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self- ire. *"" . "`D"' D No, it s not all right, I in- lsisted, aroused by -his peculiar ac- ltions. What is all this n1y.~'tery albout?` You told me you didn't know the 'man. I s_aid I hadn t seen him. -that we joined Delavan after dark, he corrected sharply. But you need- n t try to interview me, Major` Lawrence, -stiffening with anger, `f0r'I haven t anything to say to a `spy and leader of guer1l1a.~:. , . {`7,__, _-._____-_L_J L__',_ L,, ;; uasuu UA LIAL UAJ n U'i`hat is entirely my affair. Why d0n .t you ask the lady_ herself 4 -'((O-... .L....n _1,..,.,.-- --,\-- I?) L. .L_.._.L. I \.nl\.lJL -u J \JLI aunt l.LA\./ Aut\.|J ALLA -Jul: a "`See here, damn you! he `burst lent.` I .haven t seen the lady. When I got !back to the dining FA room she was -gone, and then I was ordered out here.r But you knew you were `being souxght after, and I cannot imagine who else told % you. iv!` `. 1-; .I `I\ I\1.n.A|.osL ULL\4 5 LILIL \.I. 9 He -hesitate a mom-en't, -but whatever it was which had first 111- srpiredh him to quesjclon me, was too strong to be thrown aside. (T`\,', `I31 1!` 1 - - \f "'771`5'id-"-"diZ'17 mifiI~es7Mmortixner help you escape from -Philadelphia'? he asked bluntly. :_ --:_--1- ___ J -11-_:-_ nn,,, I.` The lieutenant? I repeated, not` preparedw for a direct reply. Why, I hardly Vknow--curiosity largely. . `-`Certainly I saw 'him,, In re gdeeply `puzzled than ibefore `fit his `insistence. That was What aroused my interest. He seemed such a merelad as he rode past and later I heard his voice, the voice of -a |boy. . 3` Was'that'ai1?' `. All! What else woulddyou sup- lpose? It was dark, `only a li'trt?1e .g*Ieam of moon revealed. outlines. I couldn t dist'ingui.~'h the face, hut when he failed to appear after the ght I rememtbere;l' him, and was afraid he had -been hurt. Nnw I Want to know what you mean. `W139 was the lad?` . `In EGAN LL/C/\\.A\a/A VJ. b\.A\/L1AAl.|a 4` You requeste this interview; however, 1f you are satlsed I am, {and you can return_to your men. iSha-1 I call the guard? TT- L-_-2A.._A__J A- A, 1 1 1 C.0uld,-he- have sent; "for me Imfly`)-%`to`7 ask -that questfdn; i_n_sist- ing on privacy? T-here mut` surely be some whidden "purpose behind: tis; Yet !if.so, there was no he- trayal in the man_ s- face. His. eyes had an angry gleam in `them, and his words were shot at me in deadly earnest. ` ti ` I V .What- 1 ' , Tying? (E you .`XI.)ec`t to gan-1 by `You saw Ihtigm exdalmed 5Hen1Y- Iw o`u1d- not ~]1a{,e ;3kd>u%bt you |did_. 9 % Whi, you Ynu .~' there s-\-so_me of `us that! (fdll-I ;_-Ct away all the tlme, `because! {, He had seated himself on the stump, and was `I-eaning forward, lhis. `face -hidden from. the light of {the re. '//1'17 11 v .. 1 - e "Sta I belief. red at` m in manifest un- vnA\.I ALA vs Well, `go on then, T -he returned inally. If that s all you saxv of `him ,it s all_ right. /(`T 1 I `I . II 1' (To `be Continued) was rm bottom, but Ll;-3 water rose {above the waist, with` . su1'cic11t current so we had to b1'a<:(=. against it . 