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fcSMf . .i-.' s ■ ■r . -U * Dswor ln n voice of very great sweet- m >'«olf now," I answered in tho man- V* husband, Mr. (Joppqtftflrii flf Ore* ness ns tho conductor deposited me and ncr of the old Marquis of Flanders nna Bye," with which lntradUPtlonBlio jny bags down ln front of the most tinged with tUo grande durno maimer cou,roiltod mo wltli tbo geutlpumii, beautiful lady In all America, I am of the benutlful young Marquise of, “ al,ld t0 kno ' v >’ uu * >‘ 0U11 S »«» HUrc - • ' . I Grcz nud Bye whom I had murdered ■ Bla< * to Imow '5' 0U >" be nnswered ni • "Thanlt you for much gractousnoss, •' llnd left In that room of tho great ho- ! la ,00l£ Unlld nn<1 Save 11 nil om madam," I said, keeping those gray j tel ln New York. ' ' ' ‘It will be delicious to watch his tweed knees straight out lu front of ' lno a °d very still to praveut trembling. ';: “ N °t nt nil, sir, I bought only the lower half of this section. '1 nm not nt all nervous," And 1 could see her . • mouth, that was curled llko the petals of an opening rose, tremble, from n , \. mlscblof.us she regarded tbo stiff black silk back In tho front of the ear and the two Imge females on our right, whose son and brother wan to arrive la Philadelphia for tbelr protection. An equally gay mischief rose ln my eyes and responded to that in hers as I responded also by word: : '• “For which also let us be In grati tude." Many times ln tbo mouths that fol- •i! lowed have 1 thought of tho lure of fnco as. you nnd I alight from this train together, boy. It will bo worth tho trouble of this hurried trip to New York to bo Introduced to a person who disappeared suddenly ln a tugboat ln the open oconn when ho should have landed nt the docks with the propriety Hint would hove been expected of him." And ns she spoke. 1 could see that something liud happened, in New York which had brought .murJi Irritation to tho beautiful Madam Whitworth. "It would seem that It Is one of. the customs of these great ships to scud out passengers from them in those very funny small tugboats." 1 remarked n* I leaned.forward to catch n last fleet- lug glimpse of a lovely girl standing In the doOMvny of mi ancient farm <,i • * n,f ci tin (lllcHli t to laughing mischief in those eyes , house, giving food to chickens „„ •tj 01111 "’ore like beautiful blue flowers I the course of the railroad-train that It sec I„ —.1 ■- would seem we should disperse them set In crystal and hbw they were to lead me cm Into the strange laud of » men In search of. those forbidden fruits. And from that moment on I did very :; much enjoy myself ln conversation i: with tliut Madam Mischief, while we . j ; -together did watch the retirement of | aH of the* persons In the train. She had many funny remarks to make and ■v; made me merry'with them, so tlmt the ; hour of 11 o'clock had arrived before ••,«‘ wo had summoned tbo very blnc-k male ohamberfliald to turn our scats Into beds. All othors were In sleep that was a confusion of sound from every- , where, and we must stand In the ulsle " 'While the beds; were being abstracted. ; CHAPTER III. - ' The Impossible Uncle Robert. I', fk I'TEB many months, ln which ' /I niniu 10 ule ‘'ruel l’aln and a long, hard fight for the bou- . or of my beloved, I cannot V-;. but remember that feeling of grntl- tude that came over me ns I went •' Into sleep on that narrow shelf under which lay the benuty of that Madam Patricia Whitworth. In tbo eight years that 1 bud be- -■ come nil of life to my fatber we bad made- many travels.Into distant lands _j and bnd seen all of 'beauty that the . old world bail to offer seekers after it,' ‘- but nowhere had I seen the majestic wonder of this his own land that I beheld pass by Uke u scries of great pictures wrought by a master. All ■,;C of the morning I could but sit and gaze ;u|' with eyes that sometimes dimmed with tears for him as faster and faster I * was carried down into his own lund of the valley of-IIarpeth, which be :!i. bad given up for love of my mother -:;atid from tlm cruelness of my wicked -7»?"U»idej-w!Hi--M ould- not welcome her to ills home. When the great Ilurpeth lillls. lu their spring flush from the rosluoss of wlmt I nfterwnrd learned was their honeysuckle 1 and laurel, shot ; wijii the Iridescent fire of the pale yol- . low niVq green and purple of redbud and