The Washington herald., 1914-11-01

Il r1ed, ana WoulQ coutluu1 70 tuAtlh oLaAy OF
him, made him ~ with despair.
ii he cabled his lawyers for her address
/ He determined that At once. on learning
/ II. he would tell her that with him moth
i ing was changed He had forgotten
Il nothing. and had learned much. He had
/ learned that his love for her was q
/ splendid and inspiring passion, that even
/ without her II had lifted lhip up. helped
and cheered him. made the whole world
kind and beautiful With her ne could
not picture a world 50 complete with
happiness
Since entering the army he had never
taken leave Of absence, and he was
| sure, II now he asked for one, II would
I not be refused He determined. II the
\ answer to his cable gave him her adj
/ dress, he would return at once, and again
offer her his love, which he now knew
was deeper, finer, and infinitely more
/ tender than the love he FIRST had felt
for her But the cable baIked him. "Ad-
| dress unknown" It read; believed to
have gone abroad IN capacity Of gov
i erness Have. employed foreign. agents
win cable their report
I Whether to wait for and be guided by
the report Of the detectives or to pro-
! ceed TO Europe and search for her him
SELF Lee did not know. He finally de-
/ termined that to seek for her with no
waste OF precious moments. while, If
in their search the agents were sue
cGssful ne would be able TO go directly
to her. Meanwhile, by cable. he asked
for protracted leave of absence and.
\ while waiting for his answer, returned
10 his post There. within week, he
received his leave OF absence. but in q
fashion that threatened to remove him
I forever from the army.
! The constabulary had located the will
| o'-the-wisp brigands behind a stockade
built about an extinct volcano, and Lee
and his troop and a mountain battery
attempted to dislodge them In the fight
that followed Lee covered his brows with
laurel wreaths and received two bullet
wounds in his body.
For a month death stood at the side
Of his cot; and then. stili weak and at
times deliriouS with fever, by slow
stages he was removed to the hospital
In Manila In one Of his sane moments
a cable was shown him II read:
| Whereabouts still unknown" Lee at
once rebelled against his doctors. He
must rise. he declared, and proceed to
! Europe It was upon matter OF life
and death. The surgeon assured him his
remaining exactly where he was also was
, q matter Of as great consequence Lees
knowledge OF his own lack Of strength
told him they were right.
Then from headquarters. he was in
formed that, as a reward for his serv-
ices and in recognition OF his approach
ing convalescence he was ordered to
| return to his own climate and that an
easy billet had been found for him as a
recruiting oticer in New York City. Be-
lieying the woman he loved to be In
| Europe. this plan for his comfort only
succeeded in bringing on a relapse. But
the day following there came another
cablegram. It put an abrupt end to his
mutiny. and brought him and the War
Department into complete accord.
''she is in New York" it read. acting
as agent for charitable institution.
which one not known, but hope in a few
days to cable correct address"
| In all the world there was no man 50
happy. The next morning a transport
| was sailing. and, probably because they
had read the cabIegram, the surgeons
agreed with Lee that sea voyage would
do him no harm. He was carried on
board, and when the propellers first
churned the water and he knew he was
moving toward her. the hero Of the fight
around the crater shed unmanly tears.
He would see her again, hear her voice;
the same great city would shelter them.
II was worth a dozen bullets.
He reached New York In a snow storm.
a week before Christmas. and went
straight to the office Of his lawyers. They
received him with embarrassment. Six
weeks before, on the very day they had
cabled him that Mrs. Stedman was In
New York, she had left the charitable
Institution where she had been employ
ed. and had again disappeared
Lee sent his trunks to the Army and
Navy Club. which was Immediately
around the corner from the recruiting
office In Sixth avenue. and began dis
charging kilograms at every one who
had ever known Frances Gardner. The
net result was discouraging. In the year
AND a half in which he had been alb
! sent every friend OF the girl he sought
had temporarily changed his place of
| residence or was permanently dead.
Meanwhile his arrival by the transport
was announced in the afternoon papers.
At the wharf an admiring trooper had
told a fine tale of his conduct at the
battle of the crater. and reporters called
at the club to see him. He did not dis
courage them. as he hoped through them
the fact Of his return might be made
known to Frances. She might send him
line of welcome, and he would dis
cover her whereabouts But. though
many others sent him hearty greetings,
from her there was no word.
On the second day after his arrival
one Of the kilograms was answered in
person by a friend OF Mrs. Stedman. He
knew only that she had been in New
York. that she was very poor and in III
health. that she Stunned all OF her
friends, and was earning her living as
the matron Of some sort Of q club for
working girls. He did not know the
name Of 1t. TT.
On the third day there stIlI was no
news On the fourth Lee decided that
the next morning he would advertise He
4 would say only: ''Win Mrs. Arthur
Stedman communicate with Messrs. Full
Ter & FullerT" Fuller & Fuller were his
lawyers. That afternoon he remained
until S o'clock at the recruiting office,
and when he left it the electric street
lights were burning brightly. heavy
damp snow was falling. and the lights
and the falling flakes and the shouts of
drivers and the toots OF taxicabs made
for the man from the tropics a welcome
homecoming.
4 Instead Of returning at once to his
club. he slackened his steps. The shop
windows Of Sixth avenue hung with
Christmas garlands, and colored lamps
glowed like open fireplaces. Lee passed
slowly before them, glad that he had
been able to get back at such sea-
son. For the moment he had forgot
ten the woman he sought, and was con-
scious only Of his surroundings. He had
paused in front of the window OF a
pawn-shop. Over the array Of cheap
jewelry. Of banJos, shot-guns, and razors,
his eyes moved idly. And then they be-
came transixed and staring. In the very
front Of the window, directly under his
Il nose, was tarnIshed silver loving-cup.
/ On II was engraved Mixed Doubles Aga
vamsett, 1910" In all the world there
were only two such. cups, and as though
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