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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-01-02

why should you say that? :" re
proachfully. 81 have deserted rath
err brilliant party to meet you here"
THAT, perhaps, is why say it, Mrs
Dupont. If my memory serves, you
would not be inclined to leave such
friends as you have yonder to rendez
vous with a common soldier, unless
you had some special object in view
If you will inform me what it is, we
can very quickly terminate the inter
view"
She laughed, a little touch of nerv
BUSINESS in the voice, but drew he,
skirts aside, and sat down on the
bench.
do you think you can deceive me
by such play-acting?" she asked eager
ly. "You are no man of wood. Tell
me, is there nothing you care to ask
me, after-after all these years?'
Hamlin lifted his eyes and looked at
her, stirred into sudden interest by
the almost caressing sound of the sof.
voice.
Eyes," he said slowly, there are
some things I should like to know, if l
thought you would answer frankly"
'Try me and see."
Then why are you Mrs. Dupont, in
stead of Mrs LIE Fevre?'
Then my guess is true, and you are
not so devoid of curiosity" she
laughed. my answer? Why, it is
simplicity itself-because 1 was never
Mrs LIE Feyre, but am rightfully Mrs.
Dupont"
DO you mean you were never mar
ried to lie Fevre?"
what else could I mean?"
"Then he lied"
She shrugged her white shoulders.
THAT would not surprise me in the
least. Twas characteristic Of the
man you lad ample reason to know.
How came you to believe so easily?"
believe? What else could be-
lieve? Everything served to substan-
tiate his boast. l was in disgrace,
practically drummed out OF camp.
There was nothing left for me to live
for, or strive for. l was practically
dead. Then your letter confessing
came
"Wait," she interrupted, that letter
was untrue, false; it was penned I'M
der compulsion. l wrote you again,
later, but you had gone, disappeared
utterly. I wanted to explain, but your
own people even did not know where
you were-do not know yet"
He leaned his body against the rail,
and looked at her in the dim light.
Her face retained much of its girlish
attractiveness, yet it's undoubted
charms no longer held the man cap
tive. He smiled coldly.
''The explanation comes somewhat
late" he replied deliberately. when
it might have served me it was not
you had convenient
ly disappeared. But am not here to
criticise; that is all over with, prac-
tically forgotten. l came at your re-
quest, and presume you had a reason.
May I again ask what it was?"
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mystery OF it remained unsolved, but
this woman knew who had shot Gas
kins; knew, and had every reason to
guard the secret. He felt her eyes
anxlously searching his face, and
laughed little bitterly.
"You perceive, madam, he went on,
encouraged by her silence, II am not
now exactly the same unsuspecting
youth with whom you played so cas-
| lily years ago. I have learned some
of life's lessons since; among them
how to fight fire with fire. 1t is a
| trick of the plains. Do you still con-
! slider it necessary for your happiness
| to remain the guest of the Melon
| alds?"
She Strengthened up, turning her
| eyes away.
"Probably not for long, but it is no
threat Of yours which influences me.
1t does not even interest me to know
who sho. Lieutenant Gaskins. He is
a vulgar little prig, only made possible
by the possession Of money. How
ever, when I decide to depart, shall
probably do so without consulting
your pleasure" She hesitated, her
voice softening as though in change
of mood. "Yet l should prefer part
ing with you in friendship. In asking
you to meet me tonight l had no in
tention of quarreling; merely yielded
to an impulse of regret for the past"
The heavy curtain draping the win
dow was drawn aside, permitting the
light from within to flash upon them,
revealing the figure of man in uni
form.
Pardon my interruption" he ex-
planned, bowling, "but you were gone
so long, Mrs. Dupont, feared some
accident
She laughed lightly.
"You are very eXcusable. No doubt
I have been here longer than I sup
posed"
The officers eyes surveyed the
soldier standing erect, his hand lifted
in salute. The situation puzzled him.
Sergeant Hamlin, how are you
here? On leave?"
eyes, sir"
VI course tnlS IS TaCneT unusual,
Captain Barrett" said the lady hast
lily, tapping the astonished officer
lightly with her fan, "but l was once
quite we'll acquainted with Sergeant
Hamlin when he was major of the
Fourth Texas infantry during the late
war. He and my husband were init
mates. Naturally was delighted to
meet him again."
The captain stared at the mans
rigid figure"
Good Lord, I never knew that,
Hamlin," he exclaimed. "Glad to
know it, my man. You see," he ex-
planned lamely, I'VE get all kinds of
fellows in the ranks, and are not in
terested in their past history. I've had
Hamlin under my command for two
years now, and hanged If l knew any
thing about him, except that he was
a good soldier. Were you ready to
go, Mrs Dupont?" Il
ooh, yes; we have exhausted all
our "reminiscences. Goodby, Sergeant;
50 glad to have met you again"
She extended her ungloved hand, a
single diamond glittering in the light |
He accepted it silently, aware Of the |
slight pressure of her fingers. Then |
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CHAPTER XVII.
