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'her-den-ttd-tsro-tttas was drndf-l Him, hm 'r-d-die/tttere. --%.dm-,dt.e.rdut-rmai. eunuch-duo! mu ufdmmmhmum “uhmummâ€"gQMIIWh-fi-m m M and}... at,itG'ttNrllttul'at -e "tt.."-e-1,iau-iii'iidii'ic _ She jumped up and shod in the middle of the room, pnlsied with ”not. With tumbling firtttrrs she felt Into the inner pocket of the can: "to m and but out . crumpled sheet a! m. " VI! true, then! This w. thi. Ibominlhle, en‘urdly (In [and hlpwnod. Upon n lowboy. which served as . dreBsirtrtabie, Mood three photo- graphs. Each rested in a little frame of mourning: Jeanne's father and her two brothers. Presently the (it! on the bed lighed, turned and ttwoke. She blink. ed a little. rubbed her eye: and nailed. But the sight of that (Tim, hand obliterated the Indie instantly. The room she occupied was in the house of her aunt. her mother's tsis, ter, a widow. Mn. Wetmore never questioned her niece in regnrd to her mysterious tsbsences. So it begun to grape for her as one person grapes for another in the dark. So the tears had no bearing um on that attribute culled courage. The tear-stamed face did not speak of a higher order of courage; yet Jeanne, Beaufort was as brave and daring as any Woman in the South. At that time the North knew her neither by name nor by feature; hut it had often sensed the danger of her; it had often, thromeh her wit and re- source. seen a carefully built cam- paign tumble like a house of cards in the wind, The tenant of this room might eas- ily have passed as a boy at night. for the fitturt. was boyish: but in the day- light the male attire could not wholly disguise We delicate rumours or the satiny smoothness of the skin. As dawn- kindled the tree-tops' they drew down te a walk. There was no chatter, no jesting, nu expression of thankfulness over their escape._0rtly one made speech. It was a matter of directions, for how each man must go his own Way. as once more they were in a hostile country. They divid, ed at the first fork in the road, divid- ed " the next, and so on until each man rode alone. Ten eventually reached "Vash'mg- ton. The eleventh, when he was pos- itive that his comrades were well on their way, wheeled about his horse and returned to the main pike. and in leisurely stages wendvd his way back to Richmond, through blue lrnes and butternut. magically When the brilliant morning sun- shine poured into a certain window in that beleaguered city (fur it was in the summer of 1864). it gilded a grimy. tear-stained face, small, grimy hands flume out upon the pil- low, and powdered with fins sparks the mush-d locks of hair which matehrd the culnr of the copper- Along the road to the north. be, yond the grim cordon of sentries, eleven men were racing their horses They rode like furies. By the time he awoke. sensed the message hammering at his key and gave the, alarm, the nightridors had slipped through into a passively friendly zone. The quality of the street was good. The ftankinsr rows of brick residences with their white marble steps, pre- 'sented a dirrnitied front in the day- time. Into one of these houses the young man had gone. Silently he mounted the stairs to his room. on- tered and ftung himself upon the bed. burying his face deep into the pillows to stitte the wild and passionate subs. he could no longer repress. Death was not only behind them but lay in ambush before them. Death was ready, but the sleeping telegraph operator was not. The dim yel in view fur h youth did not circle of light A short "at seerued to revive the youth. He straightened. clicked his heels together -and stepprd forward. Out of this th suddenly emerged the 1asmpwost fur in: sharp breaths, . Street-lamps threw a circle of tight on the pavement; beyond the cirele's rim was, soft, impenetrable blackness. Out of this a slender young man suddenly emerged and leaned against the Iampqwsl fur a munmnt, breath, " W215 one of those hot South- era midnitrhts, when the stars them- selves seem overtaken with druwsi- w and drop from the ranks a: weary soldiers du. CHAPTER t ellow light held his hutt a dozen steps " reappear in the isf?-siiitf,,?li,Sl,r?l13llll; ninth-at"! “any 1... {mm hr Hamid ',ttthA21f on 2z2 ted back The ne '_reterrNeH.trrittt4 -tuesaodreeHr.dtsbaoemr. 05‘0“" "I‘M. Innim." m’hydhmhdumm gig-lyndqhghmhuh Jeanne knew bot little of Rich-l, mood. This turned out very well for} her later; neither friend not foe knew F nnythinn about the personality I Jeanne Bunion. This time. how», the dabbled . little in the frivolous. but ull with a (rim pump, Step by step die mumuvcnd mil at Inst she stood in the mom of the one man tttte sought." “M you are so you'll,” he pro- uote6--Nmreety twenty." " III very. my old." Ike retrtied {an .fetlttue smile. "And I III at lime. A week later Jeanne said; " am going to Eithmond." "Ot be home from time miles: the may stands in And even then I'll come.” “Shall we win!" "God howl. But win or Yankees shall pay I price." Upon the peace and plenty of this hanm’ little durhy fell the thundvr- bolt of war. Beaufort accepted a COL rmeky in a local regiment. and the hovs sought glory under Pickett. When the news came to Jeanne that her father had fallen at Manas, sas and that his beloved body had been buried there. her grief had been terrible. The death of her two broth- ers at Cemetery "ill left her out, wardly unmoved. She did not close the piano: she did not weir mourn- ing; and when the Spinster-aunt mild- ly remytstrated with this conduct, which she said In: lat-kin in rever- ence to the dead. the girl whirled up- on her: "I'm n woman. I can't ghoul- er I musket; I ean't go forth and de- mind of the North hn eye for eye, a tooth for n tooth. But hear me, Auntie: I'll have that eye. I'll have that tooth?" "To visit Four Aunt Delia; t think it tgold pun. child.” Father and sister took care of her mind. and the brothers saw to it that she