The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1913-08-14

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her name! How did yos~suessf'
Because ! an not entirely ignorant
Of condit,ons." - answered sobsriy.
Although ! have only bssn at the
post short time. l have managed .
ses and hear . good deal. You knov
! Glanced 70 become involved In the
shooting of Lieutenant 0askins, and
then I sav you riding With Mrs. D.
pont. and recognized her"
"Recognised!" In surprise DO you
actually mean you knew her beforsr'
Not - Mrs. Dupont, but - Vera
Carson. Year, ago. She knew ne at
once. and sent your driver over to the
barracks with . note"
why. how strange. She asked me
20 many questions. l wondered 1t the
interest shown. Do you mind telling
me what the note WAS about!"
mot In the least She referred to
the past, and asked me TO meet her"
Were you-vAsy inumatsf Great
friendsf"
I'VE we're engaged to b. married" T"
he acknowledged frankly. his eyes
upon her face. That was at the
breaking out Of the war. and was In
my senior college year. We met at
schoo.. and I was supposed to be the
heir to large property. She 10 . beau
ttful woman now. and she was . beau
tiful girl then. thought her a. good
and true as she was charming. Since
then ! have learned her selfishness
and deceit. that It was my money
which attracted her. and that she real
ly loved another man, . classmats."
She glanced up at him A. he paused.
but he resume1 the story without b.
ing interrupted.
The war. came. and enlisted At
once. and received . commission. Al
most our entire class went, and the
man she really loved was next below
me In rank"
Eugene Le Fevre?"
yes; how did you knowf Oh, I
told you Of him out there in the sand
hills. Well. urged her to marry me
before l went to the front, but she
made excuses. Later. l 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 I went
home on furlough. severely wounded
We were to be married then. but had
not sufficiently recovered when was
suddenly ordered back to the front.
did suspect then. for the first time,
that she was glad of the respite. I
afterwards discovered that during all
this time she was in correspondence
with LIE Fevre. who had been detailed
on Early's staff. 1t was his influence
which brought about my sudden, un-
expected recall to duty. A few months
later l was promoted major, and, At
Fishers Hill. found myself command
ing the regiment. Early in the action
lie Fevre brought me an order; 1t was
delivered verbally, the only other par
ty present corporal named Shultx,
a German knowing little English.
Early's exact words we're: Advance
at once across the creek, and engage
the enemy fiercely; a supporting COL
umn will move Immediately Desper-
ate as the duty involved appeared,
there was nothing in the order as Civ.
flung my command forward, leading
them on foot. We charged into trap,
and were nearly annihilated, and
Shultz was either killed. or made pris-
oner. Two days later l was arrested
under charges. was tried by court-mar-
tial and dismissed from the service
in disgrace Early produced a copy
ly feel the enemys position and LIE
Fevre went on the stand, and swore
the original had been delivered to
me. had no witnesses"
She watched him with wide-open
eyes, her lips parted.
And she-this Vera Carson?"
The man laughed bitterly.
Wrote him a 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's will.
Two months later l heard that she
married LIE Fevre in Richmond"
And she-that woman-actually
asked you to meet her again tonight?"
YES"
did you?"
Il must plead guilty"
''Where7"
Here: just where we are now; we
were together half an hour"