Show 11 4 1 4 0 1 0 the iffie 0 S coilla md m d ts I N 4 0 1 VP 4 1 washington ap q I 1 square squall 0 i 8 I 1 sip janet A M 0 FA fairbank bant 1 g i 1 i l CHAPTER L returning to her bar bora home la in mail small town milton center from a visit to new now tork york the widowed monr of un year ann barao an noone hr bar wedding to t hudson cort landt socially oe lally and politically aromi Y neat rent her nor husband has not been told about ann and the nove wife wits tos team b be will be displeased CHAPTER IL with ABB ann mr empl cortlandt returns to new vow tork york to the house of hendricks cortlandt Cort laadt her bar hue bands brother brather with whoa whom the latter to living hudson practically refuse refuses to hav have anything to do with ann and the child Is gladly adopted by hn non rioka cortlandt Cort laadt landL bailing Salli nir with hie his wife to his position an united etaf to switzerland the pair are lost lo 10 the wreck of the vessel el emann EM ann billj a rap gap la in Iton dricks Vs lonely heart aad and their af faction becomes mutual avat beare rm of affe age ann Is t confronted confront 4 with the botn aings 1 of the civil war an hendricks acknowledged heiress she he fa naturally prominent oc tally and the situation Itu atlon Is resented recen ted by br mr mrs ren ron leelyer ne elyer Ir endricks lter oater who boni on Ir andricks hae has been looked upon a as the natural heir of the tho cortlandt wealth the civil war break breaks out the fall of tort fort sumter counter nation in now tork york and said the north can es orally VA V A tentative au rare anent between young Renne nonn elyer ealyer and ann to understood the youth on in a new now tork york regiment on an the first call of the th north to the color colors CHAPTER vt ills brief tarsi term ot en on allotment expired expire a Hennei lyer return returns to new now tork york ann in instrument mental in him to ir re war hospitals are in new now tork york and ann ana 1 Is 6 acer to help in the work but meets w with ath opposition from her guardian ardlan ru and his hi sisters ten CHAPTER IAnn VI VIL ann hae has her way and rind in spite of mrs birs Rennel yere open opposition and her bar guardians dlana little concealed ave to the idea take taken up VP the work of choosing cho oring the unfortunate wounded who have been dent back from the front CHAPTER virl her ann amu visits Renne elyer in hie his encamp encampment ant on the tho outskirts of wash ington male lie strongly disapproves of her work in the hospital but ahe she re fun to give it up there in a rift rif i in their Mr affect actions lona CHAPTER IX from aue prison densley howard forgotten for grotten boyhood comrade of or ann Is brought to the new now tork york hospital the this girl hae has her sharo in caring for him beyond possibility of at rec recovery ann ha has him removed from the hospital to hie his home where be he passes his estat few day days in comfort CHAPTER X dispatches from the tho front announce the death of hendrieka Hend Tron rioka dricks Renne slyer ann had written to him bre breaking akine off their engagement enra cement but had confided in no one and her guardian and relatives relative naturally believe her heartbroken Il endricks cortlandt la in sent by the president on a diplomatic mission to europe CHAPTER from froin a patient in the hospital ann sreta cots newa news which leads her to believe that hendricks loks Renne slyer la in livina in her bar guardians absence with no one ons to adai advise go her she seta sets out for the tha front reaching gettysburg on the ev ova of the famous battle C CHAPTER XH gettysburg aan meets Renne slyer and by br him la to committed to the charge of the marquia marquin Av ozzana italian military observe er with the northern army with Avez xana she Is in compelled to pa the 1 night in a farmhouse near the vallace 1 the girls beauty naturally appeals to the italian but they separate next morning with nothing but gratitude on an the th part of the girl tor for his pro CHAPTER XIII en route when the battle was over the sanitary commIs commission slon unit which ann am joined moved into the town of gettys bury burr and with erent great difficulty dUD culty the cirl girl inan aged to get a message through to new york announcing Rend hendricka ricke well being the result was six 09 she had feared a bombardment of telegrams tele grama from mrs cortlandt clamoring for her immediate return but as there were not nearly enough nurses at the front and ns as at last ehe she was where she had for so long wanted to be ann ignored iho summons she thought sho she had in tri the past two years learned all about the misery of the riold soldier ler but ehe she had like the buffering suffering abb found there she was wits pat to work tn in an lag roam room she mopped the aar where blood spread like uko a crim am ea lake and ahe she forced tit b e en ir white and icy alm ilm nm 1 endeavoring to snatch men back to life when they were already in d he je grasp of loath death himself she worked nil all day and far into the night and she ho wai wax no so tired that her sensibilities 11 wore were mercifully dulled her feet ached her back ached her eye eyes ached her iler very soul ached ns as she beheld the courage of her buffering suffering never in all her life