White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1933-04-27
By Irving Bachelor
Copyright 1892. by Irving Bachelor
WNU Service
CHAPTER IX-Continued

your superstition 10 the test anu see
what came Of It."
swell, l hope it may convince you
soon or late. Keep it and see what
happens. l shall never cease to be
grateful to It,"
did it lead you to the one MANI"
he asked.
''To the man l love as can love
no other. When I think Of him /
forget father and mother and friend"
She looked down at her pretty foot
her tone as she asked:
"Have you not seen PATTI"
mo. And fear that may never
see her again"
''Too bad! War is cruel. The
chances now are all in favor of Harry
Gage. He is terribly good-looking."
II agree to that"
II am even more deeply in love
than you and l am frightfully jeal-
Ous," she said as she arose and sur
veyed herself in a mirrowed panel,
lightly touching her hair.
II cannot believe that you are
really in love-"
She turned upon him with pretty
Indignation in her eyes, saying: us
1t not love when / am thinking of
him and laying plans for his happi-
ness day and night? My husband
can be British peer If he will. My
aunt has promised her influence and
she is friend of the king"
"And you are an Americana" he
exclaimed.
"That would not stop my thinking
of his welfare. This stupid war can
not last for ever. hope that before
you 20 tonight I can introduce you to
him."
els he expected here?"
eyes and 1 want you to know him."
II suppose that he will be like all
other men," he answered with a
laugh.
mo, he is not like any other man.
He stands alone. l must win him or
my life has failed"
"No doubt he has taken you across
the kissing bridge"
He referred to famous bridge
that crossed creek on the Bowery
much frequented by young people,
for in crossing it boys and girls had
long had the habit Of saluting each
other.
mo, but he has smacked me more
than once" said Nancy with smile.
She arose and brought beautiful
ly bound and illustrated volume of
Boccaccio and opened it as she sat
close beside him.
"What play girl you are!" he
laughed. "There could be no picture
like you"
"Do you prefer to look at me?" she
asked, her face lighted with joy.
II do. Still it's like looking at red
wine and one may drink too freely
with ones eyes"
The scene was interrupted by a
rap at the door, Colin arose and
opened it. The butler stood before
them saying:
"A messenger is in the hall, sir, to
see Colonel Cabot. He says that his
business Is urgent, SIR"
Colin went out to the front door,
where he found Colonel Tilghman, an
aide of the Commander in Chief, who
said: "
General Washington wishes you
to report Immediately at his Office"
The young man returned to Nancy
saying: II am summoned to head
quarters. Please give my thanks and
compliments to your charming aunt"
"Must you go?"
''At once. 1t is urgent"
ooh, that little old woman!" the
girl exclaimed, as she stamped her
foot impatiently. Does she know
that I am here?"
II am sure that no one at general
headquarters knows of your being
here"
She followed him to the door, say
ing: Don't tell them, please. Let
it be one of our secrets. You will
come back to me soon. Will you
not?"
"They may send me away" he an.
swered, not wishing to commit him.
self.
"Then l shall try to find you"
Again she offered her lips. He
kissed her and they parted.
"Red Even the darkness is red ~
he exclaimed in whisper as he
walked eastward. 1t reminded him of
things he had heard in the gossip of
the camp. Officers who had served In
Europe had said that the primal
urge was always at it's worst in war.
time. He had heard Samuel Lang
don tell Of the spring tide of law
lessness that swept through the spirit
of a race at war and turned the
bikes and barriers of restraint into
melancholy wreckage. The brooks
the rivers and the seas no longer
knew their places.
He congratulated himself on the
timely interruption Of the proceed
ings under the roof Of the baroness
The spell Of Nancy's weaving had
hoon hrokon Ho would kppn AWAY