dogwood nud maple leaf, all veiled ill a creamy mist over their radluuc-e. came Into view ns wo arrived nearer •i and nearer to llsiyesvlUe my htfnd went . i forth and grasped closely tho \iand of T Madam Whitworth. ! ■ "And the small homes' In tbq valley, madam,” I said, "with the sheep and cattle uud grain and children surround ed; they- need never fear the: lire of shell and the roar of the cruel guns. This valley Is a fold lu the garment across the breast of the good God him. self, and it bus Ills cherishing. Is It that there will be n borne for me ln Its peace and for the small Pierre and tbo old and fultbful Naunctte?" c , “A home nnd—and other things, boy, ' when you ask for them,” she answer ed mo, with a very beautiful look of affection that, while’ It pleased me greatly, also, made for me. an unrea sonable embarrassment. “Is It that you think I will obtain the affection of my uncle, the Gen eral Robert Carruthers, Madam Whit- “Is it that you are also a friend of my capitaine?” ■"Thank you for nuioh graciousneti!” -worth?" 1 asked of her, with a great •wlstfulness. for I had told her of his summons io me. nnd she knew already ithe story; of his hardness of heart : agahisf-my mother. "The ’general Is a very difficult per son,” she .made answer to me, and I anw that softness of her beautiful mouth become ns steel as sbo spoke of him. "To n woman ho is Impossl- Ide, ns I have found to’my cost, but all men adore him and follow him madly, so I suppose his attitude to ward them' 1b different from,his atti tude toward women. My husband and : I disagree utterly about tbo general. Hn fact, the old gentleman and. fare " nt daggers' points Just now, nnd I am afraid—afraid that he will mako it dlf- Hgult for you to be—he friends with with fright. “I wept when 1 must see my good friend. Capitaine, the Count do Losscllcs, depart from our ship .In one of those tugboats. It was a pain in my breust that he must leave me to go Into the wildness of Canada.” "Oh, then he went to Cnuadn first?" exclaimed that Madam Whitworth ns sho leaned back on her sent as If re lieved from some form of a great anx iety about the departure of that Cap- Itnine, tho Count de Lassetlcs. “Is it that you are also a friend of my capitaine?" 1 demanded, with' a great eagerness of pleasure if It should be so, “Oh, no, no, Indeed!” exclaimed the beautiful Madam Whitworth. “I was speaking of my own friend, who might have taken a Canadian line Instcud of iho,American, She is so care-ess.about 'instructions. Now look. Ve arc be ginning to wind down Into the very heart of the Harpoth valley, find by ‘Hie time you make very tidy that mop of hair you have on your bead and 1 powder my nose wo will be In Hayes- vllle to face the general In all of his glory. Mind, you kiss my hand so he can see you. I want to give him that sensation In payment of n debt 1 owe him. Now, do go nud smooth the mop if It ttikos a pint of water to do It, That New York tailor has turned you out wonderfully, but even those very square English tweeds do not entirely disguise the French envaller. You're a beautiful boy, and the ■ girls In Hnyesvllle will eat you up—If the gen eral ever lets them get n sight of you, which he probably won't. Now go to the mop I" For many years, since the lonely day just after the death of my moth er, when n>y father took me Into the furthest depths of his sad heart nnd told me of his exile from the place lu which he had been born nud about the elder brother, who bad bated my beautiful mother, who bated all \vo- mcu, I had spent much time erecting ln my mind -a statue that would be the semblance of that wicked nnd cruel uucle. I bnd taken every dls- dgreeablc feature of face and body that I bad beheld in another human or. in a picture or hud read of in the tales of that remarkable Mr. Dickens, who could so paint hi words a monstrous person to come when the lights arc out to haunt tho durkness, and had cnrefully patched them ‘one upon an- other so as to make them Into nn ideal of nn old uncle of great wickedness. On that very, ship Itself I had beheld a man, who came upon the lower deck from tho engine, who laid but one' eye and a great scar where that other eye should-have been placed. Immediate- ly my Image of the.Geneml Robert Carruthers lost one of the wicked eyes I had given him from out the head of the stepfather who did so cruelly stare