The Oklahoma miner. [volume] (Krebs, Okla.) 1912-192?, 1913-07-10

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her name! How did you guess'"
Because am not entirely ignorant
VI conditions" be answered BOberly.
Although / have only been e. re
post short time. have managed 20
see and hear q good deal You know
] CHANGED % become involved IL he
shooting Of Lieutenant CasErE. and
then saw you riding with Grs d.
pOnt. and recognized her"
Recognized ?" in surprise DO you
actually mean you knew her beforss-
Not as Mrs. Dupont. but Es Vera
Carson, years ago. she knew rs a.
once. and sent your driver ever 70 the
barracks with Z note"
Why, how strange. She asked ne
20 many questions, I wondered Al ths
interest shown DO you mind telling
me what the note was sboutF"
Not in the least She referred 70
the past. and asked ne % meet her.
Were yOu-yery iuumatef Great
friends" ?"
We were engaged 70 De married. "
he acknowledged frankly, h3s eyes.
upon her face. That vas a. the
breaking out of the way, and ! Was IL
my senior college year. We net a.
school. and I was supposed 70 be the
heir 70 large property. She is q beau
tiful woman now. and she was beau
tiful girl then. ! thought her as good
and true as she was charming. Since
then ! have learned her selfshuess
and deceit, that II was my money
which attracted her, and that she real
ly loved another man, classmste"
She glanced up at him as he paused,
but he resumed the story without be-
Ing interrupted.
The war came, and ! enlisted at
once, and received a commission. Al
most our entire class went, and the
man she really loved was next below
me in rank"
Eugene Le Feyre7"
Yes; how did you knowr Oh. /
told you of him out there In the sand
hills Well. l urged her to marry me
before | went TO the front, but she
made excuses. Later, | Understood
the reason. She was uncertain as TO
my !nheriting the property OF an
uncle. We were ordered to the Army
OF Northern Virginia. Once | went
home on furlough, severely wounded
We were 10 be married then, but had
not sufficiently recovered when | was
suddenly ordered back 10 the front /
did suspect then, for the first time,
that she was glad OF the respite. |
afterwards discovered that during all
| this time she was In correspondence
with lie Feyre. vino had been detailed
on Early's staff. II was his influence
which brought about my sudden, un.
expected recall 10 duty. A few months
later was promoted major. and, at
| Fishers Hill. found myself command
Ing the regiment. Early in the action
lie Feyre brought me an order; It was
| delivered verbally the only other par
! ty present a corporal named Shultz
! a German knowing little English
! Earlys exact words were: Advance
at once across the creek, and engage
the enemy fercely; a supporting col
umn will move Immediately Desper-
ate as the duty involved appeared,
there was nothing in the order as CIV
en- 10 arouse suspicion. In obedience
/ flung my command forward, leading
them on foot. We charged into a trap,
and were nearly annihilated, and
Shultz was either killed, or made pris-
oner Two days later | was arrested
under charges, waa tried by court-m
/ tial and dismissed from the service
in disgrace. Early produced copy
OF his written order; It read cautious
ly feel the enemy's position and lie
Feyre went on the stand. and swore
the original had been delivered to
me. had no witnesses"
She watched him with wlde-open
eyes, her lips parted.
And she--this Vera Carson2"
The man laughed bitterly.
Wrote him letter, which the man
actually had the nerve to show me
when ! was helpless. proving her
falsity. ] would not believe, and went
back seeking her. But she had de-
parted-no one knew where-but had
first convinced herself that my name
had been erased from my uncle'a will.
Two months later | heard that she
married Le Feyre in Richmond"
And she-that woman-actually
asked you to meet her again tonight? %
"Yes."
Did your"
81 must plead guilty"
"Where7"
"Hera, inst whore wa ara noyy. ~,