bufore had bhe she been so sure that she woe was doing the right thing and ehe she was determined to toy stay until the crisis was over un fortunately however mrs cortlandt know a colonel and she he woe was not a woman to let privilege lie idle a week after the we battle ended the girl was officially fici fic ally lally ordered home the blow wae was somewhat softened by the fact that the sanitary commission wad wag sending trains of wounded to the tho north as fast as ni the railroad could handle them and ann was detailed aa as a nurse in transit in chargo charge of a car she wae was so busy getting her pa on board hobbling bobbling about on aching feet in an endeavor to make them comfortable that she left gettysburg without so to touch as a final glanco glance down the street on which she had bad marched to advent adventure um her patients were all convalescent and by the time the train started they were quite happily established on their cote cots in iq high antIcI anticipation of getting home an the train swung around the curve with altha a groat great and jolting of loose link couplings ann glanced idly back at tho the village and for the first time in days remembered the romantic italian ano had taken charge of her in the midst of the battle batile in the absorption of her work in the hospital boa pItal sho she bad had entirely forgotten him but now she was sorry th that at ehe she had bad not seen him again she felt very grateful to him now she came io to think about it and as via she recalled his gallantries she smiled c con 0 D donIn droningly gly they bad had gone perhaps fifteen miles on an their way when the door at the forward end of the car opened and a group of officers headed beaded by a colonel came in she could hear bear the colonels voice above the rattle of the train as an he explained the ther governments system in transporting its wounded and she looked up curiously to see to whom he be was giving this information there were half a dozen officers in baggy federal uniforms surrounding a slight young man in a braided coat something about his back made anns breath catch in her throat she had already flushed when lie be turned and over the cots of the wounded men met her beaming eyes it was avez zana 1 th the e girls inclination was to run down dow the car to greet him and to tell every one how wonderfully kind he bad been to her but to her amazement there was no returning smile in his look his 1113 eyes met hers coldly and rind firmly and there wae was a prohibition in them she did not look up again as its the men went through the car but she could hear the italians soft voiced felicitations feli in my country we do nothing so excellent for our wounded it will greatly interest the war ministry they stood for a while gravely die dis cussing hospital equipment and then they went away avezzano Avez zana departed without a single backward look the only time his eyes had met anns was in that first icy ley glance the girl was furiously angry with him and rind bewildered too she could not imagine why he should pretend that ho he did didiot not know her as she thought of it her indignation grew and at tit the same time she was enormously cast down it was perhaps half an hour before the door opened again furtively it was she abe supposed only a t brakeman brake raan coming to attend to his work but ns as no one entered immediately she became suspicious she thought that if it was avezzano Avez zana she would not speak to him a flame of anger swept through her in a moment the young italian stuck his head into the car mr and startled her with a brilliant smile she hastily turned her head bead away but somehow she was wits aware that he lipped slipped around the door and closed it behind film with a U little burlesque of or caution in no time tinie at tit nil be he wax beside her masculine and impressive Im ve and ann was after all unprepared for him she wondered nervously what avezzano Avez zana would say but she was taken entirely unaware by his hib opening nurse hursei may I 1 ask you some questions in regard to the feeding of our birk she shook her head 1 I 1 am afraid not she said dryly bot but your colonel said it I 1 should ask I 1 thought if you would come for a sl moment so that of course we shall not disturb your patients to the back platform you will comer comers no thank you still ann did not look at him she was enjoying herself she felt delightfully cruel and at the same time unea tinted avezzano Avez zana reached for a chair and drew it close to hers hem in that ca case se ho said p 1 I must ask you certain q questions eq here 1 a A e cannot talk vitro ore are men orte what questions the afterthought nas 1 a weakness and phe flushed rement resentfully fully where P rall ull I 1 begin gieir ho he xuong eang the ho chair between hie his trim legs preparatory to sitting on IL it ann looked miserably down tho the lino line ot of cot cots the men wens were obviously waiting happily for tho the situation to develop you are right eho she murmured hero here wo we will disturb my patients t for just a moment she rose and turned to the rear door avezzano Avez had find it open for her although eho the had made haste in order to nold accepting even eyen thia this small service she stepped out on tho the platform where here the fierce