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Show . o The Thel 15 i5 l ' rof r rr r of ofChaos Chaos Chaosl Chaosr l r r rby by Irvina Irving BachellerCop3rlgltt Bacheller BachellerI'Copirlcht I'Copirlcht ICopirlcht Cop3rlgltt ' COP ) rIght 1332 1932 by Irvinc IrvIng Dn.ehollor Dnehollor Bachollor Bachollcrpj . , J I IW [ W , Ti\NUScrTlco Ti NUScrTlco \ .U U . : . 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' [ tou { ' liire h'l\"e h'l hl "e e hive ' \ " licud Ile'lld Ilelld head ' me S'1j S1j sly si ' that IJ I will willno \\J J \ ttjl ) ] ! no dnclb duels ueb In mi my m ; } anm mIm aims aimses " ' 'es es ' es sir " 1110 our dill diih dots , musst mu"t mut must : " lnuc hl1c hate hl1\ hl1 \ c been cleir cIe'lr cIelr clear ' toThe to ? 1 ' Ilie The he men \ tteie were 'I I { ' e In . your our POWlr power POWlrc.houI powerhould powerf cliould hould c.houI chouI : . have hare been lJe ( > n turned o\cr o cr 0er 0\ 0 o \ + er to'ral toral to toral toral ' ral W'lr Wlr Wird W'trd Wtrd ' ' foi fOl punlsliment 1)ul1lshment 1ul1lshment punishment ) The Thet Thethl Thc\i Thc i \ , in hl fict hct fact 'lIlIer lIlIer Iuder 1 iiider-5hhousht iiider 5hhousht ' . , - 'thou thou ' ( thought ht lh tint th'lt thlt ' t tlioi they the hid h'll hll hind ' ] he leen been ) en suf sufIt suf1t13 sufEitb It 1t13 ! ; } punished I tried to fl\ fl at \ flold a\oidino a oidino \ old oldn oldno n no , ; ; sir elr He lIe slung stung ' me1th me \ with \\1th 1th nlth insultsi Insults Insultsb1 b-1 b 1 'f f ' ( i 1tJ , I @ I i4P ti m'h mh m'hJ . , ' ' { \J J \ - J1 ! r / ' . : k1ta \1 1 \ 1 yr4 y yi yn , I j I , j - ) . 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" fu he be presence o ot of ( InS in im In\ In \ S\\ S Seethe.u s sweetheait'sher sweetheaitsher \ + seetlieait's seetlieaits seetlieait'sher eethe.u eetheu . t's ts t'sbel ' bel her ' Ihe 1he The matter went so fir f'lr flr f'ir ' ' I tQ ItQ pld lld ] d tmo h'1e h1e hate ' , felt like llle , a n co co\\aid co aid co\ald ald \ + satd \ , , I ISId IGlcl SId Glcl 11'1\ 11'1 111 ln\e ln e 11'1e Hike ' \ e looked looled , like hle , a n cowird cow'1rd cow1rd coward ' If I Irefused Ii refused to light fight tight BesI Resides Pesides , es sir , I In In IIn 1 1refused n love Ilic The 'I I ' he 011 , oiil ul ] is more mote than my myto myto myto to me " " idT idTishinjton dv W'ishln Wishln \\ishinjton ishinjton \ \ 1.shln 1shln . ' * ton had been deep deeply deeplyceted dccplirested ] l ceted < ; t\d t d \ ? in the mrrative n'Jrratire nJrratire narrative ' Her Iier hUlt knit hUltJl'1l1 knitlhtid knit-hid knit hid ' - Jl'1l1 Jl1l1 lhtid ' fallen from her handb haml hands and andlying andlying andpyins lying- lying lyingIn - in her IH'r IHr ' lip hp Her dark arlc eyes eyeswide eyesp eyespttide " ' ttide 'HIe HIe wide open and 'lglowIth ' iglow 'lglo\\ 'lglo lglo Zgloti \ with syms sym humll4 s , as fche bhe she sat looking 10oI.lug 10oIlug . at the humIl hump humIlC8IIL.1.ln humpcaptain captain C8IIL.1.ln C8IIL1.ln C8IIL1ln . . She turned to her hus bus busGood hus1 . ' Good land I ' I like 11he it He Heto Heto Hefto to tJ"h tJh flht ( Uif Uifpe " ? t ' pe e General ne\ ne ne\cr ne cr neer neser \ er argued with wlth \ Ith hlSIn hisIn his hlS | in the picscnce IHescnce presence of other people peoplerose peopleirose rose < ; e ind 'lnd lnd tnd ' ans\\ ans answered ansered \ ered lier her onj only onl ] with withlIe withlie witlille Iro peopleIro } lIe and i l t bo1 bow bo\\ bo \ 'ihen ihen 'Then Then ' 1 hen he addressedelf addressed elf to the younJ young youu man Ills lils Iis [ tone toneIndia toneilndh | = : ! ; Indh India lou lots are young ; oung ' ' ind 'lnd lnd 'Ind It isfirst is isI isfirst isj first first nrst'ofTense nrstofTense ' ' ofTense offense . . . You 10u are just out out11 outs1l outyll \11 11 s1l \ life Ufe and hive hwe not learned that thatmeer thatfifcer thatIHcer [ meer fifcer must ha\e ha e hake \ self restnint restr'1lnt restr1lnt restrtlnt ' We Wen Won I n an nn ' ' irmy 'lrmy lrmy 'irmy \ where here s \ MS 'lst lst ist ' Issues Is&uce Isuce & : ; areake areake are ; ake ' Ihey 'Ihey 2hcy depend ] larpeli largely ar e ] on the thelIet theuct the"ct thect lIet uct " of our ofliccrs ofllcers officers Go to your yourI I " will "m m seeOU see you ; \OU OU \ ou at ; 'wen wen ec\en ec en ceten ' \ In the themg thelog the'ling theling ' mg log ' ind 'lDd lDd men\\ men meinwhilc menhlle meanwhile ; \ hlle I \ will III thlnhtit think thlnh thinkt tit t It " " s1131J shall s all bo 110 ho s i \ t8frour tyour t # your + will vlll sir , wh'1t wh1t whit whitit wh'1tIt whit1 ' It IDa mav may v be " slid S'lid said ' Colln C01ln Colin 'Your Your ' Your dlsure disure dis dls disure > ure Is i 'l l ' t Rrlet grief rler to me and I 1 'lmunh.Jppy ' im 'lm lm imunluppy 3 unluppy unh.Jppy unhJppy unhappy . i ivag Ias \vag vag \\as as wag \ \ to meet my the'1rt the1rt tb mythoirt mytb mythe'1rt ( > 'lrt lrt ' ' on 011 the tbe roid rO'ld rOld ro'id ' ' to Roxbiiry HmLury Roxbury : inorntng In Inornln innornlns ornln orntng and hnng brmg bring her here to be beduced beduced beduccd duced ' ' must roust see ste her ber ' ' " ' Ladv Lady W'nsblngton Wnsblngton Washington Washingtonired W'nsblngtonred Washingtonred ' redlIn red > lIn "n n " , vent went \ ent to his hie ; room The ladyed ladyed lady ladyed ed ed up tlie the firot fir.t firt first : . light flight m ( ht with him and and6 ande e a word of I"ncour'loement Incourloement rncour'ibement rncouribement I"ncour'loementptnln rncour'ibementptain " pncouriecinentPlain ' ' , ptnln ptain Cabot C.lbot Clbot . wa was e ; \ wearv ssearv \ earv He lIe slept sleptpIte sleptpate sleptPite t Thet pIte pate of hls hib his > unliapplness unhapplnese unhappiness ; The Thes Theis theys s and fifes awoke awoe ] , him as they theyaunt \ wont aunt ont to do at six o 0 clock c10clc lie He lieed Heed lies > od ed with unusual cire C'lre Clre care ' and nncf hur Into hurInto camp for a word \ ord with Amosre Amos Amosra Amosre ra re the hour of his drcidcd drC'ldcd drCldcd dreaded ' tall talk " talkthe the Chief Chlcf Colin CoHn CoHnas ' was \as as \ waiting In Inofike inollice Inodiee ofike ollice when the Geneni General entered enteredsnt enteredsat enteredsat snt sat down at his desk desI , 5a saving saying Ing : : I I ly i boy hoy , if It i were to follow foJow ] the dIeof dicof die dic ' of roy my heart , , I J would sourand yourand praise sour your ; } our ourt ournnd t and nnd coura courage e and rOJl111lUe rom intle uitic gen genty genIty genFty Ity Fty IndlscreIn Inr1lscreIn IndiscreIn and overlook 0erIool oerlook 0\ 0 \ % erIool , your Indlscre- Indlscre Inr1lscre- Inr1lscre Indiscre- Indiscre - - - 1mIble Imable ' In the circumstances clrcumstancee ; It Is 1m Im Ible able suchturc The little for fonv forw v is of ot such suchft ft ftture ftture ture tn\els tn els tr'lelthe trlielthe that news of itlll it ' will \lll lll ssill \ tr'l\el tr'l trl el trliel ' \ greatcs greatCi3 the kind of or story , with great Ci3 CS theh tbeth theth Imolud Insolscd In\ In Inoh \ oh td that reel feels good In tbe the th 1 I shill sh\l1 sh l1 strip ' \ lia\e lia e hale ha \ e to reduce rel1uce you vou to to"inks toinks to'nk " 'nk nk ' inks 1M Ind ' mi ] return you to t11 the corn com from cornfrom comfrom which "hlch hlch " 5011 Sou au cimo C'lme Clme came ' In con ce conce I confess confese ; that I do It with a II g aII ag rd ' d ffectlonntehe affectionatehate tor for you thit th'lt thlt that ' Isffectlonnte Is . affectionate \ffectlonnte ffectlonnte affectionate"ao \ h\e h e hate "a\o "a a o " \ unusuil unuslJ'll unuslJll unusual ' talents and nnll your ( ) ur sourlotion urOUOD yourLotion OUOD Lotion In the regiment \ will 111 no not noi noit not t i 1 t thatill thatIli be rapid I aSl assure > ure you also that ill Ili " ' give hive Ive lov JOY and ; satisfaction oatl&tactlon oatltactlon & to II IIWashington Washington Wa toWa < hlnfiton hlngton and nnd to me " " I1 1t will do my best best , , ' ) sir Ir , and nnd now I 1 1 t not Dot hadM haded forget torget a matter mattu \ which hleb had Theuct Theu ed roect me roe In my greit grC'lt grClt welt ' anxiety nnxlety analety The The"ct Thect ' uct u " ct ofIn of Captain was6 wasIn rarnsworth rarnworth Iarnssvorth ' ) wa was " ! In 1n Une line with your sense scnse of bis hIs dutv duty tie ne IIe regarded me ns as his slJperlor superior slJperlorand superiorand superiorand I and protested strongly strongl ) against agaln"t agalnt : " my ac actron action nction tron tion In foigiving fOIgivlng fotgiving the prisoners lIe He Hewns Hewas wns \ I1S for t liking t'1lmg t1lmg ' tkrng , them to the guard guardbouse guardhouse guardhouse guardhouseau bouse house " 'loo loo ' , \au au \ 1 ou relle\ relle relie\e relie e rellee reliese \ e my mind " said sold the theGeneral theGeneral theGeneral General "We We "iVe iVe " shill sh'lll shlll ' ' do our best to tom.lhe tomake tomake m.lhe mlhe make . this a happy haIJPY diy d'lY dlY d1y ' for you ou Mrs Mrs"aolllngton MrsWashington MrsWashington "aolllngton aolllngton Washington " ; will wHl go down the road roadwith roadwith with \ \ Itb her coach couch and an escort to meet meetthe meetthe meetthe the young lady . ' ind 1.nd 1nd 'tad tad her brother and andhzlng andbring andbling hzlng bring them here . . . Slie She \ will III 1m linlte Inslte Ite your yourS yoursweetheart yoursweetheart S\\ S Sl'ethC'art sweetheart \ \ l'ethC'art lethCart ' ' to dine , with 'Ith Ith ' us ue ; 'I I ' Ihe the he p'1r p1r ptr p'1rlors ptrTors pirlors ' lors Tors and aDd tlie the lihrirv l1br'lrv l1brlrv ' shill oh'1l1 oh1l1 shrill ; ' be yours sours forthe for forthe forthe the da\ da das daso \ so that . } you ou ma um mas , ha\e ha e hake \ ' in 'ln ln to op opportumh opportumts opportumh portumh portumts for an appropriite appropr1'lte appropr1lte approprl'ite approprlite ' ' e each c\ch'ingeof c ch'ingeof chingeof \ ch chIIe \IIe IIe IIeof Inge Ingeof \ ' ; of Ideas and aDd sentiments sentJlnente : ' The Corn Com mnder ll'1nller ll1nller n'inder ninder ' ' In Chief wis W'lS WlS wts ' smil smillug , ) srnllIng D111 D111log log lug as he added uddcd 'I I ' I 'l l ' im sm m q quite 111 te 'tw tw ' ' \ iwirehow \ 'lre lre ire 'lrehow ' irehow how Importint Import'lDt ImportlDt important ' it is to you and nnd yOIJ you yOIJhE youIi'ise you1m h\\E h E Ii'ise Iiise ' \ ' \ e > nn ms nncry \cry cry eery \ \ best beet he t tIehec \ wishes \\Iehec Iehec ; : " The young ; oung mm m'ln mln m'in min ' ' e\pres e pres expressed " \ < ; ed his thanl"s thanls thanks thanl"sand thanksand thanksand " and andIthdrew withdrewCiptlin \ withdrew \\Ithdrew Ithdrew withdrewCiptun Ciptun Ciptlin < . 