"
"I told Naida I thought you would. People don't take such things so
seriously nowadays, do they? But Naida is such a child and so full of
romantic notions, that she worried terribly about it. Is n't it
perfectly delightful what he is going to do for her?"
"I am sure I do not know."
"Why, had n't you heard? He wants to send her East to a
boarding-school and give her a fine education. Do you know,
Lieutenant, I am simply dying to see him; he is such a perfectly
splendid Western character."
"It would afford me pleasure to present you," and the soldier's
downcast face brightened with anticipation.
"Do--do you really think it would be proper? But they do things so
differently out here, don't they? Oh, I wish you would."
Feeling somewhat doubtful as to what might be the result, Brant knocked
upon the door he had just closed, and, in response to the voice within,
opened it. Hampton sat upon the chair by the window, but as his eyes
caught a glimpse of the returned soldier with a woman standing beside
him, he instantly rose to his feet.
"Mr. Hampton," said Brant, "I trust I may be pardoned for again
troubling you, but this is Miss Spencer, a great admirer of Western
life, who is desirous of making your acquaintance.
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