... A Romance ot'lfu? AMERICAN ARMY Fighting on the JrwUNJL I ... 'Hilt I NI'CIII at leant to have ilio I., uliy of iiiiiunIiik you," In- continued. 'Dear t'ncie Murk!" -i iii Bleanor, 51. :liln with (can In Iht eyes. She Wove I Know You Arc My Real Undo Mark." id ii'T iiunii on kl ahoafdav. "Now know you afa my real L'ncle Murk let nil," mIii- sulil. vii ;" in' aakad, in astonishment. 'That's Just like you, lini'li' Murk. I you it 'a tin1 ri'iil yuu I ve uluay.t tneiiiborill." "You Mt'i'in to r Miu'mbcr my ehtirae r viry w'll, Kli'iiuor," .said Murk. yliiK not to relent, ami huvliiK 1111 un-.iiifortubli- failing thut wa,i an tl'pt Ut lllHi.lU llih.lll ,' "Wi'll, you know, you piild tue a fnlr lohjC vUlt ut tin' Misses Harpers' Ii.miI, L'ncle Murk.'" "You Ml mfllliif but a Hi'hoolKlrl .I'll." "flcfaoolglrla fun JuJki character a II uh arown-ups." "Ami ho you tlunk you know me, uml ami you'ri' not altogether disappoint- It" naked Murk, mailing ut last "I'm not ilN:iiioliiiii In you ut nil. .11 uri'ii t In mi-. Itur liirli' .Murk, topic iloii't n ully chooga never, mt! .Only they burn to adapt Ihcin- Ivi's to I licit environments. Von ure wt tin- Miimi' lis over just tin' unlet, nlvc, chivalrous Duel Murk I've WajU ilri'Ulin'ii of." "Well," mii Ul Murk, "I aee thut then- hop eg thut I 1 1 n II regain tin- little uril whom I've always thought ubout. nil, of eourMe, 1 oiiKht to huve re acted thut your environment h.ts Ini'u ery different from the one I could live given you." "I wish I'd been with you, Uncle ark," she nnawered Impulsively. Why didn't you keep me when you had lur elm nee. If you wanted me? Oh, ear Uncle Mark, that was ho like M too giving up to others. And iu never aent me that photograph !" "I've never hud one taken since, El inor." "Hut I've got you yountelf now," Id the girl. "So you mustn't give me i uny more, no mutter who seems to live u better elulin on me. Will you romlae me thutT" Murk knew now for certuln thut lie id found bis own. "1 promt.," hu iswereil. Hi'iiuise, you know, I've been very i ! wllh Colonel uml Mrs. llowunl. ul Oils Isn't the best uml biggest purt 'i.i' Hint you si.' here. If I eoulil ive hud my wuy I'd rather huve been Irlng u more useful life somewhere uiiewhere where I hadn't iiulle bo tiny things thut I want. Colonel owurd gives me everything he ItfTnk'i mint. Hut you see, Uncle Murk, mi'lhliig Is missing. Vou reini'iulier Ml we Inlkeil over about my being bj. regimen t a I mascot r Mm: nodded, wiitchluir her fuce ely, "Well, nil thitl's over uijd gone, icrc Isn't any regiment now, any .v. All Hie old people have gone aul It, Ami we were tbree jciuv. In Sun "" co, vou knov . Ami oh, Uncle "I , I wish we could lime lliose days '"in. when I used to dreaiii about my her and anil " "I know, my dc ,r," said Murk. "I've always secretly honed ilmt 1 ouhl Kin, u. Nome duy. Hut I've ul nt slopped lioplng, except for one lag thut I've never told uiiyhmly. ' n number wloit I until In vou 'Ut u mini wutchlng ineT" He doeau't watch you now, Kl- nor I" M, ueiiiaal. "Ue kaa come kaek." Dulllvficklr oF - m:h ' Khe answerer. "'r' older and cniyrr. hilt llc'.S III'1 Nllllle mil II. e ;,., l !n i i here, In WiimIiIiikIimi. Ami I've never iliiri'il to speak of l, i'i ii to Colonel i llowunl. but I know it's not a data lion, Uncle Mark." ' "And j on think he lias aftlM i ounce- Him with your fiitlicr, BleuoorT" naked Murk. "I don't liiinw what to llihili. Wli'it do you think. Uncle Miiil.V naked the girl, ' I think, my dcur," auid Marl: dclHi-' criilcly, "ihul l l-n't the same mall. It stands to reason II cnn'i I.e. Whj should ha have watched you nil u,, . ' II s .mil ii. 