Show I 1 0 0 r r I 1 the ne 64 1 0 I 1 Cortland ts I 1 of f V tf washington V N N I 1 0 square 1 4 14 V v 4 4 by bv V 0 04 64 janet A 64 0 fairbank fail bank 0 04 of by the dobem karta ce co SYNOPSIS CI CHAPTER f APT on r ne returning turning t to 0 her home in A mall town mllton hil litin center from visit to new now york the widowed widow fil mother of ten ton farold far ear old ann hyrn an bounces her to hudson cort landt socially und and kroml nent her husband ha has not been told about ann and the new now wife fear fears he will be displeased CHAPTER 11 with ann mr mrs cort landt to new now tork york to tit the hour house of hendricks cortlandt her husbands brother with whom the latter Is living hudson practically retires refuses to have anything to do with ann and the child in gladly adopted by hendricks cortlandt balling with hie his wife to hie his position a as united stat bentos minister to switzerland the pair are ar a lot lost la to the wreak of the CHAPTER 1117 11 ann satisfactorily nils tills a gap cap in ir endricks loks ti tm lonely heart and their affection be comes mutual CHAPTER IV at sixteen years of age ann to confronted with the bein begin be in nine of the civil war As andrIcks 11 acknowledged heiress she he go naturally prominent socially oc lally and the situation in relented resen tod by br mr mrs non slyer lyer ir andricks sister whose son on If endrIcks hai has been looked upon a the natural heir beir of the cortlandt wealth the tho civil war breaks out the fall of fort sumter causing consternation in new now york and the north agen rally cyral r va ra r A tentative engraff ment between young Renn ealyer and ann la in understood the youth enlisting in fu a new now york regiment on an the first call of the north to the color colors CHAPTER vl VI ills brief term ot enlistment list ment expired hendricks Henne nonne elyer return returns to new now york ann Is in instrumental in causing him to re war hospitals are aro established in new now york and ann 1 Is barer to help in the work but meet with opposition from her guardian ru ardlan and hie ble seators stators sta liter tors 1 VII VIT ann haa has her way and in pile spite of mrs open opposition and her g guardian a little concealed aver avenson silon to the idea take taken up the work oc of cheering the unfortunate wounded who hare have been bent sent back from the front CHAPTER virl her guardian ann visits ir endricks Renne elyer slyer in hia his encampment on the of wash ancton lie ire strongly tro disapproves of at her work in the but she he re faxes to alfelt up there Is rift in their affect lors CHAPTER arom arieon son donator Tr howard oward fora for grotten rotten boyhood comrade of ann in brought to the new tew york hospital the eirl girl haa his her share in caring for him beyond possibility of recovery ann haa has him removed from the hospital to his home where he passes hie his last 11 few day in comfort CHAPTER X DIspa tebon from the front announce the death of hendricks Rennee tyer olyer ann had written to him breaking off their engagement enra crement but had confided in no one and her guardian dlan and relative relatives naturally believe her heartbroken hendricks cortlandt la Is ent sent by the president on an a diplomatic mission to europe CHAPTER XI from a patient in the hospital ann kete gets newa news which leada leads her to believe that hendricks Rennei lyer li is living in her guardian ans absence aba ence with no one to advise her ahe she aeta sets out for the front reach ing on the eye of the famous battle CHAPTER ne fore gettysburg ann meets Renne elyer slyer and by him la to committed to the charge of the marquia marquis avezzano Avez zana italian military observer with the northern army with avezzane Avez zana ahe she Is in compelled to pase pama the night in a farmhouse near the village the 1 beauty naturally appeals to the italian but they separate parate ec next morning with nothing but gratitude on the part of the girl for his protection tec tion joseph saw her and crokin it last effort lie plunged plu ngel toward tier und fell huddled hudd leI in a sh apeles heap nt her feet she could liehr the rasping gulps of hia his arenth as he tic iny there there were shouts of kill the nl nf aerl but salutations to the girl al most drowned them out iloilo II ollo my beauty t let the 1 bo be strung up but you come with us ill por for an in stant anns mere presence pr held them at bay but the pressure behind wag as strong and anti nil at once the entire burst on them overwhelming them the girl and the old negro wore were hustled roughly into the square ann feeling for the first time strange and compellone compell compel lne lInc hands upon tier struck out with a primitive fury the men about her fell back laughing laughl nc let him go she cried taking advantage e of the momentary lull let mo me hn ahne e him A burst of laughter greeted hi big pica plea A man shouted sli give us n kiss kisr my dear then the demand to kill the nIg gerl 1 arose again more fiercely under the confusion of her fright ann began to plan plane and she steadily pressed back down the square toward fifth avenue and the haven of her guardians house she dragged joseph bodily her compelling hand on hia his arm lct let tho girl have him a voice arose unexpectedly and the crowd stilled