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THIS NAME IE r rAs As the wounded officer finished his stor story such enthusiastic admiration welled up from my heart that I 1 had hard work to keep an nn expression of it from Crom my lips Hero was a man Ono One worthy of oC all the homage c that could bo be paid him And yet ct BO so simple BO so modest that I know Inow an expression c of ot admiration of ot his conduct would mako make him supremely I uncomfortable Th The feeling had been strong tron upon mo me that ho he carried his dislike of or approbation tion so 0 far tar as to bo ho o annoyed if IC any one ono looked at him while ho was reciting one of ot his own exploits I had therefore therefore there there- carefully n averted fore kept m my ryes eyes while ho was talking When Then he hc had finished however er I stole stoIc a n. shy hy glance at him He Hc was ly lying 13 1 ing hack back upon his pillows his ills e eyes es closed and there was such a tragic look of ot weariness and suffering upon his taco face that a poignant poh-nant feeling of s sympathy filled my m- heart Who ho W was he anwa anyway I asked myself my my- self cIt and where hec were his people Was as there no woman mother sister wife tIC or sweetheart whose right it was teas to watch b by his bedside to r awn away b by her loving inS tenderness s the tragic lines lIne suffering suffering suf suf- fering had graven upon Ulon his face taco Surely Surel- on any woman ought to be proud and nd happy to have ha tho the love 10 of oC such a aman aman aman man among mon men as ns this wounded young officer had proved pro himself to boo bo cPI Please nse- nse non Dont Dona t I I pulled m myself self up short short from from some ome hidden depth In my heart there crept an on unaccountable to dwell further upon this phase The UThe traditional penny wouldn't bo be enough h would it camo came a voice from the bed 1 started blurted violently looked up to meet the eyes of oC tho the sick man fixed sombrely sombre sombre- I ly upon me mc His Ills quizzical words were evidently only tin the merest camouflage for tor his real feelings For a n. panic panic- stricken sec second I wondered if it Jl ho he possibly possibly possibly pos pos- sibly could have gu guessed d the trend of oe my thou thoughts when sanity returned to tome mc me and md 1 I was able to lo answer him co co- co They arent aren't worth even cven a hapenny ho he said lightly Im not PO so o sure ure of oC that t ho re returned ro- ro turned sober soberly then gave 30 a little Impatient impatient im tin- patient shake haJe of oC tho the hea head as if IC freeing himself from irom some unpleasant thought Im rom re ready for your OUr part of or tho the bargain bargain bar bar- gain now ho said Hem Remember ember I want to know every everything thin that happened from tho the time you left my car at ot the corner until you OU popped out of or thedoor tho the door with that absurd pistol in your hand I flushed hecl a bit lilt resentfully He lie saw aw awand and understood it in a flash lash Pl Please aso dont don't misunderstand m me he said I hI I am not minimizing the Im Importance Irn rn- rn of or the pistol pitol And you ought to know that you ou saved sa tho the situation b by your opportune appearance Bu But 1 pardon me mo youre you're so utterly entirely ono ones one's s 's ideal of or the purely t feminine woman that a revolver seemed the most thin thing possible In your OUr hand L mo sue ne flush h TrI was a blue now burning my whole taco faco with Its heat There Thero I Iwas was no mistaking the personal significance significance I cance canco of oC his words I knew ho ha had hadnot hadnot not meant to embarrass me but both his tone and look pointed his meaning I struck wildly Into tho the story he lIe had bad asked of or mo In a mad attempt to hide m my embarrassment about I r noticed something queer that windmill tho the first thing I be beSan be- be gan San ganYou You had visited the inn before then I infer he said ald quietly Ills His tono tone relieved me mc by its Ita matter matter- of I J realized that he had seen my confusion contusion and andas as was doing doing- his unobtrusive unobtrusive unobtrusive un un- obtrusive best to put me at nt m my case i iI I accepted the cue grate gratefully Cull and beginning bo- bo ginning at the tho beginning related the whole hole story tory of ot m my adventures at the inn k keeping keeping- no single fact tact back Ho lie listened attentively making no comment asking no questions until I had finished Then ho said quietly Quiet So you rou aro arc a member of ot the Ule secret service How Ilow did you know I asked startled Oh you jou haven't been discreet ho smiled but I 1 happened to have two or three detached pieces of oC information which tail dove e exactly with your our story stor- 1 I couldn't escape the inference infer infer- ence I looked the inquiry I did not quite dare daro utter No o he smiled in answer Im Tm not nol nota nola a sleuth follow only a 3 common or garden garden gar gar- arden ar- ar den variety of arm army officer Capt Hugh Grantland at your our service So I knew his name at last knew something else that somewhere somewhere-I I could not remember Just where where where-I I had heard the tho name namo before |