1n mid--stream. We tra i 1-ed (h'()pp1'g- up the east 3 -.n bank. ,c-ommg out upon a well- `travelcd road. A hundred foetfbe-x yond was the cleft through the clay. and there F arnell ha"-Ited us, 'di\`i(}i11;,". the men into two parties Ymlvr his orders they disappea;-mi Iike 1m1~g;ic, t-he silent` night en- 'g-uIng_- them comptletely. The three T\,___._`| T.`.._-_.,_"l1 ..---;`l ....--._,.'l`,L' QLIAIIJA5 L1:-..;;1 \.vA;41.:u\.u.\.;;Ju .A.LA\/ u.u.;u\4 `of us. Duval, Farrell and myselrf alum remained in b the deserted ruzul. ' ' --1n.m1:% ` said` the Blaksunitii qaxf-;t1_\', you an the `Major feel yuur way along to the top, vim dis- .<.-um- what is happening. i }1 stay `llerv. an take care of the `.-Jys." 'I`1n\= road was a .gradual- riTs9,.fhe `clay packed hard under fOO'E, Lat f:-um the summit we coulri look .. -It . `I 3 DUBT SDID i N HELPHER :U (l-` LU LULIAAV 1.111;: V]. 1JL\JO'..dlIl,: "Sixty-11i11e, all t021d, , 4 ' _e 2:1- 1101111ced brley. A11 r1g'h~t, boys`, come on, and keep your powder out of the water. But Lydia Pinkham s Veg- etable Cnpound Restored Mrs. Brdle'y s Health`- ` Her Statement. V There was a murmur of acquies- cexrce, :1. few questxons`, and thgn the siIo11ce of approval. It was evident these minute. men. \w':i`-c under small discipl=ine, ,,and their ofcers led only _ by force - of. chas- acter. \Vibl10i1t orders the hhrsesl were led away, tied securely in the black depths of the Woods, and ci e men came straggling back, ries in h;ind, grouping themselves `along theedge of the s-trea1n., There. was no attempt at military:`;forn1a~ti.g, `but Duva} straightened them out so as to count the number present.` ..u:,_;__. ._-__.. -11 J...1.] 7) "L- - _'I__ gHAPT'E-R IX-.-- i voice near at hflnd. `Dmdi ye that, W15? 1. DtFh.m11k-Ta *1` Tories we re agalgls-t to-nV1g!1t'._ =; Garry! I wo_uldnp have m1ssedVthej" V chance 'QfNt1'l1S S-}:,1I1dy fer 1}_he_ `beSt farm in Lamden. ., _' There was a low growl from the? duster of men, _and an. oininoug ' mT0Ve111m1t of Ibodlgs pIfeSS1ng__ closer. DuvaI laughed m1rthle_ssly-. 1 1 , _ J1- -_--...`l L..'l_'_ LL - _ `. 99 . ago I went Winnipeg, "V anada. -- Eleven years . - ` . h Montreal, suff,.1'mgW1th 8 grow? 13" doctors said `t was a tum01'.9n - , I ` . V. t ' not be removed as It would cause mstan death. Theyjound that my 1'g?swere' affected, andffsaid I could notthve more` After I ca e home I saw Y0? `ver tisoment in taking Lydia; Compound. than si-x montg in the conditi'on.I W33 1-` ' . Pinkham 8 V8 et8b`` I the Victoria Hospital. i d ced , e paper. and mmen 01; it constanjzly for twqd _. . V d` r: years, and s I take It at times an . both my husb` d and myself claim that when they ca n Pinkham s -V 6 _ _ ble Compound. .- ~ 7 ' 'l'I`.~... LL!-L-- --- ` s of s'zn:i!.18~mY.lg9" I -highly reco me_nd 1t'~w Bu e "as women.-M . 'ORILI-IA B3-Am`-E? .284 unu-V"-`F V ~ . Acro.~;s there in `the b1u's-, poin-ting, .whre .the_ road ttirrg-s'.'in be/[=w(?l1 the hlgwh c1'ay__:.banks. " W' l! leave 0111' horses? here, an cro*ss- (11. `foot. Is that the right p1a1_1.,-jboys ljUV ' C N V V 7' V` ..'1`11c bloqdhound takes the 'scent', he sai grnnly. `fGod help those poor dcyils when we cut the leash, Farrell. ]\Vhe;-S do. you propose ull\.LA. , ' _ ` meeting . thm 2:: -~ - v VVALAPUULIU. For thirtyy Arsyit v has been the` n- dard remed f -A fee- ma1ei11s,an :,. re? .. __ stored the heal of thousands of we en}: who haveben-T h . ' bled with sigh` " - 7 ments as displ _ \Ja\: 1?. Author bf ;,`:Love Urildef .F'i.17e" ; My Lady of `the_ Nqrth, etc. nd: its] By Rajxdall }l% af I'I%%'isl`\ J!1u_jU1', Uuuus -vvxuu Luv. ,_ We_ drew as-ide un-der mhe protec- tion of a boulder, from `where we could see clearly to tfhe top of -the ~ri`dg'e._ Qrrly -for a moment was .there silence, ithe men all aibo-ut us low in their; coverts, brea'th-- `less and intent. Tihen .W'3 heard hprses , -hoofs- -and the `murmur of approaching voices. ' " TTT- ....-J"I..] tn/I11 4-*]no`~rn .nu1.rf'O m1AQr]V, thOS a(_1YaI1`l_.'U .|.'.|`Ll.UJ.-'_-_ ` ;T?hey&, were the Queen s Rangers, t1ie whimc fai-ings_o`" their COa.t_S} -conspicious, ` th eir_ swung ' sit. the shoplder "111 -_reckl_e_ss Vcondence. ~- 1- - L:---..,..~-1:..-..+..+.an+ n=`nn_m-"pd ""`.""" "" ,"" """'B' .' He `pointed `into the east, in which direction the road ran, barely revealed by the faint light of` the. moon for perhaps a `hundred yards. I.11:ook_ed eagerly, - and could diml-,v di'stingu.ish a vague `shade-W on the summit of a distant rise of land. The shadow moved, however, and as we lboth stared _ .in u1'1<.ertainty,, there came. to -our ears the far.-oif crack of a whip. We drew -far-th-er back against the bank, pausing? . to make sure there was no deception. One `by one 'W.- could. perceive hoee` vague shadows topping the arise. and di-sappearing. I counted men, con- vinlced they were covered V_Wagons,| and then the night ~Windi brought] . to us rhelcreaikirrg of wheels, .and| the,f.&Ound: of a man s voice. Duva_:l s hand ' gripped -my arm, and to the signal we crept ubancki beyond the where Farrell -had concealed his men. He was waiting us in the middle of the road, his short `broad gure almost `-lauvghasble in the moon islhadow. " _ Well, are they we-oming? Just over the c1est,, replied Duval brusquely. _ I, counted` f- teen wagonsi , i_ . _, Quite a convey, an worth ght- ing for. `Take the ` liet, t_ Duval; i crest, and then hurried, dsocwn mi Major, come me. TIT- _`l........ .nn.:.;-In . .n.Jn-n of-"no I-nnnfnn-.. g1ng;d0AI1lt ` apvpealfg to -.ou1r sort. rv_v'e"`do sour` rougnudg home In our *oWn -way, However, the mostof us manage tohave aha-nd _in the `rea_,'1` thing once in fa while even at ' that. We were over _\_`_-at: GermantoWn,j and down at -Brand'y- wine. ._Far1_'e1'l s- got -a commission, but the of us are taking our gdhances. 'Igt s _ neiguhlbor against neighbor. .Wl1a'teVer' We ve left has been held` at the point of the rie. We re doting bur share -1n this war, an . Washington knorwsv it. -Over fhere to the east `Red Fagin, -Old Man Ke`lly', an their gangs of Pine Rdbybers,` are making the elds red; sometimes they get down this far _ raid-ting` `the farms,i but mostly, -we re gthvting foragers` out of P-hildsadelphaia, '-and they re` not muneh ibetter. Half the houses in this country have : `been burned, and" mercy isn t .very common on eiher side, Those lads yonder are nolt pretty soldiers to look .=a'*t,i but `for it. they re wolves to ght, and. hungry .1. LLLIJ (LL U -ca: Farrell wishes ?