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CHAPTER 2.-Gordon Noel, a lieutenant in Lane's cavalry regiment, succeeds, through wheedling the wife of bis colonel, in being appointed to the vacancy caused by Lane's promotion: He is disliked by his brother officers, as he bas in the past several times dodged active service io Indian campaigns. ~ CHAPTER 3 -Capt. Lane fe desperately in love with Mabel Vincent. He prepares to turn the recruiting over to his successor. CHAPTER 4.-Lieut. Noel arrived to take charge of the recruiting office. He is hand? some aod agreeable and succeeds in creating the impression that he was a very gallant officer and done bra ve service on the plains. It is d;8COveredThat a clerk named Taintor bas embezzled some of the funds of the re? cruiting"-office ..(forgio^ name) and decanrfiedi- N*ei proteases an-eotbueiaatic friendship for Laoe. CHAPTER 5.-Lane writes to Mabel's father asking permission to pay his addresses to her. This is gran ted. Vincent is on the brink of financial disaster.; Lane proffers bis services. CHAPTER 6.-The transfer of the recruiting office to Noel is made by Lane, who bas or? ders to return to his regiment in the west. Lane makes good the deficit in the accounts out of his own pocket. CHAPTER 7.-Lane furnishes to Mr Vincent the money which saves the latter from ruin. Before La newstart s for the west Mabel prom? ises ?o marry him. The engagement is to be k**pt secret at her parents' request. CHAPTER VTTX "What an awfully pretty girl that Miss Vincent is, Amos!" said Mr. Noel one morning, as the cousins were quietly breakfasting together before going down towni "Pretty? yes," said Amos, doubtfully. "But look here, my boy; recollect that you want to think of something more than .pretty' in selecting a wife .while you are in ' h?re on this detail; Now, Mrs. Withers and I have been keeping our eyes open, and our ears, too* for that .matter; the fact is, I always have both eyes and ears open-travel with them that way, sleep with them that way. I would not be the man I am in the busi? ness world. Noel, if that weren't the case. And, pretty though Miss Vincent may be, she's not the girl for you to waste your time on." "But why not?" asked Noel "They have a magnificent home, and eveiythiug about it indicates wealth and refinement and culture; and there is no denying that she is one of the most attractive girls in society in this city: certainly I have seen none whom I have admired more." ; That very morning Gordon Noel was pre? sented to Regvtudd Vincent. "That is all very true, perhaps," was the reply; *'but her father was very bad? ly bitten during that wheat corner last month, and in fact he has been losing hea vily for the last two years. Warden, who is his broker on 'Change, let it leak out in more ways than one; and that wife of Warden is a regular scandal monger-she can't help talking, and everything she manages to extract from him in the way of information goes broad? cast over the entire city. Of course, when ; the corner broke, as it did, old Vincent managed to pull out of it with? out absolute loss of his homestead and his entire business. But the rally came only in the nick of time. I am told that Warden has said that if wheat had gone up one cent higher it would have knocked Vincent out of time: he never could have some to again. Gordon Noel, we have another plan for you. Wait until Ned Terry's sister gets back from the east: between her and her brother they have just about as much money invested in the best paying business in this town as any people that I can possibly name. She's a belle: she's just as pretty as Miss Vincent She isn't as smart, perhaps, but she is a woman worth cultivating. Now, hold your horses. Where did you meet her, by the way?" "1 first met her at the Thorntons' dinner party. She was there with Capt. Lane, and some other young people whom I had not previously met." "Oh. yes: that reminds me. It seems to me I have heard once or twice that your friend Lane was very much smitten in that quarter. Now. you'd much better let him carry off Miss Vincent, if he can. She would suit his modest views of life very well. But 1 don't believe the girl has a penny to her fortune: ai least she certainly won't if Vine: nt has no more luck in the future than he has had in the last year." "I took her down to dinner," said Noel, thoughtfully, "and I remember . that she talked a good deal about the army, and asked a great many questions about the cavalry. Kow that you speak of it, I noticed that Lnre, who sat on the opposite side of the table, didn't seem to be particularly interested in the lady whom he was escorting, although, of course, he had to be civil and tried to keep up a conversation, -mt every now and then I would catch him looking at us, and particularly at