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Show 1 LEHI FREE PRESS. LEHI, UTAH By CHAPTER XI 14 It Which the Brief Record of Sundry Thrilling Events. Soon after that Mrs. Washington and her maids set out for Philadelphia oa their way to Blount Vernon. On the twenty-sixtof July the main bod of the British landed on the southwestern extremity of Long bland at a place called Gravesecd. Around it were grove and orchards In the midst of which were many stacks of wheat. These they burned, filling a wide are of the sky with smoke. There were nine thousand trained troops under Sir Henry Clinton. Colonel Cabot and his regiment were In the threatened line. Then followed a month of anxious waiting and harried preparation under Con eral Greene. Long stretches in the American line back of Brooklyn were like the army at Cambridge In mid-summer. Mammoth conceit! An experience limited to bush fighting with red men I Little patience with restraint I Every inferior officer contriving ways to win immortal fame for himself and his command t A sportive sallying out simply or tn squads, against orders 1 Thousands of these men were like sheep huddled for a h shearing. These alarming truths the Commander in Chief discovered when crossed the East river on the bav-la- of August he surveyed the situation. General Greene was ill in bed. Here was an army without a twenty-fourt- h leader. The Chief put the brave old General Putnam in command. The Connecticut plowman, with no experience to fit him for the task of estimating the danger points in a long line, was in a sltua tlon that would have taxed the genius of Julius Caesar, Washington was In a semicircle of Are drawing closer. Since the middle of June an armament, more formtd able than that of the famous Armada, had been gathering In the lower bay of New York. In It were scores of warships, from heavy liners, with tiers of massive cannon, to cutters armed with small pieces. There were hundreds of transports and provision ships and an army of some forty thou sand fighting men. Masts loomed into the sky like stark trees in a burned area of the wilderness. The great hammer of British power was raised for a decisive blow and Washington had no navy to help him. British gunboats were heading into the harbor. Report said that a big force of redcoats were landing on Staten Island. The storm broke on the twenty-sixt- h of August Out on the' Jamaica road there was a leak In the line. A brigade of Inexperienced militiamen, lulled Into a sense of security by the long delay, permitted themselves to be surprised. No vldettes had been sent out to watch the enemy and give warning I Cannon balls were suddenly hurled upon them. Moments of wild A galloping confusion I Redcoats! rush of cavalry, Its rifles blazing I Batd talions of Infantry follow log to the run I The earth shook. Men were falling dead, tthers crying out with pain. The Inexperienced militiamen were unequal to the shock. They emptied their guns and raa (Then every man for himself and hell for all I Death became the shepherd of this warned but Incorrigible flock. They were like flushed birds before the guns of the huntsmen. Many were killed, wounded, or captured. The British poured through this great growing hole in the line. That night Clinton's force worked around the Americans and turned their left flank, hundred men capturing twenty-twand many guns. In the next few days there was much heroic resistance. Colin Cabot's regiment of cavalry headed a charge on the British line. They broke through but their losses were heavy. New England regiments sprang Into the gap and widened It, fighting as they ran. Many scurried through to Join the main body, threatened by the closing net, and pouring northward to the East river badly rent a.nd shaken. Meanwhile General Washington had been busy. Four days and nights he had spent In the saddle with only a few hours of rest He had commandeered all the boats on the o river. He would make an effort to save the army in a crossing within cannon reach of the British gunboats and with a great force of the enemy behind him. It was a desr?rate hazard. Still the Chief was like the pillar of Iron. Neither his faith nor his Indomitable spirit had forsaken him. He was like Moses and his people fleeing before the hosts of Egypt Was It a miracle or a freak of fortune that Immediately a thick curtain of fog hung dowa from the sky and covered the face of the waters a day and a night, save for which the wide river might have been redder sea than ever Moses faced? We may choose as we will but we cannot fall to be amazed by what came to pass. . Colin, his coat torn by bullets, his shoulder grazed, his right hand bleeding from a saber cut, was still at worlt. ne was on the ferry landing