_ ((117 1] Well, yes {those com-e who can` 'Dhey re not always the same bunch. You s-ee,Farre1l covers quite a bit of "country, ' with a lieutenant in Veadh secition who` is in -t-ouvch with the neighlbors fthere. ,`I beliong to -Camden, `and don t go outside very often, but. there is a sort. of organ- ization a-1`1 the way {between here an-d New York- `Whenever there is ,a_i,fbigr= -ght on, the -most of us get, into - it` somehow. Washington counts on us in vao.pinrclh, "but, mostly we re 1-.a idin-g or '-cutting o '-British Surppilies. jS=a'y,v 5 Major, isn t_ that those fellows -cominig ? LT- __._3;_1....'l '.:_-A... LL- ._-._1. ap1pI'Oa;(:u1ug VULUUE. _ .We soodld see them quite clearly, as they topped the crest, the moon- ligiht revealing men and horses so` distinctly I could even -`guess a`t wthei-r/1 unixform. Those in advance rode slowly, four a-breast, down into the Vblabk shadows, loldling in. their 'sadd1es~, voices. *murmu_ring, seem- ingly unconscioVusofr any danger; I213 was easy to comprehend their ` - " ---3---J ' I1`.-ulnu-vn.11. hppn lit easy .U'J g7u1uyu:.u_\.uu u......- state of mind. !De1avan had been left `alone for a week, permitted to sweep` the countryside unmo1`ested. He . and his: command had naturally -grown" _~-Icarele_s_s, never suspecting` tiheir every move had ibeen`. watch- ed vwby lgeen-eyed scouts. , `Now, `guarded -by" Grant _s troop, `they be- 1:----.1 V +1mmm1x'mq q-118'-hiientlv -strong` guaraea -Dy \I1'au.ua ..w,., ...-, A"- heved them-selves suicx-ently `strong for any emergency; that no force the scattered enemy could} gather wou-lduventure an a_ttaek.7 By day- 1ig'h1; they tw-ould* be Within sight of the 'Phi1ade'1'phia outposts, _ ser- `enely `condent in `their. numrbers, {the night march }had therefore `be-` ~evo'me_ a_ mere r0u'tine`; I; -hea1_'d~Far- re1~1 .ch_1ick3e grimly himself as * he dbservecl ;1:_he 'ilgca"re1`es}$` '-approach of those adyan-ce riderS;', ` 7 . r - "'`"V `` `--'-`...L 7 La'I.-.'.:fu1.on1;\ c *5`) am. and . and ..- I-lying . ` *'fconce_a1ed ' `Ten wage-116'; pasedi~ withouotj a1 movemcgri1;% fbr .sound_ _from the men ' almosit _within A-Lthe unconscious ' " :ET_ai1ffed;I,{`;never" =sti1f_r-ed, .j and: ~,_.;...~..1'~.-.`. - ;.;.n;+_m- "aj '.i1:o. . --breathe. consplclous, Lntnlj .- .; guxpa c. .. ....,, syhofulder `in condencg. V A, yqung `lieutnant appeared 1'-dgnamand-Q '; ; mn ;.-_.+. ....nanAr1i.~ 1t1;`I"}I('1If.4' -a_ y "are called 0 A. Whenever `__':..L'.._ on - Copyright. 4. .c.Mcc1m=g 8: Co. 1911 'dc1l!.l`o > " 'pa8sed*~ wlthouvtf. -a,l -'_ -_ .1 . `V`W-ho commands *here?f' he shouted. Speak urp quick. `V T - There was hesitancy, and then out of the black mass huddled against .`the._ bank. I '-recognized Grant s voice. . . A __ I suppose. I do; has" any one seen .C`a~ptain Delavan? He `fell avt the rst ne, sir, an-' swered some one huskily. [ r',,.LL _',,1__ L1-.. -`.u.1.- ua.u\_.I. `T4hen. I am the senior. officer, he annduhced,` A his voice shaking slightly. '0 are 'you?_ ........--4.,. 'U\/|f\`/\ T3,. -.vI\11 c,fb9th4ioe sdes.:;~We lighting up `V .t1.1a te ; In the j -.cl ay_ .. c.ank `V as and .:ye11b:W .fg+1'ow. cleaving guhe night -aslnderae with , .9rfl$p1itfiIig`i roar- I '!W9~$.0I1 my~--feet, my _r-ie spitting, yet. hardly T7. eonseious of any act, 2l)y_l1l1ei;.; Sud1ienness~," of the those` . black .1eapfng .