'MT spo'.eii to ;.onV No, l.'l.'iuior. I think you've had this Idea no long that you have uih-iiitcrpiclcij I mean " "I know what you mean, Uncle Mark, Wi ii. it doean't statter. And now l must go buck to lira. Howard or tiny will be Wondering wlrtt bun becotna of mc. Bat wa've nicked iii our in. i:m. lies, Inivcn'l '.'.' And I'll sec u lot of you, Uncle Mark, before y.m go to the war?" CHAPTER VI. But Marl, lel'iined Colon. 'I Howard! Invitation to become hla gm-t. a. id uvoidril t in- house in Ma- :n hiisctts circle aa much as he could wllh dc ceney. Me was i 'oiirugi'ous enough tO anuly." his reasons ami he did not conceal the raanlt from almaatf. Hi wanted i:i, aiior with all I he pant' up longing of the dialed ...r. in the . desert. Ills lose was the Niroiigi t 1 passion that hi hud I'l.r fell, an I el. ' strangely for u man ot hi , mii-, it had ! Ill It much more Of the paiermil eli- ! inctit Hi, 'ii of the lover. All his life he had been utmost klllles. bis only sister was dead, he until. -.1 Klftin.u's presence, Kleuiior with him, to see her c-ry day, whether n- wife or daughter. Vet he wus brave enough , to uckliow ledge thut this love, seltless In u measure, threiiteue.l lo become ii ismsiiiuing pusslnn If he did not hold himself rigidly Iu check. He, the middle aged cuptuln. and Kleuiior, with her station, her pros pect iiu.l her beamy it wus an lm isiNsible dr. inn, or one thut would ruin the girl's life If, In sonic wild moment, she mnde It truth. lie hud bin reward In Klcunor's In creasing restraint, her quite visible In dignation. They had fallen upurt again, after that single meeting. It wus a poor reward, but the sort that Mark hud received all his life from fortune. Hut there were lonely nights when life seemed unbearable, and lie had til exert ull his will powiff to heap him Helf In iheck. Murk hud rented a lit tle I'm ii I shed apartment In the North west section, off Pennsylvania avenue, end In hud found Hi.- desert more , ..in puiiioiiuble. Olio night hu lelt ut the end of hla powers. Thut was after a grilling day Iu the wur olllce, one of those, days thut sometimes come In Washington toward the middle of September, when everything U us sticky us the usphult sidewalks. It had been a day of evil portent be shl's. Colonel Howard, who had aeemed of late to reflect Klcunor's coolness In some measure, hud greeted him with a wry fuce when be came In. "The devil's to pay, Murk," he sub!. "Draw up your chair. There's a leak age In the depart incut." "What?" cried Murk. "Things are getting known for In stunce, our dealings with the shipping people. They've found the exnet num ber of ships we've requisitioned. Vou know whom I meun by 'they.'" Murk nodded. The cosmopolltun In fluences In Wiishliiglon, whose ritmlM cations extended to the ends of the earth, or, ut least, across the Atlantic, were busy In every drawing room ex truding news, the tiniest unit leitst re liable of which wuu not despised, alnce many such single Itema muke up a co herent story. "The Hi Igudler's wild ubout It," con-' tin in-, the Colonel, pulling ut his urns tnclie. "And It seems Impossible to d.'lcci how the leukuge occurred. It must have been through the shipping companies, of course; yet Ihey coiildn'l have pieced the thing together without concerted BCtlon, which Is out of the queslioii. I, el's go Ihroii h the im pels," They opened the safe uml went through them dim h.v one. hut nothing wus missing "I la inn II !" growled Colonel llowunl. "I've he, ii through tills before, Mark : you know thut. In thut case there wus ii traitor ul work. We found bim. In this ease there can he none, at leasl, 111 Hie war ilepartiaeiii. And I've told Hie Hi Igudler