Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-13
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the household to seek the love and de-
stroy the peace of mind of his daugh-
ter. Then stinging articles had found
their way into an evening paper. plain
~ pointing to Ladue as a rebel SYM
pathizer and one holding reasonable
correspondence with the enemy. Then
certain creditors had made COM
blned onslaught on his failing, heart
sore father. Ladue had gradually built
up a very fair business and had won
the kindly regard of the community.
All on a sudden his store was Stunned,
save by collectors, and one night, after
a meeting at which McKinnon was the
principal speaker, the front windows
were smashed in by half dozen
drunken patriots and Paul, seated at
desk over the books of the firm, was
struck in the temple and felled by
stone. The incident brought about
temporary revulsion of feeling among
right-thinking people and Fred Benton
had found and soundly thrashed one
of the gang Of assailants. But little
substantial comfort could come to the
Ladues, for the old man had lost his
nerve. He seemed broken and be-
wildered. 1t cut him to the heart to
find that at this critical time in his
career, the firm to present and press the
claim of his creditors was that Of
Benton, Gray & McKinnon. He had the
shattered windows boarded up and re-
fused at first to reopen his store. The
men who had been his best friends and
advisers, as luck would have 1t, had
already gone to the front as officers of
volunteers. He was crushed and sore
ly hurt and stung, and the we'll meant
words of sympathy spoken by few
neighbors failed to reassure him.
1t was then that Fred Benton had his
first difference with his father.
"The whole outrage, sir" said he,
is the direct result of your partners
efforts. hold George McKinnon re-
sponsible for every misfortune that
has befallen the Ladues in this town,
and the only reason don't thrash him
as l did that blackguard Irishman is
that he is your partner"
1t had startled and then angered the
elder man, so loyal and devoted had
his son ever been in the past Well he
knew that, though some letters had
passed in April between Paul Ladue
and persons in Alabama, it was impos-
sible to prove that he was planning
to join the southern army, much less
that he was furnishing information, or
laid and comfort to the enemy" Since
the first of May the worst that could be
said Of him was that he had sent three
letters to certain address in st. Louis,
and that three missives had come to
him bearing the st. Louis postmark.
Everybody knew that st. Louis was in
tested with southern sympathizers who
had means of communication with
friends beyond the line, and it was
these letters McKinnon referred to
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the postmaster's duty to open them
and learn their contents. Not yet had
the north reached the point Of violating
the sanctity of personal mail.
$50 far from it's being McKinnon's
fault" the elder Benton answered, as
soon as he could control his voice, 81
hold your friend Paul solely RESPONSE
BILE. McKinnon is an intensely loyal
man, and he and I both are indignant
that any man should be living here in
our midst and holding reasonable cor
respondence with the enemy. You
will do well, sir, if you hope for
commission, to hold aloof from SO dan
gerous an association"
Fred would not hoal aloof. For three
days he was constantly at the Ladues,
comforting Paul as best he could, and
on this evening of the third day, after
ruefully, enviously bidding adieu to
many a friend who had marched away
with the Second, he had cut loose from
the crowd and returned to his labor
of love. Entering the shaded gateway
he had been surprised to see vision
in white seated close to Paul's reclin-
ing chair, and confounded and troubled
to find that it was Elinor. Bravely she
had risen and faced him:
at seems that it is not enough that
Paul should be forbidden our house"
said she, with strangely calm and con-
trolled manner, "but this afternoon
father babe me pack my trunk and be
ready to go to Aunt Margaret to-mor-
row. have obeyed him, and tonight
shall tell him that came here to bid
Paul good-by." Then with bowed head
she hurried away.
Continued in next issue.)