'lpt'llU lptllU ' ' I arns\\ arns arns01 arnswoith \ 01 th tsasentering " was "as as en entering terl ng the thefront thefront thefront front door in his IllS grind gr'1nd gr1nd ' ne new " fancIful fancIfuluniform fancifuluniform fancifuluniform uniform of blue homespun \ with lth br\ss br ss br'iss briss brssbuttonc br'issbuttons bnssbuttons ' \ ' buttonc buttons ; scarlet slarlet cuffs cuITe ; ' ind 'lnd lnd end collir cohr collar ] While While'Ul While'ln Whilein 'Ul Ul 'ln ln ' ordcrh orderh orderl % took tooJ , Ins Jus his name nnme to the Chlcf Chief ChiefAmos , . Amos AmosId " sild skid \Id Id \ to Cohn Colin Col in , ' ' 1 1 I he Gencr Gener Gcner il II 11 sent for fer me , : so eo I Idr'lwed Idriwed Idnwcd dr'lwed drlwed driwed ' on III im nit ' be best t Ssundly Sund'ty Sundty un 'lY lY ' ' harness harnessin harness'In 'In In ' ' ' here I be he ' A ? ; , , ol old bieastpin breastpin bl castpln wis wic w 1e : f fastened 1stened fhstened to tothe tothe tothe the front of his 11Ie ; coat Colln Colin 'ids ids ' 'l l ' id\isodhim id isodhim \ IsecI ised IsecIhIm isedhim hIm to remme remnse remrn e it ' I 111 11 hide hille it if 1f , t e soy sa fi < ; so . , 'llthouh llthouh ' ' ilthough 'iltliouoh iltliouoh ; : It Itcost itcost Itcost cost ' i 1 'i ' master si-lit si lit 5J.ht 5Jht si ' . ? - it sild S'id Sid 'lill lill ' ' Amos CHi\PTERIV CHi PTERIV CHAPTER \ IVIn IV IVIn In Which Vlluch Co'm Com Corn ' Gets Gcts Better AcquamtedVlth AcquaintedWith Acquainted Acquamted AcquaintedWith \ With \Vlth Vlth l'IIrsVa.hmgton ' Mrs l'IIrs lIIrs \ Washington \Va.hmgton Va.hmgton : . and Meets MeetsSIm MeetsSim MeetsSim SIm Bott3 Botts and Mrs Bowlbythe Bowlby BowlbyJhe ] Jhe the he I 1 idy id IIJ ashftioton SSasliinton "ashln ashln " , ton \ was as not at atthe atthe atthe the breakfist breaI-f\st breaI f st breahf'ist breahfist - ' ' \ tihle t'11.1lc t11.1lc t111lc table ' . Colin Cohn met hu her huon heron heron on Ills his way to Ins Ius his mom room 'lhO\ 'lhO lhO 'lhOe Zhoe ' iho\estiii&She iho estiii&She estiiiShe \ \ e st'ilrs stilrs st'ilrsShe 5t'1l1 5t1l1 ' ' & : , She he hlsse kissed Ins Ills his cheek cheel , ' ind 'Uld Uld shook shooh his hishand hishand Illshand Illshand'Poor hand hand'Poor ' 'Poor Poor ' I'oor Ioor ' bov1 boyt bov boy t " ' she he oKclnmed e\c'umed e c'umed cumed exclvmed " \ ] ' in III 1 'i i ' 1low 'ilow ' ilow low tone ' I did im nn 111 ' best het hest . , T.hr Thr the 'I I ' . h " > Gen Gener'll Gener'tl Gencnl er'll erll er'tl ertl ' ' is tlio Ule the dcirest de'1re.st de1re.st de1rest dearest ' . of men but he Iq is Iq111e islike Islike 111e like , i 'l l n ' greit greet re'1t re1t ' rock rockMien W \ \Mien Mien \ hen his mind has hasfound hasfound hasfound found its bed lied It ( t < : settles eWes down don clown do\\ do \ n and- and andmel andmeu3 and andmcicy - mel meu3tsou mcicy meu3 mcicyou Q t-sou t sou ' , - \ou ou \ , au might ' ' is 1S 'ts ts well try to tomo tomot tomo mo mot , e a this tlllq h011 house < ; C with vour rour your Imnde hands handsDon handsDon : ; Don tony t wony \\ony ony worry \ wonyou \ou ou \ 1 ) ou ou111 nil \ will \\111 111 ( get et aIon along We Weare Weare Weare are re'lll relll re rcillv ' illy v fond font ] of ofou \ou ou sou \ ou ' * rhe fhe The Goncnl Genet'll Genetll Gener'il Generil ' ' Is rl-Jit rl Jit rlht right . - , ' Colin Cohn an anS ansis answored S\\ S sis Sered \ ered Bred He lIe is .lh\ .lh ahs .ilft-ns .ilftns .ilft ilft ns .lhS . \ ' \ - it \ S rifclit rlhht right I W'lnt Wlnt w'int wint W'lntto w'intto wintto ' ' to help the cause cauee ; and I J hi\e hi e h'l\e h'l hl hate ' \ long |