The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1922-11-24

, 10 svil undsr these circumstances for
I've 70 knew Ea0Fs clearly waase guest
| smf SsppuSe, roe tnstsnrs. bad TO
refer to cur ioag Friendship n waaid
10 extremely awkward not 10 ev~a ss
able 10 nseitsssS your RsHse"
My nAn1si Why. az cuarse yea
80 tat kRow what u Ia Well r~~iiy I
am hot sltogssA~r c~rtain thst ia
either, We viii therefore ecmprc1atws
ass the ene am kn"wn hy. wAica wtil
he safer. Aiiex tne. Captain West. 20
yrS~.at a. yssa At.s Natalie Cesildxe>-
She held oa, frankly neatly
siosei hand. wrhirh 10 ~ iAssaatiy
taok. and retained Ia hss ewa. the .irl
making 40 immediate effort 10 wisa.
draw II.
This IL very kind " yea. Miss
Coolidge he acknowledged. adapting
himself to her rs~seat mce<.. ~Ba, I,
seen. ,h~re Is 20 nec~ssity fos me
to present nys.as Apparently my
idsntiy Is already kno~n,-
"utheyNise yea would not BE-
s,ntns siss~e 'rs~s~ns,- sss< saaasst%a
frankly
Thea hdSe 200 hare not g.
ceptei me blindlyr'
-So, have not earnestly. and
nov releasiRg her hand. 4 do not
ihlnk We ever really know any one
except through personal lntrncuarse;
hu, to know sho you arr. and .ssae-
thlhs Of aha, your life thus far has
} h,..s.t +r', ~ = ,'s $50 I 'r~ 80, ~,
"rut how could you, signe,i no
name"
She smiled. again qsite AZ her rase.
"rhe box number at the club was
amply suficleat have friends ,herc,
once Possessed Of yeur name and
army rank. The department records at
Washington furnished al, further In.
formation, 40 you perceive. Captain.
| am aot altogether reckless Are ySa
Interested In learning shat I known
y am; viii you tell me1-
"HillIpgly," and she checked the
points uy 40 hvr gicsed ing~rs Yea
Grv Matthew West. the aaiy spn N
Judge Robert Pesi West. Of Atlanta.
Georgia Your mother. who was ~
TIN weii.khown bullock family. died
when you were about iftern. and her
widowed sister has sincr hcsu tho
hcasskccprr You ar~ graduate of
the University of Virginia, being
fourth 10 your class In scholarship
Your engineering course was camr
ple,.Ni IN Massachusetts,, and you later
became eonnscted With the Wyant
Contracting company, " Chicago, You
we're here, however, only very brief
time. making hut fvw scqualntaacs
when the var brase out You I'm.
nellmtely catered the first officers
training schonl Al Fort She'fdsn, grad
uating Nth The RINK of first neuten
ant. snd were assigned TO q regiment
az engineers, among the earliest 10
sail for France. while there yon were
wounded tvice. and cited once for
special Esllantry In the r~srue az
seriously injured private, Yoar last
wound raa.ea yoar r~tsfn Ii ,fiss
rnlted States on q special inissi"o.
and also won yuu the rnBh u eapisin,
since then you have be~a haa6fkb'y
discharged. bu, have made no effort
TO resume professional WORT You
are twenty.sir. and unmarried. Is
there anything else you care TO
knowY"
u think MOI, rally ycur agency has
be.a mos, efficient And ~ hts ~
view satisfied you that Gas really the
man you srugh,Y-
NO. /, did n. wholly satisfy. bat II
luaked promising Voc asrs evidently
copra g,-pus, and gentleman These
gnallties uerv essential whether 10
other respects you aieasar~8 up 70 aF
rgr.ise Na4l6 orir he s~~~rra ffs+~i
lhr,aeh personal Interview There
was Ro other way
ard rev r he persisted.
.SiIu encouraging. | must admit
although the test !. n"' yet complete,
However. we aw now approaching the
end II oar Journey. Before we sntn
Ia afn guinx to ssh favor Of yoa--
csn rae Natalie"
Natalie that will he easy.
Ard also forgive nee n ! fsN In
agwsys addressing yeu formally ~
Cmpsain West presume your friends
ssy Ms.t, DO they ns'Y
~Serse have thGi habit"
-Tn@n l claim also the pssvfl~re,
she h~w'la~r~d him, ssft hino In ~cn-
sersnen, No tn what she w"sid % merit
hat there was scarc~ty tirns ia whirh
10 answer BEFORE the sr~-ting sfSon.
sine ,urn~a abruptly into 4 private
drsvs~sy. cur.tng gracefully To the
srpns M q r~,her lmve~ng s'osns nan
.ssa act veil hecs frosn The rad
ssxs, tassy ~er~ ~ the sse~ ro'rsncs,
and A servant. lH The sas~s Hafs'ruSve
livery NJ n. ehsuTsair. wss quietly
nt~nspr tho ter He tgrrsf sad