Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-04-30
"Bride of Battle"
Is, VICTOR ROUSSEAU
A ROMANCE OF THE AMERICAN ARMY
FIGHTING ON THE BATTLE
FIELDS OF FRANCE
Copyright by W. q. Chapman
CHATTER VI.
By VICTOR ROUSSEAU
Copyright 10y ". &. Chapman.

oyuid.d the house in MASSACHUSETTS,
circle 40 much as he could with de-
,..r,v II. was courageous enough 10
,n,I,z. his reasons and he did not
conceal the result from himself.
He wanted Eleanor with all 'he
r,.u,. .uu longing of Tn" denied years III
th. desert. His love was III" strongest
,,,s.iou that hr had ever felt, ana H'''
,,r.,ru..Iy for - man Of his years IL
hand in /, much mon" OF IN" Fi''rha'
element than OF the lover. MI his NV
h, had been almost klnl"SS. ms ONLY
sister waS dead. h" wanted f'"hh"' "
,,r. .ruc,., Eleanor with him. I" see
h,r every day. whether aS wiir "t
d:uIghIcr. Set h" WAS hiaN" enough"
To acknowlrdG" that tins ioE"' S''"'oH
in = measure. threatened To become
consuming plssiun il Il" did no, hoid
himself rigidly in ch"rh.
u, ih,. middlr-aGcd captain, ana
L,r,.,r,r with her station. her pros
4. cts and her h"autS-it WAS an li'-
u,s@iiI, dream. or ON" that w"'ila rum
thu pirl's hi" ii. in som" wild moment
she. made II iruih.
IL. h;,i his reward in El"an"rS IN
,,,,s,u,. /, ,SiriiuI, her quit" visible III
,ignaiiun. Th"y had ih'l'h 'I"'I'
;.,iu. after that Singl" meeting u
,,.,s 3, uoor reward. hut IN" sort that
N,,L h,d received all his lii" from
fortune.
I,u, There. were lonely nights when
ur, seemed unh"ar;,ll". and II" HAD u"
exert all his Will power 1" Keep hlih-
s.lT in check. Mark had rented a it-
,l,. furnished apartment in Ill" norm
west section, of Pennsylvania avenue
and nr had found tn" desert more
Conpanionabl".
one night hr felt at the end oi ms
bowers. That WAS after Il crliiinS uaN
m the war office. one of thos" dtHs
that sometimes come in Washington
,,,y,rd the middle of September when
everything is as sticky as the aspiI;i"
sidewalks.
n hnd been Il day of evil portcnt
besides. Colonel Howard. VINO hhu
seemed OF late to reflect El"anorS
CnnInr.,S in SON" measure. h;id greeted
him with Il WY face when h" came IN
"rhc devils TO pay, Mark" hc said
Draw up your chair. There's II leak
age in the department"
', =; 9.as a'sI; 80
"Things arc getting known-for In
stance our dealings with the shipping
Noodle. They've found the exact num-
b.r of 81 ips we've rruuiSi,ionrd. You
know whom ! mean 10y they.
Mark nodded. The cosmopolitan in
lu.n,c ia Washington. Who's" r;i'nih-
cations extended to th" ends "i the
earth. or at least, across III" Atlhh-
Tie. wrr" busy IN every drawing room
extracting news. the tinl"St ana lraS'
r,.Ir;,hlc or which was not dcspis"d.
..iu,.,. muuy such Ain,;Ir Items make ny
u coherent story.
"'Thr hrig:,di"r's wild about II. con-
tiuurd the. colonel. pulling AT his mus
tnrhr. And it seems imp"S$ihl" l"
detect how the lrakag" occurred. II
must have been through tn" shipping
companies. oi course: Yet they c"uidh
have, pirrrd the thing together without
concerted action. which is out oi the
question. Let's 20 through the pa
pcrs.'
They opened In" safe ana went
through them one Icy on', Int nothing
WAS missing.
damn it," a;rowlrd Colonel How
ard i've been through this before
NorE-you know that. In that cas-"
there was Il traitor at work W" ioohn
him. In this case there can be none,
at least. in the war dcr rtment. Ana
I've. told the hrigadicr I'll answer with
M, place ror discovering where tn"
leak lies"
He closed the safe and strodr of in
no kcIicrmIu'S room. To re 'irn with
KcllrrmLn. looking angri"r than TO-
fore.
What are we going to do. Keller
man" h, asked.
kcllrrman ,,urScd ont his lips "W"li.
colonel. Nou know aS much about IL as
any uf us." he answered. "ThercS al
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mornings wh'h tue l"P''S "''' """H
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