San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-13
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Dartmoor, where fishing is his pleas
IRE. While visiting trout strean
in Foggintor Quarry, Mark hold
conversation with man clad con
spicuously in Norfolk jacket, knick
erbockers and a red wastcoat will
brass buttons. The strangers hail
and huge mustaches are fiery RET
in color.
Later Brendon receives a letter
from Jenny Pendean asking him t.
investigate the disappearance of hel
husband. Mark goes to call al
Jennys home and learns that the
man he met in the quarry is Robert
Redmayne. uncle to Jenny. and that
he is missing and suspected of muir
dering Michael Pendean, who also is
missing. Robert Redmayne and his
! two brothers are Jenny's three liv-
ing relatives. Now 60 on with the
! story.
"The war altered everything and
created a painful breach between my
future husband and my Uncle Rob.
ert. The latter instantly volun-
teered and rejoined in the opportu-
! nifty to seek adventure.
My husband had no mind for &C.
tive warfare. He was delicately
| built and of a gentle, temperament.
Uncle Robert, however, made a per-
sonal thing of it.
He represented the situation to
his brothers. and Uncle Bendigo-
who had just retired, but who, be-
longing to the Naval Reserve, now
joined up and soon took charge of
some mine sweepers-wrote very
strongly as to what he thought was
Michael's duty. From Italy Uncle
Albert also declared his mind TO the
same purpose, and though l resent
ed their attitude, the decision, of
course, rested with Michael, not
with me. He was only five-and-
twenty then and he had no desire
but to do his duty. There was no.
body to advise him and, perceiving
the danger of opposing my uncles'
wishes, he yielded and volunteered.
"But he was refused. A doctor
declared that heart murmur made
the necessary training quite impos-
sible and / thanked God when i
heard it. At my own wish Michael
married me and / informed my I'M
Giles that he had done so. Relations
were strained all round after that !;
but | did not care; and my husband
only lived to please me. The Prince
of Wales had been instrumental
in starting big moss depot for the
preparation of surgical dressings !;
and both my husband and l joined
this station.
For nearly two years we stuck
to this task, lodging here with Mrs.
Gerry. During that time l fell in
love with Dartmoor and begged my
husband TO build me a bungalow up
here when the' war was ended. if he
could afford to do so. His pilchard
trade with Italy practically came to
an end after the summer of 1914.
But the company of Pendean 4
Trecarrow owned some. good little
steamers and these were soon very
valuable. SoU Michael, who had got
to care for Dartmoor as much as /
did, presently took STEPS and sue
eeeded in obtaining a long lease of
beautiful and sheltered spot near
FOggintor Quarries, few miles
from here
Meanwhile. ! had heard nothing
from my uncles, though | had seen
Uncle Roberts name in the paper
among those who had won the ID. s.
y. Michael advised me to leave the
question Of my money until after
the war, and so | did. We began our
bungalow last year and came back
to live with Mrs. Gerry until it
should be completed.
six months ago | wrote to Uncle
Albert in Italy and he told me that
he should deliberate the propo-
sitiOn; but he still much resented
my marriage. | wrote TO Uncle
Bendigo at Dartmouth also. who
was now in his new home but while
not particularly angry with me, his
reply spoke slightingly of my dear
husband.
"A week ago | was walking out
of the postoffice, when who should
suddenly stop in front of me on a.
motor bicycle but Uncle Robert!
l waited only to see him dismount
and set his machine on a rest before
the postoffice. Then / approached
him. He was lodging at Paignton,
down on Torbay, for the summer
months. and he limited that he was
engaged TO be married.
He had been TO see an old war
comrade at Two Bridges, two miles
from here. and meant to lunch at
the Duchy Hotel and then proceed
to Plymouth; but j prevailed upon
him at last to come and share our
midday meal, and | was able to tell
him things about Michael which
promised TO change his unfriendly
attitude. When my husband re-
turned from the bungalow / brought
them together again. Michael was
on his defense instantly: but he
never harbored grievance very
long and when he saw that Uncle
Bob was not unfriendly and very
interested to hear he had won the
o. Il. +. for his valuable services
at the depot. Michael showed a ready
inclination to forget and forgive the
past.
Il think that was almost the hap
piest day of my life and, with my
anxiety much modified. | was ?ble
to study Uncle Robert little. lie
seemed unchanged. rave that he
talked louder and was more excitablc
than ever. The war had given him
wide, new interests: he was a cap
tain and intended, If he could, to
stop in the army. He had escaped
maryelously on many fields and seen
much service. During the last few
weeks before the armistice, he sue:
cumbed TO gassinS and was inval-
idcd; though, before that, he had
also been out of action from shell
shock for two months.
He talked for hours about the
war and what he had done to win
his honorS: and we noticed particu-