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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-01-09


Jan; 1s-1owa City. Ia, business block; $780,
Feb 1mPayton, o.. fire in business section;
4St. Louis, among business houses; ST.
N-Newark, N. j., sl.ooo.oo fire in retail dry
Mar. 7-Philadelphia, 100000 fire in retail.
dry goods district.
s.Lsa a. City, s. D.. 50 business buildings:
Apr: GNewport, Ark, 1900 fire in bust
4-Kansas city, No., democratic conven-
ton hall and other buildings; $500, 900:
APE 9sGo. 6So6Menominee' Mich.' Spies building;
y Pittsburgh, Pa. jos. Horne & Co. de-
p artmnent store; $, 4oo, goo:
.2s1HSii; Ont: entirely destroyed and otta-
so-Forest fires in Michigan reach alarm
May taS Prev York, Mallory lire steamship
27mp PAL, Fla, s business blocks;
JUN ss ste. Etinne du saguenaa.y;, Can, Prime
F..s Bros. & Co.'S lumber plant; 500, 600.
is-Biosomington. til. tire in bust
ness sestioh ce;,, A ,so ~ &c Common
Mssltn aanas 81 be a eepper Mining
/ Co.'s smelling plant; & 600 600:
3eHoboken, n. j., fire on docks of North
RE- German Lloyd Co., ana ocean !an ~ Saale,
s8 Black Rock, N. y. lumber yards; 500, 900.
jul. Constable Hook, n. 70 Standard Oil
s14-Prescott, Al n business section and56o
Z dwellings,; s. 500. 600.
s23-st. Paul, Mimi, Cold st6ragesa Ware
en- yarfhsS s,ssn sS 9 CO.
Aug. H-AShland, Wis, Bakers& Stewart
s and keystone Lumber Co.'s lumber yards:
1s.Alexandria, Kelly, AZ, Mani. Co.'S
s1lForest Il fires IN Colorad oaand Wyoming;
So estimated damage at ~. Cog, W.
Sep. 12-NarragansettsPd Pier. $360, 000 IRE.
Houston, Tex HefchantSs0Epl Planters,
Oh mill; $40o, 00o. Year Plynaouth;aI ass.,
/ forest hres; 800, 600.
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Interesting.

I. 1Mtere0t1n8. -
Gent-What is the reason you charge
twice as much for my cuffs as you did
formerly?
observation-disclosures you havs
begun making pencil notes on them.
what difference does that make?"
: ''The girls waste SO much time in
trying to make them out. Y.
World. z&ssS% s-5fiS $50: g 4
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LYNCHINGy.

Jam. P-Newport News. ~, Nv. 1 WATT.
(whtte1 shot assault
sl6--Neara Idenning, Tenn. Anderson Cause
81 colored d had ided escape Of 2 murderers.s
sd,-t'ort Scott. Kan: aeorge and Ed Meeks;
Canon CIT, ~, ,rhos Reynolds, an
Observation-Disclosures. 80
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CRIMES,

aged q, at Names. No.: IAN and c. Commits " sui:
s5During murder trial at Otter Creek, KY.
9-During trial in court at Oak Ridge, Miss.
quarrel resulted in killing Of A: D. Rol-
lat Proud Gap, KY, killed in quarrel
Is Fred c. Bonfils and H. H. Tammen, pro-
prietors of Denver Post, shot by VIM. w.
Anderson, a well-known attorney, during
1e Ex- Gong. David G.. Colson kills Ethel
bert Scott, at Frankfort, KY; 2 bystand
ers also killed; feud.
of McTayish, killed by vigilance commit
tee in British Columbia; charged with be-
2s-Jos, Clean, farmer living near Bluefeld.
w. Va, kills daughter, her FOYER and self.
Mar. frank Steele. Of Omaha, kills wife,
shoots Rev. A. F. Nelson who sprang to
tic trouble.
% Tom Jones (negro) kills Ella Jones and
Apr. 1s-August Young shoots Katie Van
KlosteTe In Murphysboro, ILL.,; disap-
16-In drunken riot at Johnstown, Pa, Ital-
ian kills men, wounding others.
May III. D. McAllister, of HelOise Tenn
kills wife and self; Jealousy.
15-Mrs. Moser and 3 children found muir
dered near fremont, Ill.