>orward through the .We1fd,__ .g~1_ja,re.*I If s_ aw- and heard, and ZY91} i1'_`WaS '8']-1 3} 0G11fi1S6d medley, in I `lborer active. part while scarcely realizing _ its ,5-sig"~n_ircanc;_e. It was a erce hand`-to-hand: melee so `s_wiftly_ fought __a's to be over 1w-i~`th' `almost ingja, `minute, and yet so desperate that the narrow roadiway Was, .trewn,`_,wit)}_1 `zbodies. `Frighten- ed horses Whirled` and. ran; wagons were overtumee; hemmed` in` again-l st. the high walls,- Germans andl British made one rmad eiiorwt tel extricate themselves; the advancei guard came spurring back, pushing ablindlly into {the ruck, the boyish -C_ 1`/: voice of the young lieutenant sounding afbove the up-roar. But` our men were `between the two, a 'compact -.body, Keaucth Iborderman ighting independently, `Fbut know- ing" the game. Ie heard no wond of command, n-o -shout of direction from either Farrell or Duval, yet we `ripped _t-hem asunder with sweeping rie Butts, and," almost before I could catch -_a. second `b-neaxth, the few who remained on their feet wvere :help'lesslly traxpiped. Farrel saw it was all over, -and his whistle sounded again, stilling the [.u-proar. Up to that `moment he was .`beside me; with the `echoing of the shrill blast he -had disappeared. It Was` Duval who emerged f.rom the wreck of the train, demanding surrender. I VV CLKJLI. DLlLLl\.I \J.ll.\J JLLIOLXLJJ . T Grant sfepped forth into the moonlight, ibarehea-ded, his sword 'n;,,.13.?nd'- ' ' .1 " - m 99 He took a longbreath, glaiieimgi albout a`t the dark slhadows. Some one held .a `lighted vtorch-',` the red ame casting a sudden gleamvover the s_urr.o-undintg .a}ces. It was clear t=h-att further resistance was useless, yet, Grant temporized.` ` Are you in command? I No, said Duval; but I re- Ipresven-t the commander. I 441' _1--1 -...'4.aL A... A.-.-. 1u1\:V.vxr\11:V:il\1t\ 1u.'\1uu.1. 111'5'a.J . V T I don t th1_nk you -have much choice, he commented dryly. "`HoWever, perhaps you -are not too proud to tal1'k to a regular who out- ranks you---'-,I -present Major Law- rence, of . the Continemtal Line. cs,,__._.:.._1 .. T ........ n.-- L,...... +flm._~' LCLIUC, UL ULLC \./\J1L|J11L'\J1uvl.I.L 44;;; `Surprised as I was by beinghus` suddenly V thrust forwgrd into supreme authority, I as `instantly understood the purpose, and- step- ped to Uhe front. Granrt stared at my "face in the. gleam of the smok- ing torch, calmost ` as though he looked upon ,a ghost. ._ . You! . "`C'ertainly, 'C`apta;in.f It is a `pleasure to meet with you again, especially" under -such. happy cir- cumstances. But my, men are be- .ooming impatient. [D0, you sur- render ?_ ' //-rv 1 1 .. .A___A_o 1__ 'A_`__1______ N 3311181101. : `V J..I\J IAAKJ J VIA 3 _``Camden minute men. `Do you f surrender ? `I `J .1 `I " \1J.lUUC1.I.'b 01.) IL:U.u1111a.u.'uL,.I,. I deal with rthe one responsible! in" `this affair and demand terms.I ie . 1 Where 1s your leader ? 1 T\____-.1 ..._.-:]A.] J-'....u.:w-... 1-.1... 