Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1910-01-07


chosen rrofrS.i.@ Fci,"W oh 'crS en-.
Wed hiul IL WAS considered Wen
Gcrf,ll Young man. and bright fuiur'
I'm fh5 service Of his country seemed in
store,
All this on the side e ambition. hu.
on the other side lifr WAS NOT 81
hrjght He knew That no rl4':rr how
high he might rise il hi> profession
happiurSS could not H. his He had
lost irrrtlrvahly the :irl he loved.
and satisfied ambition meant little 10
him compared Ia that.
ON the morning after thc Sensational
events in the furnace room SunnlcrS
had called at the Iurant house. Fran
ccS had refused To see him. He wrote
her a letter. and il WIS returned to
him unopened. Finally he managed to
meet her on the street. but she passed
him by without speaking.
Next morning the young officer re
ported back In Washington for duty
And how about the girl? She had
hurried away from the works that
night burning with shame and raging
with anger She determined never to
see Sommcrs again. She hated him!
She knew she did, And to make 1t
sure she told herself SO over and over
again.
The NEXT GAY she was still Cnragcd
when he call! d. II cost no effort to
have him turned from the docr. When
his note arrived she started impul-
sively to open II. then checked her
self She would he firm; she would
punish him.
And 50 with some slight effort she
handed the letter to the servant with
Instructions to return II to Lieutenant
SommcrS n his hotel.
Passing her ed lover on the street
managed to do. 1t took the last Of
her anger. however. The reaction had
come. She began TO regret, then to
forgive and finally TO long once more
for the one man who, she felt sure,
could make her happy.
a little discreet questioning had
brought out the cause of his anger
She found out the real reputation Of
Pinckney among the work people. The
discovery shocked her.
She understood then why Sommcrs
had been SO cnraged. She saw 1t was
not against her or brought about by
any doubt Of her. but merely fierce,
uncomfortable rage against Pinckney
that he had dared-a man os his kind
to put her in position that his char
acter at once made questionable.
When she had finally come to real
understanding the girl longed to write,
but Sommers 10y that time was away
on sea duty, and she could not reach
him. Against her own judgment she
had longed for and expected some
word from him. But the naval Off
GERS pride was too great to pursue n
further intrusiop after so signal n re-
buff.
Then the girl began to grow pale
and to worry. Her parents noticed
the change without realizing the cause.
No one had any suspicion of the real
relation between Frances and the
young naval officer. That good
night on the vine covered porch was
secret-a tender memory locked in
her heart and in his. TO be brought out
by each. regarded fondly and mourned
over when alone.
Sommers had his work, but Frances
had nothing TO distract her mind. No
wonder she grew paler and seemed to
lose interest in everything. Mr. and
Mrs. Durant became alarmed. They
consulted doctors, but there was moth
ing wrong physically with their
daughter. Finally one big expert pro-
| posed SEA voyage, and for the first
time Frances showed some sign Of in
tcrest Mr.. Durant paid double
size bill checrfully. thinking that doc
tor wonderful man.
The hurant yacht. the Irvcss;i. was
got ready rs quickly as possible. Mr..
DuraEt could not 20 himself. and he
decided ii would he II good plan to
send his wife and daughter away for
cruise in charge of Pinckney
Now for Il month they cruised. but
Frances sh~ycI little sign of interest.
l'inckney was the only one who
seemed 10 get real enjoyment out of
the trip lie now felt that victory
must in the end be his.
lie was not deceived by the result
OF the first fest of the Sommers gun
1t had stood the first test safely, but
III his heart the conspirator knew that
soon the badly tempered gun must
fail. perhaps with shocking results.
That mattercd little to him. The
worse the accident the greater the dis
grace of Sommers and the Surer the
result in his favor. The government
must then accept the RhineStrOm gun
and probably would give a bigger or.
der than ever
lie had no fear of an investigation.
That had been well attended TO. Smith,
under another name. was working far
away. There was no one else who
knew anything except Marsh. and he
could be depended on to keep quiet.
The ultimate success of all that he
had planned now seemed to the ren-
eral manager certain. He gave him
self up 10 the enjoyments OF the cruise.
dreaming now and then Of the time to
come when he and Frances as man
and wife should 20 on long trips to-.
gether
The first sign Of real interest the girl
showed after startin. was when the
yacht cast anchor in the broad harbor
OF Ponce. Porto Rico, and size learned
quite by accident that the cruiser
Roanoke was expected there in few
days.
Then. TO the intense establishment of
Mrs. Durant and Pinckncy. Frances
once more asserted herself She de-
clarcd that she loved the old Spanish
town. Even the dirty plaza, two miles
away from the main city. interested
her. She insisted on staying over. be-
cause. she declared Size WIS deter
mined to study the town and the PEG.
pie and even ride over the famous mil