The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1908-10-31

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her recovery doubtful. 1t was plain to
two persons, at least, that she did not
care whether she lived or died. The
physicians were puzzled, but no eXpla-
nation was offered by the Gables. 1t
was not until certain Chicago s%ojourn-
ers generously spread the news that
the cause Of her breakdown became
apparent to the good doctors. Before
many days the girl who sat wan and
distract upon the flower shaded piazza
was an object Of curiosity to fashion
able Pasadena. AS soon as she was
strong enough to endure the trip the
hunted trio fOrsOok Pasadena and fled
northward.
San Francisco afforded relief In pri-
vacy. James spirits began to revive.
There had not been nor was there
eve to be any mention of that terri
BILE night and its revelations. What
she may have felt and suffered in Sc
cret could only be cOnjectured by those
who loved her. Bansemer's name was
never uttered His fate remained un-
known to her The faraway, unhappy
look in her eyes proved to them that
Graydon was never out Of her
thoughts.
David Gable was in Chicago when
Mrs. Cable received word from her
sister, once Kate Coleman, that she
soon would reach San Francisco with
her husband, bound for the Philip
pines. Kate was the wife of a West
Pointer who had achieved the rank Of
colonel in the volunteers by virtue of
political necessity. His regiment had
been ordered to the islands, and she
was accompanying him with their
daughter, a girl of sixteen.
Colonel Hardin had seen pleasant
service at the eastern posts, where his
wife had attained a certain kind of
social distinction in the army fast set
She was not especially enamored Of
the prospect ahead Of her in the Phil
ippines. But the new colonel was a
strict disciplinarian on and off the
field. He expected to be a brigadier
general if fortune and favoritism sup
ported him long enough. Mrs. Hardin
could never be anything more than u
private in the ranks, so far as his es-
timation of distinction was concerned.
| His daughter, Ethel, had, by means of
no uncertain favoritism, advanced q
few points ahead of her mother and
might have ranked as sergeant IN the
t family corps.
Mrs. Hardin played cards, drank
/ hlghballs, fllrted with the younger Off.
+ GERS, got talked about with pleasing
< emphasis and was as happy as any
o subordinate could be. They had no
even thought Of such a thing as di
t vorce, and the whole army wondered
and expressed disgust, The army
+ appetite for scandal is surpassed onl!
by its bravery in war. 1t is ever
e limited that the latter is welcomed as
loophole for the former. War bring
t peace.
e The arrival Of the Harbins and
e" staff of gay young cadets fresh iron
the banks of the Hudson put new lif
!. into the recluses. The regiment wa
n to remain at the Preside for severa
r weeks before sailing. One Of the lier
tenants was a Chicago boy and an az
quaintance Of Graydon Bansemer. ]
was from him that Jane learned tina
n her sweetheart wal q soldier in tn
service, doubtless now in Luzon.
! A week before the sailing of Colont
n Harbin's transport Jane suddenly al
nounced that she had but one desiI
on earth, and that was to go to MI
nila with her aunt. She did not pr
N sent her plea with the usual claii
that she wanted to be Of service to h,
10 country. She was not asking to {
out as a heroine Of the ordinary typ
Instead she simply announced that 81
wanted to go as a temporary memb
"a Of Colonel Harbin's family, to endu
their hardships and to enjoy their e
thusiasms. Mrs. Gable recognized Il
true motive, however.
Her ~pleadings were in vain. II
vo HufDlQS udu luChltoolg hAbSN ""AN
an Join them. kilograms few back al
forth across the continent, and DaV
~ Gable came on to present his feel
objections.
When the great transport sail
away. Jane Gable was n Of her pa
9 the ward of the regiment.
"It's lust for q little while, dad" S
said wistfully at the dock; "a f(
months. I'll think of you every mimi
I'm away"
The blood of the man in the servi
was calling to her. The ocean was
tween them. The longing to be ne
him, to tread the same soil, had &C
quered in the eternal battle Of lo'
After all. no matter how the end W
attained. she was a creature of Ii
; brought into the world to love and
be loved. She put the past behind
and began to build a new future
future in which the alteration Of Gri
don Bansemer was the foundati'
The hope that makes all human av
ages was at the work Of %reconstr
ton; youth was the builder. I
months Of destruction had not left
~ hopeless ruin as the heritage Of de
impulses.
The world grew brighter as the s.
forvad westward Each day 81