to hear bear who Is be la Js just our butler her young voice floated out clearly every one heard beard A brent great roar of laughter greeted her announcement D n the rich 1 some one called out they dont have ha v e talba aff ahny MS thal dirt money for ism it to go anti be ile kill d her tier droppa drop pd out no n hudden ly no hu lie lind antem med 1 I 1 ean take till girl 11 too A rough looking buth ann lind ns HIP the it sider caught her tier by the arlt kimt and Is d her hlin him grinning klin sho li almol lurk buck ducked under r film out arin aind rented ren hed I 1 fr fri e 1 I 1 it hr men nebout tier fell back binol luelf amod natured unit idt ine ing is to ilitch her tier rho thought lint ilent ithe might ifil of till taid filie 1 tried to klinl c old joseph into smile SU that 1114 they Y tillight nt it illet it annl it 1 3 but in hit was too terrific torri nod ti to ohp could nl drag arn him tiffi tr hr no bi to till the mpr vare at thim tin ti I and dp r 1 rif it man akkir lK g Kir beill to linao mercy illif herc ciul there ann n butir look on n fitins fice and felt lint vw ti taking somo he adny iiii avre nunrie nun near rin Inic tier guar dinon bouso aulien the lender of tile mob thrust lilu film thisbe d face almost ngn int tier own on without It hout further prell preliminary ho he flung a his 1 arni about tier and enid anti briefly youre coining 1 ditl mi me ann numbed hlin blin off feebly her tier heart ats beating sickeningly and elio alto lind had cimott stopped struggling hen oil nil nt at once she as conscious cona cons clous of n new e domont doment I 1 0 in tho the crowd ans cont U tilon 1 on its 11 cdo edge some one was hitting lilt out mildly in n moment she could see that n annn uns no toward horl herl hia film alerce attack had opened a wide inno inne in the takht pre amed group and before ehe alto re ren llred allred that ho he was there lie nn nt her tier side he lie ane alto anti breathless breath leos but nhe ehe had a inc ing of hie his courage a IB Is there a decent man inan in this gange ho ile eliout cd stand by roe me bayal tuo or volunteers pushed their way uny to hie his elde side mints the ticket tick etl 1 lie ire turned to ann let the nagger go lie briefly bho looked nt him with ido and deal do perote 03 1 I mont ont she Bho aid ald that la Is my house juet just there tham cant we make ile atut a brief fiance glance at the die dis tanco aun run for it ho be ordered as a with a savage kick he be helped tho limp ump negro a to regain hlf his af flUty ann thrust her arm through the old mans her courado and her strength came flooding bade back to her with the opportunity to escape joseph rolled de desperate sperato eyes around him and then seeing that ho be waa was so near home and bacety ho tore himself from her grasp and ran mn tho the basement door was open with frightened face behind it and tho fugitives fell into the bouse house safe the rioters lung themselves against the stout oak door as the bolt shot into place ann ran tumultuously up tho the basement steps where are you gotner fanny called after her terrI flod ann paused tor for an instant you stand by the door sho directed that man out there he saved my ray life I 1 let lot him blin in when be he comes and without waiting for an answer she hurried on lame breathless and often stumbling up tip the long cruelly steep stairs to her uncles room thero ther in the drawer of tho the table by mr cort landup bed she abo found what she want od it was a revolver blue black and heavy in her hand she was breathing so hard bard that she had to wait walt for just an 1131 instant before she opened the tho window in the balcony overhanging the square for por a moment she could not see her protector and cold terror gripped her ber until tho discovered him where the knot of men was thickest the attack on the door had been aban boned for tho the more exciting event of mauling the girls champion ann bad had never fired a revolver and her hands were trembling so that even when lien sho she used both the long muzzle swept tho the crowd in wide curves aalf if I 1 shoot straight I 1 shall probably klu kill him sho reflected grimly as she pulled very hard indeed and managed to fire the revolver licked kicked and the charge went high over tho heads of the rioters the report had bad an instantly c calming aiming effect there was a general tendency to fall back and every face turned toward her as she stood armed in her tier balcony her iler unknown champion took advant advantage ago of the lull to shako off his assal assailants lants and to push toward tho the house stones began 4 stone stones began to fall about her to tall fall about her she dodged a particularly ticul arly vicious one and heard beard the window behind her crash into bits the Thel crowd was recovering from its panic and she peered over the balcony to see what was happening to her protector ho was wai just below hor her engage ing two or three of the roughs nt at once but obviously losing ground so she fired again deliberately directly down alo wd seemed to be nun mil stilt mi couin not oi ue oe sure po 0 o pilo benned ner oer the thi mil rail to look in tier blip she dropped her tier anti it heavily into tile upturned face of ill the young loader leader 0 of f tho tile rioters rl tre hn ito ant ent down