when Ebenezer Snoach came toward him out of the fog. I could almost believe that you brought thl8istack of mist on your back." said CoUn.' , The salt sea bas lifted an arm to help us," Snoach answered. "He has blinded the enemy. Don't worry, boy. The Lord God has tools a plenty an' He snows how to use 'em." Glo-er- , Silently under the fog Colonel Ebenezer Snoach and their amphibians, assisted by Colin , Mar-blehea- d Irving BacheUer by Irvine Batbeller Coprrlcbt YTSV a count of a devotion almost heroic His heart warmed to her. "You are a brave dear glrL hs 'man U said. "I hope that the young te5 TO .mmiw Srto Cabot, Amos Farnsworth and others of their regiment, moved nine thousands men across the river without the loss of one. All day and through the night the moving continued. At the coming of darkness Mrs. Rapelye a Tory woman who lived near the ferry sent a negro to inform the British of what was going on. The messenger was held up at a Hessian post where the Germans were unable to understand him. So the work was not interrupted. General Washington was the last to cross with some wounded men about daylight The sun bad not risen. Colonel Cabot and Ceptaln Farns worth were in the boat with him. The Chief sat in silence looking grave and weary. When they landed he turned to them saying with a note of sadness in his tone: "My boys, you are In need of rest. 1 thank you." "I reckon God has been thlnkln' of us,M said Amos. "Not of us but of the endless ages ahead," the Chief answered. ' His white horse, taken over In the night was brought to blm. He gave to General Putnam orders covering the retreat and mounting rode northward with1 members of his staff followed by the main body of his troops. In an open field near a creek he halted the shattered army for rest. Guards were mounted, vldettes thrown out and thousands of weary men lay down like spent dogs to sleep on the damp earth now drying In the sunlight Surgeons went about among the men dressing wounds which had not disabled them. Colin and Amos were among the first so treated. They stretched out side by side, Three days and nights they bad .seen of restless toll with the wounded, tbe baggage, the horses, the guns and the boats. They had come through the valley of death. Its shadow was on them. "It's a hard life which there ain't no mistake,' Amos muttered. "I deserve It but I reckon God'll think I've had hell enough." be more tomorrow," Colin , VTbere'll answered. "I say d n the future gen. erations." Amos had forgotten his soul and begun snoring. For a moment Colin thought of the fog and the crossing and then be slept The loss of artillery, stores, camp equipment and men was great, but more discouraging than that was the loss of morale. The cheery confidence of the men was gone. Whole regl ments and half regiments disappeared. discouraged men wanMany war-sicdered In the wooded hills, by weariness and fear. Washington moved his army to the high country in the north, nis courage and confidence were still strong. Most of the faithful men, well trained in Cambridge, were with him. The deserters were replaced by fresh troops coming dally to his new post on Harlem heights far above the city. Soon after the crossing Colin, his little wounds repaired, rode down to the City tavern for letters by post. The popular caravansary was now almost deserted. Its guests had mostly fled before the wrath of contending armies. Word had come that the British were moving back to their ships. It was apparent that for some days York Island would not feel the feet of the enemy. If conditions were safe on the lower Island, he was to tarry at the tavern three days In the hope of meeting an expected messenger from Mr. Glrard of Philadelphia. The young man was cverjoyed to find a letter from Pat sent from Quebec on the fifteenth of June. Its contents saddened him. She wrote: "Dear one: I love you. Our little ship is in a storm and If our captain loses his heart and head I fear that we shall never get to port The wind Is against us. I know that Nancy is trying to win you. She Is beautiful, much lovelier to look at than I am and the wretch will stop at nothing. She was the worst flirt In school. I do not wonder that you think her Irresistible. She Is a superb physical creature. She knows It and In her dress and manners will give you de Ughtful lessons In female physiology and psychology. I know that you have a taste for both. Success and under standing to you In the psychological studies. Harry Gage, much Improved by your discipline. Is doing his best to win me. What may come of It only God knows, I am still true to you and waiting for His guidance. I wonder , if you will remember old Mother the apple woman. You wouldn't She Is my maid a know her