Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-08-27

can't help caring for dad, Jane. | tried
to curse him. but he really has been
good to me- l don't see how he can
have done the things they say he's
done"
"There may be a mistake"
That's good of you. dear, but you
forget your mothers statements ana
all that Rigby says-all that. Oh. I've
gone over all of it, and am convinced.
/ wonder what has become of him. He
was afraid of-of-well, there was talk
of an arrest before l left. / have not
looked at a newspaper since ! saw the
headlines that awful morning. God.
how they must have hurt YOU!
81, too, have not looked at news
paper since then. Graydon,' she said
simply He smiled YEARLY, and there
was response in her eyes.
He took her hand in his, and they
sat silently side by side on the bench
for half an hour. their thoughts far
away, but of one another.
"Graydon," she said at last, ARE you
going TO remain in the army?'
mo; / am through with it. My dis
charge is to be recommended. Pm dis
abled."
"You will be as strong as ever, dear"
"Do you want me to stick to the
army? / am only a private"
You can do greater things out in the
world. l know. You will be a great
man if you don't lose heart, Graydon."
Il can't be soldier. dear, and sup
port a wife on the pay l get" he said
with smile.
"You shouldn't marry
But am going to marry" he said.
Il have decided to become a nurse.
1t is my intention to give my whole
life to-
1.-The Red Crosse
mo. The hospitals at home-the
hospitals for the poor, and homeless"
Ethel Hardin was coming through
the grounds toward them. Her face
was clouded by dark frown, and she
!. was visibly excited.
Its all off, she announced as she
came up.
Where is the usual hero?" asked
Graydon.
I'm through with the real army.
, They've dismissed me. That is. father
and mother have. They are driving
, me to the Salvation Army" she ex-
| claimed, seating herself beside Gray
: don. Il wish were Jane and my own
MISTRESS
Dear me, Ethel, what an ambition
: said Jane. What has happened to
{ upset you soF'
Father has"
: 81 should have asked who, not
what"
Il suppose they expect me to marry
: a Salvation Army man. They say Har
t ry isn't good enough 1 think he is @
: very moral young man."
Harry? Who is Harry?'
''Why, haven't you heard? Harr,
Soper. I'm engaged to him.
The ieutenant?"
Certainly. He's going to be pro
NOTED, though. if he ever gets on tn,
firing line. It's not his fault that La
has to do duty in the walled city. He'
aching to get out and fight. Blu
father Here she paused, her lip
coming together with a firmness tina
BODIED i'll.
Colonel Hardin doesn't approve?"
"No. He says Harry is little pup
It's outrageous, Jane
Don't cry, dear The world is ful
of men,"
Not for me-" said Ethel dolefully
'Ive picked Harry out of a hundre
or more and 1 think my discrimina
ton ought to be considered. I'm tn
l,r I,
but how about that young felloy
back in New York? You used to say
was the only one'
y HE is the only one in New Yorl
= But look how far off he is! 1t take
weeks for his letters to get to me-"
IL But he writes every day"
- Harry telephones every day. 1 tie
you, Jane, the voice has a good deal
: do with it. You like to hear fello'
q say nice things. 1t beats ink all I
pieces. 1t viii go hard with him pc
i haps, but he's young. He'll get owe
I it."
- you are young too. That is why 70
- have got over George"
I'm not as young as was. But Nv
:. decided on Harry. If father doesn
let us get married right away I'm Ii,
bic to get over him too. It's silly doin
- that all the time. One might never 90
married, you know. But father is fra
= :. He says / can't, and he says he'll kic
= Harry into the middle of next summe
g Father says l shall not marry into til
:, regular army. He says they don
~ make good husbands. I've got I'll
~ joke On him, though. He appealed I
u mother, and she forgot herself an
y said the same thing. They were qua
C. reling about 1t when I left the hote
g 1t was an awful jar to father For tw
% cents I'd elope with Harry"
= 1T would be pretty difficult for a
. officer on duty to elope, don't yo
Think" asked Graydon, amused.
u. 'Not If he loved the girl. He doc
oe too. But I haven't told you the wors
u Mother says l am being absolutel
spoiled out here in Manila, and 81
e says fatty that she's going to take n
ID back to the States. Isn't it awful?'
Back to the fellow in New York
Y smiled Jane encourag inCiy