1~.r\n:1 Mime my M: ed in\ -`his sadde wirlihi an order to close - up `1:hei.r'ran-ks.V I recognized- Gran`t S Lvoivce,` and `then, sharp as a` Hblow, rang out--Farr'e1 1 s whistle `at my` very ar. ' IfI ` ' - VVJJULU 10 Juux. Luuuux a Duva;l~ smi1ed,_ turning his head inquairinvgvly. T _]._._,J. L1-.:..1v _-n.. ]r\f|vv.r\ vvn-uVn1n .;`None', `but 4 we are not s`ava:ges. You will .be treated as prisoners. of war. 71- 1 .,,, 1 ,0 __-..`__--J... '|...'..... rd...-.4-'3, 'W}:l.1'. :His hatred of me made him-nbsti- nate, but the -utter helplessness of their position -was too apparent to be? ignored. -A Hessian muttered something in German, and Grant `dropped the paint of his sword with j an oath. , 1 99 1` ___- 3| - _;..-.....1.. T :,,,,_ `O59 the 1'Uuuc1": _ ' , . Under-Vwhat terms ?' he par1ey- ed. v ` I /1"\T ' - `I A -__ _ , _.-' _- AL ..`.-. --.~..-...-us {an uau_ . -. G=ood`, I saidpromptly. Lieu- t_enant,_ have your men disarm the i`.prisoners. . _ _ % `There was no resistance, and the militiamen herded `them against the `bank, endindled by` a heavy `guard. vDu'va1 `singled out the -oicers from among the others, and` `b.rou`g];1t "them `forward ~ to _ where.'1' stood. f There were but three- -Grant and two Hess-i'ans._ V. I looked at - them keenly, A recajlsing "the slight of. the: young lieutenant V. with the ~boy s, `voice. Could" ` the_._ lad 'h'a_ve }bee'n ehdt, _ or: ;What `had_ -become bf hi'n1? _" (1 A , , _,, iLL..'.LiA J>11c|"l" urn 2 0fcc_K1rI:%yu t1};-ee La-ljl ,that are left? 'I.`queStioned 7i$1unt15 - ~W`h; com" 77 `ded the vangual` . . ma;Il.\ :,-_ ' 1--r.;,...."..`.. .. Innlmrl 9+. pnnh `mandea me vangugu-un T-Tie, `two Hessians looked at each Vother stu-pid'1'y, and I asked ~ the -qu again `before Grant saw ~'t to reply. ,His manner was execs- .stivv'ely ~in`so1en't. _ - ' ' __`.'Th atj"ijs- more 1;ha,11_IT know. We joined, aftei dark, agd I did not 1I).Q1favan $4 b~bers... , W . - I111 `__'... ~ Kev:-51: > ' '8. rsxf. .` V . all -'may'pe ~a. Del-avan s_ oi-ce _THE?TNoRT11ERN ADVANCE i`.o\I1lJ I I d mnrr go back to -Ph'i-ladelphia saying they}! were attacked. by a force of militia`! und-er command of. an ofcer of the Continenta)l. line. That will give ~C`1int.on_ a scarce and tu-rn `suspicion away from V us. [Grant knows y-ou, I understand, so the ~1`l report the aair that Way. You can be off within thirty fn'inu.tes. . S'a'rtised- as to' this incide_nt,- and not .`a-ltogether 'regretfu1"_ that-, the bdy had thus 'esca.-`p-ed. I held" a short. consultation with Duvah` seeking} ex5p1'ana'tion" as to" -why ;the coIn~ __m'.1'n_-d had been ` s-o -uncenenioxliotlsly! thrust upon me. A `few words only were required to make the situation; ear. . Farrell s albIi'l ity to injure nd annoy the enemy Alangly de-V. nded on" his leadership not being} 1 nown. While taking part in every- ' ngagement, he always required} lhis lieutenants, so that up to this I ime, `whatever the .British' might %uspect, they had no "positive proof! hat he was openly {in arms against; h`em.t Duval, in turn, taking ad- l~ antage _of my presence, had shift- ld the responsi*bi5`ity' to my shoul- t\_4-. n.Av\aAo "But. I cannot wait `here, I an- swered, impatiently. Farrell under.