La Junta tribune., 1914-05-30

~ - se-'S 'Wcu iutOVtut>u, MJA. (My-
i5oNruc, that you are widow living
iosge atpne. ana II has dcurrssI to i,M.
teak yoli should haze protection. My
tneasNs a rule. are orderly. hut III ev-
~ nyMy there are tlsxlerats chnmc.
aers mo are Liable 10 hrsk AWAY and
31lleAa. II you like ! Will give sou a
&nar1.H
= appreciate yonr thouEhtfulncs aud
Kindness. general" she said. adopting
ttse southern dialect 50 far ~ she
could. y vii. consult With my sister
hef0se giving yon definite reply. Will
yoQ t'lelsc excuse me for moment :.
AIeanwliilc take u, seat. suh."
The real Mrs. ClaylIourne. who was
We'll aware Of the chnnces her loslRer-
and by this time her friend was tax
Ing and from an upper window had
neeo the general stop lefore the house.
awaited Mrs. Barows with 4 natural
agitation. The latter In = few brief
nentenccs Informed her Of what had
taken place. and hurried consultation
was held, In which It was decided TO
decline the pronered guard with thanks.
1ben Mrs, Barrows went back to Cen
sral Chuhb, while Mrs Clay bourne kept
ont Of range VI vision.
NY sister says that she has no fear.
0snesal,' said Ms. Burrows. ''she
would prefer not to have guard. but
she b sensible Of your kindness. ~
am. and asks me to convey her
| thanks"
Since the general had simply made
the oher AS pretext for \ visit 10 the
supposed Mrs. Clayiourue be was sat.
tsoed. lie had seated himself and
showed no inclination to hurry away.
He professed great sympathy with the
southern people In what they were call-
- upon to endure on account Of the
war. especially In the scarcity Of prOvi.
soons On account of the blockade.
= SUPPOSE" he coatinueti. ''that you
aeve no tea or coffee. shall be hap.
~ to supply you With the latter erom
~ own private stock"
you are very kind. general. W.
have nothing but chicory At present"
Tue general sIsnt an hour with the
supi'osed widow and when be depart
% vas as much pleased with the lady,
charm of manner - he had l,e~r
seruck with l,er beauty.
ut wis mt long before General
Chubb rude out again tO the Clay
hUarne place. This time be was r.
ceoved by the widow herseif. wlW r.
orettsd that On scOunt Of su lndisJ,o
sotbOn her sister beRsed to be excused
Mn. Barows had arranged for thl,
ard t'errsd Mrs. Claybourne. wh0 wss
- saitrs"ttve WOMAN. 70 make ~ ef
teet to via the man who had evi.
4oDtly t,esa sn,itteu With hersels. Th>
weeOw vas few yeau older thsu VI
| ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ bsr eeed .lseka
461 -6fsielr -66r 10 vsIpjb ~
fried Gy saakina hssseif - sltrsclIv,
MS l'soBlbie. xh~ would not II th'
geuesu1 20 tiil she had brought ou
sons ~ wine shs hsd hlddeo awuy
frOnsc ne Yeskees. whIch abe SERVED
~itb cake ahe had made herpeif. Alse'
havlng. Imrtak~n VI several gissass q
the wise tis general wss IL ~ hurrJ
10 go.
Mn. Harr,ws' lndlsjositiou LASTED q
long - GENERAL chubb's divlslos ~
maInsd b the vkinity. snd ihat wai
three ns0nibr. Tive general sent heI
,ielIcncjss when be- could obtain them
hut be devotion WAS being sil IN,
while undermined by the r~ai widow
Colosel nsrVws wns In the secret ann
wouId hsve enjoyed the aitustion hss
hr sut hs~a In constant dread lest III,
truth lss discovered. However. II Wal
not Dsag befors bis wife Informed bin
that flse general was making love 4
'hee s1ster." whO sue believed was d
well ISeas~d with him ~ be wss viii
ber.
Joos cssss aud With Il the hot wealth
-r. 0asTows. whO wss much troubles
sb0et TIE sleswIilon ts.iug prnctIcvd ~
his sUmmsndrr. sent bis wife north
She hed mt l,eem ss,ne = werk wies
chueb's division was relieved sud b,
Was 0e1erssl S,,i,h with Ills c0snipsUd
The oay lrf0re h~ moved the wislOv
,svured = prIs'sai aud made = favor
al,ls spsAy.
TheM C"los,~i Hnrr"~s let the cat o,i
~ ~ bag. aud II sssom lssHii,r kM,ws
aipsas tive principal commanders how
,lse Bpsrtal had ls'gun iy paying ~
icutlom 10 lIarww-' wife aud had bssei
.wltrhrsl ~ 4" widow. Az enloyss
ilse )oke heartily. hut not man i~
is1ye9 the fa,t TINT the colonel hns
delolbesxtsIy di-oi~,yed general or,icl
No. ~. tisrfri,y rendering himself Ia
bIe - lr sashirrt.
Cbebb's division Joined the malt
army and nmri,si to the -ra Will
Shesusm. Colonel Bmrrows pr"vs<i !
upe eGcer mud was promoted tiIl h,
hal lwV -tnrs IN his shoulder &
cAsbb's one. tine dag when the arm.
wes ot Atlanta the two mcn. rom
inso1lag diHcwni corps. met.
Qcoesnl." -i,Id Barwws. y iseIlev'
G1vp never congratulated you NJ
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