her. But she looked so pretty that 1 didn't wonder at it." "When did you next see her?" said Withers. "Only last night You know, I was called away almost immediately after the Thornton affair, and had to go on to New York on the court martial, where I was summoned as a witness, then only got back in time for the party last night. That was my second meeting with her, and by this time Lane lind gone out to join tho regiment. I didn't even have a chance to say good-by to him. Do you think, Teally, that he was smitten in that quartci?" "That's what I certainly heard," said Withers: "and as soon as you get to know young people in society I venture to say that you can readily find out ail about it. These girls all know one another's secrets, and are generally pretty ready to tell them. That's the result of my experience." ?t was evident that Amos Withe: cousin was not to be neglected in tl Queen City. Two parties at priva houses, a reception at the club and thr< dinners were the invitations which 1 found awaiting him at his office. Ha an hour was occupied in acknowledge and accepting or declining, as happen< .to be the case, these evidences of hosj. tality; then, having no especial intere in the morning paper, his thoughts aga reverted to what Mr. Withers had bec telling him about Miss Vincent, and tl possible relation between her and h regimental comrade. He had been vei much impressed with her the night b fore. Her beauty was of such a ra: and radiant character, she was so geni and unaffected in her manner, so brig] and winning, with such an evident li] ing for his society, that Mr. Noel ha come away flattering himself that 1 had made in this quarter a most fi vorable impression. He had thought < her very much a<$ he went home from tl party-of her interested face, as he talke or danced with her; and she danced d< lightfully, and -was so good as to say thi his step perfectly suited hers. He n membered now, too, her remark that ; was sojielightful to dance with army o: ricers and graduates of the Point; the all seemed to feel so thoroughly at hom on the floor. Noel was not a graduate of the Poir by any means; but he saw no reason fe disenchanting her on that score. H was quite as good as any of the Wes Pointers, in his own opinion, and in sc ciety was ver nucb more at home tha many of their number. As a dancer, h was looked upon in his regiment an? throughout the cavalry as one of th most accomplished in the whole service And all this interest and all this cordial] ty he had accepted without hesitation a a tribute to bis own superior qualifies tions and attractiveness. It was then fore with a feeling akin to pique that h heard of this possible engagement exisl ing between her and Capt. Lane. In all the Eleventh cavalry there wa no man whom Gordon Noel feared an< possibly hated more than he did Cap1 Lane. This arose from the fact tha Lane as adjutant of the regiment ha seen all the communications that passe? from time to time relative to Noels at sence. from his command when bis sei vices were most needed and when an; man of spirit would have taken ever possible precaution to be with it. H knew how silent Lane had always been and how thorough a custodian of regi mental secrets he was considered. Bu all the same the mere fact that Lan knew all these circumstances 60 mud to his disadvantage, and had seen all hi lame and impotent excuses, had mad him fear him as a possible enemy an< hate him simply because he stood in awi of him. No one, to watch Noel in society o: in the presence of his brother officers would suppose for a moment that h looked upon Lane with other than feel ings of the warmest regard and com radeship. It was only in his secre thoughts, which he admitted to no sou on. earth, that Noel realized what hi real feelings were towards a man wh< had never done him a wrong, but wh< had treated him on all occasions, publi and private, with courtesy and consid eration. For some reason or other the lieuten ant felt restless and dissatisfied thi morning. The a tmosphere of the offic< was decidedly uncongenial. He was i man who rarely read anything, and tx whom letter writing was a bore. To bt sure, he had little of it to do, for no mai in the regiment had expressed a desiri to hear from him. .It was a hot, sultry day; the stylish white flannel suit ii which he had arrayed his handsome sell was wasting its elegance on the deser air of a bare and empty room, insteac of being seen in the. boudoirs of beauty or the billiard rooms at the club. Busi ness was slack; no recruits were com ing in, and Mr. Noel could stand it nc longer. A ring from his bell summonec the sergeant to the room. "There doesn't seem to be any likeli? hood of recruits coming in such a day af this, sergeant," said Mr. Noel. "I'm go? ing up to the club for a while; if any? body