90 Sheriff Noel and brothers are killed.
and an1o WOUNDS herself at Eldorado, Kan;
Jul. eNRu1fus T. Wright kills wife of days,
and self, at Columbia, S. c:
Charles (colored) kills 2 policemen.
Aug. Alive dead as result of feud between
Dooley and Harris families, at Doe Run,
13-Farmer Jones and Bonnie Turner take
poison and die together, near Clinton,
=, No, because Pc ca too poor to msrry
20.-Dr. S. Harrington while drunk at Far
| ley, Mo-, kills uncle, mother-in-law, Sher-
if Dillingham;; is then killed by sheriff S
Sep. paul Cronin at Waukesha, Wis,
| kills Mrs. E. Miller and shoots himself,
because she refused to marry him.
| 17-Four Indians kill each other at Turtle
ma marry, CHEFS d d. haen'' al wanted to
Oct. l-Walter Evans kills wife and SELF,
at Beattysv1lle, Ky; domestic trouble.
At Fa aim nth ~ 81 C. Anderson nd kills
5Because husband intended becoming a
farmer Mrs. Valentine Roullier browns
24Carrie Caldwell Kills her children and
self, at Huntersville, N. c.: insane from
grief over parents deaths. %. Chas. Vargo
-, kills wife and self at Aurora, ~; drink.
Ind, Wallace Graves killed and others
14SNear barlow, Fla, John Carter and
Dec. 6!Theo Wallert pleads guilty to MUIR
der Of wife and stepchildren; at Airing
ton, Mimi.
15-Four dead as result Of mysterious
2tJos. Douglass, of Charlottesville, Ind,
| kills one man and wounds another for
calling on his wife.
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BUSINESS FAILURES

Jan. s-Wabasha. MIMI, Peoples bank.
SRahWay, N: j., Union county bank.
medIein nff manu- n4os ssi 81 warner patent
tsiS S i, francis p o~ sass real
Feb. New Bedford, Mass, Henry E. Hol-
comb, mani; 81, s5l ,43S. Boston, Miner
90 Beal & = c.. clothing firm, s45o, 600.
a7s States nGa oaa milling combine (our
Mar. sport Jervis IN. " Nat. bank re-
sumes; had suspended payment in Deem
81. F; seiberling, formerly manufacturer
at atoo Akron a O., files bankruptcy petition;
"a *ST, 9oo' assets 49,
o, bankruptcy petition: $3.50, oS5; no assets
gD: :. Ap pdd etc & Co., New York, publish
2ezzRutland, Vt. Merchants Nat bank.
= kee en e.. N. H., Five Cent savings bank for
A,a a 90! ,05S; and Guarantee savings bank for
Apr; -Cambridge {Neb.) State bank: $780,
1&Yates Center, Kan. Citizens state bank.
Mil%apRee: sss s5$ dry goods dealer of
May d l1Frank :: Fuller's private banks at
and M GeSar H Sg33Elngs Mich
26-Price, Mccormick & Co., Of New YorE
cotton brokers and shippers: $1s, 900, 900.
2s.seym9ur. Johnson & Co. stock and cot
Jun. 5-W:, c. Shields bank at Mulberry
rs; MeNair & Alexander. cattlemen at Ash
~. land, Kan; $542, 900.
Aug. 1S-Henry J. .O'Neill, the BARLEY king, -
files petition in bankruptcy; $50O,0o0.. i.
Kingfisher (Col) bank; .$61 900.
17-Somerset (Ky.) Nat. bank. $780,.
Sep. 6--Lamont Qll.) state bank: $4,000.
Fifth Avenue Savings e Loan Assn, of
McKeesport, Pa; 100000.
a8.Hatch & Foote, New York brokers; ST.
100000. =,
19..South Danvers Nat. bank, at Peabody,
Nov. 17-German Nat. bank. atNewport, Ky.
Dec. 12-Bank at Brillion, Wis. Es',.a -.
13-Order of Chosen Friends, large frater-
nal insurance association. -
2l-American nat. bank of Baltimore, Md.
S5-Isaac Robinson, at Baltimore, Md,
81 manufacturer; $500, 600. as 4 80
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CASUALTIES.