nt the.pdor young David Coppcrfleld and became n man with only one eye which still held the malevolence that was hurled at that small David. And with this squat, crooked, evil Image of the General Robert Carruthers ln my heart 1 alighted from the train Into the city of rinyesvllle, which- is the capital of tbe'grcnt American state of Harpoth. The black man had swung blmself off with my bags anil that of tbo beautiful Madam Whit worth, who, with me. was the Inst of !lio passengers to descend from the steps of the car. “My dear Jeff!" exclaimed toy so lovely new friend as she raised her ve3 for a very seemly L-lss from n tall nnd quite broad gentleman with u very wide lint and long mustnchlos that dropped fur down with want of wax that It Is the custom to. use for their elevation ln France, ns. I well brnco of eucli vigor -that I. almost made outcry. "There's the general ovor there looklug for yon. Come to see us some time. Come on, l’ntsy!" “Goodby, Mr. Carruthers. I'll see you soon." snld the beautiful Mudnm Whitworth ns she held out her hand tt> mo. “Do It now—there comes tbo gen oral—quick, kiss my hand!". I bent aud did ns sbo bade mo nnd as 1 hail promised her to do, and ns.I raised myself she slipped away quick ly after her husband with a salutation of great.coolness to n person over my shoulder nud a "How do you do, Gen eral Cnrruthers?" remark ns sho wont. Instantly 1 turned and faced tho ma terialization of the ogro it bad taken me years to build up Into my 'wicked undo. Aud wliut did I see? . My eyes looked straight Into eyes of the greatest kindness nnd wisdom I -bail ever before beheld, anil It iv with difficulty I restrained myself from flinging myself und my Balt of English tweed straight Into tho strong mans and burying my lioud on the broad deep .cheat tbnt confronted mo ns I he bilge jOlil gentleman, with ns perfect a mop if white Imlr as Is mine of bluck, rioting over his large head, towered ovor me. “You gallivanting young idiot, where did you pick up tliut dimity?" he de manded of mo ns he luld n large hand with long, strong fingers on my shoul ders nnd gave me n slight Bhnke. "I'm your Uucle Robert, sonny, und don’t you over forget tbnt. sir." lie com limed, anil I could see a longing for (he embrace, which I so desired. In bis keen eyes that bad softened with a veil of mist In the Inst second. "Lord, I'm glad you're not a woman! And from now on just stop knowing the creatures exist—Pat Whitworth nnd her kind. We've got work to do to P'lt out a fire—a fire of dishonor nud devastation. Como on to my car over there; we've no time to waste. Drive to the governor's mansion nnd don't sprout grass under your wheels," he commanded the black ehuuffeur-"tUe governor's mansion, prlvat.o door on Sixth street." fee uh-I—Iwnnt you to bo." -. "Neither the General Carruthers nor ,!I10 ' V fronl father's wrntby re- i.nv man. madam, dictates in matters ln;ll ks : t0 llIs < v oIot If be mndo n too lof the heart to the .Marquise de-that B 1 ™ 1 « sc ot upon his. "And this ks to Robert Carruthers ot Grcz and ls General Carruthers' nephew who ))Bye, If that Is the way I must so name , came down on tho train with mo. CHAPTER IV. "Hore r 8 My Boy, Governor." ND It was en route to the man- i slon of the gouvernour of the slate of Harpoth that my uncle, the General Robert, did enlight en mo ns to the urgent liecJ of me lu tils affairs of business. “It ls n question of mules, sir, nnd of a dishonor to the state that I'm going to prevent If my hot old bead Is luld low in doing It, as it probably will be if 1 got into'.the ruckus with Jefferson Whitworth that now threatens. They have Insinuated themselves into the coiiflileuee of Governor Faulkner until ( bey have made It well nigh Impossible for him 10 see tbe matter except hs they put It. They will get Ills signa ture to the rental grant of the lands, make a getaway with the money anil let the state crash down upon Ills head when It finds out that ho lias been led Into bringing It and himself Into dis honor. Why. dash -It, sir, I'd like to have every one of them, especially Jeff Whitworth, ut the end of a linlter and feed him a raw mule, hoof and cars. I'm probably going to be dofio to death all alone before the pack of wolves, but I'm going to die hard—for Bill Faulkner, who bolds ln his hand the honor of bis state and my state, I'll die bard!" And he