should come in, send one of thc men up there for me; I'll return at once.' And with that he took his straw hat and light cane and strolled leisurely up the street. His was a figure that many a man-and more women-would turn tc look at more than once. Tall, slim, ele? gant in build, always dressed in excel? lent taste, Gordon Noel in any commun? ity would have been pronounced a re? markably presentable man. His face, as has been said, was very fine: his eyes dark and handsome, shaded by deep, thick lashes: his hair dark and waving: his mustache, dark and drooping, serv? ed only to enhance the brilliancy of the even white teeth that flashed underneath it in his frequent smiles and joyous laughter. One would say, in looking at Noel, that he was a man of singularly sunny disposition; and so he was, and so they found him at the club: and so the loungers there hailed him with jovial shouts as he entered; for, though only a fortnight had elapsed since his arrival, and four days of that time he had been absent, giving his testimony before the court martial in New York harbor, he had nevertheless won his way into the hearts of all the young fellows around the club, and no more popular man than Gordon Noel had ever come within the doors of "The Queen City." "What are you going to have, old man?" wa?? the first question asked, and Noel laughingly ordered a sherry cob? bler, saying the day was far too hot for anything stronger. "Who's tlrat I just saw going into the billiard room?" he asked. "That? That's Regy Vincent. Haven't you met him. yet?" "Regy Vincent," said Neel. "Is he the brother of tho Miss Vincent whom 1 met at the party last night?" "Thc veiw same." waa thc reply. "Mighty brig!', fellow, too, and a very jolly one; though ho has been in hard luck cf lata." "How in hard luck?" asked a quiet looking man seated in a big ann chair, lowering for a moment the newspaper which he had been reading. "Well, through his father's ill luck on 'Change. You all know, of course, that Vincent was nearly busted before that comer wont under last week." "I know this," was the calm reply, "that while he did stand for a few days on the 'ragged edge,' and while it may be that had that corner not broken when it did he would have been in sore straits, in some way he or his partner. Clark, came to taw with addi ti (dial funds, and had tho consummate pluck to .put up more at the very moment when it was believed that that syndicate was going to have everything their own way. So far from being badly bitten by that deal, it's my belief that Vincent, Clark & Co. came out of it with a very pretty penny to the good." "Well, of course, Harris, you must know more about it than I do. But you cannot be gladder than I am to hear that Vincent's status is so much better th* we supposed. I'm glad on his account, I': glad on Regy's account, and Tm partie larly glad on Miss Mabel's account. Ar now I'm particularly chuckling ov< Billy Rossiter's frame of mind when 1 hears the real truth of this matte When he went after her to Rome la year, and everybody supposed that Vh cent was worth a million, there's r doubt in the world that he did his bei to win her, and that was what he wa sent abroad by his father to do. But h didn't win her then, for she strenuousl denied any engagement when sho cam back here; yet it was supposed that : he persevered his chances would be good Why, he's not half a bad fellow, only h can't marry so long as he is in his fi ther's employ and dependent on him, ui less he marries according to his father wishes; and the old man called him o: just as soon as he found out that Vii cent was on the verge of failure. Bill Rossiter has lost any chance that i might have had in that quarter, for sheT never look at him again." "Serve him right, if that be the ca? Any man who hasn't sense enough t stick to a girl who is bright and prett as Mabel Vincent, rich or poor, deserv? no luck at all in this world. But thi reminds me, Capt. Noel, according t rumor and what the girls say in societ -and you know they generally kno^ pretty much everything that is going o -there is something more than a mer understanding between her and you predecessor here, the recruiting officei Capt. Lane, Did he say anything abor, it to your "No, not a word. I think, thong! that had there been anything in th story Lane would have let me knoi something about it, for we are very ol and intimate friends. Did you say tha that was Mr. Reginald Vincent who ha just gone into the billiard room?" "Yes," answered Mr. Morris, "that he. Would you like to know him?'' "Very much indeed; and if you'v nothing better to do come in and pr< sent me. Perhaps he will want to pla a game of billiards, and if so Pm hi man." And so it happened that that ver morning Gordon Noel was presented t Reginald Vincent, and when Regy