The evening world., 1900-08-28
In DawLoveG ory
a .. ' 49,


was a blue haze ~ rlht.l IN he In
] the little ron, AMI M, group % men Iounging
! about the broad, Nat IcsA Wa uusIly Engaged IN
imaintaining the "raguen'ss of the Itnusp,cre.
Through a wide, luw Wt.l ~ 10 Ho CORNER e trail q
ismokc was curling. and III. man sIh M. feet ele-
waited On To- ie.k toy watched 10 id,.
! "Did I ever tell yoI about tine ease I nd ,ast vim
ttsr? Tat rip up boz the Htt,hurs .I..ret { msin''
4, The young S"I,t s,INioc MAJ - packing. he
thai been silent until now, hf keen ,ck eyes watch
ins the other member. ~ tho Fr.Hp
J ~ vt. tust 100 ~ .rp., mali CONTRIBUTING cascs.
! don't think you fellow. 49, rem,mb,r H.
! 1t As f cold. raw - b. .p n.iuI' q b. 'nb.r
Shen Bon and got n 40 a small Apy,iir station up
In the region where 'H, ur'.r Nts circulating The
lsnow va. I, foot deep pn rb" leyel .lI tue smooth
white drNs hii Oh" i,ur, tops. Ey,rfthins looked
fbloak and hlrr'n. t1l % sharp norm wul dfvye The
dry NOV .'tus0e BOO .ur face. u,alJri by he .tati,n
agent. We truds,l thr,ugh N, snow lrltt. to the
.repu,u,yr, NJ the nr. boat ae hnlIi managed %
,llay the curiosity ..l.,uurg Ds
|, 'L''y hight Sc st Iul talked Nil .1' rrow1 AZ
the lan We lstenel .ar,iu,., asked CAUTIOUS cues
lions and .n tro weeks had our clue.
Pour miles from tho Town. ou a lonely rpii In the
nhdlo Of /, dense woods, lived a mpu named Joe
IHirp,r. We had heard u MIN At he tavern. For
,esrs he and Sell Barry, a pretty country lass. had
been eng irei, ~ east, So II was understood among
tho %neighb1rf. Then they quirrclicd AMI Joe was
soon To we'd another Girl \ secret Service man does
vel 10 know these things
one NIGHT ~ took 4 sleigh. Ren and 7. lni drove
toward Harper's homr There Ms . light In the
window Of the 'abin ts ~ passed \ half mile FUR
'ther ~ We drew up az Barry's house. We had met
Jim Barry, the hthe-. II tn tavern ana knew some
'of his family. including Nell. ami were eonseuuently
welcome visitrrs shorty after uIr arrival Ben tx
the girl Tor a sleigh ride. and | sas left chatting 70
he Dd man The couple returned some iours later.
% SAN. ~ can work fo-nIrEf saya ua. sVbap "a
m again and hen be TOD ne all about Il. We
drove un'il nearly nidnight, Their. returning % tho
woods near Birry's house. teth rd pur morse at (,
dark turn ~ the -nl Down the road a lars figure
in a heavy storm coat approached us. It wa
Neil w 'rrl her. and AFTER a numliel creeiing
the three Of Us walked On In silence. She looked
pretty in the moonlight with that pis al.ter mur'rl
.up about her ears, tut I didn't think n mat then.
She left ~. IN the sh..ow while ~" went up - Ilar-
'per's shack aud knocked At the door \ man yame
from he house. We saw Nell stand by the joorwhy
'talAi1s t. him, but We never kn"S wat the, rId.
FINALLY she turned away. tho man entered he house
q door banged
"Its there whispered Nell
Ben and 7 starred toward the house In ans yor n
; Ir knock a bolt shot back and the q OF opened A.
the man emerged Ben and grabbed him AMI slipped
the bracelets on his wrists. hurriel iueil. ana
found the cutnt scattered over tho noor ~ tn single
room and some newly nTthcd shiny clunto' 'eiis
lying m the stones IN front If m, cpcn '"ol,ss. 1
T.led the whole cole. hon o. fl box and lolnr' Ben
out IN the ro,ullsht as bright a. iay d. seemed.
We mirched our prisoner Standing in the roaiw,y
tcfore us was the giH-ve hai forgotten her In the
ont n 'he capture The prispurr liu~d. and
the two 1-el Zach thor Their ewes NO.
"'Selly.' The man said, almost IN 4 whisper.
'"Thr Frl stood Nkr % statue.
" Joe she s1bbed. and IN never f0rge' the anguish
In that one word Then. before ben " I could reach
her, me had tainted.
"oll man Barry was pleasant enough aftr' nc ,0ld
him the nature u uut mission and ~ -e-ult-hei
been stuck With a few Of the cpunt'rf'its himself.
60, Harper down to prison all right. and I read
the other DAY that he went w for three years.
NO. I never saw Nsli sssln," said the Secret Ser
man In answer 20 one o. his auditors. And he
~yistfully At the trail Of smoke curling out the
low window.