- stood that. I `have "impor`ta1t1t ._in- formation for VVashington. `and only came with you to-nfight `be-` cause you were following "along my route. I ve got "to go on. 9- & .L v\. buy UV av '\.IJLO v`u"hI7'1.1'at As a-l right; just give yor orders, and we 1~1 attend to the rest. What we want is for these. lads to 1-s1 '1 ` It I} LL V! J. VAALLA UL:-AL u'v 5.51:1; ul-uwuo I was easy to tgraS'p the point of view, and I saw no reason for I haf the ragon `g:u:1rf1-th' '.vagon--_an see ~ {him ~ thre. `Mine Gott! he`come pa~ck_ v id, his means all _' right--slash, `shoot-his h'o1'-se rear up; that vas the [last I see already. ' (NFL- 1-) ,_ __-_- ___,'1_'`, LL,_ -uvv Una.` I The la got aivay, with three .01:hers, sir, `broke `in a ' new voice at my back. `-`They hwheenled and -rode through us, facrqss the water. We thought the horse guard would get them over there, but I guess they didn t; anyhow there was no ring. The >fe`1'1ioWs must have turned in under the bank, and rode! 1.1]... L..TI 77 . ~ ` I-l\JLOo . jv But w'ha.t do you people do with {your prison-ers ? I asked. T ' T \o____1 9---- 1.- ;_1_ .v "1__-1.:__....1...1 I JUUL HI. LOUILCLC E l\C\.ln l 1} Send em` to the Continental Ul`ines when we can, he explained, if-and if we can t then turn em Moose. No use parolin-g em, as they ijconsrider us gueriillas. If I was `you !r2_1 ------ 7-..- 1_..-1_ 1.- 4.1.... 1-..... L..--,... ; .\.vA.|AJ'A\.|\4l. Llk) 5 LA\.IL Auuolvuo .l..l. .1; vvwu ., .,v.. l5I run em back to thfarm house! !across the creek, an hold em there"! it-i1=1 we get-rid of this -stuff. Mayib-e fit 11 take twenty-four hours to hide it .a'1-1, and burn the wagons. Then the boys can "turn em loose, fan tihere s- 11-0; harm done. I d 1i1e`to take that fe1tlow_Grant in'to our, lines--he s a mean, pvi11'a-g-ing devirl 1.--). 11.7,. L..- L3.-. - ___',.|`I_ - `l')_.Z ...J..*-'I IJLILLJ uu' .111. I ; 1*ike_ he_1 . :.111\,-o -..V., .. ....,...., ,,.....5...5 uuvx.-. --but it s too .big a risk; Bristol is about the neares`t picket post, and? the redlcoats have gdt cavalry patros all a*1-on-g in back of the river. ur . .1 an -1' LEST WE FORGET E need to be reminded quite as much ` as to be informed. Memory has been joeularly ' described as the thing we forget with. ' Out of sight is apt to be out of mind. A An advertiser who relies on the mem- ory of the pliblic leans on a broken reed. The absence of its advertising from the newspaers has been the beginning of the end for many a firm. The present suitor hath ever the advantage over the absent lover. . If you Lfworget the public, the public ` business that has achieved its` magnitude or strength as the result of -faithful advertising plays itself false if it suspends or ceases its advertising, on the grounds of economy. It is poor business. vision which- fails to,see the principal. feeder of -business, and fatal judgment which cuts it off or interrupts `hits ow. f Economies may be war-' ranted. b_ut they had better be effected in any other `department than in the sales department-- the department of revenue, Any course which shoves your customer backfrom you or hides you from your customery is ruinous. The `man with ;_ 't.he_ y money needs to be constantly sought: Ad- 'verftisi_ng the great discoverer of new customers, the `_Lgreat retainer I`of~_ old ones. 1.9 1-05.; He clared his throat, } evidently 'uncertain how best to express him- !se1'f. . I '``Why did you ask's0 many ques- tions