The girl and the guardsman . SMAN that your mother was married inOctober. Edith huighed a soft, happy laugh,and Harton getting up quickly, camearound the table and kissed her threetimes. Hadleigh walked up the path withsomething of the soldier tread, a res-olute look in his face. They saw him from the library win-dow. Edith, rising quickly, placedher hand on Bartons shoulder to in-dicate that he should remain wherehe was, and hurried to the door. Presently — Barton could not havemeasured the interval, for his thoughtswent wide as the minutes ran —they came back together, Edith andHadleiirh. Wi
The girl and the guardsman . SMAN that your mother was married inOctober. Edith huighed a soft, happy laugh,and Harton getting up quickly, camearound the table and kissed her threetimes. Hadleigh walked up the path withsomething of the soldier tread, a res-olute look in his face. They saw him from the library win-dow. Edith, rising quickly, placedher hand on Bartons shoulder to in-dicate that he should remain wherehe was, and hurried to the door. Presently — Barton could not havemeasured the interval, for his thoughtswent wide as the minutes ran —they came back together, Edith andHadleiirh. Without a word the two men 2 I I THE GIRL (Sr THE GUARDSMAN clasped hands. Then Hadleigh spoke. I have just been telling Edith, hesaid, with a shadowed smile, that theCompany wishes me to make a tripto Oregon. Just as soon as this armis well I shall be going. ** And I have been telling him,murmured Edith, speaking to Barton,her hand resting gently on Hadleighsarm, * that near or far he always willbe the noblest of 212 H^SOl 85^j(|
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