Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-04-16
"Bride of Battle"
Is, VICTOR ROI SSEiU
A ROMANCE OF THE AMERICAN ARMY
FIGHTING ON THE BATTLE
FIELDS OF FRANCE.
Copyright ". &. Chapman.
By VICTOI; ROUSSEAU
Copyright by ". &. Chapman.

shame petty badly and wanted to for
get il. Hampton was let go. on the
understanding that he leave the coun-
try forever. Oh. yes, he assumed the
innocent air quite dramatically. Some
of the war office people believed IN
him until the damaging documents
were laid before them.
And he was still somehow IN
touch with things, Wallace, and the
lcakages went on afterward. That's
why we had orders TO hang him as
soon as Santiago was taken. He did
the kindest thing he could have done
To himself when ne got in the way
OF that sniper's bullet.
"I'll tell you who the child's moth
cr was, Wallace, because | was un-
fortunate enough TO know her. She
was Miss Rennie, Miss Marjorie
Rrnnic, OF q Baltimore family-finc
people, and. of course. with ira
,iition like that. she believed in the
scoundrcl absolutely. She came 10
me twice. The first time was bcior"
the informal trial held 10y the de-
partmcnt She begged me TO b"licN"
he was innocent and the victim of Il
trap. wouldn't even listen. You
know. when a man has TO run down
his friend he has TO harden his heart.
she came TO me again. after
HAMPTON was broken. She told me
had played false to my best friend
and that I'd suffer for it to the last
day OF my life. I've never forgotten
that interview, and you can guess
how il made me mad to hang tlamp-
ton when we learned that he was
still keeping up the game from his
exile in Cuba. He must have got
unite number of confidential pa
pcrs out of 1.-The war office. That's
about ALL"
Its enough" said Wallace. "Thc
@irl married him, them
$50 much we learned. And also that
she died later. You see, we've been
pretty close on the fellows track the
last couple OF years-ever since the
war became a probability. in fact.
Most of the officers in the regiment
are since that time, ] guess they
all knew something. and kept ii quiet.
like YOU"
Wallace nodded. Il fancy there's a
good deal OF feeling" he said.
Quite a good DEAL" said the ma
isF- -dsyly !ie...h gree
with me that this makes it-let's say.
u little difficult to adopt his child Off
cially?"
"You mean the remembrance would
bc too bitter"
81 mean that that position is the
one and only position that she is dis
qualified from holding. 10y reason OF
birth"
still" urged Wallace, ''it isn't in
the blood. The mother was decent.
Why should that baby be tarnishcd
with her fathers trcachery?
IT'S written in the Good hook"
hogan the major.
And there's something else about
Goals Of fire. too, major, which came
as n sort of revision of the old law.
IFS lust what We ought to do. because
it's the only way to adjust the mat
ter"
Adjust It? Adjust what?" cried
the major, with sudden passion.
"The whole of that hellish business.
ma ior. The man was once an officer
of the Seventeen. He's dead and his
crimes have died with him. We want
10 forget that such thing could have
happened. and the only way Is to leave
him TO Gods judgment and to cast
out all bitterness from our hearts,
You quoted Scripture to Newell !
:ave you the answer from the same
Book. Let death bring oblivion to
the mans memory. He's left us the
rirI. start here. start fresh. | hav"
the right TO the kid. but what NolI
nave told me makes mo feel strongly
that there's n Providence in this al
fair and I'll lend her TO you-mark
that word. major.-on that condition
or none"
Major Howard pulled at his mus
tache in agitation. "You don't really
mean 1t, Wallace?" he asked.
81 do. II you want me to let you
take her till the wars over"
ut means forgiving that black
guard"
1T means forgetting him and let
ting the Judge judge"
"lt goes against every instinct. I'd
bring her up away from the rcsi-
mental life. Besides. there arc the
Others"
who else knows"
We'll. of course, nobody else knows
who the dead man was. The colonel
will have to know. But he needn't
know we've adopted the child. He's
going south after the war. However
I'm afraid Kellerman knows. He rec
ognized what was left of the face. or
suspected somehow. I could tell from
his manner"
81 don't see any overwhelming diff
ficulty in that. You can trust Keller
man."
The major nodded. and it occurred
10 Wallace that ne would rather trust
any of the officers than Kcllerman
lie had conceived a prejudice against
him which he could not have explain
ed.
And Hampton's name was erased
from the old mess list" Wallace con-
tinued.
The major. who had been pulling at
his mustache and thinking deeply
came to his decision.
We'll. I'll take her on those terms
Wallace" he said. 1.-The fellow was
bad lot. but, as you say. there may h
no reason why this little animal
should suffer for his sins. The moth
er was decent. and there may be
something in that idea Of vicarious
restitution. TIL agree. Wallace. il
you'll let me take over the charge OF
her till the wars ended. Well enter