without keind ani film foll follow drew linak ann the stranger leap for the tile dnn mont ment door und heard it ahnin behind blin A shower of tonch fell about li tier lir r und she ann tin conscious conn cons clou clous of n in tier hand as he site duckel ducke I 1 down linH lints tily and wont went laok back through tho ulily uli Ill lw dow into the house abero the tho wore were shut term behind ole shattered window it uns fortunate for the file fugitive po t flat thin this the first iny of mob fighting when confronted with tho the actual do de of property the leaders henr back und a inore peaceably inclined ann on tho tile outskirts urged that the house ml to hendricks cortlandt him who billt the tile old folks home tile lender leader staggered up una unsteadily mr cortlandt re revolver olver iny lay at his feet feel iio ile looked ot at it covetously and then picked it up it tas not a bad prize to have won well lie aid even tho the rich bint ull till alike well let this go and get got its another one somewhere else tho the women palpitating ot at a crack in the nh shutters utters could scarcely believe their een when they saw the crowd move moie off they had bad all expected tho the worst in tho the mear meantime anne anns champion lay iny ghere he had fallen when lie had staggered into the house from one blue brou trou bior log leg a bright red etain stain was slowly spreading wet and ominous when ann camo down the stairs and saw him sho she gasped sharply and the color went out of her tier ilam did I 1 shoot him film she asked agonized the th man managed to lift his hla head dont you fret ho he murmured ite its an old wound im just out of hospital then lie dropped again and lay limp timp and white on the bailment bai ement floor ann cut away chiq hl trousers legs logs she found that tho the bleeding came from a cash above the knee which was only half healed and had obviously reopened it was a comparatively simple matter for her to stop the bleeding and to dress the wound with towels torn into strips then she routed old joseph from the cellar where on regaining his safety he had taken refuge and the old man and the women managed to carry the limp body of anns rescuer upstairs to the guest room when ann bent oer him she found something hauntingly fa familiar mIllar in his lean loan face bearded only sparsely and well below the high cheekbones cheek bones she thought that she might have seen him in a hospital somewhere she gave him a tablespoonful of whisky and in a moment be opened his eyes and looked at her fie ile smiled and bis his lips parted she bent to hear impersonally as she bad had so often done in the hospitals aanie anle byrne 10 the young man mur mud pleased and then kiss me again annie dot do 1 CHAPTER XIV hendricks and peter ann closed the guestroom guest room door behind bo her with a careful band hand for almost immediately after his recognition of her her patient had dropped into a profound sleep she knew know him too new and chuckled to herself at the extraordinary turns her life took she faced on the threshold a fanny the gentle creatures eyes blazed her ilys lips were dead white whit ann she demanded when md dad yon you kiss that man and you engaged to hendricks it 71 Is all over between hendricks and me fanny I 1 have written to tell teh him so oh cried fanny indignation cor erv gulfing every other sensation tou you have jilted him 1 jilted hendricks whilo he Is at the front I 1 ann nodded soberly yes she said and a good thing for him too 1 I would have made him bim miserable if we had married I 1 am every thing he lie approve of you know that fanny I 1 even if I 1 had foiw 0 pretending all my life he nt i have been satisfied hendricks should I 1 marry some one entirely different from me some borne one softer gentler some one who shock him or demand things he lie of him some one ery 5 belding and sweet some one like like you fanny 1 suddenly she took in the others tremulous confusion her eeg widened ag they dwelt on the other girls crimsoning fanny cortlandt Cort londt 11 slie she cried you are in love with him yourself I 1 little hands crept up oc oner her telltale chocks check all her tier pitiful defenses were ere stormed 1 I belp it ann she murmured miserably ann looked at her in wonder an unwilling admiration for her tier friends steadfastness ss was borne in upon her in loo loc like ilke that she mar marveled aled and with Hen drieLs ill fanny einred at once you speak of him in that way I 1 he lie Is too good for you youl I 1 its he who should have jilted you ann Byr berneti netI ann nodded humbly 1 I 1 wish he had she said and sighed it would i hae been so much simpler do you love any one else quite unbidden anns mind leaped to Ave izana for an instant she had a clear vision of his slim figure and his disquieting gaze T r dont know ilic die said confused fanny jerked her head bead toward the door that arl private ate that man in tl iero ann laughed peter ie 72 that his namer it Is nil I 1 know of his name I 1 used to go to school with him in milton center lut but I 1 seen been him once she disposed of him thus light 1 ile moved our life 1 jnnny anny interposed po aed sternly ernly et 1 know lie ax awfully hreve nut but tilmont nil nit mm inen anre nr brave fanny 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