Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-07-20
CHAPTER XXXXXV.
An Appeal and an Interruption.

DESPERATELY, Lucille finished her dressing
and turned to look out the hotel window
over Pennsylvania Avenue Far in the distance
she could see the stately head of the CAPITOL
building Upon the street she could make out
from the very manner of the pedestrians just
who of Importance in managing the ma
chinery of the great nation, citizenship in which
had always been her proudest boast. She re-
called the short year that had elapsed since last
she was in Washington, just before sailing for
Manila to join her father, happy and care-free
and ignorant of lifes struggle ever girl could
be- But now she alone in this magnificent
city of distances, girl seeking to save the
father to whom all men had done Difference on
that former visit from disgrace at the hands of
the country he had been proud to serve.
When the Captain of the Terror had spoken
of the Court of Inquiry before which GEN
eral Sumpter Love was being tried for selling
the papers he had received from Washington,
she had conjured up visions of him behind bars,
dreamed horrible dreams of disgrace that was
being heaped upon him physically well as
tally. But when she realized reaching the city
that he was at hotel, living quite the same as
she herself allowed to live her Joy had sub
merged almost every other feeling. It had been
four days now, however, and still she had not
called up sufficient courage to him.
All night she had been awake trying to
scheme up some method of aiding him. The papers
she had recovered and it seemed that instead of
helping she had. placed in the hands of the gov
ernment exactly what they wanted to convict.
She dared not meet the old man and tell him that
she had done this thing. And now, it seemed to
there must be justice in Washington, some
body big enough to help her father.
All the day before she had sat in Lafayette
Park before the White House. seeing the Presi-
dent of the United States out for his walk,
return and leave more. She had thought
his face kindly had even started impulsively to-
ward him to make plea for just few moments
of his time to tell him why she was there. And
then-just at the supreme moment her courage
had failed. Kindly his face was but she saw also
cold there and knew that everything
looked to be against General Sumpter Love Then,
too, she realized that clemency would scarcely
be forthcoming in the of war which
upon the nation, with this patient, calm Presi-
dent fighting against the inevitable from his
countrys Southern neighbor
But there the Secretary of War Surely,
there might be chance in appeal to him.
She had managed to gain her way with other
men when sorely pressed. Why was it not worth
the trial. And so this morning, after long
timorous glance up and down the long avenue,
she had started for the Army and Navy Building
with steps that fighting against her
will all the way.
"Miss Lucille Love-Lucle Love" The
Secretary turned the card over and over in his
hands while regarding her narrowly the while.
81 have heard of you, Miss Love- and of the
papers. You may rest assured your story will re-
ceive every attention in the conduct of the trial
of your father. Certainly, you know the nation
i'll afford to lose such just at this