The Adair County news., 1918-11-13
SYNOPSIS.
CHAPTER V.-Continued.


CHAPTER MARK Wallace, a young
otncer in the United States army is
wounded at the battle of Santiago. While
wandering alone in the jungle he comes
across a dead man in a hut outside of
which a little girl is playing When he
is rescued, he takes the girl to the hospi-
tai and announces his intention of adopt
ing her.
CHAPTER Hills commanding officer,
Major Howard, tells him that the dead
man was Hampton, traitor who sold
war department secrets to an interna-
uonal gang in Washington, and was de-
tected by himself and Kellerman while
they We're working in the same office
with him. Howard pleads to be allowed
TO send the child home to his wife and
they agree that she shall never know her
fathers shame.
CHAPTER III-Several years later Wal
lace visits Eleanor at a young ladies'
boarding school. She declares that when
she is eighteen she intends to marry Wal
lace.
CHAPTER IV-Years pass. WAL
lace is stationed out West. On the OUT
break of the European war Colonel How
ard secures him a staff post in Washing
ton.
CHAPTER Vile finds Eleanor there,
the center of attraction, also. Kellerman,
IN whom he discernS an antagonist.
colonel Howard came in after a
while, and they went over their plans
together. They were engaged on a
complicated piece of work, involving
tonnage and computations of cubic
feet of space for cargoes. There had
been an error somewhere, and Mark
was trying hard to discover it when
the Brigadier came in in his usual iras-
chile manner.
"How long will that job take, How
ard?" he asked.
"Wallace will have it finished by
noon, sir" answered the Colonel.
The Brigadier waved Mark to his
seat impatiently. Bring it right in
to me as soon as you have the figures,
please" he said. I'll wait for it. Sure
you can be through by nOon?'
''Fm sure, Sir" answered Mark, who
was hot on the trail of the error.
The Brigadier withdrew, taking the
Colonel with him for a conference.
Mark worked steadily. The omission
was found, the computations were
balancing. A clerk knocked at the
door.
'What is it?" asked Mark impa-
tiently.
"a man to see you, sir. He says his
names Hartley. Shall show him in?"
"Good Lord, no! I'll see him in the
waiting ROOM" answered Mark.
He locked the office door, went
through the clerks room and into the
anteroom. Hartley was standing be-
side the window. He looked up sheep
ishly as Mark entered.
"Well?" asked Mark crisply.
Hartley grinned. 81 didn't take the
cups or the picture, Captain Wallace"
he said.
swell, what about it? What can I
do for you?"
"Why, II wanted to tell you as
much, Captain Wallace. I've sunk low,
but not to theft. Only didn't feel l
could stay"
"Good Lord, man, is that all you
have come to tell me?"
swell, you see-there was something
else, but" stammered Hartley.
"Out with 1t, thenw
81 wanted to thank you for what
you did for me. and"
The man seemed to be trying to spin
out the interview for some indefinite
purpose. Mark turned on his heel.
His temper was not of the best just
then, and Hartley was the last man
in the world whom he wanted to see.
"All right" he answered. "Steer
clear Of that Woman-of L[rs. Henson,
Hartley. It's evident that she doesn't
reciprocate your feelings, or whatever
they are, and she seems to have some
dangerous friends about her."
he relented suddenly, and, going
forward, clapped the man on the Shout
der.
81 guess you've had your troubles,
Hartley" ne said. "But pull yourself
together, man."
The sheepish, unmanly mask
dropped from Hartley's face. He
caught Marks hand impulsively.
'Tm a cur, Captain Wallacew he
cried. 'T-I-"
"That's all right, Hartley. But, by
the way, who told you my name?"
"Captain Wallace, don't ask me that
Go backl Never mind mel Go back
into your Office at once!" cried Hart
ley.
BE broke past Mark with a sudden,
spasmodic movement, gained the door,
and ran down the corridor. Mark
looked after him in stupefaction. Hart
ley had not been drunk, and his pres
ence there had seemed purposeless.
Suddenly, with an intuition of danger,
he hurried through the clerks office,
unlocked his door. and entered.
The room was filed with furious
gust of wind. The mobilization papers