The Masked Venus I-II. [antikvár]

CHAPTER I. the last night in barracks. the west point ball to the class of '68. old friends in council. beverly seaton's story. a virginian prisoner's return. the brother's quest! "There's the train whistle! Seaton will be over soon!" murmured Captain Vinton Maxwell, Cadet Officer of the Day, as he watched the natty corporal posting the cadet relief guard in barracks. Silvery moonbeams transfigured the gray quarters at West Point, on the night of June 15th, 1868. The brooding silence was broken only by the faint uncertain rustle of the forest fringing deserted Fort Putnam, and the dreamy strains of tender passionate music, wafted from the hall where the graduating class were running the gauntlet of bright-eyed beauties for the last time! — Handsome Maxwell, pacing the lonely area of barracks, could hear the musical clang of the ship bells on the three United States