The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-01-20

heps there could be no stronger proof
Of The unconscious influence the young
girl already had over him.
He remembered the liVerleS OF the
diplomatic carriage that had borne her
aWav. and ascertained without diff
guilty that her sister had married one
of the foreign ministers, and that she
was a guest in his house. But he was
the more astoniShed to hear that she
and her sister were considered TO pc
Southern UniOnistS, and were greatly
petted in government circles for their
sacrificing fidelity to the tag. Has IN
fOrmant. an official in the state de-
partment, added that Miss Mathi.da
might have been,a good deal of a mad
cap at the outbreak of the war, Tor the
sisters had a brother in the Confeder-
ate service, but that she had changed
greatly, and indeed within a month
For" he added. ''she was at the White
House for the first time last week, and
they say the President talked more 10
her than to any other woman.
The indescribable sensation with
which this simple information filled
Brant startled him more than the
news itself. Hope, joy, fear, distrust
and despair alternately thrilled him.
He recalled Miss Faull1ners almost ag-
onizing glance of appeal to him in the
drawing room at Susy's, and it seemed
to be equally consistent with the truth
of what he had just heard, or some
m0nstOus treacheTy and deceit OF
which she might be capable. Even now
she might be a secret emisSary of some
SPY within the Presidents family; she
might have been in correspondence with
some traitor in the BoompOinter clique
and her imploring glance only the re-
suit of a fear Of exposure. Or, again
she might have truly recanted after hel
eScapade at Gray Oaks, and feared only
his recollection of her as the go-be.
tween of spies. And yet both of these
Prescriptions We're inconsistent with
her conduct in the conservatory. i
seemed impossible that this impulsivt
woman, capable Of doing what he him
self had known her to do, and equal!
sensitive TO the shame or JOY Of sucI
impulses, should be the same heartleSS
woman Of society who had so coldlN
recognized and parted from him.
But this interval of doubt was trans
itory. The next day ne received
despatch from the War department
ordering him to report himself for dut,
at once. With a beating heart he hur
RED 10 the secretary. But that officia
had merely left a memorandum witt
his assistant, directing General Bran
TO accompany some fresh levies to
camp of occupation near the front 70
"organization." Brant felt a chill Q
disappointment. Duties of this kind ha,
been left to dubious regular army Vet
Grams, hurriedly displaced general off
GERS and favored detrimentdlS. But
1t was not restoration, it was no ionge
inaction. and it was at least a. releas
from Washington.
1t was, also, evidently the result o
some influence, but hardly that Of tn
BoompoinJerS. for he knew that Sus
wished to keep him at the capital Wa
him away from Washington? His pre-
Vious suspicious returned. Nor wer
they diSsipated when the chief of tn
bureau placed letter before him wit
the remark that it had been intruste
to him by a. lady, with the requee
that ii should be delivered only into hi
own hands. ''She did not know YOU
hotel a5dress, but ascertained you Wer
to call here. She said it was of i'm
portance. There is no mystery abou
it, general" continued the official, wit,
a nlischievous glance at Brants hand
some, perpleXed face, "aithough IL
from a very pretty woman-whom W
all know"
Mrs Boompointer2 susgeste
Brant, with affected lightness.
1t was a maladroiU speech. The off
Gals face dsirkened. We have no
Yet become a postal department fo
the Boompointer's general" he sal
dryly, however great their influenc
elsewhere. 1t was from rather a, diffel
ent style OF woman-Miss Faulkne
You will receive your papers later q
your hotel and leave tonight"
Brant's unlucly slip was still potter
enough to divert the officials attentio
or he would have noticed the chane
s7l his visitors face and the abrupi
ness Of his departure.
Once in the street, Brant tore off tt
en- elope. But beneath it was anothe
on which was written in delicate. r
fined hand: Please do not open tn
until you reach your destination
Then he knew he was goingl Ar
this was her influence! Ali his SUI
pfcionS again returned. She knew /
was going near the lines, and his vei
appointment through her infiuenV