54E4G zl a. CASUALTIES. "a -
Jan. 2-SchOoner Puritan wrecked on Cabot
III island, M F.; OF crew lost. ~slq 80 $st
21-Los Angeles, CAL. IL entombed by
y cave-in. - li .=2@0S.4 = s
225--Near Wilkesbarre. Pa. s in railroad
wreck. q. & O. IS 81
Feb. 5-schooner Mary c.. Ward capsized
# near. Newborn, N. c.; 5 drowned. - .stS14
S-Escanaba, Mich 8 in railway wreck Il
12-Near Stoney Greek, Va. Z in burning
HI house. ri S
10 Roanoke Marshes, Va, s BY capsizing Of
schooner. rs. y. n
Mar. New York 6 in burning building.
NEAR Fire Creek. Va, "a. by mine ex-
/ 12ZNewark, N. Il in tenement house Are
Apr.s77-ClaremOnt, Va, in burning home.
23-Near Jackson, Miss, Q In flood. Sssss:
27-At Waco and Blackshear, Tex. 10 by
"a cloud ursts. At Ottawa and Hull, Can,
d May Near Hclaoheld, Utah, $50 BY ex-
5 ploston In mine Of Pleasant Valley Coal Co.
12-Philadelphia, z by railroad collision In
tunnel Toms Greek. AZ g by explosion
aa7,-san francisco. deaths g sc frenn BIZ -5
1 Cnmno ck coal mines. 81 50 by *
i 3o-aNe sarsMontgomery, ". va. ~ from eat
ing potsoned proytsto ns.
Jun. 9-tlear. mil q. s N ailroadi
7.. iss stoekbridse via. ! 81 fall,o hssyy
timbers. n
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.s GOVERN1IENTA nm sPOLIT1Cs.i
Jan. Italy agrees to open. door policy. Is
Chinas complet ting list of powers. apprpY-.
Crane inaKufated roy: ass. s
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preme court decides women cannot prac-
tice law before courts of state.
Jul. 3-Gov. Roosevelt attends rough riders
reunion at Oklahoma City. .Internation-
al good roads congress, at Port Huron,
17-World's Christian Endeavor society re-
ported as having 3,50O, 900 members; Pres.
L i %{o5:: n wrecks Chinese laundry
Aug. 14-society of Army of the Philippines
organized at Denver, Col; Gen. Frances
" Greene elected pres.
&c. A. r. reunion opens In Chicago.
28-Encampment of uniformed rank of
knights of Pythias inaugurated at De-
F: troit, Mich. Nat: Beekeepers' assn. in
29-Mayor Jas. G. Woodward, Of Atlanta.
Ca, impeached for intoxication. .Wom-
ans Relief Corps, Ladies of Grand Army,
of War hold business sessions in Chica-.
60 America1 Bar assn. in session at
A: r. commander in. chief. :. New cable
Germany and q. s....Ogden II. Fethers
i(Wis.) elected supreme chancellor Knights
Sep. 2gAt St. Joseph, Mich, 100 weddings
break Sunday record. :.
brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen, at
2sDG e ". <. Miles elected commander in
Howard sentenced to death for Goebels
murder at Frankfort. KY. 81 =. !. q. :.
Oct. 2-American Bankers assn. in annual
session at Richmond. Va e
18--Galyeston relief fund reaches 81 ,0e5. 2O2
Nov. 2l-Nat good roads convention In Chi
cage; w: II: Moore (Mo.) elected pres.
s2S-Geo. H. Phillips concludes successful
corn corner deal In Chicago.
Dec. w G. T. y. In 9th annual conven-
4, ton. 5 FL 81 5ss
aas Ma9eh ss q Mnte
s. tary frauds: zs
Territorial exposition at Phoenix. "A. n.
81 opened. Isl #ss -
15.sam. Gompers reelected pres. Of Ameri-
SIS can Federation of Labor at Louisville KY.
17--Nat. Civic Federation's Industrial arbi-
Gf9 81 ;s from john Rocke.
rs fellerto Of Chicago announced.
20--EdWard Cudahy, Jr.. ransoMed for 81 E
900 by his fath0ss at Omaha Neb.
