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ndsy 10 my experience here > fire a" he
bo4ied American citizen VIA a NJ ne
hcstthy grievance who had - have j. g. avn
from him like "a decayed too:A But ycu
hare been here before | seem T. rem smLtr
your face
rants reserve had gone. 20 admitted
that he had twice sought an ahGie+te-
but
you dodeed the DENTIST hat vas
wrong" As Rrant made a sight mo.o'n' mt
of .tcprecatiou. the president f,n ed; Il
understand; not from The :c"r of SlvrS
myself pain. but to others. dsH % w
that IL is right, either. 4 c'F-d ! 'i.'t INT
of pain mast be suffered III lbs world ~
by ones enemies Well | maze boxed into
vour case. General Brart" lie took w
piece of paper from his desk, srraWi'd N'ih
two or three notes i'm pencil. 4 think II Is
is The way it stands. N"': "cTe cHioHIhd-
ing a position at Gray Oaks, when intorma-
ton was received by the department.
that either through neglect or COM
plicity spies were passing :nr3tsh " ur
lines There was no attC.npf to D. " Cur
neglect your orders the facts of your per
som are and precauuon, ~ re all he orc
tn rtment; but il wa also ehc"a
wife, from who n you were only
separated was Eo'Drio0a :.
nat before the We Nult Nr"is' If
tcd, and that, therefore, you
81 capable OF evadiAs .oJr ON
on .ach YOU may have Oriy gwen IS
"a r. On this Information JCu were re-
LEV. the department. cf your oolnmaro
Lat. On it was discovered Thar the sly
was one other than your own wife, dis
guiset7 as a mulatto; that after her arrest
by 70 r own soldiers you connived at her
escape-aHd this was considered conclusive
proof Of wen, let us say, your treachery."
But 1 did not know il was my wife until
she was arrested said Brant impulSiveiy.
Inc president knitted his eyebrows humor-
Ously. Don't let Us travel out of the
record. general You're as bad as the de-
partment. The question was one Of your
personal treaChery, but you need not accept
the fact that YOU were justly removed be
cause your wife was a spy. Now, general,
/ am an old lawyer, and 1 don't mind telling
YOU that in Illinois we wouldn't hang a
yellow dog ON that evidence before the de
partmeut. Iut when / was asked 10 look
into the matter by your friends, / discover
"a something of more Importance to you. /
had been trying to ana scrap Of evil
dcuce that would justify the presumption
thai you had sent information to the
enemy. / found that ii was based upon the
fact Of the enemy beng i'm possession of
facts at the first battle Of Cray Oaks which
could only have been obtained from our
side, and which led to the federal disaster;
that you, however, retrieved by your gal
lantry. l asked the secretary If he was
prepared to show that you had sent the
information with that view, or that you
had been oyertalIen by Iardy sense of
repentance. He preferred to consider my
suggestion as humorous. But the INJURY
lea to my further discovery that the only
t.aasonable correspondence actually in .evi-
dence was found upon the body of a trusted
federal officer ami had been forwarded 10
tie division commander. But there was no
Written record of it in the case"
'Why, / forwarded it myself" said Grant
eagerly.
{ SO the divlsionc commander writes said
the president smiling, land he forwarded
it to the department But it was suppress
ed in some way. Have you any enemies,
General Brant?"
None that know off,
Then you probably have. You are
young and successful. Think OF the hun
Nred other officers who naturally believe
themselves better than you are. and haven't
a tiaitorous vile. Sun. the department may
have made an example Of you Tor the bene-
fit of the only man who couldn't protit
by it,"
Might it not have been, sir. that this
suppression was for the good repute Of the
'service-as the chief offender was dead?"
, Il am glad to hear you say so general,
for IL is the argument | have used sue
cessfuly in behalf of your wife"
Then YOU know it all, sir?" said Brant,
IAN. i think Come, general, you seemed,
enemies. Let me assure you you need not
be in regard TO your friends
Il dare to hope 1 have found one, SIR"
said Brant, with almost boyish timidity.
'Oh, not me-" said the president, with a
laugh of depreciation. Some one much
more potent"
May l know his name, Mr.. President?"
mo; for ii is a woman. You were nearly
ruined by one, general. l suppose il 5 quite
right that you should be saved by one;
and, of course, irreSUlarly.
a Womau! echoed Brant
Yes! one who willing to confess
herself a worse spy than Your wife-a
double traitor-to save YOU! Upon my
word, general. don't know if the depart
ment was far wrong; man with such an
alternately unsettling and convincing effect
upon woman's highest political coEvic-
tions should be under some restraint.
Luckily the department knows nothing
Nor would any one ever have known
from me-" said Brant, eagerly. II trust
that she did not think-that you, sir-did
not for an instant believe that -
''Oh, dear, no. Nobody would have be
lieved YOU, IT was her free confidence TO
me- That was what made the affair
difficult to handle For even her bringing
your dispatcn to the division commander
looked bad for you-and you know he even
doubted it's authenticity
Does she-does Miss Faulkner-know the
spy was my wife," hesitated Brant.
The president twisted himself in his chair,
his deep-set eyes, and then thoroughtfully
the record general he said after a pause.