The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-12-07

Fourth.-She received a message OF
a somewhat peremptur- character be-
fore going below. From whom? Eer
bridegroom: 1t would so appear from
the character of tho esSa1e
Fifth.-The messenger showed great
astonishnlent Of the reply he was given
to carry back Yet he has not been
known to 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 a state of alarm except the bride. il
was noticed that she gave an inyolun-
tary recoil when her bridegroom stoop-
ed for the customary kiss. Why ::
Were the lines Of her last farewell
that moment sudden realization of
her lack of love?
Seventh.-Sle did not go again up-
stairs, but very soon fed from the
house with the rest of the bridal party.
Petty facts all. but possibly more
significant than appeared. l made up
my mind to find the boy who brought
the bouquet and also the one who car
rleu BACK ner message.
But here a surprise. IL not a check.
awaited me. The florists boy had left
his place, and no one could tell where
he hau gone. Neither could l 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 10 know. Visiting
the former haunts of both boys, l 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 it, 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 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 to enlist in a 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 a 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 JeffreyMoore
wedding.
Convinced now that his departure
from town was something more than
coincidence, 1 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
fiuence? 1t took me some time to ind
out but after many and various at
tempts, most Of which ended In fall
ure, 1 succeeded in learning that the |
man who had worked and obtained |
for him place in this favored corps |
was Francis jeffrey.