spoke tbe words with such a fierceness that bis while mustache, which was waxed with the propriety of tho world, divided like crossed silver swords beneath bis straight nose with its thin and trem bling nostrils. ,"It will be tlmt I can help you pro tect this honor of tbe Gouvernour Faulkner anil the state of Hnrpctb, will It not, my Uncle Robert?" I nskeil wltli a great anxiety. “If you must fall on the field of honor it will be the glory of Ilobqrt Carruthers of Grcz nnd Bye to fall beside you, sir. I am a cry good sport, my'rather bus said." “God bless my soul, how like Henry you are, boy!” exclaimed my uncle, the General Robert, and be did lay one of Ills long anil very strong arms across my shoulder and give to mo the em- brnco for which I bnd so longed, but for not enough time for mo to yield myself tp It. "Henry nlwdys wanted to tag ‘Brother Bob,’ anil he. too- would-bnve died—fighting for me—at my side. I’ve been bard—nud when I heard of his death—I wanted you, hoy, I wanted you more— Noqvwhut do you mean, sir, by ranking mo for get for one moment the fix Bill Fuulk- uor and 1 ore In?” And my uncle, tho General Robert, gave to me a good Shake, as ho extracted his very large white handkerchief and blow upon bis iioso with such power that the black chauffeur looked around at us and made tho oar to Jump even ns ho and I hail done. “And those mules that it would.be your wish to feed to that Mr. Jeff ■Whitworth, my Uncle Robert, will you not tell mo further about them? In Paris it Is -said that they are n very good food when mndo fat after being old or wounded lu the army. I liave"- “That will do, sir. If you’ve had to eat mule In Paris don't tell me'nbout It. My constitution wouldn't slnnd tlmt, though during our war, just be fore Vicksburg, I ate—but wo won’t go Into tlmt either. Now this Is the situation, as much ns n lad from tho wilds or Paris could understand it. Tho French government wunts r>,000 mules by the fall of the year, and there are no such mules In tbo world ns Ibis stale produces. They are send ing a man ovor here to try to make a deal with.the state uf Hjupeth to pur chase the mules from prlvato breeders. graze Them on tho'government lands and deliver I hem in a lot for shipment the let of August ut Savannah. There Is no authority on the siatutc book for tlie state |t> make such a deal, but Jeff Whitworth 1ms fixed up a sort of coutrnct, tbnt wouldn't bold water In the courts, by which the governor of the state, Williamson Faulkner, grants tke grazing rights ou the state's lands to a'private company, of which he ls to be a member, which In a way guarantees tbo deni. They've' mndo him believe It to bo a good financial thing for the state, and lie can't sco that they are going to buy cheap stock, fatten It on n low rnto from the state and hand it over to tbo Frenoh gov ernment nt ii fancy rnkeoff, and then- leave him with tho hag to -bold when the lime for settlement und complaint comes. There Is a strong Republican party in lids state, nml they're keep- lug quiet, but year utter next, when Rill Faulkner comes up for rc-cloc- Ron. downright IliopHIty will be al leged, and ho will ha defeated In dis honor and with dishonor to tho state. I am Ills secretary of stale, and I'm going fo save him If I can. And you me going to help me, sir!" And as ho spoke iny undo, the General Rob’ art, gave to me a distinguished shake of tho Imtid that made my pride to rise In my throat, which guve to my speak ing a great hiiskhfess. "1 will help In Hie rescue'of the hon or of that Gouvernour DIM FanMiubT. my Uncle Robert, v.dlh the last breath In my liuly. itinl I will also assist to feed mule to flint,Mr. Jefferson Whit worth, though not to Ills beautiful wife, whom 1 Mo so niueli tuluilre!*' ' "That's Just It; she'll Imve to cal inuIo Ike first one. She's lit the gov ernor day an'.l night with her wiles, and In my miijd it's her dimity Influ ence - tlmt-ls making him see tilings with Ills skint. They say she put her brand on him In early youth. He's the soul of honor, but what dianco has a man's soul honor got when a woman wants to casb-it In for a fortune with which In lead a gay life? None! None, sir!" And tho countenance of my undo, the General Robert, became so fierce that It was difficult to find words lo answer. “Oil, my Uncle Robert, Is It tbnt a woman would mako u cheat in giving the undo animal of not sufficient strength to carry food lo poof boys of Franco in Hie trenches when llioro Is loo mmdi mud for gasoline!" 