1‘ Mum“: isn't ufi'vndvd." nnswen 'I know 'hvr Atom \vvll h AN OPAL. m‘ THE HIGHLAXD PARK NEWS. me how to skip stones, won‘t yuu?" “What will the others do?" put in Ruydou. “Wv old ladies will take a nap in the hammocks: and T know Mr. Wil- son is in uwd of one uftur eatihg so much chicken." answered Mrs. Dodd‘. anutlu-r one of the party. “He is asleep already," said Frie- da, “chicken is stupefying, l sup- da, “cl pus». “Dunt mention the .hicken 1 ate; just rmnmnbvr the number of olives you at? youm came‘m 1 1301195 {1-0111 the luunmovk. ,f‘Then we ure'quits, Mr. Wilson."- answered Frieda, “and I can take my walk with a clear conscience," 80 Anna " and Mr. Carroll. Frieda and Bob Roydon went to the beach and far out on the smooth water they saw Jessie and her companions. (Swing home that night, they were 11 morrv partv. There was glorious moonlight the air was rich with théx sw eet scents of summer time; in short it wafi‘ 11 perfect 'night. such 11 night as *t'lnfi speciallv made for lovers. and one to cause even the coldest heart to thrill with delight. Song and merry talkrenlivened tht‘ honroward ride. and made it seem all to short. for Huffman espedally. who hardly dared to stop to analyze the new strange animations that were crowding so fast, upon him. At first reserwd. but (111 Whirthe“: acquaintance. clear siniléd. true. frank. vet with a wil of maideulv modest). JPSSit‘ i111prosse-d Hufl'ulaii .Islwino u H‘I‘V different sort of .1 yuuuu “(11111111 from any he had preâ€" ViouslV met. He found that she had read and studied could express her thuutrhts (-1911er and interestingly. \t’i thvré‘ W15 1111 nth-(tatidn (1r V'ain yet there was no tlfivvtatltm or vain striving uftvr offm-t. Hv had not rt-alizml how much in- dr-pended on her presvnw to make his visits at ttufiChurchil] house en- joyable. until our Saturday evening when slu- was nhs'e-nt on account of 21 hemlm-lw. Thi- evening was a total blank to him. and sharp eyed Anna notimad it and spoke of it to Frieda after iht' guvsts had gmjv. Jessie! and Mr. Hufl‘inan had gum» with the Sergvunt to call on Mrs. Wilmn. uml Frn-dn was upstairs writing lvttv‘rs. Sonn Anna came out and uftvr tln- first (-nnvvntimull greetings. they M! in vlmtting quivtl'v. with lung palm-s of c-lmluvnt nill‘lu't‘. how was indvml u some hrmv would his wlmh- fm-u u") During :1 longvr palms-Hum munl. Alum sat van-hing Carroll. whose- [l n éhldy. His hand- Ild (-mltrm-t. and flu-n u'nultl light up. m" if Nut guessing he “as thinkiuu uf Hum. she said: “A penny for vuur ltlmughts, Mr. Carroll; I think then 1 must be very pleasant ones 1 hm e 5 watchéd ygur face-for u long time. é If 1 were a mind reader. I shouldn't § have to ask.” a very happy thought had conw llilll. “They are pleasant to me but they may not please you. " he said. looking away from her. Before she had time to speak he came over to her chair and taking her hand, said: "Miss Churchill Ant-111 I 1111111 (0' tell yuu how dearly I love you and I want to win you for my awn mime time." _ His heart sunk for Anna kept her face turned 1111711 and her eyes (51st (101111. “Dear Anna, could you not have- seen all 51111111101“ how my. very llft‘ depended on you? I know I 21111 not worth) 110“ of this great happiness I ask at your hands. but your low \V1llmake1nv worthy of it. Dont speak if you like: just reach out your hand to me and let me know I am not to go away in darkness and despair. - 1 J met one instant of suspense and dread. for Anna did not stir; them putting out both hands and turning toward him. she showed her -face. dear and lovelym him before, now transfigured and shhfiug \vhh the great revelation of hm‘ love. “Dear heart." she whispered. “could you not 5902’ surva low is blind." {'“Anna. dearest. 1 longed but did Imt dare to hnpv for all my heart‘s (It-sires: but now yuu lmvv fulfmm all." Let us drop the curtain here. stonoamplwr “mild he outMM p in Cupid s court. Next morning Anna wukv with the consciousness of a new. joyous 01011101" in her lifv: some-thing which fife-mod tn have been hers lwfore. and yet was nmv. It made her very happy, and girl-like. she could not keep it tn horsvlf. hut filold it all to Frlvdu, who was just waking. Frieda told her friend how glad she was. and added: “I knew it would he so and wa all haer been waiting for lhis happy (‘onslumnw lion." ‘ After dinner Carroll ('2 llled tn halal Anna 0m riding. and Jessie “ m1 out. saying she would g0 uvvr to sm- Mrs. Wilson. wlm had lwvn sick fur sc-vurnl days. vat thus to hersvlf. Frivtln took a hunk and mm? out I to the hum muck.“ Her book was so nnintt-rvst ing that pri-svmly slu- drumwl :Nlm-p. to EICG‘