I'll unswer with my place for discovering where the leuk lies." lie closed the sale uml strode off In to Kellei uiun's room, to return with Keiieruuiu, looklug angrier thuu be- "What nr we Ki'liiK t llo, Keller innnT" hi niked. Kcllcrimih iiiii'himI out tils ItpM. "Well, Colonel, you know iin nuirli about It on liny of tin," hi answered. "There" al ways been two of us pre I'ui illicit mill 1W lwi JOtJ I Mm tX" "You Know aa Much About It Aa Wa Oo." morning when the papers were trans ferred. I'll vouch for you, Wallace will. 1 presume, vouch for mc, ami you, I presume, will vouch for Wulline." The sinister look on his face uffect ed Murk more dl-agreeiilily than ever. Hark Ml nettled, though the words bud been fair. "If there's been n leak." he snld "It seems to tue It's up to the Hrlgudler to discover II. It's outside; It Isn't air business to locate It. We're doing nor purt whut more run we do?" "Coine OloBg null tell the Hrlgudler that," suggested Howard. Mark, nothing loath, aciompanlcd Mm In the (leu.. ral'.. room. Cut tin Hrlgudler wus more furloun Huiii How ard, "I don't know how It hnppcnct). Col on.'!, uml I don't cure!" he cried, thumping the table. "No great harm has been done so fur, and of course none of the ilcpiirimenlnl clerks inn hi suspected. Hut It's got to stop, uml we've got to find out how It .fWglnated." It wus on that night that Murk felt ul the end of his powers. It wus curly, he had 'lined ami was sitting disconsolately Iu his apartment ; nothing seemed of any value to him ut that mouciil, and his thought were ranging round their eternal subject. I Hud It been necessary that he should huve treated Mrs. Howard ami ki- ' eiinor boorlshl'. to piotect himself? He put on his but uml went out, uicuiiliig to pay thein a visit, or. ut least, ti walk rowsird their house while making his dc. lalou. lie hud not de cided by the lime he reached Mussu chnaetta circle, and, ni rV atopped In ' doubt, he envi C in. I; UCTOM fhi road, staring up ul tile In 0 -e. Of a sudden Kfeanor'a story recurred to his mind with ild lirce. The mall i wus obviously watrhiti; the hou-e, uml hi meant to stay there. Hut, us Mark started toward him. the man seemed to take fear, und shambled nun). Bomithtni in his gull j brought back to Mi.ik's moid the recol lection of the mnn win. m he had seen outside the Misses Harpers' school. And he began to follow Mm. It wus a role that he had never p'ayed before, but Justified, In his mind, by the necc--mI ty of illacoverlnt the fetlow'l Identi ty. Without uny very clear Intention In bis in 1 ml how be wee to accomplish thla, Mark made hla way after the soli tary figure, keeping well behind It. It soon became clear that the man, although he looked like a tramp, had u definite objective. Murk pursued him toward Pennsylvania avenue, until be discovered thut he waa nearlng the least desirable part of Washington, whose locution, so near the residence of the chief executive, hits nlwuys been the wonder und scandal of visitors. He was in one of those streets thut start bravely in Hu city and debouch Into the low-lying land In Hint Interme dlnte ami hardly reclaimed region bor dering the PotontftC, 'I he hoiiics hen were old. inuii.v appearliic VilCOnl nni tiiinlilc-dou ii. uml Tor the most pi. standing in. h In . Utile uur' Murk was l tackling Hie i or pursuit, was about fifty pares In front ol him, when suddenly the man turned In nt the tiny garden of an ap parently deserted iioii.se ami knocked ul the door, which was opened almost Inline. Ibllel.V. Mark heard n subdued scream, mid then Hie man s voice Iu angry aid na tion. Hi was talking to the woman who had opened tin- door, she looked