1 ox- claimed with- a great horror from knowledge given mo by my capitaine. the Count do Las.sdlcs. "Just exactly, wlmt she Is trying to do, boy. Lot those poor 'chaps with guns in |Heir hands to defend her civ ilization ufs well na theirs die for want of a supply train hauled by reliable mules wlien unreliable gnsollne falls. That's what women are like." And ns he spoke I perceived the dept!) of dis like.Hint was In tho heart of my uncle, the General Robert, for all of woman kind.. “There are some wpmen who would not so comport tbemselvqs, ray Uncle Robert I give you my word ns one"—- Then ns I hesitated In terror nt the revelation of my woman's estate I bud beeii about to make, my , uncle, the General Robert, mndo this remark lo mo: i "Women are llko crows—all black, and tbo . exceptional white out* only mal-:e3 tho lost look, blacker. Tbe only way to stop them ip their depredations Is to trap them since the law forbids Intelligence enough; m cat-the manna of tho gods, which 11 torn pmo. and drink tho neclur, wlfich l : , plain wills- ky, or will wo .Ho expected is fnrulali- them with snails nml nhulnih?" At tlmt I laughed a very large laugh and made this atiawer to tho perturba- tlou of jny uncle, tbo General Robert; "1 will loll you titter luncheon, my Uncle Holier!, beeuui* l have nut as yet eaten lu this'Hdfnotb country of Amorlcn." "All right; we'll talk about it nftcr you've lmd oiio of old R initio's fried chicken.dlnnera. Here wo arc at the mansion. Remember, you know the whole situation and are only supposed to know tho part that Governor Dill thinks Is (he whole. Look nt me, lin.v!" And us tho big car drovo up to the curb before a great stone house with lull plllnrs on guard of Its front, lie luld both Ids hands upou niy shoulders and turned mo toward him with fore, nnd no gentleness, and then with hi; keen eyes did ho look down into the very soul of me. “Yes, I seo I cgn trust, you, sir. God hlnss you, boy!" be said, after a very long moment of tlmo. "Yes, my Undo Robert," I nnswered him without turning my eyes from his. "Well, then, boro wo are. 1 cuiuo to tbo side door so I wouldn’t have to Introduce you to any of Hie boys this morning, for we want to have u talk "’1th the governor before dinner, and 1 don't daro keep Klzzlc waiting. II riles.her, nnd n riled womnn burns up' things, masters, husbands, booking or worse. Comb on." “Here’s my boy, governor," was all (ho Introduction my uncle, tho General Robert, administered to me: then I stood nnd looked Into the face of Irfm whom afterward -1 dlsebvcie.! lo i,c the greatest gentleman In me world, with my heart beating lit my throat nml yet nsllr iimlor my woman's breast In tbe place It lind nlwavs lie- boforo resided, utter we had been ush ered Into the gouyernour's room by an old black servant called Cato. T~-~-V"''j - {J \!j fig ‘I will holp in tho rescue.” shooting them." And ns lie made this Judgment of women 1 forgot for a mo ment. tliut wo discussed that Madam Whitworth, whom It was causing me great pain to discover to be tho enemy of FrnliceT nnd 1 thought of my beauti ful mother, whom ho had Judged with out over having encountered, und a great longing rose in my heart so to comport myself that Ills heart should .learn lo trust'tn me ns u man and then discover the honor of woman through li:e nt some future time. I look a re solve (bat such should be the’case, anil lo that end I asked of him: “How Is It that I can servo you. In these serious troubles, my Uncle Itob- i ert?" And as I asked that question I made also u vow in my heart against that black crow womnn. "Now, Hint's what I'm coming to. The French government is sending an army expert down here to look over iho situation mid make tbo contracts. I can't speak tbelr heathenish tongue or read It, mid 1 want somebody whom I can trust—trust, mind you—to help me talk with him and make any necessary translations. That Whit worth hussy has been translating for us, mid I don’t trust her. Y'our letter was banded- to me hi the governor's private office, anil both ho and 1 saw wlmt a help It would ho to linvo you hero when this Frenclije—who ls a Count Something or Othcr-mul Ills servants nml secretaries, wbut ho calls his suit, arrive. By George, sir, wo need