Excerpt from Baby Rue: Her Adventures and Misadventures, Her Friends and Her Enemies

So I'll not seek nor sue her,
But I'll leave my glory to woo her,
And I'll stand like a child beside,
And from behind the purple pride
I'll lift my eyes unto her,
And I shall not be denied.

Sidney Dobeil.

"It is hard to leave without seeing her, without a word of farewell. Yet it is the right and honorable thing for me to do."

The words were uttered unconsciously, as the speaker turned into Pennsylvania Avenue.

"Hillo, Leszinksky, in travelling rig? Where the devil are you going, this night of all others? I had heard of your return from Albemarle this afternoon, and was sure I should meet you at the Corcoran's at Miss Cartaret's birthday ball."

"No, I cannot go. I was on my way to look you up. I leave to-night for the West. I have dispatches from the Secretary for Newport and St. Louis."

"Oh, then I suppose you have made your adieux to 'rare, fair, queenly Margaret.'"

"No, I have not seen her for the last two weeks. Part of the time, as yon know, I was in Albemarle. You did not know, however, that it was a farewell visit. I am transferred to the dragoons.

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