about De1avan s lieutenant? he began sulIen='ly. What were you trying to fund out ? ' | Asap: {I went as he directed down the rutty road, my newly appropriated horse trailing-pibehind. Grant was pacing back and forth -rest1ess1y,l bult, as soon as I appeared within` the re radius, he came stow-ard! '`\\'h; are ttghose fellows vbagkl 111:-n-6" 1' q11es`t1xq11ed at last, ma 3 I1t'I`\ `.y the -sllence. - ' : ```'I Iu- boys in the guild)? - Jersey 1ni1xi'21111m1, `he exained Shortly` "Yam _0f 133 that 1 ,_,A_._ 1L\A1]:JvxA,vuuAu .1.\.I.L A `The man looked after us dou:bt- fu\lily, yet permitted us to pass be- jiyond the guard lines. There was "`a stump beside the ford`, barely vithin the ickering of the dis- tant re, and there Istopped, 1ea_n- inig against my horse, and turned so" aswto look into the man s face. IZTTT 11 I`! , 1 9 I 5.) l\J\JL\ ALAI/\.l uLA\.J LJ.AuLL -J ;c.n\.\..- % Well, `Gra11t,' I sai , rathe istyernzly. . We are alone now ;' what `is irt.? V A ` 11' 1:, ,1 `I , 1`l,,,__1 _. 9J-_.1_'I_._ i ~ save the! ttnecessary `orders, .`_` standing - under`. the litorchlight` in full f "view, ,, w"aited'.w-hi_le. a; squad got-~;>:i 17isains' rounded ~ up the disarmed" prisoners, and guarded - them} down the slope to rt-he edgeof the stream. `Teams were doulbledi `up, and several of the heavy wagons rumlbled away` `in- to the darkness.` Two, too. badly injured to be repaired, were red _w-here they lay, the lbrilght ames lighting up ` the high banks on either side the road`. I found a` big Ibllack -horse, with British arms "on the Ibridvle, and a pair of loaded pistols in the holsters, .a ne-1ook- ging animal, and came back into ;.the {ire glow, determined to lose no`, more time. ' Duvgal has _' disappear-3 led`,- .but, as I stood there looking talbout for him to say good-bye, a `young country fellow came u-p hur- Triedly from out of the darkness-. ` ?You re wanted down_ thar, he `said, with the jerk of 'a `thumb over .1__' _L--_'I.`l-;_ U`l`.L._ 71"---- -E.\.-... .., ....,.. ...., ,,..... \J.I. .. ..._......, `.IV\JQ shoulder.` The Tory oicer nts to see`-ye. ' 4`W"hat ofcer? _1Ca'ptain Grant '4! , ;`I reckon *tIi'at"s the one, indif-I Ffe1`ently; anyhow I was ~t091d t0' fetch ye down `t-har. Bannister sent! *_... -n " T"J - ' T-hi is a matter strictly be-E 7 een. us, evasively. Irprefer not| to discuss it pulblicly h-ere. `I `had a s-ustpicion` of treachery, et was not willing to exhibit any e1-uctance. - Q . "Very good. Bannister, to the barftisan in charge, I want a word `ibh Captain` `Grant, and will be ,esp0nsi!ble for his safe Return. : .rn1__ ___-__ 1-_1--,1 -m.-_ __~ J.___.L;.: Can I see. you alone?j he asked! rfusquely. ` , , ' lIf there_ is any reason `for! nfivacy, ce1_-tainly, I answered. in I : rggrrise. "`W-hat do you, wish to y.v,A W i (INTI- 3 3- _ _. _ LL--- 41..-: ..1.1,, 1 ,. A Capttnlre Whart was the matter with the CHALP T-ER X. a\\'uy fur _.so1ne distancewover a [legal L'<~111m'_\'. dimly revealed 'und'e". the m".\' 1110011. There was nothing in siglut. zmd -no sound distulibizdh the .~:a1itnr1<-. We sat down on a `Q1111:-h nf`m1'1'. ries in hand, j to -wait p;_1ti-ntly, our eyes seaning the .'1i~T:H1<'u. ` `"\\'}1<) `those felljorws ibackl - ,1.`