A moment of silence came at that, and then a clapping of hands from all about the Parade as the banner floated out, and the voices of men, deep throated, greeting the flag.

Again the bands broke into the strains of the national anthem; but immediately they swung into a rollicking cavalry air.

As they played, all four of the bands marched toward the center of the Parade, and halted at the dancing pavilion, where the lighter instruments selected for the orchestra took their places at the head of the floor.
The throngs at the galleries began to lessen, and from every available roof of the Post there poured out incredible numbers of gayly-dressed ladies and men in uniform or evening garb, each one masked, and all given over fully to the spirit of the hour.
"To-night," said Kitty to me, "one may be faithless, and be shriven by the morning sun.

Isn't it funny how these things go?
Such a lot of fuss is made in the world by ignoring the great fact that man is by nature both gregarious and polygamous.

Believe me, there is much in this doctrine of the Mormons, out there in the West!" "Yes, look at Benjie, for instance," I answered.