At Cross.Purposes.

She sat for a moment silent, gazing
up the street, but breathing heavily
This was not the reception she had an
ticipated, and it was difficult to deter
mine swiftly what course she had bes,
pursue. Realizing the hold she had
once had upon this man, it had never
occurred to her mind that her influ
ence had altogether departed Her
beauty had never failed before to win
such victory, and she had trusted now
in reviving the old smouldering pas.
sion into sudden flame. Yet already
she comprehended the utter useless.
ness of such an expectation-there
was no smouldering passion to be
famed; his Indifference was not as.
sumed. The discovery angered her,
but long experience had brought con-
troll; it required only a moment to re.
adjust her faculties, to keep the bitter.
ness out Of her voice. When she again
faced him it was to speak quietly.
with convincing earnestness.
eyes, realize it is too late for ex.
plantations" she acknowledged, $50
will attempt none. l wished you to
know, however, that l did not desert
you for that man. This was my prin.
cipal purpose in sending for you"
DO you know where he is?"
She hesitated ever so slightly, yet
he, watching her closely, noted it.
mo; at the close of the war he
came home, commanding the regiment
which should have been yours. Within
three months he had converted all the
family property into cash and depart
ed. There was rumor that he was
engaged in the cattle business"
"You actually expect me to believe
all this-that you knew nothing of his
plans-were not, indeed, a part of
them?"
II am Indifferent as to what you be-
lieve," she replied coldly. "But you are
ungentlemunly to express yourself SO
freely. Why should you say that?"
Because chance to know more
than you suppose. Never mind how
the information reached me; had it
been less authentic you might find me
now more susceptible to your pres
ence, more choice in my language. A
carefully conceived plot drove me
from the Confederate service, Id
which you were as deeply involved az
Le Fevre. It's double object was to
advance him In rank and get me out
of the way. The plan worked perfect
ly; l could have met and fought
either object alone, but the two com
bined broke me utterly. had no spir.
it of resistance left. Yet even then
in spite of that miserable letter. re.
tanned faith In you. returned home
to learn the truth from your own lips,
only to discover you had already gone.
was a month learning the facts;
then discovered you had married U
Fevre in Richmond; l procured the q
fidavit of the officiating clergyma
VIII you deny now?'
NO" changing her manner instan
ly-"what is the use? l married Il
man. but / was deceived, misle
There was no conspiracy in which
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profanity Once shots echoed from out
the din, but created no apparent ex-
element, and a little later a dozen
horsemen spurred recklessly through
the street, scattering the crowd their
revolvers sputtering. Some alteration
arose opposite and voice called loud
ly for the guard, but the trouble soon
ceased with the ciump Of hoofs, dying
away in the distance, the regimental
band hoisily blaring out waltz. Ham
lin, immersed in his own thoughts,
scarcely observed the turmoil, but
leaned, arms on railing, gazing out in
to the darkness. Something mysteri-
Gus from out the past had gripped
him: he was wondering how he should
greet her when she came; specializing
on her purpose in sending for him.
1t seemed as though he waited a
long time before the curtain at the
window was thrust aside and the lady
emerged, the slight rustling of her
dress apprising him Of her presence.
The curtain still held slightly back BY
her hand permitted the light from
within to reflect over her figure, re-
vealing in softened outline the beauty
of her features, the fossy brightness
Of her hair. She was in evening dress,
light shawl draping her shoulders.
An instant she paused in uncertainty,
striving to distinguish his face; then
e. 4
out her hands.
Il have kept you waiting, but you
must forgive that, as I came as soon
as l could manufacture an excuse.
Won't you even shake hands with
me?"
SIS 1t necessary he asked, almost
YEARLY. "You have come to me for
some purpose surely. but 1t can hardly
be friendship"
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n saloon and gambling hell.


in saloon and gambling hell.
Hamlin saw all this. but gave the
surroundings little thought He was
of the West, of the frontier, and be
held nothing unique in the scene
Moreover, the purpose for which hi
was there overshadowed all else. LEFT
him Indifferent to the noise, the jost
ling, drunken crowd. Some he me-
who knew him and called his name
| but he passed them in word, anG
| pressed his way forward. At the no
tel he mounted the steps and entered
The Office was in one corner of the
bar.room. The proprietor himself, q
bald-headed Irishman, sat with feet
cooked up on the counter, smoking
and barely glancing up as the Ser
geant asked for Mrs. Dupont.
"Who are yer?" he asked.
"My name is Hamlin; l am here on
the lady's invitation"
"Sure; thet's Their name all right
me bhoy. Yer ter go out on the east
porch there, an wait bit whole
sind her word yer here. Dim mag
inin' she he'd sum doubts about yer
comm, the way she spoke"
"How do l get there?"
