The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-05-08
1.-THE Substitute.,


Sergeant Peters, found guilty of theft,
is drummed out of the service in dis
grace. Lieut.. Taylor. having Just grad
uated from West Point, arrives in Ari-
zona- He and Peters take the same
stage and they realize that their resem-
blance is remarkable. The stage is
wrecked and Taylor loses his reason
completely, the past becoming a blank.
Peters, finding cards and letters of Tay-
lor's. resolves to go to Taylor's home and
impersonate him. The next day he re-
ports at Fort Graham as Lieut. Taylor.
In a card game Peters is killed by one
of the gamblers. Fearing that the news
Of Mrs. Taylor's supposed sons fate will
kill her land the fact that she is blind.
the colonel plans to keep her in ignorance
of it and substitutes Lieut.. Taylor. The
colonel is about to leave the post for
a campaign against Wounded Ha wk,
and refuses Lieutenant Taylor permits
sion to accompany the troop. Taylor
dresses, however. as 4 private and ac-
companies the ammunition train. which
is later cut off from the main command
and surrounded by Indians. In the fight
that follows Lieut.. Blake. who is in COM
mand Of the ammunition train, is very
severely wounded and Taylor, whose
reason has been restored by the grazing
Of a bullet, assumes command and holds
the ammunition train until help is
brought from the fort. Lieut.. Taylor
is taken to the hospital, and Marion. the
coloners daughter who. when sent by
Mrs Taylor to look for her son. finds
the letter and a photograph OF Peters,
is the means of Taylor being restored
to his proper place in rank at the fort
.sThrough the Eyes of the Blind"
As the story goes, Irving, a wealthy
young artist. goes blind, a happening
that puts off his engagement to Ethel
Crushed, Irving leaves her and seeks
another city.
Meantime we are introduced to Daisy
Dean and her brother. Daisy has been
by a young rounder, Hurst, who
refuses to marry her. Daisy's brother,
of it. asks for his name, threat
ening to kill him. Daisy leaves her
The brother, later discovers a letter
from Hurst which discloses his address.
He starts out to visit him.
Going back to Irving. we find him liv-
ing alone. He is in the habit of walk.
ing every evening to the end of the road
outside his house and back again. Some
knock him over one afternoon
and when he RECEIVERS he has lost his
bearings. Believing. however, that he
is going IN the right dlrecuon, ne comes
to a house and enters. In the room of
death, with the murderer at hand, Irving
realizes his mistake. Hurst, in a fight
with the brother. has killed him. When
Irving again finds himself on the street.
he tells a policeman that a crime has
been committed, but he is" unable to say
where.
Irving is helped home. Next morning
the body of a strange man Is found i'm
the woods. The police remember Irving's
statement, but are unable to solve the
mystery of the murder.
Later. Hurst meets Irving and Guilt
Yates his friendship. Hurst becomes a
visitor at Irving's house, and
they play chess together. Ethel has
heard Of her sweetheart's blindness and
has taken a house near him She visits
him often. She engages a doctor, and |
he says that Irving can be cured by |
an operation. This Is performed, much to |