wen home to luncheon he spoke enthusiai tically of his new found acquaintance whom he pronounced to be one of th most delightful fellows he had ever me anywhere, and who was such a wan and devoted friend of Capt. Lane. " want, if I meet him this afternoon, as probably shall, to bring him back t dinner with me. What say you, mothei -just informally." "Don't you think it would be better t wait a day or two, and have a little diu ner, and invite a few friends to mee him?' asked Mrs. Vincent. "Your fath er, perhaps, would like to be consulted h the matter. Pre no don rt that he woul< like to do something to show attentio: to any friend of Capt. Lane. What di you think, Mabel?" "I vote for both," replied that youm woman, with much alacrity. "I hav met Mr. Noel twice." "Capt. Noel, dear," said Regy, "Capt NoeL" "He is not a captain yet, Reginald; happen to know from the regimenta roste?-; I have a copy upstairs that Capt Lane very kindly left me." And here i decided flush stole over the fair cheek of the young lady. "I learned a goo* deal about the officers of the regimen from Mr. Lane-Capt. Lane-while lu was here. Mr. Noel ranks second amon? the lieutenants of the regiment. A? Capt. Lane said, he is so very near hi captaincy that perhaps he accepts the ti tie that you all give him at the club & only a trifle premature." "Well, captain or lieutenant, it doesn'i make any difference," said Regy, im puMvely; "he's a ??ightygood fellow and a mighty good friend or your frienc Capt. Lane, and if you have no objection mother, Til bring him around to dinnei to-night, and then perhaps we might gc to the theatre afterward. Tm very sure that Capt. Noel will enjoy it. Fact is, ho enjoys everything. Everybody in the club is perfectly delighted with him. You ought to hear him sing an Irish song or tell a French story! Til try and get him started when he comes here. Ho's a wonderful mimic; and he's so full of in? formation about their service on the frontier. Now, Lane so seldom spoke o? anything of the kind; but Noel will talk for hours at a time about the wonderful country through which they have scouted and fought, and all that they have been through in their campaigns. By Jove! but that fellow has seen a lot of hard service, and has been through some hairbreadth escapes!" "Who?" inquired Mrs. Vincent: "Capt Lane cr Mr. Noel?" "Noel, of course-Noel Pm speaking of. Lane, no doubt, saw a great deal of ser? vice with the regiment; but Noel says he was adjutant so much of the time, and on other staff duty, while he (Noel) was almost incessantly scouting, hunting after various Indian parties, and being on the warpath, as he laughingly ex? presses it." "Does ho mean that Capt. Lane didn't see much actual service there?" asked Miss Mabel, with heightened color. "Oh, I don t know that he means that Don't understand me as saying for a mo? ment that Noel disparages Lane's ser? vices; on the contrary, he never speaks of him except with the most enthusiastic regard. Neither does he boast at all of his own service: only you can't help see? ing, in the modest, offhand way in which he speaks of his campaigning what a deal of hardship and danger he has encountered, for the simple reason that he was with the command that had to go through it all." "Your father tells me," said Mrs. Vin? cent, "that he met him one day on 'Chango when Mr. Withers brought him in; that was before the crash, and when he had no timo to pay him any atten? tion. Of course, the cousin of Mr. Amos Withers was received with a great deal of bowing and scraping by Mr. Withers" friends in that honorable body. But ail the same, 1 know your father will be glad to meet Mr. Noel now, and by all means bring hira. if you feel dis? posed, to-night. What manner of look? ing man is he?" "A remarkably handsome man, moth? er." said Mabel at once: "one of the handsomest I ev'?r saw, and he certainly made himself vex/ entertaining and very jolly the night we sat together at din? ner at tito Thorntons'." "There's a gro.-.t contrast physically between him and Lane," put in Regy. ..Xocl is such an elegantly built fellow - -so tall and fine looking. Lane would be almost undersized when standing be? side him, and is very much at a disad? vantage when they appear togo?.her, I should judie." A very bright and joyous part}- it was, seated around the home like table of the Vincents that evening, and, as Regy had predicted. Noel proved very entertaining and ;i most agreeable guest. While showing much deference t.