should be sane in body also. She sang and phyed delightfully; her vat was nimble, in argument she was wysp; and her brothers taught her how to walk through a forest without crackling a twig. to break and tame fiery thoroughbreds. to shoot, swim. rum The plantation was like hundreds of its kind: enormous veranda-pillars and rambling wines and French win, dnwt. Below. on the river brim, was a clean little gathering of cabins for the plantation slaves. Not for nothing had rshe been given beauty and a facile tongue. She placed the paper in the bosom of her dress. rose and went down to break- Cast. smiling. She had the strength to do that. Jeanne Beaufort was the daughter of Lawrence Beaufort, a wealthy Vir- Rinia tobacco-planter. There were five in the family: Beaufort. his spin- ster sister. his two boys and the girl. And for weeks they had been here in Richmond. stealing its heart's blood, drop by drop! They had had the daring to permit her to carry away these code-names! Was it be- cause their work here was really done and that they would now scatter and keep seattered until the war was at an end? Eleven men against inn; wortMut-- so be it! She took up the gauntlet; and woe to them'. One by one would she track them down. ruthless. without mercy. They had trampled her pride in dust. mock- ed her; so would she trample upon their hnnor and mock them. mention, of young men, educated well- born. daring and reckless beyond be- "ef-in other tords, spies who indi- vidually performed as many wonders for their cause as she performed for Only one face she had seen, but she would remember that-ash, she would remémber that until she died. She had heard of this little band, but newer. until last night, had her path and theirs crossed. This organ- ization Tyas composed. with one ex- The mother had bien deadws‘izic; Jeannu's youth. What the literal translations were she had not the [cut idea, but she did know that they were code-names belonging to a free-lance organiza- tion known only to the War Office and the Secret Service in Washing- ton OUND to G-RO-A d-WG-A F-WG-S lLRD-M P-PA-G W-BFr.H John Kennedy. D. D. C-WG-L lose, the to time, between. Thus did Samuel lnsnll Public Serv- ice company chain-rum summarize the present status of the organization in his address to stockholders who u- semhled for the umul meeting in the Edison building. Chicago. recom- IL The usual order of Mines: irtehH. ing the re-election of the company‘I oiBeera and dim. follow It. Insull's introductory remarks Jul! before ndjonrnment. the amen-olden joined umnimomly in passing e rs- nlution of eoothdeoee in the mags merit of the company by Mr. Insan Ind hit with”. Soon she reronxtrycted her opinion of him as a whole. His more Wu due to muscles as strong and highly u-mlwred as watch-springs: and his rattie-patedness cloaked a mind as sinister and tlexible a Machiaveth"s. In their rrbhuent encounters in Rich. mond he fascinated and repelled her at the same time. He was always almut to join his regimen! at the front, but somehow he never did; and yet for weeks he would disappear completely. When he returned he was zlwnys a little thinner, a little harder. a little less effervescent. When he began to make love to her, she was at first amused. Bat when she realized that he was in earnest, she broke up his dream somewhat rudely. "With the acquisition of I ISO-foot right of way. u-xtending from Wanke- keitan to the Indiana state line __ a right of way which forms an outer bolt completely encircling the city of Chicago - the Public Service com- pany of Northern Illinois law come to occupy a position of vital impor- tance with reference to the develop- monk of suppr-power electrical facil- ities throughout the emmtryf' That was the last of it. apparently. He disappeared again, and hay duties compelled her to return to Washing- ton. (Second tine man..." of “in story in the Press next trek). Read it "cry work. I PUBLIC, SERVICE co. RE-ELECTS OFFICERS Later she leamed something deti, nite Rimming Henry Morgan. He Rave to the world the impression that he was a rattlepate; vain he really was; but underneath this vanity vs: a matchless valor. This discovery rather interested her: for no woman is left untouched in the presence of s brave man. . - An oftievr came into the room. He looked like a Creole, Spanish in color and French in trraeefulrtess, He paus- ed, undecidedly. Henry Morgan fell in love with Jeanne on the spot. Jeanne. on her side. saw a handsome young ottirer in butternut. She forgot all about him the moment he was gm. "Ah, Human." said the Secretary: "this is Miss Beaufort. Just a mo- ment. until I see if the President is disengaged." w the President himself. We need women, need their um and mile. Tomorrow you shall start for Wash, mgton. You shall become a member of some family there we trust. Choose some name, and always in Waking» ton be known by it. And tind 3 an by the name of Parson Kennedy. Bring him into our lives. Ind you will have served the cause to a {It greater extent than your "ther or brothers. Tomorrow I shall give you all your instructions, codes and so forth." "You Are trying to discoun‘e me. You m wasting time." "Do you love any mu?" He eyed her exquisite beauty. "Do you expect to go through lite with- out loving?” “I don't know," she mused frankly. "But I hope that I any. I want revenge. My father. my broth- ers, whom I loved, have given their lives freely. I wish to add nine." So young and so terribly serious! "Jeanne Beaufort, you “all have your revenge. Come; I will take you I. o-k-AK/nd-dai.' aureau" “5-,“ M k- t=tTtrff,ttt 'trlth't."at. I.” "Whit". laugh-Hi Bretey0ytatiyrt 0-,!!- FGGG e-- _ Liias" ay I; A. ll. Hull‘s out“: Adm-cw w. II M Hall nu SEWING MACHINES TheOrrierrGnrdeat To Flower Lovers 'm"m'uaMrtra-i-trsta-ant "o.Ph-a.- ”I. AND mun” It “cw- VIC. J. KLLIJAN. INC. Planing & Dyeing Co. 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