wind ind tore at her great hollow skirt and came near to upsetting her she found herself clinging to tho the italian while the door slammed behind them ath a great clatter of glass she met his intent eyes and tried to pull herself away but could not because her ono arm was held in a close clasp please I 1 ahe she said feebly all ail her defiance shattered by this unexpected happening in ono one moment avezzano Avez zana replied and he piloted her across the perilous open platform to tho the steps at the side asit sit here Ps he be said ceremoniously as he lowered her down carefully to the narrow swinging scat seat there the flying ground seemed very close she could see each distinct pebble on the right of uny ilat skirts filled all th the a space between tho the hand rails mils but avezzano Avez zana made nothing of that he swung himself past her so that she held her breath lest he should fall then unceremoniously pushing aside her crinoline he seated himself on the step below her ter wedged into that tiny place she sho could not avoid looking into hl his s wide smil 0 5 black eyes bhe she had never seen eee ees just like them V beneath their smile they were cariou curiously ily le e as though they had no depths with an effort she looked away and remembered that she was offended slie she frowned as site she realized too late that she had lost ground in allowing owing him to bring her out from the car you ore tire angry of course I 1 am tin angry gryl 1 anns direct gaze met his firmly because I 1 do not speak to you Is it not sot so ann said nothing but she looked off over the unfenced fields with cold indifference you do not know why I 1 am silent no it Is of a strangeness your coun country tryl 1 here you are young unmarried a lady was there ann uon wondered dered the least question in ills ids voice you spend a it 1 night with me alone it Is not to bo be helped no but surely it Is not dot to speak of for I 1 too am a gentleman I 1 but what of 10 ann burst out why not talk about it no one would think anything of it she looked him over ever magnificently with me avezzano Avez zana cald said nothing for a bit he was plainly staggered finally he an you understand you forgive T bounced firmly 1 I could not have recognized you before those men no not if I 1 died tor for it I 1 could hot not have spoke you understand 7 ou forgiver ann softened teneil unwillingly she still cherished a slight feeling of resentment but she allowed a memory 0 of f his care of her to overlay it i suppose so no she eald said ungraciously but she smiled bod at him avezzano Avez zana smiled back and all an was well there are some things I 1 must ask you about the feeding of my patients ann laughed no he then said quite cravel jr about you wen well what about asior many thing things why we were you there at the battle battler we bad word my ray cousin hendricks Renne slyer was dead and then m wo e heard he I 1 went to male make sur sure 1 r your cousin cou sink ann could fed feel herself flus flushing hinr but the managed to nod carelessly carel ceely then avezzano Avez zona zana eald something that surprised ber her 1 I have seen him ince since he aye you are fiancee we were but were not now then why risk all in this way wayt surely even in your country it te Is not the custom for fok a beautiful youn young girl to lie broue brolie off with a wide gest ture you talk wk juar like my aunts she commented A pleased smile broke over the ital I 1 inns n ns fn face ce ah you have aunts there was plainly relief in hie his tone 1 I mean no mother no father 1 no I 1 have an uncle lie Is 1 the nicest person in the world but lie Is in abroad the president sent him filin to europe avezzano Avez Aez zana seemed to be struggling with extraordinary facts the president ho lie murmured us as if that were the last touch to an amazing tion 1 I am sorry he lie here lie would thank you for me ann said suld pre prettily tilly you will tell him yes 1 and your aunts ann flushed nguan no not to my y aunts thoy they would be awfully cross about it Avez Aez zanas look of relief deepened into deference your aunts I 1 hope to know them he murmured ann became conscious of a slight feeling of restraint 1 I must go 1 slie she said uneasily oneall Y to nursed nurse but why a nurse you a young girl that Is a thine thing I 1 cannot comprehend plenty of people cant she assured him and added superbly bu 1 11 I nurse because I 1 wish to in a war dont our italian it allan women do that women yes but ladles indies never well I 1 am glad I 1 dont live there nil all avezzano Avez zana leaned toward her eagerly do not turn your mind against my country he pleaded italia Itol lal I 1 elow flow a she be ie is beautiful fult I 1 perhaps when the war Is over mer uncle will take me there where do you write to your uncle in care of the american minister paris parts why avezzano Avez zana looked at her profoundly perhaps for no reason he said ann felt uncomfortably that there was more there than met the eye now I 1 really must go back she said suppose some one should come in and not find me this was to avezzano Avez zana potent reasoning ue he rose at once she got unsteadily to her feet and allowed him to take her hand in his he ile held it very tightly but relinquished it the moment ho he had the door opened on |