> Mr. Vincent and ;:ite?ition to his rood wife Lc never tlieless managed tc have a great deal to say about the regiment and its daring and perilous service on the frontier, and to throw in here and there many a pleas? ant word about Capt. Lane and their long and intimate acquaintance, and be? fore dinner was over had vron a warm place in Mabel Vincent's heart by the way in which he so frequently spoke of the man to whom she had plighted her troth. And that very evening, as Frederick Lane-far out under the starlit sky of Arizona-with his heart full of longing and love for her, and thinking only of her as he rode over the desolate plain, with the lights of old Fort Graham al? ready in view, Mabel Vincent, seated by Gordon Noel's side, was looking up ir%> his handsome face and listening to i o animated voice between the acts oi "Twelfth Nighty_ CHAPTER rX He wrote loi*j letters to her. Only a short distance from the Ari? zona border, with the blue range of the Santa Catarina shutting ont the sunset skies, with sand and cactus and Spanish bayonet on every side, the old post of Fort Graham stood in the desert like a mud colored oasis. All the quarters, all the store houses, stables, corrals and barracks were built of the native adobe: and though whitewash had been liber? ally applied, especially about the homes of the officers, and the long Venetian blinds at their front windows had been painted tho coolest of deep greens, and clear running water sparkled throngb the acequias that bordered the parade, it could not be denied that at its best Graham was an arid and forbidden sta? tion, so far as one could judge by appearances. Trees, verdure, turf were items almost unknown within a day's march of the flag staff; but in the old times when the Navajoes were the terror of the wide south? west, and even the Comanches sometimes carried their raids across the Rio Bravo del Norte-the Rio Grande of today-the post had been "located" where it might afford protection to the "Forty-Niners" and to the pioneers of the prairies; the trans-continental trail led past its very gates, and many a time and oft the miner and the emigrant thanked God and the general govern? ment that the old fort was placed just where it was, for Indian pursuers drew rein when once in sight of its dingy walls; and so from year to year for more than thrice a decade the flag was raised at sunrise, the post was always garri? soned, and now. with the Southern Pa ci?e piercing the range but a short dis? tance below, and landing stores and for? age at the quartermaster's depot within four miles of the corrals, it became easier to maintain a force of cavalry at Gra? ham: and one of the troops there sta? tioned was Lane's new command, the re? lict of the late lamented Curran, "the Devil's own D." An easy going old dragoon was Cur? ran, and for years before his retirement it was an open secret that his first ser? geant "ran the troop" to suit himself and that the captain never permitted his sub? alterns to interfere. A more independ? ent, devil-may-care, and occasionally drunken lot of troopers were rarely gath? ered in one such organization, and while steady and reliable men on getting their discharges at the end of their term of enlistment would refuse to "take on" again in D troop, but would go over to Capt. Breese or perhaps to a company at another station, all the scamps and rol? licking characters in the regiment would drift over into "D" and be welcomed by the choice spirits therein assembled. And this was the gang that Capt. Lane was now expected to bring up with a round turn and transform into dutiful soldiers. Obedient to the colonel's be? hest, he had stopped over a couple of days at headquarters, had had a most cordial greeting from every officer at the post, had called on all the ladies-not omitting his fair defamers-and then had hastened on to Graham and his new and trying duties. Every day, as he was whirled farther from the home of her whom he so de? votedly loved, he wrote long letters to her, filled with-only lovers know what all. And his heart leaped with joy that topmost in the little packet of letters awaiting him at the adjutant's office when he reached his pest was a dainty billet addressed to him in her beloved hand. Until he could get his quarters in habitable condition the new troop commander was the guest of Capt. and Mrs. Nmh; and he could hardly wait for the close of that amiable woman's wel? coming address to reach his room and devour every word of that most precious missive. She had written-bless her! the very day after he left, and a sweet, womanly letter it was-so shy and half ? timid, yet so full of faith and pride in him. Every one at Graham remarked on the wonderful change for the better that had come over Lane since he went east. Never had they seen him so jo} ijuo, so bii.ac m manner. He seemed lo walk on air; his eyes beamed on every ono: his face seemed "almost to have a halo round it," said Mrs. Nash, and neither she nor any woman in garrison had the faintest doubt as to the explana? tion of it all. Love had wrought thc change, and being loved had intensified