“Oh! You caught them too, did you! And so you deem yourself entitled to be a beau of mine? Lana, do you very kindly explain to the unfortunate Ensign that you and I were accustomed at Otsego to a popularity and an adulation of which he has no conception. Colonels and majors were at our feet. Inform him very gently, Lana.”

“Yes,” said Lana, “you behaved very indiscreetly at Otsego Camp, dear one — sitting alone for hours and hours over this young gentleman’s letters — — ”

“Traitor!” exclaimed Lois, blushing. “It was a letter from his solicitor, Mr. Hake, that you found me doting on!”

“Did you then hear from Mr. Hake?” I asked, laughing and very happy.