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Nisa fsy e etss;so
is--5as 81 Gear da.5 fesieetedd g. s .ena-
tor. Gov. LONGING lMiss. inauguratei
elected U. S.5senators. - MSS
6-Brigham II. Roberts excluded from con-
gress by vote Of 268 to 80. 4 $500 - ~
ship Of Kentucky, shot at Fran kkff1rLnor-
lature meet and declare Geebehf and B tsSik
sworn in BY chief Justice e Of co gGY - are
peals. Gov. Taylor declares state " u d ip-
surrecti9n and adjourns legislature to
Feb. martial law in Frankfort, KY.
S-Beckham sworn In to- succeed Goebel.
-Hay-Pauncefote treaty relating to Mica
6-J1dge VIM. II: Taft (Cinn., o. anno,nted
pres. of commission to organize govern.
ment for Philippine hi IN islands. .Thos r.
Mar. 5Admiral Remey selected to cnno-
mand Asiatic fleet.
21-;Civil government reported established
Apr. So. s.. senate passes bill providing
civil government for Porto Rico. and
levying IS per cent tariff on certain ex-
Mar: i, 1902. Dewey decides to r. run 1 FOR
e-Kentucky court of appeals decides J. c.
Gen; Otis allowed to retire from COM
mand; Gen. Arthur Macarthur selected
to succeed him.
toulouse passes Porto Rican BILL
A-U. s. senate refuses to seat Matthew 8.
Quay (Pa.); vote. So to 81.
May 1-Pres. Dole selected as governor of
Hawaii. .Chas: III. Allen inauguratei
2Rev. F. C. Swallow (Pa.) nominated for
pres. by United Christian party, at Rock
S-Flag hoisted over island Tutuila, Samoa.
O-People's party in national convention at
Sioux Falls, S: D., nominated w. j. Bryan
(Neb) and Chas. A.. Towne (Minn.) for
populists nominate Wharton Barker (Pa.9
for pres. and Ignatius Donnelly (Minn. !
for vice pres. in convention in Cincinnati
ing himself unable to hold the seat re-
signs. 80
2-U. 8. supreme court decides Kentucky
On ground of no jurisdiction; justices
dissented. Coy, W, ". Head Ola in
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There is something else to be done for
wounded man besides getting. him
a pass. He must have transportation
and assistance generally"
Il have been thinking of that" she
admitted, troubled.
IF l may be allowed to do a wound
ed enemy a service,' said Holbin, II
shall take him in my buggy to our
outposts."
II am sure that he will be greatly
obliged" The soldier expressed him
self grateful and Holbin went awav.
making light of the service and with
out further effort to trespass upon the
girls rare mood. On the inner stair
he paused in deep thought, his dark
face savagel y triumphant. His moth
er met him in the hall above and
read excitement in his every move
ment.
what is it, Raymond?" He hest
tated and smiled wickedly.
II am afraid even you would he
shocked, mother mine. But trust me.
when do tell you about it, you will
not be ashamed of your cub.'
Raymond, how dare you?'' The
woman's face grew crimson, and then
white as from a sudden terror. He
showed his teeth and disappeared be-
fore she could stop him. Angry and
uneasy, she sought her own room.
The wounded soldier rode next dav
with Raymond Holbin, his pale face
rejecting the light of liberty's sun
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CHAPTER XIV.

Locked within his own room, Ray
mond Holbin drew from his pocket the
packet of papers taken by him from
the murdered man with the official
order for which he had committed the
crime. The order read: pass the
bearer, Thomas Riley, paroled prison
er, through the lines.' 1T will not
do Louise much good, anyway" he
said, ''even were I disposed to give it
to her" The name martha Somers''
upon the sealed packet attracted his
attention. and he recognized in a Della
ware address beneath the home of
Richard Somers. He remembered then
the dead soldiers description of the
battle in which he was wounded, and
guessed that the packet contained the
papers given to him to deliver. Holbin
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CHAPTER XIV.

Col. Richard Somers dismounted and
took refuge upon the veranda Of a
little cottage that fronted a cross
road near Mechanicsville while his ar
tillery Numbered by and unlimbered
in position to face the ealeIny. Men,
horses and officers were worn out with
fatigue and hard fighting and eager
for an opportunity to snatch a few
hours of rest. The two great armies
had entered upon the memorable
seven days. fight which was to swing
around Richmond AND leave a bloody
path to Malvern Hill. The cottage
seemed deserted, but presently an
aged negress made her appearance
from somewhere and pathetically at
tempted to extend it's Inequalities to
the officers who began to swarm into
the yard. Clinging to her skirts was
little girl of six or seven years,
whose fair complexion, blue eyes and
silken curls bespoke patrician par
entage, but whose frail figure and in
cessant cough gave evidence of a
fatal weakness.