and prolonged it. Every man. every wo? man in garrison was his friend, and the happy fellow would gladly have taken dozens of them into his confidence and told them all about it. and talked by the hour of her. But there were reasons, Mrs. Vincent had said, why it was most desirable that the re should be no announcement of the engagement as yet. What these w* re she did not explain to Mabel herself, out assured her that it was her father's wish as well. Lane had rushed to the great jewelry house of Van Loo <fc Laing, and tho diamond solitaire that flashed among the leaves of the exquisite rosebud he smilingly handed her that night was one to make an}* woman gasp with delight. Could anything on eartli be rich enough, pure enough, fair enough to lavish on her, his peerless queen ? She had held forth her soft white hand and let him slip it on the engagement finder, and then bend thc knee Uko knight of old and kiss it fervently. Si reveled in it, rejoiced in it, bnt, heedii her mother's advice, stowed it awe where none could see it, ia the seen drawer of her desk, and Lane was pe fectly satisfied. "I will tell you tl reason some day," Mrs. Vincent had ?a: to him, "but not just now, for I mig] be doing wrong;" and he had protests that she need never tell him. Wh; cared he so long as Mabel's love w; his, and they understood each other ; they did? And so, while people at Graham plie him with questions and insinuation and side remarks about the "girl he le behind him" in the east, he kept fait' fully to the agreement, and though tl whole garrison knew he wrote to hi every day and took long rides alone th: he might think of her, doubtless, ar though every one knew that those dahli missives that came so often for Cap Lane were written by Miss Mabel Vi: cent, never once did he admit the exis ence of an engagement-never once ui til long afterwards. The first real tidings that the Grattai people had of her came in a letter fro] headquarters. Mrs. Riggs had had sue a long, charming letter from Mr. No that she called in several of her croni< and read it all to them; and that vet evening one of the number, unable 1 bear the burden of so much informatioi shifted it from her mental shoulders b writing it all to Mrs. Nash. Perhaps tb best plan will be to read the extra/ which referred to Lane exactly as M Noel wrote it: "By this time I presume Fred Lane : busily engaged with his new troop, served with them in the Sioux campaig and they, never gave me any trouble ? all. So. toe. in the Geronimo chase while ago, when Maj. Brace picked m out to go ahead by night from Carrizo I asked for a detachment from D trooi and the men seemed to appreciate it knew they would follow wherever would lead, and would stand by m through thick and thin. If Lane start in right Tve no doubt they will do jus as well for him; but I expect he is fee! ing mighty blue at having to rejoin jus now. You know I've always been warm friend of his, and it hurt me t see him so unwilling to go back. No on seemed to know him very well in society and it's very queer, for this was his ol home-and I was never more delight fully welcomed anywhere: the peopl are charming. But Lane had held him self aloof a good deal, and fellows at th club say he didn't 'run with the righ set' Then, if all accounts be true, h had had hard luck in several ways. Tn told that he lost money in a big whea speculation, and everybody says h totally lost his heart I tell you this h confidence because I know you are a de voted friend of his-as indeed you are o all in the dear old regiment-but he wa much embarrassed when it came to turn ing over the funds. There was quit a hea vy shortage, which he had to mak up at a time when it was probably mos inconvenient. As to the other loss, i isn't to be wondered at. She is a beau tiful and most charming girl, and man] a man. I fancy, has laid his heart at he: feet. It is said, however, that Lane': loss is the heavier in this case because well, I fear it will come to nothing. A young lady told me yesterday that then was something back of it all-that Rhe Miss Vincent, was deeply in love with 2 Mr. Rossiter, of New York, and hat: been for over a year, and they were t< have been married this coming Septem ber, but that the gentleman (?) learned that her father had been nearly swampec in speculation and had not a penny tc give her. My informant went to school wita Miss Vincent and knows her inti? mately, and she says that Mr. Rossitei simply threw her over a short time ago, and that it was through pique and exas? peration and to hide her heartbreak from the world that Mabel Vincent began tc show such pleasure in Lane's devotions. She led him on, so her lady friends say; and now Mr. Rossiter has found out that old Vincent was sharper and shrewder than any one supposed, and made instead