The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-06-07

FIAT is shaded by the twisted pine
The woman with the gray hair was the
belle of the region in those days. but
she Is still Miss Stanbury; SO there's
the romance, all right The girl with
her is her brothers daughter. an or
phan In fact, that's the whole Stan
bury family over there"
"A Leautifu; girl" said Drummond
And he turned his mind again to the
story of the numeless soldier. with On
obvious effort, as If constrained by
some impulse of his nature, an Unborn
love Of the curiosities Of life.
Couldn't the man tell who he wasT
he asked.
Il believe there was some slight pa
rulysis of tie muscles of the jaw. re.
sulting from a wound" said /. my
father could tell you They understood
him to say that he was William Pendu
.lum, and his grayestone bore that
name for many years. But nothing
could be learned about him He was
never traced back beyond Portland
And ten years or more ago. when the
war department records. were over
hauled and saved from chaos and de
cay, the local G. A. R. Investigated this
case and came to the conclusion that
no such man. as William Pendulum
MAS ever In the army. So the name
was erased from the stone. There's nc
lr0t l,fS rpann =
soldier. with tue rank Of second lieu,
tenant. His uniform gave no ciew tc
his regiment, however There was nc
number ON It: 1t had seen too much
service aud lie had not scrap Of pa
per IN his pockets"
Nobody ever knew why he came
here, ell? said Drummond. Gould he
have got OF the boat by mistake2"
IT wasn't born till some years after,
ward" I reJoined. my Information Is
all secondhand and In very misty
condition. II you're really interested
I'll Introduce you to Miss Stanbury. the
| elder
"Botii, IL you please" said Drum
morHl, with smile. And we strOlled
1 across to tile spot where they stood
| my friend muttering to himself: pen
dululn. Pendulum. Never heard Of a
man named Pendulum before"
Iii spite of Drummond's expressed
desire to meet pretty Margaret Stan
bury, he devoted himself to the maitler
aunt while we remained in the buria
ground and during our walk to thu
little, old house where they lived
Of Aunt Jane afterward.
"a fine mind and true heart" hi
declared. "a thoroughly cultivated wo
man and not the least embittere1
She could shine in the most eyaltct
circles of society except for the very
trivial matter of clothes. Is she yer,
i hard tlpY
/ 's.She Is. indeed answered. ''ant
4 Margaret, Of course, has nothing. Sh'
has an eye OH the typewriter, poo
girl! But what did Aunt Jane tell yos
about the soldier?'
"She is sure about the namc," sal,
lie after a pause. ''Itewas Pendulum
sure enough. It seemed that the un
fortunate fellow repeated it over an,
over again. But Miss Stanbury say
8 that his first name was not William
TO ner car 1t sounded more like Willis
Willis ~ Pendulum-that was the wa.
she heard it-but the doctor wa
strong for William and carried hi
point And always thought tina
Yankees We're smartr'
This exclamation hardly seemed t
lit the context, and asked Drummon'
what he neant.
Either there are stupid folks +
+ Kingsford or ann Inisletl by will
tlelusion," he replied. but declined t
give me any clear view OF his mind.
This matter Of speaking in riddles.
he told me in answer to a protest, lis
reporters habit We go out on storie
together. and every fellow is trying t
beat the others We keep our points t
ourselves. and as it is very hard to n
frain from speech entirely we learn
talk without saying anything. And tha
reminds me that I'm thinking Of goill
| back to the trade haven't much nf
stake except this property down here.
That's enough to save lazy ma
from work" said l. Cut It up int
sites for summer cottages, and you c.,
| sell them 10 the elect Of Boston. TIL
place is getting fashionable. tell 20
it's fortune"
II believe you. my friend" said h
And yet I'll bet that go back to n
porting"
"You have my permission said
somewhat annoyed but more pc
picked.
"By the way" he remarked 4 m,
ment later. II suppose J on know whcl
Miss Stanbur. found Lieutenant Pei
duIum? No? Well. she found him
front Of her own gate"
What of it," said l.
Arthur Merrill. the man to who
she was engaged. was dead at th'
I.time, but the news had not reache
Kingsford. The cousin. George Me
rill. knew it. however. or had known
few days before He. too, was dea
:. on the day when your wandering sc
4 dier arrived here He had died In
: hospital In Pennsylvania got the
Q facts from Miss Stanbnry. and yo'
: father verified them"
!, "I3ut what bearing have they Oh tn
!. case?" asked DO you mean that Il
1 lieutenant was carrying last me
/. sage from Arthur Merrill to Miss Sta