now. white-hairekindsleek, ly, wise old lady. Often she speaks of you as "one of her boys.' When I am In despair she gives me new heart. Every night she prays for you and so do I although I have lost my In fluence If I ever had any. I have promised to say nothing of the army. This letter must be read bj our friend Gen. Sir Guy Carleton and stamped with his approval. I hope tt may reach your hands and heart You love merry words and I am sorry that 1 have none to put In It I hope thai, the coldness of the weather has not Poor, crept Into my letter. fool that I am! I forget thnt I was angry. "Yours still with devotloc, knew not quite what to make of tt Had she given up and was she preparing him for a bitter end to their romancet He could not believe that As to Nancy, had be not overcome that peril t Pat's letter had been more than two months on Its Journey. Fortunately the masterful Mrs. Bowlby must have covered the long waterway to Quebec and might have arrived there soon after the letter was written. He rode down to the end of the Island and bad a brief talk with General Putnam, whose scouts and vldettes covered a long area of the water-fron- t He wag getting signals at night from the far side of each river. Returning to the tavern. Colin left word at the desk that if a man came from Philadelphia asking for General Washington, they were to ring his bell. He might have slept through the night save for a loud rap at bis door. Darkness had fallen. A servant called out: "There are friends of yours below who wish to see you, sir." "What are their namesT "They are grand ladles, sir. They did not give me their names." Colin admitted tbe servant who, with candle tn his hand, lighted those on the table. It was a quarter after Ens-low- rosy-cheeke- d "rat." It was a disappointing letter, He w treasure." There was a breath of silence. "Mine Is the old excuse of childhood : I didn't mean to," he answered. "I know, and the time has come I do when I must make a confession. It on good advice. It is a hardship but you must understand me, whatever cornea I have been wicked. It will ease my heart I have fallen into a pit of my own digging. Pat and I were friends in school, although she felt above me. The Fayerweathers had been wealthy for generations. She was a beauty at sixteen. I was not We were fond of the same boy. She cut me out It stung me. We quarreled. I went home 11L True, it was schoolgirl love and rivalry but I didn't forget it I admired Pat I liked to be with her. But I carried a fire In me. I wanted to humble her. Men are not that way. They have many things to do and to think of that help them to forget A girl has only one thing her heart and its little affairs. I had no more serious purpose than to make trouble between you and Pat I set my cap for you and only because I longed to step on her heart It was devilish and you encouraged me." ' half-craze- d worthy of you." She sat a moment in silence, her chin restiug on her hand, looking down at the table -He is a thousand times too good for me." she whispered. "Who Is the fortunate young man?" "Do you really want to know?" she asked with a faint smile. "As a friend of yours I have a right to know." It was In his mind to have a frank and friendly talk with her. "Come to my aunt's house with and 1 may tell you. A time has come when I can no longer play with you." "Why not? I haven't stolen your marbles." of "No, you have stolen the best It is a costly all m'y playthings. "You Have Honored Ms With a cred Confession." Sa- eight The young man began to dress saying: "Why such a dream about Nancy?" He dressed and went below-stalrThe only sign of the deviltry of war upon him was a bandage on his big right hand. A pretty maiden met him In the lobby saying: "I am the secretary of the Baroness de RIedesel, who has gone up the river with the Lady Howe. Miss Woodbrldge Is having supper in the dining room and wishes you to join her." Nancy I He had begun to think better of her. After all the future was now full of uncertainty. He had some curiosity as to that change of spirit which had won the sympathy of the Lady Washington. He found Nancy at a table In a remote corner of the almost deserted She was becomingly dining room. dressed In black, and white lace. Her left arm was In a sling. She arose and ran to meet him with an exclamation of Joy. Their Hps met. "O comrade! Forgive me If I weep," she said. "My heart flutters like a bird In a snare. 