of losing a pile, and now he is suing to be takea bac??. and they say that she is so much in love with the fellow that the chances are all in his favor. This is why I feel such sorrow and anxiety fer Lane. "Well. I led the german at a lovely party at the Prendergast^' last night. Miss Vincent was there, looking hke a peach blossom, and we danced together a great deal. When it came time to break up I believe half the people in the rooms came to say good night to me and to tell me they had never seen so delight? ful a german-'everything so depends on the leader.' I have invitations for some? thing or other for every night for the next fortnight; and yet I so often long for the old regiment and the true friends ? had to leave. It did me a world of good last night to meet old Col. Gray, of the retired list, whose home is here, but he commanded the-th infantry in the Sioux campaign, and when he saw me he threw his .inns around my neck and hugg?>d me before the whole throng of people. Give my love to our chief, al? ways, and believe me, dear, true friend of mrie. Yours, mest affectionately, "GORDON NOEL." Condense'.!. ed:?ed by feminine hands, and accented here and there as suited the writer's mood, this was the letter which formed the basis of the one re? ceived by Mrs. NashJ Lane by tins time was cozily ensconced in his quarters, and was giving all his tinto to the improve? ment of affairs about his troop's bar? racks, kitchens and stables, to drill and target practice, and to company duties generally. His days knew no relaxation from labor, from reveille until "retreat" at sunset, and then came the delicious evenings in which he coull write to her, and read a chapter or two of some ia vorite work before going early to bed. After the first week he seldom left his house after 8 o'clock, and the garrison had therefore ampi? opportunity to dis? cuss his affairs. Some color was lent to the story of tils miring lost money in speculation by a letter received from Cheyenne, written to the new major of the -th infantry, who had recently joined by promotion from Fort Russell, near that thriving town. The writer said that Lane of the Eleventh cavalry had sold his property there for fifteen thousand dollars about the cud of June, and lie had bought it for twenty-five hundred only nine years before. He could have got eighteen thousand just as well by waiting a few days, but he wanted the money at once. No one. of course, could ask the cap? tain any direct questions about his affairs of either heart or pocket, but Lane was puzzled to account for some of the re? marks that were made to him-the inter? rogatories about the methods of specula? tion, the tentatives as to chances of "making a g' 1 thing" in that way, and the sham an x-rutinizing glances that accomp" the queries. The sweet, sympathetic, semi-confidential manner, .the inviting way in which the ladies spoke to him of his present loneliness and their hopes thai soon he would bring to them a charm mg wife to share their* exile and bless his army home-all this, too, seemed odd to him"; but, as he had never been in love nor engaged before, he did not know but that it was "always'* the way with them," and so let it pass. And then he was very happy in her letters. They were neither nz frequent ncr as long as his, but then she'had such a round of social duties; she was in' such constant demand: there were visitare or parties every night, and endless calls' and shopping tours with mother every day, and she was really getting a little* run down. The weather was oppressive? ly warm, and they longed to get away from the city and go to the mountains.' It was only a days' ?de to the lovely re-" sorts in the Alleghenies, but papa* was looking a little thin and worn again, and the doctors had said his heart was affect? ed-not alarmingly or seriously, but mamma could not bear to leave him, and he declared it utterly impossible to' be away from his business a single day. He and Mr. Clark were very hopeful over a new venture they had made, the? nature of which she did not thoroughly understand. But let us take a peep at some of those early letters-not at the answers to his; eager questions, not at the shy words of maiden love that crept in here and there/ "bat at those pages any one might read. . "Tuesday night "Such a delightful german as we .badi last night at the Prendergasts*! Capt. Noel led-I have to call him captain, for every one does here, and if 1 say *Mr/ they want to know why, and it is em? barrassing to explain how I know. He leads remarkably well, and I was very proud of 'our regiment.' sir, when listes ing to all the nice things said about him' - How I wished for a certain other cavalry captain, now so many cruel miles away? Mr. Noel took me out Often-and in-; deed 1 was a decided belle-and he told: me that he had to lead with Miss Pren? dergast, but would so mach rather dance* with me. "It is almost settled that we go away in August for the entire month. Dr. Post says mother must go, and that father ought to go. Of course I go with? mamma. Deer Park will doubtless be the favored spot. I wish August were here; I wish you were here; I wish--oby so many things! Your letters are sncbr a delight to me. I wonder if other girls' have anything like them. Yes, your shall have the picture on my birthdayr but mind, sir, you are TO take the ut-* most care of it, or the original will feel neglected." "Friday night. ".So many interruptions today, dear Fred! You see what an incoherent thing this is thus far, and now Tm tired out. We had a charming time at the Wood rows' dinner last evening. The day had been hot, but their table was set on the lawn under a canopy, and, the walls' being raised, we had a delightful breeze" from the river. Their place is one of the finest on the heights. I do so wish: you could have seen it. Capt. Noel took: me in, and was bright and jolly and f ul^ of anecdote. Everybody likes him, aird I like bim mainly biecause he is such a loyal friend of yours. He talks so much of you and of all the dangers you have shared in common; and you know how interesting all this must be to me. Sometimes I wonder that you had so' little to say about him-though you never did talk much about the regiment and never would talk much about yourself. Wednesday evening we had a little* theatre party. Regy got it up, and we just filled two adjoining loges. Capt Noel was Fanny Holton's escort, but he talked most of the time with me-af thing that my escort, Mr. Forbes, did not seem to like; but, as he couldn't talk, and Mr. Noel would, what could I do?* "Sunday evening/ "It is late and I ought to be asleep/ but the last caller has just gone, and to? morrow there may be'no time to write at ?II, and you are such an exacting, tyrannical, dear old boy that- Well,' ther e, now. let me tell you of the day*: You say anything and everything that I say or do is of interest. So, to begin with, yesterday I had a headache, due, f fear, to the late supper Regy gave us afr the club after the theatre. Fanny Hoi-; ton came to take me for a drive, but I did not feel like geing, and begged off. Then she told me that Capt. Noel was in the carriage waiting, and that he would be so disappointed. Mother came in and said the air would do me good; and so' we went, and I came back feeling so' much brighter. Mr. Noel was very amusing'and kept us laughing all the time. Coming home Fanny got out afc her house, as she had to dress for dinner, but told the coachman to drive me home' and Mr. Noel to' the club. He began* talking of you the moment she disap-" peared. and said he so hoped you were" going to write regularly tobinx Are you? He seems so fond of your, but I do not wonder at that. "This morning we went to church/ and afterwards Mr. Noel joined and walked home with us, and papa begged him to come into luncheon, which he did. You dear fellow! what have you1 done to my beloved old daddy, that he is so ardent an admirer of yours? He" shook Mr. Noel's hand three times be-" fore he would let him go. and begged him to come often; he liked to know men, he said, who could so thoroughly appreciate-whom do you think/sir? Capt. Fred Lane. After he had gone* papa spoke of him delighted on two or three occasions. Will they take him: away, too, as soon as he is really a cap? tain?" "Wednesdays "You dear, dear, extravagant fellow! Never have I had such exquisite flowers, or such profusion of them. You must have given your florist carte blanche: Nothing that came to me compared with them. My birthday was the cause of quite a little fete in the family, and I had some lovely presents. Mr. Noel/ too, sent a beautiful basket of roses, andr it pleased me very much. I want your comrades to like me. and yet I know ho' did tliis on your account. Though he is' so thoughtful and delicate and never re-" fers to our engagement I feel that he' knows it; and it seerr better that way, somehow. "You did not answer my questions' about him. Fred. Didn't you read my' letter?" Among the letters that came from the' Queen City was one which bore the tremulous superscription of the head of the linn of Vincent, Clark & Co. It was' brief, but it gave Capt. Lane a thrill of gladness: . . "It was your timely and thoughtful aid that enabled us to recover so much of our losses. You alone came to our rescue, and I fully appreciate the risk you ran. It will never be forgotten. "Clark will send draft for the entire' ara't, or deposit to your credit, as you may dirort. I go to New York and Chi? cago in two or three days. Our pros-' pects are flattering." [TO BK co ru. TED J Thc elec'ion is over. Let os have peace.