Canadian Valley Record. (Canton, Okla.), Vol. 8, No. 36, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 13, 1919 Page: 2 of 8
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CANADIAN VALLEY RECORD, CANTON, OKLAHOMA
BRIDE of BATTLE
A Romance of the American Army
Fighting on the Battlefield* of France
By VICTOR ROUSSEAU
(Copyright, by W. G. Chapman.;
CHAPTER XVII—Continued.
With a cry that seemed hardly hu-
man Colonel Howard sprang toward
I another, with a girl as much above him
-—12— | as—**
"Be silent. sir! Gentlemen." he con-
tinued, addressing Mark and the Colo-
nel. "you are Interested In knowing Kellerman. his fingers twitching as If
what happened to this man Hampton, he sought to fasten them about his
He could not rid himself of the belief throat. Mark caught him and held him
that Justice, though slow, is pretty while the old man swayed to and fro.
his outstretched arm extended toward
sure. He had faith in God. Unfortu-
nately he had less faith in himself. Am
I wronging you, Hampton?" he con-
tinued. addressing Hartley.
"No. «lr." muttered the man on the
•tretcber. feebly.
"He wishes me to tell the whole
story. He went to Cuba and flung In
his lot with the rebels. He became
disgusted with their means and meth-
ods. obtained a pardon from General
Weyler, and took up his residence In
Santiago. The outbreak of the war
surprised him there. He knew that
Santiago would fall, and he had been
warned that he would receive short ,
shrift at the hands of our people.
"He longed for death, but he had two '
things that kept alive the desire for ,
life. One was his child, the other the \
desire for vindication, which had be-
come a monomania. He tried to escape
Into the Jungle. He saw that It was
hopeless,
"He was hiding in a little hut when
he heard footsteps. An American
Kellerman as if In imprecation.
Eleanor, at Hartley's side, did not
even look toward them.
"This woman, Morshelm—Kenson—
whatever you call her, came to France,
upon receipt of a message which had
cut her to the heart, shown her th#
hopelessness of her dreams, and taught
her that the one man in whom she
believed was worthless clay. To do
her justice, let us suppose that, even
in her worst acts, she had been sus-
tained by a sense of duty to her coun-
try.
"She met her confederate in an inn
at a village not far distant Frantic
at her appearance, he induced her to
let him drive her back through the
lines, and on the way renewed his lying
promises. This time she doubted him.
"Two men had overheard their con-
versation. One was Captain Wallace,
whom the pair had broken as they
sol. ^rolje poor Hampton. Him the traitor
d&r, who had strayed from his com-
pany, was coming into the clearing. At
that moment a stray bullet caught him
In the head, killing him Instantly.
Hampton saw his chance. He took oflf
the dead man's clothing and put It on ;
he dressed the body In his own. He
knew that by this means he could pass
throueh the lines In the guise of a
wounded man. until he had a chance to
get rid of his uniform in the cabin of
some Cuban, who would be only too
well pleased to give him some rags in \
exchange for It And, leaving his |
money and papers on the dead man, he |
knew that he left his Identity behind, !
for the bullet had destroyed the fea- i
tures.
"There was the child—but Hampton
had seen, and he devised a scheme to
; send him to the trenches and contrive
| to have him sent on a false and fatal
errand. With that point I shall not
now deal. The other man was Hamp-
ton, who had enlisted under an alias,
in the belief that he would obtain a
clue that would unmask the traitor. He
contrived to go back through the lines,
found the woman, and somehow—per-
haps by God's wonderful mercy—ob-
tained her signed confession—which I
have here, in full!"
He wheeled upon Kellerman. "Ma-
jor Kellerman," he said in a deep voice
that vibrated almost with pity, so
charged with significance that its
meaning could not escape either How-
ard or Mark, "you are under arrest
knew that he could take her no fur- *'ou go toward your quarters, first
ther. With the Americans she would removing your belt and arms."
receive food—which he had not—and | Kellerman saluted weakly and stum-
shelter and protection. Afterward he
would regain her. He lurked In the
bushes until he saw Captain Wallace
appear, watched him, trusted him, and
went away.
"He learned of the child's adoption,
and for years he haunted her home,
her school, all places that were her
residence, ever craving her, ever re-
strained by the realization that, till his
name was cleared, he had no right to
her. His Idea of vindication had be-
come. as I said, a monomania.
"Now, gentlemen, I have little time
to spare, but I must carry this story
to;the end. I said that he had less
faith in himself than he had in God.
Once, for three years, Hampton last
his child. She had gone to San "Fran-
cisco. In his despair he went to Wash-
ington. he sought out Hilda Morsheim,
who was still plying her trade, and
begged, as he had never begged any-
one, that she would vindicate his
name."