your advice In eating nnd drink ing them. Do you suppose they'll have it! CHAPTER V. "Wo Both Need You." E DO not know how It ls Hint I shall find words lu which lo write down the loveliness of that gouvernour of Old Harpoth. lie was not ns tall ns-my uncle, tho General Robert, and lie wns slender nnd lltlio ns some wild thing in n forest, but tho power lu jtfio broadness of Ids shoulders nml lu the strength of his nervous hands wns of a grontness of which to be frightened —that ls, I think, of which n man should be frightened, but in which a woman would take much glory. His bnlr was of the tarnished goiil of a sunset Btonu, nnd upou tils, temples -wns u curved crest of whlto Hint sparkled lilto the spray of n wave. All of which I must have seen with some'kind of Inward ■ eyes, for from tho moment my eyes lifted themselves from conlcmfilntiiig the carpet In embarrassment over my tweed trousers they were looking Into his In a way which at dawn my eyes have gazed Into tho morning ptnr ris ing near to mo over tho little wood at tho Chateau de Grez. "It ls good tbnt you liuvo come, Rob ert Carruthers, for the general mid 1 both need yon," were tbo words I houril him Buying to mo In a voleo that wns as deep mid or as much Interest as tho eyes, anil ns he spoke those words ho tbok one of my limuls In both of bis strong ones. “Anil If you say'snails, sualls it slmll be, If Cato mill; I have to luvutlo every rose garden lu Ilayes- vllle mul vicinity and stay up ull night to catch them." "I think I shall choose that corn pone nnd whisky that my uncle, the General Robert, lias promised to mo from one bad tempered cook nt tbo time of my luncheon," 1 found myself saying with a laugh that answered tbe barefooted boy who suddenly looked nt mo out of tbe cool eyes. "I thought 1 would lot him have a tryoqt with Klzzlo before' wo decided, to feed the savages," also said my uncle, tbo General Robert,, with a laugh. “Besides, lie’s olio blmself, nnd I’ll have to go slow and tame him gradually." "No, lie’s ours, He’s Just come hack to his oirti from' a strange land, gen eral,'anil you'll kill the fatted calf or rooster, whichever Klzzlo decides, with Joy nt getting him," And this tlmo tho star eyes gave to me the quick sympathy for which I hail pray ed lioforo the Virgin with the Infant in her arms lu tho little clinpel of .the old convent Just before wo had to fieo from tho shells, leaving my father to the sisters to bury after tho enemy had come. I think my eyes did tell that tale to his, nnd tho tears nehed In my throat. "I know, boy," he said softly-, and then turned nud presented mo to the Mr. Clendonnlng, who was nrrniiglllg pnpers nt a desk bosldo Iho window. I do Ilk* with my whole heart tlmt funny Buzz Clendonnlng, who lias tho .reddest Imlr, tho largest -brown spec kles on his face nnd tile widest mouth that 1 have over beheld. Also, Ids laugh 1b even wider than Is bis mouth, nnd overflows tho remainder of his face In ripples of ivlint ls called grin. Ho Is not mtieli tailor than nm I, Jnit ot much more powerful build, as Is natural,'though ho did not nt that mo ment recognize the reason thereof. “Shako hands, hoys. Don’t stand looking at ench other llko young pup pies," said my uncle, tho General Heb ert, as ho clapped his hand on the back of the Mr. Buzz Clciidonnhig. “You don’t, have to fight it out. Your fathers licked each other week about for twenty years." "Can’t I even ask him to take off Ills coat once, general?!' nnswered Hint Mr. Buzz with tile grin all over his fnco nml spreading to my counteiinnco us he took my lianil In Ids to udminls- ter eno of thoso shakes of which I hail had so many since my arrival In Amorlcn. For a second ho looked star tled and glanced down at my whlto band tlmt bo held hi his, and from it to my eyes that were looking Into his with tho ontlro friendliness of my lienrt. Suddenly 1 bnd a great fright of discovery within me, nnd my knees began to again tremblo together for tbelr skirts, but before Hint fright hnd readhoil my oyes quite I hnd borne to mo nn elder brother in tbo person of that Buzz Clcndcuulug, and I now know that I enn never loio him, even when lie knows that— J in no shakes lu (ho duel, prlneo, so let's kiss nud mnko up before you get out your sword." ho said us lm nlso, as my uncle, tho General Robert, hail done, laid an nrm across ray shoulders ln nn cmhraeo