nhoul Im' uml thirl) .veins ol age, and hei Copi, distinctly risible agulual the Ih, lit iu tile ball, was well bred, if mil attractive, Mm - 'elm .1 one of tin... lopolltan i a lio fri quenl the cupl- lul; Murk was si iii uncertain whether her house wus oi)e ol those residences Hint lire sllll occupied III this district by the Original owners, or whether aba whs the ml' I less of one ol those gum lillng cHtabllshniuiits that flourish ot in. easily along the uveliues of the curlier iilphnhcl. The limn stcuii d lo be pleudlug with her, his gestures w ere growing fran tic, lie Uokad about fl-e and lortv yenrs of nge; hla face struck Mnrk With ii cortnlii odd fniiillliirlly, though lie hud never seen li i Tit cloMcly before, ii ii' I tic re truces of brecililu:, blurred cither by dlsrioliite hablls or by mis loll line. The woman answered liltu In tones of ipilck linger, uml iiiude u gesture of dismiss),). 'I'lie mini held his ground doggedly, the voices became angrier. "Not No, I tell you!" llm woman cried. "I don't know who you are! Will you goV" Suddenly a mnn ciime along I lie piiHsnge beh' lid her, currying u walk ing iniie with a heavy bundle lie raised It and brought It crushing down on the other's head. The man fell to tic ground, evident ly hull stunned by the blow. The mnn wllh the .nil.' raised U ami brought It own iiguin and again upon the other i Iliad and face. In u .ucicwsloii of nlck I'liliig clashes. Marl, ran to the garden gate. The mull with the stick paused, raised hi I head, and looftid ut him. Mark rein;: nl.eil Kelbrmiin. As IC.ller'.ian, m turn, recognized him. an uii:ry iinecr apread mi r his fnoa, "My ilenr Wallace, wtet Ibe dlckena lire .Mill doing llereV" he ll. in IIHii'd. "Arc v hi trying to kill this iiuuiV' it lei d Hark, Uelti rinnn seeimsl nonplu 'I'd for toe moment, "1 hope I've given him bis lesson." he BMWWWl "Hi came hei and d" la' mled money, and nearly frightened Ura, Keneuu out of her aasaea, bit me pre eut yoti " , .Mark looked into the keen, op lug eyes of Mrs. Ketisou wllh hi like and disgust. "Vou'd belter lei him go. otOjOC Kcl leriuun," he said. As he spoke he saw Mrs. Kensoii bite her lip vindictively. "Oh, I'll leave him to you," respoml d Kellerinaii airily. "Voull ACUM me. Walhne, I'm sure, but Mrs, Keiison's auto will be hire In a few moiuetils." Murk, hot with Indignation, answer ed nothing, bin nil -id the nun from the ground and got li 1 in out ode the gat. As he d d 00 he heard llle door of the house Ctoee softly. The iriiuip was bull OBCOOaclOua, ami muttering vitguely. "luiir yaara alnce I've sii-n her.' bo mnmblad. "i ditin t aroal monijr. Qi 1 the word, (ioil I. in .v.s I wouldn't have ink. ii money from nor aa ha snld, Um cur" "Was she Miur wife?" nsked Murk, thlukliig thut be saw light. "Cod torbld!" ejaculated tic with convincing spontaneity, are you, anyway''" he ilcmamleit lug ul him directly for the tlrsi man "Who look- tlme. "Wliut were you doing Iu that place'.'" lie grqqpqd Mark by the arm. "Are you another friafld of hers?" he asked. j "Or didn't you kimw that Its the swell- est gambling house in Washington? Murk took him by the shoulders. "What's your nutur and where do you T- "I'm Truatlno You With My Thlnga." live?" be usked. "I haven't time to waste on you, but I'm ready to help you If 1 can." "My name? Hurtley. Good enough name, Isn't If? Live? I haven't lived lor more years Hum 1 remember. I'm a corpse see? 1 wanted to live. Thul's why 1 cuine here when i heurd she wus I it Washington. Wulkcd lroin New York. Why should she be here now, unless there's iinothcr poor young fool like me for her? Wheie the car cass la, there are the engles or Is It