Through the winder Of the parlur
over thar-sure, it's noice quiet spot
fer a tate.a-tate." He got up, and
peered through his glasses across the
room. Here. Moike; damn tibet slapy
head. Will one O. yer gents wake the
lad-that's it. Now come here, Moike
You run over to the Palace an tell
Mrs. Dupont the Teller is here waitin'.
Hold on now, not so fast; wait till
Dim done tellin' yer. Say tibet to her
alone-do yer moind tibet, We sap-head
nobody else is to hear whit yer say;
stay there till yer git a chance ter
whisper it to her. Now skip"
Hamlin hesitated, watching the boy
disappear.
AT the Palace-the dance hall
across the street," he asked incredu-
lousy.
Sure" indifferently, relighting his
pipe. "Officers' ball; couldn't break in
NAlh q Cdu-OpSiSl Cu1Coo yOu Adu q LII
vite. Guards at both ends, sergeant
taking tickets, an Third Regiment
Band maxim music He'll of swell az
fair; got guests from Leavenworth,
Wallace, and all around. Every room
got is full an runin' over-say, there
are fellars over thar in them fool swal.
ler-tail coats; damned if there amt.
If the bys ever git sight of 'em on the
street therell be hot time. Say,
ain that the limit? Injuns out thar
thick as fleas on a dog, an them
swells dancin' here in swaller-tails
like this yere was Boston"
He was still talking when Hamlin
crossed the narrow hall and entered
the dimly-lighted, unoccupied parlor.
The side window was open, a slight
breeze rustled the heavy curtain, and
the Sergeant stepped outside on to the
dark porch. There was a bench close
to the rail and he sat down to wait. A
CLEAN of light from the Palace fell
across the western end, but the re-
mainder of the porch lay in, shadow,
although he could look up the street.
and see the people iostlingi back and
forth in front of the Poodle Dog. The
sound Of mingled voices was continu-
GUS, occasionally punctuated by laugh.
ter, or an unrestrained outburst OF
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was concerned. did not know where
you were; from then until this after.
noon I never saw or heard of you.
Molly told me of her rescue by a sol.
der named Hamlin, but never sus.
pected the truth until we drove by
the barracks. Then yielded to my
first mad impulse and sent that note.
II you felt toward me with such bit.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-01-02
EYE and EAR.
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Friday, Jan. 10
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the Captain assisted her through the
window, and the falling curtain yelled
them from view.
(To be Continued.) -
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Erai. @ilioms 11rlanb.
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11e1n llrlal1b in HaB Gbriitian, Miii.,
iid politdnoig Ser &ube bin5ugeben
l1n6 iid jeglider OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
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S. Sill, SEN ebemaligen 8~rdli6enten
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ser MitgIieoer 8eb0r6e 5u ernennen.
Son ieiten Ser ~@ongreBmitglieoer, Be-
ion6ers ser 6emofrotiihen, miro fein
@eriud gemodt mer6en, BEN Braii.
6enten in irgen6 elmer @eiie Bel Ser
Musmabl 3u beeinfluiien.
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9ifes, gldn5enbe2 @nar
Grei bon @rinb.
Mab@en, perfubt Is! 9as @aor suirt
tueid , tualIenb nnb berrlid! 9auft
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gebt, bas gl6n3t in @9Dnbeit uno }trabl1
bon 2eben, 6as cine unbergleidltde
8eihbeit bat uno paQen0 uno gldn3ene
lit, beriu9t Danoerine.
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tie fofort ieben @rinb>Fartitel. Sbr
t0nnt tein fd0nes 9uar nod gefunbes
9aar baben, tpenn SIR @rino tabt. Die,
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leben unb, er3eugt, tpe:1n man ibn ntdbt
beieitigt, cine Gieberbaftigteit uro Elm
SUDDEN Der &opfbuut; bic 3~aartpur5eln
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lDTes Flu!les uuYeDullell. - 9luu) uuJI
Gage langem Seiud)e bel Ser bier
mobnenben 6a1nilie Mug. Siten0orf
lit Sri. Soiepbina Stl1de nud ibrem
@eim in @elt Union 5uriidgefebrt
sll1d bot iid) Sing. Sltenoorf nod
@elt llnion begeben, mo- er ietnen
franfen @ru0er Soiepb beiudte. -
@eter Meper BON Minot, g. 9, mar
bier ouf einige Gage bel ieinen 81
tern, @errn Nif. Meper un6 @ottin>
ST 9elud.
Gtdmpn6.
