Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-11-26
CHAPTER tx.

81 wish she not so beautiful he ejac.
'ulated.
CHAPTER IX.
The threatening shadow Of the war
cloud. daily and hourly expected to burst
it, fury over the Southern States, had
transformed n peaceful grove into a
camp Of armed men. Steel flashed In
the summer sun between the dark green
of the cypress and the paler verdure Of
the laurel bushes. Rows Of white tents
stretched In even lines In the open space
made gaudy by the red and blue uni
forms which occupied them.
The main portion of the Louisiana
Zouaves was composed Of boys barely
out Of their teens, but In addition to this
raw material. the battalion embodied In
Its ranks a very considerable number OF
old French soldiers. Col. Adams was
proud OF his men. and only that very
day had taken especial elaton In show
Ing their proficiency to no less a person
than an officer of the United States regu.
lars--a possible enemy, in fact-to his
cousin, Capt. Demon.
Capt. Demon was on leave of absence
from his command far out West in the
wilds Of Kansas He had been slightly
wounded In an action with the Apachcs.
and having been furlouyhed, had come
to his native city, little dreaming that
by the time he arrived there he would
find the townsmep arrnye,l against the
authority to whom he had sworn ale.
glance.
Adams plantation was only divided
from the camp OF his regiment by thici,
copse of magnolias, then In the pride of
their spring bloom. which perfumed the
air with the sweetest scent Of any tree
In the wide, wide world. The house
itself was a struggling erection, mostly Of
one story only, but standing upon space
large enough for a small village.
Adams was seated In the welcome
shade Of the awning over the porch with
little writing table In front Of him.
piled high with papers Of all kinds. Op.
posite him sat Walter Giaydes, dressed
In the dark blue, gold-braided uniform
OF a lieutenant In the Louisiana Zou-
ayes.
Walter had changed but little physi.
cally since the day when he was 40
grievously wounded. He had allowed his
beard to grow, and his face had become
bronzed by exposure TO a Southern sun,
but beyond that he still looked the hale
and staiwart young fellow who had
fought against the reds In Paris.
Kindly Nature and healthy constitu.
ton had repaired all his hurts except the
one which left a blank In his mind. lie
was still as ignorant of the past. from
the day he was born to the day he was
wounded. as IL those days had never ex.
isted for him, Even his own mama was
a mystery to him. Helene had first OF
all called him Jack, and when they had
settled Mt the old plantation everybody
had come to call him Jack Adams, and
the name had chung to him.
There was one bright light which ill,,.
mined his path--namely, the near pres.
ence of Helene. She was his idol. his
goddess, At her bidding he would clad.
~ have laid down his life. He loved her
with the pure aud devoted affection OF a
faithful dog.
Helene. in her turn, had grown IN. nm.
der Adams teaching, exactly what Ad.
ans intended her 10 be-Rt IN enslo vc
| man and rnin Kings. That she wos n
beoutifui woman M one might have IA.
niej. Though hers was a kind Of hcoutv
which recommended itseif NOT n ali mon
Adams had brought her nm and trained
her IN desnise man. He had laid onen 10
i hpP every wNAknAaa NJ the O.pQ IInSI n.
or .ex. and In rho resn,t he had "a sh,"rod
a woman who n Abe hod a ho.,t va.
eua rded NJ avery mint wh.rs Love Gull
sssaii n The natural mnt,torsa 1,ri
had hecome = woman ~ tho wo.iJ. sna
thoush smitor. came and sm,,or. ,,,art n
she loved anybodv that hsino w.s h.r.
sslf
Adam., .r.co.. NTH HE ,,,,, - III
own nmn,shmsn, A. ua,. Ivy" ma s ~.
chiid's estate 10 that ~ woman az .ha o.'
celtic reyolutionist unbent himsai, :" h ~"
and little NV little bs vraw >" S,n"a.
for that which he had strivsn so hanh 81
eradicate. Little by littIe he hagan ~
yearn for Helene's love. while hs him.
self had taught her that II was nnwisa
TO love anybody. He had never Jars',
to confess to the woman whom be had
reared from child's estate that he wonl,I
have been so happy could he have made
her his wife, and when he saw her sur.
rounded by admirers his heart for the
first time In his life felt the bitter stab,