vultures?" , Murk drew the man's arm through his and led him away. Presently a cub came crawling up. He hailed It uml guve his address. He took til in home and played the flood Sji inn rl t n ii, washed his wounds, plastered them, and gave the null) u lied In bin living room. Hurtley had subsided Into a Mute of frightened si lence, lie looked dubiously at Mail; all Hie while he wus receiving bis luin istrntloiiH, and would say mulling. "Now', pleuse understand," Hiild Mnrli, "I've brought you licre hei au-.e you seem to mc to be up ugainst It. The door's unlocked. And I'm Irustlug you wllh my things. Those cups lire silver, Hartley 1 won them ut West Point. Thut Utile picvure Is by Grlffln .... i .......ii. - --- - ,,,,...,... nun ivyi in in, ..in M-M'ii iniiiiii eo. lumiu about nil, 1 think but 1 want you to ' under.siand you're free, and I'll bcliii you, If 1 cun." Hartley Hushed rather oddly, Mark tbouaht, but auid not a word. It wua " m ftj QmmmVFkl a foolUh act, lie thought repeatedly before he fell nsleep; but he must win the liiaa's coiilldence If he was to learn the iii.vHli ry. And he was satisfied that Ids Interest in BtatBdfa mov. ni.'iil hoded no harm to Inr. In I lie morning. Hurtley was gone, as be i-xpei -ted. Hill lie bud taken ml ther the cups nor Ih. plciurc CHAPTER VII. On the way to the war department Hie following morning ho wus puzzling over the affair, Kclleriiiiin's presence In Mm. Ki nson's house, and Keller nuin'n poKsllde c'liincctlon with Hurt Icy, who WHtchi'il Kleuuor. lb- could inn arrive ut any but the most fuM.'ntle solutions. Kellcrtnan welcomed bim with Ids usual auiivity. They carried OP Hi" papen Horn Hie safe; then Kellennun Colled Mark into Ids own olllce. "About hist night, Wulluci " be began. "Of course yon acted ull right, as you understood the sltuution. but there wus a gissj deal thut ymi did not understand. Thut mna you tisik home to your looms is u uort of liitcriiationul tool pigeon, if I cun coin the phrase. Julto despicabb the one-time gentle Dl who has lost his honor; and dan girotia, hi'uiis hi knows things that nobody would credit him with know ing. I suppose you wonder what 1 wus doing in Mm. Kenaon'a ptocaf "Not in all, Major Kellerman." "My dear Wallace," suld Kellennun, laying a band on Murk's shoulder. "I want .to give you a pi "c, ol advice. This Is quite ui.urt from our work hire. 1 don't think your qualities an inl.ipled to hcadqilurlers work. Co hack to your battalion or, rutlur. Ink" udvuntngc of your friends In Wa-h Ingtou to secure ii good pOOf he etu pbuslziHl the adjective "In nglmcntul work." And us Mark looked at him In stu u -faction, Kellerinuii added coolly; "I am not rpeqklng olfbluily, my ' dear Wallace. Tul.e the suggestion us u friendly one. If I can make it a ! little (barer to you, your presence In Wnshliigtou Is lii'iiiivcnlent to DM for peraonal reasons. 1 think you will iqe ! predaU the reasons tlii: reason, in I her." 1 he man's Insolence wus maddcu- log, lists Mark's Impulse was to ila-h his Into his face. Hut discipline told. .Mark saluted Ntluly and went nv.ny He sat down u t his desk, fuming, ot ...lll'se Kellerinuii bud referred lo K' cniior; and It suddenly occurred to Murk thut Kellerman might huve mnde a good deal of heudwuy during his aboauca. Mark and Colonel Howard occupied n Ktiiull room ut the end ot the currl- j I r: the clerks room was without; be- , tweeii the two, accessible from eucb, ! u" Kellerman's olllce, which coiuuiu- ul''uled, in turn, with the Brigadier's. ( .'"iicl Howard came In after a vtTiTW, and th.