The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-05-30


posely lcft behind by tbe bride AS
this bouquet was undoubtedly the eift
of Mr. jeffrey, the fact may be sienld.
can't
Fourth She received message OF
"a somewhat peremptOry character be.
fore going below From whomg Her
bridegroomf 10 would SO appear from
the character Of the message
Fifth. The messenger showed great
astonishment at the reply be was given
TO carry back Yct he has not been
known 10 mention The matter. why?
When every one talked he was silent
Through whose influence? This was
something to find out
Sixth. Though at the time the bene-
diction was pronounced every one was
IN state of alarm except the bride. il
was noticed that she gave an involun.
tary recoil when her bridegroom stoop-
ed FOR the customary kiss. Wbv7
We're the lines of her last farewell
true then. and did she experience at
that moment a sudden realization OF
her lack OF lover
seventh She DID not go again up
stairs. but very soon ned from the
house with the rest Of the bridal party.
Petty facts all. but possibly more
significant than appeared. ( made up
my mind to lind the boy who brought
the bouquet and also the cue who car
ried back her message
But here a surprise. II not a check.
uff falfN q. a.. %
his place, AMI no one could tell whore
he bad gone Neither coulG I find the
curly haired waiter az Rauchers. He
had left also. but Il was TO Join the vol
unteers at San Antonio.
Was there meaning In this coincl.
dencey | resolved TO know Visiting
the former hauuts Of both ocys. l fail
ed 60 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 retlcent IN
regard to H. the florists boy showing
stupidity and the waiter sgch 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 a horse again and
OF lighting Ia such good company. He
had had some experience as cowboy
before coming 30 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 tnat 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 10 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 be had just put $500 to
her account IN bank. and that as for
himself he possessed charmed life
and was immune, as she we'll knew,
and need feGT bullets no more than
the fever. BY this he meant that he
had had yellow fever years before In
Louisiana and that a ball which had
once been hred at him had gone clean
through his body without taking his
life.
"What was the date OF tho evening
on which he told you he had placed
money in bank for your
April %"
Two days after the jeffrey Moore
weddlng
Convinced now that his departure
from town was something more than
a 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
iuence2 II took me some time TO fnd
out. but after many and various at
tempts, most OF which ended In fail.
ure, succeeded IN learning that the
man VINO had worked and obtained
for him a place In this favored corps
was Francis jeffrey.