Tie letten 3ien1tagaben6 in Ser
etaotboue gebaltene Ser ammlung
6es bieligen Better Torming 6armers
Club mar bon etpo $50 Nerionen be-
iuht. 6. g. Smitb bonn Stabe 6es
6ormer Snititl1ts bielt einen interei=
lanten Gortrag iiber Cooperation Ser
Sarner, uno Sbomas Heilep bon
9afe elmo, Minn., Staats=Organi=
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gquitp, ipra6 iiber Sic Notbmenolg=
felt ser 6arn1ers Srganilationen CUR
@abrung ibrer eigenen Snterel1en.
Mo6 Sen @ortrdgen bielt Ser Club
monotlide @%eriommlung, in melder
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Sabresperiammlung borgenommen
miro. - Ser 6omilie 6ran5 @dma-
gel tpur6e ein mu1teres S0bn6en
geboren. Slid gum greigniiie! -
Srou Sobn Nlantenberg eritattete in
ct Glou6 einen pertpan6tidoftliden
8elud; a11d tporen Mnton Mierenbo1<
fen un6 @ottin in ct. Glou6 3u @aite.
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81 q m. ia So:

Ut m, IL. Seq.
6lnfunopier5ig neutrality-suspicious.
Stuoenten oeS American College in
Hom mur6en am 9%onnerltag in elmer
Fripatauoien5 bon Migr. Sbomos S.
&enne0p Dem Hopit porgelteat. Ser
Eapit eri6ien in ausge5eidneter
8eiun6beit uno bielt cine fur5e Mn-
1pra6e a1t 6ie S%tnoenten.
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Differ6ingen.- Auf bieii-
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ter g. gresmal aus Netingen bon
Ser @a15e elmer Maidine erfaBt un6
NIT FOLDER @11dt in 6ie SUIT geidleu-
bert, boB er beim Mufidlagen auf 6en
@o6en lofort itarb.
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Mm. @oDf1QnM Dr1HgI lellR Vulo=
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Tarf moren bier nit ibren 6amilien
BEL Ser Sobn S6reifels 5amilie gu
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let. Soul ei11en pertpan6tidaftltden
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gefolgt, uno es fino nun audi bier
an @omtagen Sic Standardization
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|Ibatlode, ooB 5mei @irtbe, Die an
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lift bon @osfatdeman, Canada, 51<
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den na9 ieinen GormSntereiien unit
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Sc Elm munteres S0bnden geborer.
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@ierf BON Minneapolis traf bier bel
ibren gltern CUR 8erbringung Der
ISeiertage Elm. = Sobn @ei6enba6
BON Granite eritattete in Minneapo-
The Washington herald., 1913-02-02
CAPITAL SHIVERS
AND BURNS COAL
Sudden Drop in Temperature Causes
Grand Rout Of Moth Balls.
Might Be Worse.

In spite of everything that the ground
hog may do when he issues cautiously
from his burrow at noon to-day. and in
spite of all that he may feel called upon
to say anent the weather. the United
States Weather Bureau insists that the
probability is strong that Washington
and vicinity will feel the touch OF Jack
Frost by Monday or shortly thereafter.
From where The Weather Bureau sat
last night 1t appeared certain. according
to the bulletin issued by the department,
that to-day would be clear and cold.
and that there would be a slight decrease
in the temperature Monday with proba-
bly, some snow into the bargain
The temperature chart of yesterday
showed a steady decline from midnight
Friday. At midnight the mercury in
the official thermometer stood at Il de-
grees. and II refrigerated all through the
day until last night the record showed
% degrees of heat-or cold-sccording to
your individual feelings in the matter.
After the springlike weather of Friday
and the preceding day, yesterday seemed
cold to Washingtonians. but the nipplng
winds were softened considerably by a
glance at the weather chart. for IL
showed temperatures as low as degrees
below zero in the Northwest last night
at o'clock.
The Washington herald., 1913-02-02
COLLEGE.
HOLDSD Dinner
Students and Alumni Of Wash
inston College Banquet
at Rauscher's.
JUSTICE PEELE SPEAKS
Miss Jalia c. Lsthrcp Talks Of the
Need Of Birth Registration
in Country.

The, prophecy that "the time was COM
ing when the women of the country will
have equal opportunities with the men
was made last night by Chief Justice s.
]. Peelle. OF the Court of Claims, presi-
dent of the Washington College of Law,
ut the sixteenth annual banquet OF the
college. held at Rauscher's. Miss Julia
c. Lathrop, chief of the United States
Children's Bureau, was the guest of
honor. and spoke On the need OF birth
registration. A dance was held following
the banquet.
The dinner was the occasion for many
felicitations on the growth OF the col
lege from the various speakers. several
Of whom were picked from the alumni
and student body. Harry Giovannoli. of
the class of 1914, acted as toastmaster.
Mrs. Ellen Spencer Murray, dean of the
college. spoke.
Miss Lathrop contrasted the lax sys-
TEN OF birth registration that obtains in
most Of the States of this country with