The grave military-looking gentleman at her side was Captain Tremain, her husband, although in
reality he was old enough to be her father. He was a captain in the United States army, and had been
stationed at some fort near the Mexican border where he met the young girl whom he made his wife.
She had seen absolutely noth-ing of the world, and they were now on their wedding trip to Europe,
the first holiday he had taken for many a year.