The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-07-09
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lConilaued From Saturday.
you are not military men. 80 I
sha'nt bore sou with army terms
or technical details. but-by one
means or another no nlAnRged 20
intreneh himself In a position OF
actual authority over me not az all
In accord with our purpose OF our
Instructions swallowed my re.
sentiment. for Il seemed rather pet.
IS, rather selfish, In time like
that. to divert my attention from
the important work In hand 90 quar-.
rel with him. You understand
Then. too. he was not making good
and was. and thought time
would surely cure tho trouble He
must have appreciated my feelings
nevertheless. he persisted in abusing
his powers. he began finally 10 real.
~ interfere with me. 20 call me or
81 important task and humiliaie mo
with futile assignments. and I 70.
niizcd that I was threatened with
failure thru his moddling. THIS may
sound trivial 70 yop"-the speaker
Hed his eyes 10 his audience
M. take my word for Il. there
,<srero many instances OF the kind
over there Jealousy. intrigue.
maleyolencc, petty spite. drove more
than ono earnest. patriotic officer
70 rebellion and-ruincd many u
career.
4 rehelied had 20. or be made
ridiculous. warned hi.a. privately,
rs man 90 man. He ignored tho
warning. Then I prepared a com.
plete repor, showing by tho copies
~ his orders. BY the records OF our
respective accomplishments. By our
correspondence. how he had sys-
tematlcaily and mallclously en-.
deavored 20 nulllfy my work and
and tho like. II was not a pretty
report 10 read. turned Il IN TO
him for submission higher up.
Then Il was that he ou,generaled
me. He was furious. % course. but
he ENTHUSIASTICALLY He admit.
ted that he had been wrong: that he
had imposed upon mo. He promised
TO play fair X I'd permit him 20
Withhold the report. and--I was de,
ceived. No man likes 10 DO thought
a cry-haby. Those wcrc cventfui
times. personal complaints were not
welcomed in any quarter-not with
the world rocking on its founda-
lions. l was glad 20 acceps his
promises.
~For a while we worked In hRr.
mouy. / became engaged In an In
fricate case. having 20 do with a
leak concerning transDoFt -aiiings
-Sad routes a matter involving the
Ives OF thousands OF our boys. mil.
lions OF dorars in supplies, and
went 10 Brest. under eovsr. II had
20 be handled with extreme care
some danger about IL. too. A very
interesting case. assure you.
lived in a house with some Of the
people under surveillance. One OF
them was a woman. extremely at.
tracttve-thoroiy interruptions. Ny
avenue OF approach was thru her.
Nelson. OF course. knew VIVA, was
doing; he was about tho only one
who did.
4 worked a long while and ]
was upon the verge OF success-st
would have been a real accomplish.
ment. tcp---yhes. without apparent
cause, the gang took warning, scat
tered. tina whole thing blew up.
Months Of work FOR nothingi had
made worse than a failure this
time"
You mean TO accuse Henry Of
OF treAchsFy OF that sort7" swope
inquired
Z do. And that's not all. Out
Of clear sky charges were pre-
ferred against me. Outrageous
charges in which the woman flg.
uredT Up to this point Gray had
spoken smoothly, rapidly. but now
his tone changed. his words became
hesltant, ieriy. Il was amazed.
Joke. called Il at first. Sort Of
blanket Indictment. II was. charging
me with ineffieIcncy. negligence. ex-
ceetlIng my authority. dishonesty
and things even worse. Those were
some OF the least serious. the least
nasty. It was all TOO absurd, Being
peculiarly vain and sensitive. my
Impulse was to shoot Henry Nelson.
But / couldn't believe the charges
would be taken seriously
well. there was an investigation.
I was concentrated ! disproved
a good deal; I think I'd have exon