Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-10-21
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the character of the message.
tifth.-The messenger showed great
astonishment at the reply he was given
10 carry back. Yet he has not been
known to mention the matter Why;
W'hen every one talked he was silent
Through whose influence? This was
something to find out.
slxth.-Though at the time the bene-
diction was pronounced every one was
IN state Of alarm except the bride it
was noticed that she gave an involun-
tary recoil when her bridegroom stoop-
ed for the customary kiss. Why?
were the lines Of her last farewell
true then, and did she experience at
that moment sudden realization of
her lack of love?
Seventh.-She did not go again up-
stairs, but very soon fled from the
house with the rest of the bridal party.
Petty facts all, but possibly more
Significant than appeared. l made I'D
my mind to find the boy who brought
the bouquet and also the one who car
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But here surprise, If not a check,
awaited me. The florists boy had left
his place, and no one could tell where
he had gone. Neither could find the
curly haired waiter at Rauchers. He
had left also, but it was to join the vol
unteers at San Antonio.
Was there meaning in this coinci-
dence! l resolved to know. Visiting
the former haunts of both boys, 1 fail
ed to come upon any evidence of an
understanding between them or of
their having shown any special inter
est in the Jeffrey tragedy. Both SEEM
ed to have been strangely reticent in
regard to 1t, the florists boy showing
stupidity and the waiter such satisfac-
ton In his prospective soldering that
no other topic was deemed worthy his
attention. The latter had a sister and
she could not say enough of the de-
light her brother had shown at the
prospect of riding horse again and
Of fighting in such good company. He
had had some experience as a cowboy
before coming to Washington, and
from the moment war was declared
had expressed his intention of joining
the recruits for Cuba as soon as he
could see her so provided for that his
death would not rob her of proper sup
port. How this had come about she
did not know. Three weeks before he
had been in despair over the faint pros
pect of doing what he wished. Then,
suddenly and without any explanation
of how the change had come about he
had rushed in upon her with the news
that he was going to enlist in COM
pany made up Of broncho busters and
rough riders from the west, that she
need not worry about herself or about
him, for he had just put $500 to
her account in bank, and that as for
himself he possessed charmed life
and was immune, as she well knew,
and need fear bullets no more than
the fever. By this he meant that he
had had yellow fever years before in
Louisiana and that ball which had
once been fred at him had gone clean
through his body without taking his
life.
what was the date of the evening
on which he told you he had placed
money in bank for your
"April 90"
Two days after the Jeffrey-Moore
! wedding!
Convinced now that his departure
from town was something more than
coincidence, pursued my inquiries
and found that he had been received,
just as she had said, into the First vol
unteer corps under Colonel Wood. This
required influence. Whose was the in
fluence? 1t took me some time to find
out, but after many and various at
tempts, most Of which ended in fail.
ure, l succeeded in learning that the
man who had worked and obtained
for him place in this favored corps
was Francis Jeffrey.
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