"Her ma is done dead, sah," said the
old woman, respectfully, when Col.
somers hurriedly questioned her con-
corning the family, 'an' her pa left
TO you-all come; done come yistiddy
an go right back to town. He don't
stay hyar anyhow"
But that child must not remain
here; she is in danger every moment.
You must move out!''
whey we goin' move, sab? Don't
know nobody any better off'n we are
roun' hyah. Marster tell me to STAY
right hyah, an goin' ter stay hyah.
Better tex yo' folks an move on. sab,
whey you started" Somers had other
things to think about, and turned
away. Very likely the movement next
day would carry them beyond the cot
tage, and the danger was not press
ing at the moment. In the morning
the child might be sent to the rear
if necessary, and tonight he rather
welcomed the adjuncts of refined life.
He had use for the old woman, for
he was but recently out of hospital
and somewhat spoiled by nursing. He
made himself and officers comfort
able in the best rooms after the man
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CHAPTER XIII.

Raymond HGlbin had found it diff
cult to advance his cause with
Frances, if for no other reason than
that few opportunities for seeing her
alone presented themselves He had
sought interviews repeatedly and
offered the many little courtesies
which the male resident Of house
may extend to those of the other
sex, but they had been declined with
persistence that only added fuel
to the flames which were consuming
him. The girl seldom dined with the
family; she had during her fathers
long illness Instituted little house.
keeping plan of her own and took
her meals in her apartments, a mat
ter very conveniently arranged by
reason of the position of the apart
ments and the constant attendance of
nanny. Occasionally, yielding to
the insistence of her stepmother, she
Joined the family upstairs, but on
such occasions she carefully avoided
a tete-a-tete with Raymond, with
drawing always with the elder WON
an. On such occasions, the inevitab BILE
topic had been the war, it's vicissi-
tudes. and the possibilities it in.
volved. In these meetings and the
presence of great events she after
awhile learned, if not to like her STEP
mother, at least to suspend judgment
upon her; indeed, sometimes she had
been tempted to doubt the correct
ness Of her former iudgment. for
when the city began to be crowded
with wounded Mrs. Brookin threw
open her house to them and gave
much of her time to their care. The
gentleness with which the elder wom-
an entered into this work, her gen
crosby and her universal courtesy
were bouhd to impress such a girl
a. Frances. Qace, as though yielding
to a noble impplse; she placed her
arm about the Girl and said:
my child, you have surprised, and
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cried aloud: my papers!-they are
valuable!-where are they?"
1--WE have none, madam"
"Oh, God!-what agony!-oh, sirs, I
suffer, suffer SOL"
Drink this,' said the surgeon, plac-
ing glass of stimulant to her lips;
more If you can; it will sustain you"
In the saddle poke ts--my papers!"
Her eyes closed in exhaustion. A young
officer who was sent to find the docu-
ments came back quickly:
Saddle trailing underneath: pock-
cts empty" She heard him and I'M
derstood
Lost! Then-I, too-am lost. Raw
mond!-Raymond!" She turned her
face away and wept silently.
"Gentlemen," said Richard somers.
hoarsely, twill you leave us? I know
this unfortunate woman" He was
instantly the focus of wondering ewes
but for moment only. The little
group saluted in silence and with
drew.
"Louise!" he said, sadly, standing
by her side. The eyes of the woman
were fixed on him as he sought to
control his voice.
who spoke-who called Louise?"
"It was L.
"Richard!''
Yes; sadder, older-but Richard
STILL God knows I speak the truth
when say have nothing in my heart
tor you but the tenderest sympathy"
Her eyes ciun., to his face through
the spasrn of pain that twisted her
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not yet risen for him, his blue uri-
form busted and cleaned until every
| button was as of gold.
"Good+by, MISS" he said; "I'll de-
Liver your message, an I know the
cap'n III be a proud man to see me
back!" He offered nanny his last
greenback, but it was Indignantly re-
fused, witnesses being present.
dat green money amt no good
| down here nohow."
1T will be-" said the soldier, sim
ply.
