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Show ARMY GOLOMEL TO mV AT FT. SOLLIliS 'Orrer, Fob. 18. Romance ouco" bH interrupted by war will blonsom onco jH 'iii-ro hero Sutunlay night at tho Sal- ll vav.ou Army dugout whon Lieut. Col. IH Ji.iji V. Cousins perform tha mar- H iiuge cereuiouy for Captain ilcrbort -H Austin of Fort CoUIus and Captain ; i.'ai Flack o El Ihuo, Texas. H The story dates back to early eol- H dlcr days In Spokane, Captain Aa- KH tin teen plain Bert AustLn, met and IH oood pretty Mae Flack, dauhtr H r a Salavtlonlst. Womon ar not 'H given lightly in tho 3-lvutlon army. ' Mao Flacks inolhor insisted upon an kl old fashioned period of waiting and il teat. The two wcro dedicated to a ! llfo of servlco undor tho flugs of thw l republic and tho army. Thoy war il tent to training school at Chicago. By mutual consent tho date was ret for the day upon which Austin ro- 3 ct!vi a commission aa captain, Thoy 'H wcro In tlio training college for thrc '1 years. They wero eommlsaloniMl II H Moutcnanls. Then began u Btrugglo ftH for ppi amotion, which comes olowly yjl lu tlic amy fo length of sovioo Is a A H detemlnlng factor, t'H In tho early days of tho war Bort flH Austin was made a captain and sent IH to tako chargo of tho soldiers hostel IH at Choyenuo. Mao Flnclc was work- H In:: In tho soldiers hostol at El Paso. IH Uncomplainingly thoy servod tho Mil- jH dlors during tho war, In tbo mean- IB tlmo Mno Flack also becamo a cap- jjJH tain. !H Recently Captain Austin watt given H work with tho corp.i at Fort Collins-. H Ho Immediately coinuluuicutod with H ids lassie. Thoy will be married "by B tliu officer In charge of tho provluco H and will probably bo usslgnud to duty At Fort Collins. H |