.There was a stillness as of utter 1
death inside the little cave.
"She saw in him one of those useful
spies such as her organization used,
broken men with inside knowledge of
conditions. She used him. held out
promises, broke them ; In his despair
he made himself a slave to her and—
and her confederate, forgetting his
manhood and what he had been. Time
and again they broke faith with him.
■ He had Just realized that he had noth- ;
ing to hope for from them when Cap-
tain Wallace appeared on the scene."
"Yes, he wns a rotten dog. sir," said
Kellerman. with the ghost of a smile. '
"Is is on such evidence that you pre-
sume—?"
"No. sir, it Is not!" thundered the
General. "It Is on the evidence of the
woman Hilda Morsheim, alias Kenson,
secured by Hampton under circum-
stances which—"
• Kellerman uttered a low cry; he was
Trembling now, and all his bravado
.seemed to have oozed away.
„ ''This woman, strangely enough,
•loved her confederate,"
bled out of the cave. The General
: looked at Mark.
"The soldier Weston receives a free
and full pardon for his valor in the
j field this day," he said. "He Is also
! discharged honorably from the service
j of the United States government"
Mark looked at the general in as-
tonishment; this was the last thing
that he desired.
The General approached and clapped
him on the shoulder. "Captain Wal-
j lace," he said, "your written reslgna-
■ tion from the United States army can-
stretcher. The bearers, who had fallen
back, stood still as Images behind. And
behind them Mark had the dim con-
sciousness in the background of his
mind of Kellerman, broken as he had
broken so many, and fumbling, always
fumbling, now with his tunic, now
with the belt that he was trying to
detach with shaking fingers.
"Hartley !** whispered Mark, hold
lng the dying man's hand In his. "That
was you today—I missed you, but
believed in you. You saved me."
There was a fluttering pressure of
Mark's hand In turn. Hampton was
speaking; he was asking for the Colo-
nel.
"I am here, Hampton," said Colonel
Howard In a choked voice, as he
leaned over him.
"You believe In me now, sir?" mut-
tered the dying man, rolling his head
uneasily in the effort to see.
"May God forgive me, Hampton!
May she—your wife—forgive me. Tell
her that, and tell her her words came
true. I betrayed my best friend, and
I've suffered for it, and I shall suffer
to the last day of my life."
"She forgives you, Howard," said
Hampton, speaking now with such sol-
emnity that his words seemed to his
listeners to be inspired. "There's—only
—one thing—I want Howard, old
man."
"Ye^ my dear boy—yes, Hampton."
"Put my name—back on the mess
list," whispered Hampton.
Through his tears Mark was con-
scious that the Interminable fumbling
outside the cave had ceased. As
Hampton fell back there came the sud-
den crack of a revolver shot
The General's form blocked the en- j
trance as they raised their heads. Mark :
placed his hands across Eleanor's eyes
and drew her away.
know why I have told you what I've
often pinched myself to keep from tell-
ing you? Because you loved me with-
out exactly knowing it—"
"But I did know it, my dear."
"Without exactly knowing it, nnd
when you admitted a little bit of it to
yourself you were prompted to commit
those foolish acts, to be so rude to me
and hurt me so ™>«ch. Btt* a woman Is
never deceived. She always knows. I
knew."
"My dear," said Mark solemnly, "you
have been everything in the world to
me since that very first day ontslde
Santiago."
"Of course I have. As you have been
to me. And that Is why I told you, so
that we two should not be unhappy all
our lives. You see. dear Captain Mark,
It isn't as if you didn't care for me. If
CHAPTER XVIII.
Perhaps it was because they had
seen so many horrors during the past
four-and-twenty hours that these
seemed all to have fallen away that
night at staff headquarters. There
was a brief hour of rest after inter-)
mlnable labors, the lines had been held I
and the great assault repelled in con- I
fusion; for that hour every man seemed
bent upon forgetting the Incidents of '
rnatrLaml™hiDg Uke gaiCty ™led i 1 had cared and y°u hadn't I should
aii th n t • i * have hldden feelings and never let
All the past seemed very far away to | you dream of them> and yQU never
would have. So it's really you who
have told me all this, and I've Just
.. ,, been Interpreting your thought®, be
hn^k Dth \SU 'i0?16! w « .6 y°U i cause 1 Just now to tell
mv now Hf6 h° i * *k t # ' you what you wanted to tel1 me with-
if<f nr ^ °f I * part oa* knowing that you wanted to tell
Have
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Speeding Up.
"What do you thiak of this league
of nations?" "I think it is time for
them to play ball."
