Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1897-02-04

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might g." n secret cmissary or some spy
within the presidents family: sh,
might have lccu in spuudcncc
with some traitor ia the Eonmgointcr
! Clique. and her iiuplorju@ Glance oniN
the result at - fear of exposure. Or
| again. she miEht have truly rrcautCd
| after her cScapadc ut Gray 1aLs. anj
! feared only his recollection IF her A.
! go-hctwrcn al spies. .tul YET both nf
! these prcSumptiuns were Inconsistent
with her conduct in the conservatory.
| II seemed impr. ~ihlr hat this mpul-
SiNc woman, capable Of doing " Int h''
/ had himself lunvn her to 10. and
equally ~ru>iti,c ~ the shame or 10y
| al such impulses. should hc ia" same
| hrartlrNS woman nf ~nrirty. " ho had So
| coldly recognized aud parted from him.
| Eut this interval of doubt va> trausi-
/ tory. III" nest day he received a dis
Pat, a from thr w"r department., order
| ing him Ia report himself Tor duty ~
once. With - hrating heart ht hurriro
| To the SECRETARY. l;Ei that official had
merely lri, - memorandum With his
| assistant, directing zen. Erant to ac-
! company some fresh lrvics To- Il camp of
! ocrupai ION near tlr front for 'organi-
/ lation." Erant felt "a chill of disap.
/ pointmcnt. Duties of this kind had been
Z left Ia dubious. regular army veterans,
hurricdly displaced general officers
/ and favored dctrimcntals. But if y
Was not restoration. il was no longcc
| inaction, and il WAS At least a release
from Washington.
II was, also. evidently the result of
some influence. hut hardly that Of the
/ Rocmpointcrs. for he knew that Susy
wished to keep him AT the capital. Was
Z there another power mt work IL send
I him away Ia Washington? His pre-
( Nious suspicion returned. Nor wcte
they diSsipatrd when the chief of tLr
bureau placed "A letter before him with
. the remark that il had been intIu>trtl
/ Ia him 10y a lady. with the rcqucS, that
il should l., delivered only into his
I own hands. she lid not know your
hotel address. nut a~,rrtaincd NoswcIe
tn call here. Sht. SAID IL WAS Of lmpor-
lance. Thrrr * no mystery about il,
general. continued the official viii
mischicNouS glance at Grants hand
some. pcrpleNcd face, although IL.
from very pretty woman-whom we
1 all know"
/ Mrs. IoompoiutCr: suggested
| Brant with affected ligh,nesS.
II was maladroit speech. The ON
cial's face darkcned. We have not yet
become postal department for tie
Boompointcrs. general" he said. drilr.
| however great their influence else
where. Ii was from rather a diifcrcnt
style of wnman-M Miss Faulkner. You
will receive YOUR papers later al your
/ hotel. and leave tonight"
l;ranr'S uulucLy slip WAS still potent
enough 10 divert the official attention.
| or he would have noticed the change
: in his VISITORS face. and the abruptncss
| OF his departure.
/ Once in the street. Rrant tore off the
/ envelope. Eut bcncath il Was another,
. on which was written in delicate. re-
I fined hand: please do not open this
until you reach your destination"
then she knew he was going. And
| this WAS her influence. All his suspi-
: c;uns again returned. She krcw he was
| going through the lines. and this very
appointment, through her influence,
might he "A plot To serve her and the en-
,mv. Was this letter which she was
iEtrusting 10 him the cover of a missiye
10 her southern friends, which she cN-
p.cted him To carry. as a return for her
own act of self-sacrifice? Was this
1. 4 L.. Ia
chivalry, his gratitude, his honor? The
peTspiration stood in beads ON his fore-
| head. What ucfcct lay hidden in his
nature that seemed to make him an
| easy victim of these intriguing women?
| lie had not even the excuse OF gallantry-
| Less susceptible to the potencies of the
sex than most men. he was still com
PEELED to bear that reputation. lie re-
membercd his GOODNESS to Miss Fa' liz
| Fer in the first days of their meeting,
and her effect upon his subalterns.
! Why had she selected him from among
! them. when she could have modelled the
others like wan to her purpose? Why?
! And Yet with the question came a pos
| sible answer that he hardly dared 10
think of; that in its very vagueness
seemed TO fill him with a stimulating
! thrill and hopefuluess. He quickencd
his pace. lie would take the letter AZ d
| vet ne master of himself when the time
came TO open it.
That time came three days later. IN
his tent on Three Pine Crossing. AS he
broke open the envelope he was i've
| lieved to find that it contained no other
| inclosure. and seemed intended only for
himself. 1t began abruptly:
when You read this you will undri
stand why did not speak to you when
we met last night: why | even dreaded
that you might speak to me, knowing
what ought to tell you even at such
/ a place and Notwithstanding you
| could hear from me alone. | did not
know you were in Washington, al
though | knew that you were relieved;
| had no way of seeing you or sending
TO you before, and ! only came to Mrs.
Boompointer's party in the hope of
hearing news of you.
You know that my brother was cep-
tured-by your picllets, in company with
another officer. lie thinks you sus-
pected the truth, that he and his friend
were lowering near your lines to effect
the escape of the spy. But he saya that
although they failed 10 help her she
did escape, or was passed through the
lines by your connivance. lie SAYS Tint
YOU seemed TO know her, that F-m
what Rose. the mulatt q Woman told p IN.
you and she were evidently old fricInls.
1 would not speak of this, nor int; a,.e
upon your private affairs only shHt
| think you ought To know that sad
no knowledge of il when | was in ,essur
house, but believed her To be straf ger
to you. You gave me no intimaiiun
that you knew her, and believed thpt
| !, on were frank with me- But sht'-Ld
not speak of this Mt all, for beiirre
that il would have made no differs ice
with me in repairing the wrong tlst
thought | had done you, only that "a
an forced by circumstances to tell you
the terrible ending of this story you
ought TO know il all.
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