| Show 6 Stil TORS OF M by its MELISSA WOULD NOT JOIN THE ARMY he seems to be a very nice eort of a man remarked mrs maternal maiden aunt jane and as the ifo of an army officer you would have a certain social position you know im not sure that I 1 dislike tha idea melissa Molls Ba 1 I suppose its ital worth considering said laid mrs Merri merrield wid ld reflectively aja ho looks very well in his uniform too especially the full fulk dress one at the same eaino time sweetheart I 1 might get a colonel on the governors staff it if I 1 gave my mind to it and have something that was sure enough prismatic with ostrich feathers thrown in and none of the disadvantages of the military career and a governors colonel or a uniform rank potentate of pocatello can bo be a bank president or a successful soap manufacturer in private life which also alfio gives a certain social position and allows one to keep keel a hired girl and domn shreds of reputation uta tion 1 I dont think I 1 quite understand that last allusion my dear said aunt jane because you had bad that attack of neuralgia and go to the font with me explained mrs merri wid you see dearle dearie we of the arm army y are 0 one no big famil yand we know one another and our little f failings only too well when one ot of us army women meets another army woman the two of us discuss the carryings a on a of the rest of us ua with family freedom one of the disadvantages of army life of course the army men know each other well too but being men they are naturally charitable and oven generous to each other it one Is promoted the others pre are all tickled to pieces about it and admit that lie he richly deserved it it it if you speak of any officer who Is supposed to have distinguished any way the chorus of admiration that arises from his brother officers would warm the cockles cackles of your heart especially it the distinguished one happens 16 to be a volun volunteer who never saw the inside of at west point yes ves 6 A 7 he looks very well in his uniform too some borne of us may be at fort sill and others at fort sheridan and some at washington Washing tou and some borne at I 1 dinin dao but we are ara all one big family of course human nature to Is human attire anywhere said aid aunt jane dut but I 1 think its a little moro more so BO n the army opined opened mrs airs Merri vid sort of concentrated and narrowed lown down of course we its agay a gay life with its bugles and its colors flying and its marching and countermarching counter marching ita ts perfectly lovely to see a thousand ega with but a single movement forming into hollow squares and columns ind and things when their gallant leader says as anit Har I 1 wonder it captain anlicker would so lo any hushing huri bing and han phing around the house alta its unlikely I 1 should say bay observed aunt jane id show him some entirely new evolutions if he did declared mrs Merri wid 1 I would begin with something in the nature of a frontal attack with a hank flank movement supported eup ported by dynamite but some of the very pig bonest breasted turkey coci cockiest coc kiest lest bar ers in the army take oft off their boots and spurs in the halls and crawl upstairs in their stocking feet when they arrive homo home after hours im told so BO at least its one thing to oppose martial tramping squadrons and embattled hosts and another to face a justly indignant woman at two in the morning with a breath f something moro more than suspicion after all they are our nat nations loas do tenders anders urged aunt jane true dearle dearie assented mrs merrl merri wid theres tho the glory part of it to consider wr isider it would ceita certainly be grand 1 to have a hero husband idolized by its his grateful countrymen the only to that sort of thing Is viat hat as soon eoon as tho grateful country oen ners run out olit of Wi they ini 1 turn to the nearest pile of bricks got to be throwing something and then you may only got get a part at 0 your hero husband back if I 1 truly loved captain man ticker it would bo be a great shock to mo me to find only about thirty three and a third per cent of 0 him left after the cruel war was waa over I 1 dont say I 1 be proud of his remnants but I 1 should always feel there was waa something wanting even it if it were merely a leg another thing a prudent person berson will duly ponder before marrying into the army Is the danger of burts our island possessions possession C continued ont I 1 n u ed mrs mer thoughtfully theres there 8 always a chance that her hero may be sent to the Phillp philippines tines aad come back with a deranged liver I 1 dont care how bronzed and bearded aro and interesting ho he may look or how many honorable scars and medals of honor hes got if hla his liver work the way it ought a cloud of bilious gloom will descend upon the home and be lifted nevermore still only a risk the real obstacles to my union with the gallant captain are unavoidable what ore fire they inquired aunt jano jane in the first place id have to accustom myself to riding in an ambulance replied mrs Merri wid but that be so bad as having to put up with a fehime do de chambre with a red mustache who chewed tobacco and drank whisky and was originally igi nally engaged for plain manly butchery that would certainly jar me concluded mrs Merri wid copyright 1913 1918 baw 6 chapman |