Holbin returned next day and gave
vivid account of his parting with
the happy prisoners; and then he inn
mediately sought his own room; but
not before Frances, a little ashamed
of herself, had thanked him warmly
for his kinds1 ess to her soldier.
Upon the same day the confederate
relief picket found federal soldier
lying dead within their lines. He
had been shot from behind with a
pistol held so close to his coat that
it was burned by the powder The
affair afforded but few minutes
discussion, for the explosion of fire.
arms was almost incessant at times,
and dead men in June, 1862, were
plentiful around Richmond. The only
part of the mystery worth consider
ing from the military standpoint was
how the man got through the lines at
that particular place. A watch taken
from his body contained the names Of
Capt. Richard Somers and the regi-
ment to which he was attached, and
also the likeness of an elderly wom-
an. 1t was surmised that the victim
of the pistol shot was deserter and
robber; that he had been captured
and killed while attempting violence
| or an escape. The officer into whose
possession the watch drifted was in
charge of a burial party next day I'M
der flag of truce, and, learning that
Capt. Somers was among the troops
| opposite, sent the watch to him with
courteous explanation. The graft
equaled by his bewilderment. Many
| weeks before he had intrusted the
jewel to his. faithful artilleryman, and
| this soldier he had been assured, was
| left dead upon the bloody battlefield.
His conclusion was that some one had
robbed the body at that time and
| had been overtaken by fate while en-
| gagged in some other nefarious enter
prise. But when Capt. Somers cas-
ually opened the locket and found
therein a long, slender curl of red
dish-golden hair and on the narrow
ribbon with which it was tied the
name Frances" he was involved in
a hopeless mystery. Re was within
sound of the Richmond church bells
that morning, and between the inter-
walls of fighting and moving to new
positions he had already in imagina-
ton entered that city. The name
thus sent was the only tidings of
Frances he had ever received, and it
made him sadly happy man.
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CHAPTER XII-Continued.

He saw the calm, confident look in
her face, and breath of hope stirred
his fainting manhood.
'Anything-everything!" he said, at
length.
IF you will yield implicit obedience
to me-if you will. be guided-I shall
clear the way for you. Will you?"
eyes"
"Human life or lives must not be
regarded. We have no friends; we
are surrounded by enemies; we must
put aside conscience and sentiment to
win; we must hesitate nowhere. Do
you understand? And do you con-
sent?
II shall leave it all to you, moth
er. What is first to be done?'
Meet Louise here at six O'Clock,
and take your cue from me. She
must be disarmed of suspicion."
From the moment of his surrender
Raymond Holbin was ripe for any
thing his mother might suggest. It
was her mind that conceived the plan
to convince Louise that she would
be permitted to ride through the con-
tederate picket line; that, under an
arrangement secured by Raymond
through friends in the war depart
ment, only pretense Of firing upon
her would be made. 1t was a plan
that would have deceived no other
than woman.
That six o'clock tea was the tri-
umph of brilliant diplomatiSt's ca
reer. Louise was forgiven, caressed,
received back as a member Of the
family, her claims and wrongs &C.
knowledged, and full reparation
agreed upon. No one could have ex-
celled Mrs. Rrookin in the tender
ness with which she treated the now
happy woman. She blamed Raymond
Openly for having conceded the; fifth
from her.
II knew nothing of the unfair adj
vantage he took of you-nor Of the
child,' she said to Louise my hus-
bands niece! 1t was indeed a crime!
And yet I see now that largely haye
been to blame. I threatened him; MY
heart was set upon another plan. My
dear child if loving care and sym
pathy can compensate in part for
what you have suffered, they shall
be yours. But although the circum-
stances seem to demand that mar
riage should at once be solemnized,
the ceremony must not be performed
in Richmond In all likelihood this
city wiz be your home, and you
should come here as Raymond's wife.
Fortunately, he has given no one here
reason to suppose he is single, and
it will be very easy at the right time
to have you and the little girl arrive.
I assure you, my daughter, that your
reception will leave no room for doubt
as to your future position" As
Louise sat looking into the benevo-
Lent face of the older woman, with
fearful eyes, her heart overlooked
with gratitude.
"Mv child, madam she faltered.
"Where is she?"
Near the city, but just now be-
yond the lines. You will be directed
how to reach her when you get
through; or better, Raymond will
join you, and together you will find
her,
Louise went back to the hotel al
most content.