Loved
Captain Mark Wallace as he stood
with Eleanor in the little cottage gar-
den.
its promise," said Mark.
It was a long and extraordinarily
imaginative speech for him, and he
stood shamefaced after he had said It, I
like a boy who has delivered a grown
man's aphorism.
"Captain Mark," said Eleanor, "you !
knew who I was, and you could not— j
you could not have believed my father !
Innocent, and yet you had faith In me. you care for me, and you want me to
You must have suffered when I used to give you my answer. Is that what you
talk about ray dreams of him, and you want me to understand. Captain
hid your suffering and your knowledge Mark?"
because of me." j "yes> my dear, of course It Is," an-
me what you did want all the time
Isn't that so, Captain Mark?"
"Yes," answered Mark, feeling com-
pletely at sea. but Incapable of contra-
dicting anything that Eleanor chose to
say.
"Isn't that so, Mark, dear?"
"Of course It Is," said Mark.
So you have actually told me that
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It is foolish for a man to kick him-
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"That was nothing, Eleanor."
"Captain Mark," she whispered, bend-
ing toward him. "I—I kissed you to-
day."
"That was nothing, Eleanor."
"Captain Mark ! What do you mean?
How dare you!"
Mark looked utterly disconcerted. "I
mean—I mean. Eleanor, I'm just your
old guardian—a sort of old friend, you
swered Mark.
Eleanor looked down thoughtfully.
"Well, I'm not sure," she said, In a
meditative manner. "You know, you
have been terribly, abominably rude to
me so often."
Mark had a great horror of losing
her.
"And you've broken your solemn
promise, and you can't Imagine what
know, and you were glad I had come shock that gave me, because I idealized
^ , you in a childish way. and I never
O, Captain Mark!" said Eleanor, , dreamed that you were capable of not
shaking with helpless laughter which : keeping your word. Captain Mark."
I "L Eleanor?" asked Mark in bewll-
"You Are Under Arrest"
went on the
•General remorselessly, fixing his eyes not accepted, owing to the state of
'full on Kellerman's now, while Keller- war- After the war It will receive con-
man blinked like a bat in daylight, and sideratlon. In the meantime you will
ftirned his head weakly from side tu resume your duties on the headquar-
.side, as if under the intolerable glare , ters staff."
Of a searchlight. "Her claims on him Tears rushed to Mark's eyes. He
were strong enough. God knows! She tried to speak, he was conscious that
v anted him to marry her. to take her the General and Howard were shaking
*awny from the old scenes that they him by the hand; and then a quick
-WTi;ht have a chance to redeem their glance from Eleanor drew liim to where
•wretched lives together. He had prom- j she kneeled by Hartley.
1 her that so many times—and the | A single look showed him that the
was dying.
Mark kneeled on one side of him.
disconcerted him still more; and yet
he thought her lashes were wet with
tears. "Captain Mark, are you really
j going to make me say it?"
"Say'what, my dear?"
"That it ought to have been yon."
"But you mustn't let that worry you,
Eleanor. It's often done in such cases
—I just thought you were too old to
kiss. You know, I wnnted to—"
"O thank you. thank you," said Elea-
derment. "Eleanor, surely I nevei
promised anything that I didn't do."
"Do you remember that evening In
Washington, the evening when you
came to see us, and we didn't get oa
well together at all, at first ?"
"And suddenly you became the little
girl that I had adopted, Eleanor."
"And suddenly you became my dear
Uncle Mark again! Well, do you re
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nor wearily. "Captain Mark, you dear,! member promising me that you wool*
absurd guardian of mine. I see you never give me tip any more, no matte?
aren going to spare me. So listen. I who might seem to have a better claim
love you and have loved you only, and on me? Do you remember that Can-
nobody but you. all through my life, j tain Mark—Mark?"
from the time I got your first letters to
of women Is as wax in the bands
of the man she loves.
"But he had become Infatuated with with Eleanor facing him
"Of course I do, dear, but you were
speaking of guardians."
"I. Captain Mark? Guardians?" she
asked. "I was speaking of—"
**Of Colonel Howard and me."
"Of you, dear. Just of you." an
. , swered Eleanor. "So won't vou dense.
w dPd T' "T'Im6 bUl- Whlle 11 p,ease D0t rnake Ine humble myself
r . imagining. again, and take me Into your arms aatf
The Colonel knew it And—others. ! —and—kina me?"
the time you came to see me at the
Misses Harpers' school, and from then
to now."
Mark looked at her In Incredulous
Joy; he was no longer capable of feel-
ing astonishment, but It all seemed like
ever the I Everybody did but you. And do you
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