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To Lieutenant Brant these proved days of bitterness His sole co that he had perfor ruht soon lead to his

despatch upon active service He had called twice upon Ha the wounded rateful for services rendered, yet avoiding all reference to the one

disturbing element between them

Once he had accidentally met Naida, but their brief conversation left

him more deeply ether The barrier between theination, but rather as a real thing neither

patience nor courage ht hope to surmount If he could have

flattered hiht have proved both comfort and inspiration, but to his view her

attitude was one of almost total indifference One day he deemed her

but an idle coquette; the next, a warh it all her power over him never slackened Twice

he walked with Miss Spencer as far as the Herndon house, hopeful that

that vivacious young lady uidance But Miss Spencer was then too deeply immersed in her own

affairs of the heart to waste either tiht upon others

The end to this nervous strain ca N Troop to Fort Abraham Lincoln by forcedof this e, and the

soldier in him made prompt and joyful response Little Glencaid was

almost out of the world so far as recent neas concerned The

link with the War

Depart of the terrible condition of