Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-08-15
A dysn af aslauasai sl1nsaa ~ ~.

4 A daARh 81 ae1Rp4sa slh tAlhe IN.
ERaFtanss o1eseafsss ftaee at boQh rs4pJy,
Ilt}eAtlte quickly lttilRto ffrotp,
[aanl clearing his THREAT with a. aala1E
FGsaheem" THAT startled everybody, sal-
dressed {WIins}aW.
*tRaay explain ssfg, yataaar Enno~oeattQp
fffor THE challenger
i {WipstaW was ON Ibis feet lin aap iip-
sstant. 'f1ftIEhettitle OF sspylisdQnesatRql1ieh
tthet haHaastbl GOD must revolt. THE least
|theFQic oone OF rlss must give THE llie ITO
THAT word"
HE paused, t}eltt remained stanlings,
eglaFing, white aand furious, AIT THE
ssWaggeFing subordinate.
''pIe called you "a sspy??'' THE colonel
asked. Hl1en AS IWinslaw merely
}boWed, Hee demanded: Thy what aau-
t1hoEity, West, do you make THAT SLATE
,tmenp?''
But 1NNinsloW jintefposeu lhotlg: II
ibeg yxollr pardon, tbut iinallisy into Ibis
reason seems TO tteH1apo " Justify THE
o1iolls term. 1T lis HUT right that you
demand rzetfaetiQn without further dis
cnasiQn, which Il, dQp my part, decline"
tit does mot argue well, sir, that
,you resent san investigation" nhenIh e
addressed Mrs. Creighton: You
brought deeWs OF this, madam, Ebe 5000
enough ito tell all you 7llknoW:"
tfhe lady rose, and going "a step tlear-
:er {WinsloW, salsWare1 '''Whis gentle
man lis above suspicion, and Il quite
agree with him THAT his motives SHOULD
ALSO he bexond discussion. IF YOU
will grant rle q private talk later, Col.
Mitchell! Il Geaa SHOW why he lis here,
and can rllrpve TO YOU who and what
| he is. In the meantime will yyou do
lime the personal favor 10 believe lin
:i4im, and stop this most unnecessary
ln>esgigaEion?'
| Lavender HAD ri;,en. and took "a step
forward, eagerly :secQnding her moth
yes ;bS look anu gesture.
The colonel laughed, distinctly !1nQlli-
fled 10y so much gracious pleading fem
inlnity.
'''ahlis ils a thoroughly woman iltke
appeal ille said, mildly. ~ very diff
fetent logic from ANYTHING these old
'baEeack walls have ever eehoed ut sis,
in TACT, DO logic at all, but lit will
serve. i had tthe highest Wortls ST
MI. Wins}ow from my friend Ehe
| interrupted himself with d loud cough
and changed THE fexpreaaion, 1.-THE good
;opinion of him given me by Aaron
tBuFr i shall retain Until further Epgoof
TO the contrary. Meanwhile, TO avoid
a more ibusinesshke. hut tppuhlesoms
proceeding YOU will .retraet, lliauten-
ant
| dhe soldier was consumed with i'm
potent rage, but no signs Wane visible
except Ais iblootless face and tightly
Glanqhed fingers.
de rose, END looking straight at
'W!insloW, bowed without a word.
| 'NAou are satisfied, Mr. Nfknalow:?"
demanded the COLONEL. And sharply,
for Ehe felt some personal iaeritatipp at
the schaElip Of a faNorite member OF
| Ellis staff.
'::Sasisfieu as regards myself, colonel,
but deeply wounded tor another; out
inagst by che insult which Your liau-
'taltant was pleased TO fling at a gentle
| ,a,fsn ant a zpfstriot who has Served A1is
country we'll, but who is nov lho,sndeu
al every turn 10y those nirshnss of fac-
| ton who would cloud with treason his
falr meme. cannot lleazm the full
charges against Aaron Burr, but what
ever they are q declare them TO he
| false and aan ready, If need he, TO sup
! port that declaration with the sword
die took his seat IN a silence which
nobody seemed willing TO break Ibis
words We're the ;1tlone convincing in the
absence OF all Wanting.
THE colonel sat in Study for a mo-
tlent, the Thought Nt1Ii1llqhng ITS way
to che surface OF his 1,ans7iel{tfng skin.
AS you ale a guest Of che fort, Mr.
WAnsloW, am sorry that one of Ills
should have given You a cause for
;anger. At Nhe same time, Won must
;af}4nEit that greater minds tiean my
EasstAnants, here, atre +aeubtful of Aaron
Burr, and ANITA a4q axe satiahsd, VIC
>oe4nnet ask of West a f.qhl ratractiion.
Your own honor, however, is via
fdeeted=-H ls enough for the presept:;;
leave Aaron Burr to che eoufts::'
a5lfllttfing them s4n a eu,t good MIGHT,
f7he officer dismissed tive aneeding.
tTo BE Continued