of nffectlon. It was then 1 made a discovery lu tho strange land Into which I wus pene trating—men have much sentiment In their hearts that It Is Impossible for a womnn to discover from behind n fan. They keep It entirely for each other ns comrades, and I received n large por tion of such mi nffectlon when tbnt Mr. Buzz Clendetming adopted mo in what ho thought wns my foreign weakness ns n small brother to bo protected ln his largo honrt. "I nm very Imppy to so saluto you Instead of tho duel," I made answer and did. Immediately put n U'tss on his WM n . r* « v * *"• VZ “I made answer and did immediately put a kies on his ono ohook." one cheek, expecting that bo would re turn It upou my cheeks, first one and then nnhflier, as Is tho custom of com rades nml officers lu Franco. "Help, help! Don’t (lo that again, or I’ll call out Hio police," responded Hint funny Mr. Buzz Clcndennhig, as lio shook mo away from him, wlillo my uncle, tho General Robert, mid tbo Brent goiivcrnciir did liullr indulge lu laughter. “I nm nlinRhcd, nud I beg. your par don for offending against tbe customs of your country, I do remember now that, my father did not penult such n snlutnUon from his brother officers, nud 1 will not do so ngnln, M. Buzz. Clongeuiilng," i said us my cheeks be came .crimson with mortification, nnd tears would hnvo eorao ovor my eyes bud my pride permitted. “Tills Is wlmt ho meant you to do, Buzz,' you duffer. I snld goodby to twenty-two of my friends this way tho day I set sail from old Heidelberg," nlid ns ho spoke that great nud beauti ful nnd exalted Gouvernour Faulkuer did bond bis bend to mlue and give to me the correct comrade snluto of'my own country on drat ono of my cheeks nnd then upon tho other. “Yes, sir; It's mighty pretty to look nt, but I reckon the kid bad bettor stow tbe habit before lio Is Introduced to Jeff Whitworth nnd Milos Monefea and tho rest of tbe bunch," said tbnt Mr. Buzz as lio left off wiping from Ills cheek with the bnck of his hand - Iho kiss I had put there nml adminis tered to mo another embrace on niy shoulders with Ills long nrm. "Besides, youngster, there nre girls ln Hn.ves- vllle," lie added, wltb n grin that ngaln was reflected on my face without my will and which did entirely take mvay my anger and embarrassment at fils repulse. “Girls, girls!" exploded my uncle, tbo General Robert. "Tlio female young generally known as girls are ubout as much uso to humanity as a bunch of pinfeathers tied with a pink ribbon would-be In tbo place of Hie household feather duster that tho Lord lets them grow Into utter they reach their yours of discretion. Robert has no time to ivnslo with tho uufieilged. Don't oven suggest It to him, Clendonnlng. And now you cuii take him arouud to my house anil tell Klzzlc to' begin filling J=ou both up while I wait for a moment to go over tlicso pnpers wltb the gover nor. And both of you nvold the female young, for we've work for you—inlnd you, work and no gallivanting. Now- go! Depart!" “The old hoy Is n forty-two centime ter gun that fires at the mention of tho lovely sox und doesn’t stop until tho ammunition gives out," suitl Mr. Buzz Oleudeiuilng ns he slid into tho seat of his slim gray racer beside nio nnd started from the curb on high without a single kick of tho engine. “I’d llko to wish n nice girl whom he couldn't shako off on lo him for about a week and watch him squirm along to sur render. Walt until you see Sue Tom linson got hold of him doivu ou. the street some day. Ho shuts his eyes and Just fires mvay nt her while sho Purrs at-him, nnd It Is n sight for tho gods. Sue’s father, died aud left her with her Invalid raothel' nnd not enough money to Invite In the auc tioneer, hulr tho general took sorno old uccouiits of tho doctor’s, collected nud invested them and made up plenty of money ‘for Sue’s grubstake, though ho goes around three blocks to get past her. Sue adores him. aud approaches him from nil sifios, but has never made a landing yet. Say, you'll, like Siie. She Is pretty enough in cat, but ilou’t try lo bite. It’s no use." “Is It Hint this lovely Milo. Sue dope not llko gentlemen save my uncle, tlio General Robert?" I asked with great, Interest. I wns glad In my lieaat that I wns soon to sco anil speak with a nice girl, even If it had to be In char acter of n limn. "Ob, she loves us-nll!" answered gloom. ■'M J M i Wm mm