-y went over their pluus together. They were engaged on u coinpllcutisl piece of work. Involving tonnage and computations of cubic feet of apace for cargoes. There bud been un error somewhere, und Murk was trying hard to discover it when Ibe Brigadier cuine In Iu his usual Iras cible manner." "How long will thut Job take, How- , ard?" he asked. "Wallace will have It Mulshed by noon, sir," unswered tW' Colonel. The Hrlgudler wavetl Murk to his sent Impatiently, "ltrlng It right iu to me lis soon us you have the llgurcs, pleuse," he suld. "I'll wait for It. Sure you cun be through by noon?" "I'm sure, sir," unswered Murk, who was hot on the trail of the error. The Hrlgudler withdrew, taking the Colonel with him for a conference. Mark worked steadily. The omission was found, the computations were bulunclug. A clerk knocked ut the door. "What la It?" asked Murk Impa tiently. "A man to see yon, sir. He says his name's Hurtley. Shall I show bim In?" "Good Lord, no! I'll see bim lu the waiting room," answered Murk. He locked the office door, went through the clerks' room and Into the anteroom. Hurtley wus standing be side the window. He looked up sheep ishly as Murk entered. "Well?" usked Mark crisply. Hartley grinned. "I didn't take the cups or the picture, Cuptuln Wallace," he suld. "Well, whut about It? What cun I do for you?" "Why, I I wanted to tell you as much, Captain Wallace. I've sunk low, but not to theft. Only 1 didn't feel 1 could aTuy." "Hood Lord, man, la that all you have come to tell me?" "Well, you see there was something else, but " btuuiuicrvd llunicy. (Ti bo conttaued) The American colors made up among the alliu. cannot be There are red blooded nations uml blue bloo I ed nut ions, but not a whlte-bloodod nut ton among them anywhere. SOUTH SENDS NEW FIOIITEKS NORTH. 'V HHoBBlot qdJM tiTv -m - 4 Ci jff, ' sr-7-r--H"fl'.. ,v; . i mm Sen Eoward COHOi CAP'VS Two new aoatr4ifl far.-.-i hare made thir aponi-"'e in Con gress The upper Is Seator jj. ward J. Gay of Locijiianu. who succeeds the late Robert Drous sard Lower is Carlos Bee of S, n Antonio. Tex., a brother-in-law of Postmaster General Burleson and of the historic military family of Bee. from South C -dina His uncle. General Hen. Bee gave General Jackson tho nickname ot "Stonewall." HOLY FAMILY CnCRCH (Catholic) Cor Miller and C. Sis. Sunday High Mass at 10:30 o'clock. Week .lava Mass at 7 o'clock. Instructiona for children Satur days at 9 A. M. Rev. rather Francis, 0. F. M. Rector. Sumpter Valley Railway Cd. Arrival and Departure Cf Trains Departs No. 2, Prairie Sumpter Arrives Baker 1:15 A.M. 2:35 P. If. 4:15 P. li Departs No. 1, Baker 8:3 A. M. Sumpt er 1 :05 A. II. Arrives -Prairie 2:1 P.M. No. 1 Makes good connection with 0.-W. R. & N. Co. No. 4 (Fast Mail) leaving Portland 6:15 P, M., arriving at Baker 7:55 A. M. and No. 17 from east arriv ing Baker 6:50 A. M. No 2 connt?ctswith No. 5 (Fast Mail) arriving at Baker 7:55 P. M. which picks up Pullman at Ba er, arriving at Portland 7:0ft A. M. vlso with No. 18 at 0:4PP M. for points Fast. $1500 Reward! i in nrstea. ct. limn n sue Nm i.I I iv,. ,,i,u k H .ue- I .ii At.-... Im i .ii n In. h ikn in .Icr- ti.'ni'ii h i. f . .-r. , I L . l .. 110 r.'ui i: li.i t itl II. . l.'HillHi; l II r in i. si nn. i ron v . ; mm ii an nr- I) el liNllt, MM III' li in s , nllt I in iiiiiIfh Krlnnulin In h.. ul ii rivM- Ihii. In aildltiou uiiiir iiv,., th nnatrtfaHl ..in ' Hie uino i ni'iliiiiiii ii ui lor all hora I.i i. till ln.i.i' li.ni l.ar mi bulhoreithtr Ja. Ilmud rnorilixl In lvhi rminllrii Kuna lUrni'v. I aki- mint Crook eoBDllet. Horses) venue whtn told. Nudu Lu' u.n huiMi told sad nmy t Iftflll' lllllli lo n. w w allows ma Ortkna. ei Gotthe Genuinea-v 'tjk and Avoid rtjdtV"! WkljSwQ o n o m y I yZfjg(tin Every Cake