Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-08-15

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# 1lp The rne..ee Astsessp daanesp ~
went lip sto 1IaayelH1er.3 !.
Save THE hast aiiRseet fffQr nlfr. Wins
|lloE, tslaaagshtar1;' SHE commanded.
'H3At, mother. the did mot ASK rmle tftQ'
lit in time; II aam eengagsd ito LiaHt
|(Gfosb9s:''
''teesever mind sbnea1z The promise, AM
when nsan TO
remind llliHn OF lhis dance with yyou:''
ffhen. las THE agiEl ctlre,W hEheHsef TYP iiT
lleaughsy establishment, II Ellehaee sap eas
rpeeetal reason deaf, for wishing at.lte
remain iil the ballroom Through tliae
rrest ,Qf the aevening. Detaip dim Ii
y9oll can
SHE seudeu with "a look OF meaning
which Jplsz2ted LA Lavender, aand made I1ea
la11efvolys iapd fDreoeeupied ffor the rte.
ina ilntler of the dance. r
Mis-. (GFeiahtpp AT conee sought wit
the commander, whom she found 4en-
jjjoHi4ng "a Quiet bottle with some telnseI
friends. 'The latter Were, however, zaa>,t
"a whit disturbed AT his Departure, since
he lett the edeeanters behind.
EEE.Aeusing himself, he j5Qined Mrs
! Creighton in the eanteroon.
.'tPaedop the sinteHfl.nti0n, Col
! Mitchell; Il want TO consult :Sou on san
important matter. RI have {iust Learned
that one OF yypllr Office aid, Il he
Levels to fight "a duel tto 7n1QfsnW::'
! "a .dueE nhe deYilH rGQtaged the col
,onel. nhep Il beg pardon ina am, but
what :in-rI mean what rQp earth axe
/, they going to DO that for? And WAC
are the fools that tight?'
/ 1.-THE name of the officer i do not
! .kpow, but he is the one i see frequent
: " Eiding vita YOU in the morning: HE
seems a faluFite of y0uIs'' she saddcd
wisely.
; West I'll DE bound. Why, III the
Rascal he's the only ntan on the staff
; who can luiN q .1Widk. Esad, i .can't
! ,past with Nest. And who 5 the rotEef
d fool? E,r i beg pardon, who is tt
be his pppnnant2''
My friend AIR. WinaipW:'
! The colonel save a low whistle # .le
deuce YOU say. Is he q .gupd shot" "
/ will they Use ,aWords',' ille asked. car
ried away, in spite OF discipline, by the
soldiers AUST for fighting.
With a silver of disgust Mrs
Creighton replied, quickly:
With neither Il hope. lTcely upon you
for the honor OF the garrison, NO less
than for the sake of humanity, TO stop
this miserable affair
les, Oh, yee-7of cousse It must mot
he {pefmieted 1t shall NOT proceed, ths
deolaped, ppnapo,sly. warming TO 8
SENSE OF his own 'threatensd dignity.
Mes. Eraighton told all she knew add
ing: II heard 40 particulars, and Am
pply sure of the one fact, that Abr Wins
low was che challenger and that THE
soldier Mr.. Nest az YOU say, called
him a spy. There was. probably, too,
so1ue allusipn TO Aaron Burr, which any
friend construed as al insult. CLEAN,
further that uhis :Mr Nest is:suspieipus
of our presence Acre at the fort This
idea. grounrless as 1t is, We 1nlllst take
swift patits 10 remedy
TAe last henteEce. with its slight
touch Of :hattteill. faileQ TO impress che
commander. WHO, flts6intg and 1nininge,
gave q IeW silarpvlders to htlhoEdthn.tes.
Then he turned to her:
Il an much Obliged TO YOU, Mfs.
Creighton for this information. The
bas is nearly over. ! have given orders
tNr che appttsnance in 'qhis Room, at It's
close 81 che parties ,GpAceflef. DO You
care 10 wait here and see che Desust?'
Mrf Creighton kept her stat, await
Ing ttevelnpntentss.
THE colonel excused himself end for
q few moments she sat <t4lpne. watching
Che door II Mas ssd{senly ropenel-7the
man whom she heard tseilo1slGing 'ins-
low enteEep. and after }itinl his teop4apfan-
lou. iHhe torAler, ,st14fsWaa.re Of her pres
tence, gave vent to e NpLley Of teonj eetuEes
Hs 70 the ,qause OF che Summons.
t-a,pA a ,thisooNesry OF the lady,s pres
enGe he flung Aki.nseh down, 4eutte1Iing
low.
Shortly after Winslow Appeared ip
che doorway, with Lavender on iisafn
why, Aap1her." che latter :said, gayly
'tAow solemn vow look. And Iliaut
West? All then, perhaps Ne are eallad
as witnesses ZIP a court ?n1tataf1 tsial?'
PVT. subsAsed by che tense, texpeetant
air OF dlhe OTHERS, she took a seat III Won
tierlng silence.
tn 1he midst of an Oppressive pause
che colonel entered.
FfiowpliAag. he scented himself in the
largest chair ehafir. a.nd twisting Ais uptl disei
ii}tliAIaei i EFasts1aGhe, proceeded at Q:nee TO
the subject. He told Alow aanfQrpM ltaslso,n
OF the proposed tApall he'd toemte to jlli4p
:apd concluded nv pounding EN- nAaatiqal-
" on the the s arq4p Of has chair.
"f3ttt thank thank God, I know 4ly business
1a4nq can stop tAlls fljsggraeef4sl affair
The els}}a41efAbqVse aRi reduction TOY you
lieutenant; rs for you, SIP" and he
turned sAar sharply to WIinnsllow, r am only
sorry chat jyou aae Aot al4nEdes my All
tApraty. Though You have forgotten
che tsal&s4lfy You owe yttsF host 4 Will Try
10 HeaqAqelnqll3Apef that YOU aae my guest =
fIA4e commander collapsed iR bis !ssat
MS AHaaIJ4>y fEamfe exhausted by the eAoEt
to keep bis fage Within bounds Ess. For
now fairly warmed q 10 t7he s4bjaet, and iA
sight sight OF die aulllp1its, he WAS as eager
to administer punish punishment as he had ct
first beep willing to &ospNa99Re.
There Was a pause, thea WiAssAa9w
spoke spoke: fo Vow, GA. Mitchell, I wish
TO apologize, ii 1 have tfeessRsssed Npan
yeqf kind f5taty pardon He, there
are things 10 which one cannot sea 27aaqii5
tanAeely. AS Ar officer And a gentle