1 have so much to tell you. I know not how to begin." "This arm! Whaf has happened to you?" "Romance! You would call It folly. First, let us sit down aid comfort ourselves with food and wine." Colin was in high spirit After the excitements of battle and the stern severities of the retreat the wine, the food, the comfort of the place and the beauty of his coirjanion filled him with a grateful sense of Joy and relaxation. She began her story: "You see, my lover was out In the line beyond Brooklyn. I couldn't rest thinking of him, fearing that harm would come to him. longing to see him. Yon men are different. You do not know what It Is to lie awake and to rise often and look out of the window and count the stars and pray to God that He I will help you In your loneliness. have done all that I had made peace with Mrs. Washington. The Commander forgave my broken furlough and gave me a letter to General Putnam. I went Into his hospital be hind the lines. I had a romantic faith that a chance would come to show the one man how devotedly I loved him I was sure that fate would bring us together. He did not come. The battle was raging near us all the after noon. Our hospital was a farmhouse In the dusk of the evening I went out with the litter men to pick up the wounded. The field was covered with dead anti Injured men. Many were In red coats. Often I called the name of my lover. He did not answer. 1 stooped to give water to a wounded man. A bullet from a sharpshooter In some distant tree tore the flesh of my arm. I fell and lay as If dead till It was dark. I went to the hospital. My little wound was dressed. 1 was not quite fit for work. Next morn'ng before daylight a surgeon took me to the Brooklyn ferry. I went to the house of my aunt And you! Yon had a, great adventure. I heard of It. Your poor right hand was wounded! Tell me of that charge you led." "It was no great matter. My wounds were slight We got through. That's enough to say about It" Colin had been touched by her ac "You were persistent and bewitching. And I was a man." "A magnificent man! I loved the look of you. Still it was only play, until I fell Into the pit You resisted me. You might have hurt me but you didn't. You were strong, gentle, gallant, courtly, generous. There was a veiled figure in my mind that I had never seen. The veil was drawn and I saw you. Why do I tell you this? I know you will marry Pat If it Is possible but I cannot bear that you should think 111 of me. So I ask only that you be my priest and forgive my sins." "You have honored me with a sacred confession," he said. "I do forgive you and I would have your forgive ness. It may be well we cannot tell what may happen." A man came announcing the arrival of the messenger. They arose from the table. "But this shall not happen. I shall not forget the three words 'It may be,' " she said as he left her. He and the messenger mounted their horses and set out for camp. "We may not travel on this road again," said the messenger. "I met a scout on the ferry who said that hell would break loose on this Island in a day or two. 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Cleveland Plain Dealer. States was George Washington. the That office was created by man and he was the first to occupy it ConstiBefore !.e adoption of the United of tbe business the tution a prorlslofr States was conducted by of which al government, the authority Constitutional the In was centered CHAPTER XII Which Tells of the Flight of the Army, of the Anxiety of Amos and the Return of Mrs. Bowlby. That day General Washington had received news of the approaching attack. Aware of the shattered courage of his army he was deeply concerned. Arriving at headquarters near midnight Colin found the General and his staff discussing plans. Next day the whole camp was in serious countenance. Every man to his Job and no time for pleasantries! Again the blistering heat of hell was to fall upon these home-lovincountry boys. Who would be living and who dead at the end of It? Only Washington himself looked calm and confident His face was a help to the men. In the midst of his tasks Colin thought often of Nancy and the things she had said to him. What a power In her eyes and face ! Pity, sympathy, beauty, sex had conspired to overthrow him. The girl was sincere but It was the sincerity of selfishness frank and ruthless selfishness that sought to crush her friend and make him false. He would talk with her no more. Next day he and Amos Farnsworth rode northward bound for New and the Bronx river wilderness with dispatches. "I think that Satan must have been letting you alone lately," said Colin to his friend. "What's the reason?" "He's been so busy with my affairs." "Women "Women." "They've spylt me plenty. The arms of a purty lady can fling a man into hell as spry as a barrel o' gunpowder. I look at 'em an' run. I don't wrastle with 'em no more. No, sir not at alL When they begin to pour round me I take to the hush which It's the only way to be safe." "You do not understand me. 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