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Show : V t '",, '" llGTON'S m I DECK fHow the General Settled a Point m of Military Law. 4jf By EVAN C. MATHEWS. SsjtCopyrlght. 1910, by American ProBs Asso- elation. "Wlicro arc you going, daughter.?" '. "I am going to skato doVn tlio river .. toward West Point to meet Jlmmlo." . This bit of dialogue occurred In n uouso located but n few hundred yards , from Washington's headquarters at Newburg. Colonel Cogswell hastened to head- quarters, whero ho Joined tho general, y " who was busy over reports of assist-anta assist-anta authorized to collect commissary 'and quartermaster's stores. Kathcriu ' leaving tho high ground, descended to the river bank, where sho nut on her skates, then, with her hands in her - muff, skated gracefully Kouthward. Meanwhile James Muldrough, lieutenant lieu-tenant In the Continental artillery, sta-, sta-, tloued at West Point, having been tie- il53 ( -R' DBA08 TUB OIHIj OUT Of THIS VATE1L jC layed by -sdmi! details pertaining" to his j - duties, started to meet his sweetheart. I j lie had barely reached the village of Cornwall when he saw far Jti the dls- tanco a dim llgure which tho quick eye 1 of lovo told him was Katherlne. There 1 was but one other person visible to ) him on the Ice, and that was a man S who had Just started from the west bank and was pursuing a course di- rcctly (ic'rosu the river. I Then Muldrcugh saw something that m filled hi ui with horror. Tho girl's li-M li-M uro, s liilo he looked at It, suddenly disappeared. There was no obstacle between him and her, and ho know X that alio had skated into a dreaded m air hole. Too far from her to awlst M her, it ppomed impossible that 'she I M should escape death lihloss it might I be that she could get her hands on 1 firm ice. There was scarcely a ray of 1 itopc. 1 But hold! Tho umn crossing tho I river sees the accident. Ho is but a short distance from the' point" where she has fallen. lie changes his dlrcc- Hon And skates rapidly over the COO S yards that separate thtjiu. lie lies tlat II on the ice, drags tho girl out of the 1 water and endeavors to stand her on I her feet. Presently he succeeds, and I the two hand In hand, skate north- I . ward, at first vory s.lowly, then grad- ually Increasing llioir plice.' Tho lieutenant understocd all this. Katherlue's clothiug was soaked with ico water, and tho only hope, for Mir ; was to kaep the blood moving through her vein by a violent exercise us sue could stand. e was skating with ail kit HtceuKth. Jbut thy har period 'j. fjlni by too long a atqrt for him to j r Overt a ko i horn. He called to thetn, but KiT (ly did uot hear him, U. wus not K far behind thm Vtien. taking off l!nlr B'' tfkates, they left th rlvor ami rtctl & up the lui-Hno toward Katnwhie m SB hciue. Following them, he entered vT the house just as the man who had M v' norformwl the reacuu was leaving it. f The two men stopped short, each , ? looking at each other. 7 - "Captala Ahornathy!" exclaimed r' ' ' Muldruuij. ' '"Lieutenant Muldrough, at your J, . sen-ice," roplied the other. Captain Abernathy of his majesty's j cavalry had been captured In the l Itamqpo valley n. month before and1 iTl had been confined as a prisoner of war at West Point Lieutenant Mill- ;s! drough had been In charge of the prln- I s oners at the post, had befriended Abcr- ' nathy, and the two, though on opposite K, Bides of tho struggle, had formed a ' f warm friendship. Muldrough was as-tonlslted as-tonlslted to see the British captain under un-der the present circumstances, for he i -a bad supposed him to be in tho military ',-' .prison. "How did j;ou como IieroV" asked i J - " I II I llll I. I I ah II I !! Ill mn I wi i ii i, wmmmmmmwmmmimmm m m i - i n -.... i i -"if ---.' F . w -' - . "i i i. Mularoiign. "Fojiyd n,u. vopportuulty, for. escape, mvjH 1U ,1 nottufrpcd- itslde.tfj tvssisf ty " hfdy'- ' - "And save a llfoj lutcrrtiptcd ul AUoiigh" ; V' ;, A8C ' j, , l 601d havf by. ftUl8 af tcrnbdn, bben oh 'W)ard a ntan-of-war bearing the cross of St. Ceorgo on her banucr. In other word's. I would no longer bo u i ptloticr of war." "Come iu. My first business Is tb an-certain an-certain the condition of Miss Cogr- well. I shall not forgptthatydulhaYh' tj wved hor life." A shadowpalad over ' Muldrough's tace as ,hu remembered that It would bo his duty to return to prison tho man who but for saving i that life a life dearer than all the world to him would have regained his freedom. Tho two entered the hous,, where i Muldrough asked anxiously uftcr Knth-critic's Knth-critic's condition, to learn that she was receiving proper attention. Meanwhile Colonel Cogswell had i learned of tho accident aud come hastening has-tening .Into the house. Having been informed in-formed that everything that could be . done for his daughter was being done, ho turned to the two men. "Is It to you. sir." he asked Captain Abernathy, "that 1 owe my daughter's lifer "It Is. colonel." Muldrough said. "Without this gentleman's "assistance our Knthcriue would "now bo iu the river under the ice." "And pray, sir." asked tho colonel, '"to whom am I Indebted for this invaluable in-valuable service?" Captain Abernathy and Llcutcnnut Muldrough looked nt each other. Thou Abcrnnthy said: "I will not trouble Lieutenant Muldrough Mul-drough to tell you that, 1 am Captain Cap-tain George Abernathy of lils majesty's majes-ty's service, and a prlsoucr of war This morning before daylight I found n loophole for escape, the sentry stationed sta-tioned nt my door being dead tired and asleep. I walked out unobserved and under cover t)f tho darkness skirted the river north of Fort, Clin ton. Traversing Trav-ersing the pasH through the mountnlns, I stopped after daylight at a house where I found a friendly Tory, who gave me breakfast and theso citizen's citi-zen's clothes. 1 was .crossing the river vlth a view to golng.Kdown div the other side to board onoof our men-of-war below when I saw your daughter In peril. You know tho rest." Whllo this blief explanation of hoWi matters had come about was being given Colonel Cogswell's brow wns darkening. He saw that the mnu to whom he was Infinitely Indebted, whom he would like to load with favors, must bo sent back under guard to prison. Then. too. ho remembered that the Continental army had suffered suffer-ed greatly "from tho work of spies, and recently orders -had been .issued that wherever such were found they should be tried by drumhead court martial and hanged. Captain Abernathy Aber-nathy having changed his uniform for citizen's clothiug brought him, according ac-cording to tho military code? under the letter of the law as a spy. "Your service to me, sir. aud to Lieutenant Lieu-tenant Muldrouah." he said, "puts me Under nu obligation that Is iiualcnln-bk'. iiualcnln-bk'. but your kit dly act has placed us in a painful position. Why. may I nsk. did you uot retain your uniform?" "I could not have hoped' to paas through territory In the hands of your troops in my dress ns n British olllcor." "Yot In assuming the dress of a civilian you risked a felon's death.' (Contlmiod on last page.) v H WASHINGTON'S DEGISIUN. a Continued froti ntao threo Bj Colonel Cogswell looked troubled. f There wh tut one man who could H rectify nny damage that nil;1)t lmu B I been dftno tho general In chief and fl ho liml iHsued the order with roforence H to H 'There In hut one hopo for iih," ld H tho colonel Kloomlly, "and that Is In 1 tho iniiKunultulty of our uoblo Ronernl H in chief. Hut what view ho tuny dike H of the tntttter It Ib linnOHHlblo to pre- H diet. Whether lie will cotiHldcr thtit H the letter mid not tho Hplrlt of IiIh or- Hj der ItiiM been violated, whether ho will H be wIIIIuk to appear uh oiiu breaking H his own law, no one but himself can H decide. Come; let in o to him." H They were about to leave tho room H when n voice wna honrd at tho head of H thu H "Papa, If It hud not been for my pre- H Koror I would now bo - Oh. It Is hor- H rlblel 1 can't bear to think of It! If H nny harm cornea to him I will nover H forlva you, oven If you nrc my dear H father. And you, Jlmmle, If you let H nny trouble come to blm you must glvo H mo H "Ilu.Mh. darling!" nnld her father In H indulto pain. "Keep quiet and keep H warm. Vou hIiouHI not have been per H " ' milted to overhear our conversation." H r "I am Khul." snld tho Drltish captain, H "that I have hoard your daughter1 H word.. If I must pay the penalty of! H the risk I assumed I shall be comfort H od by them." m The three men left the hoim and M walked to the headquarters of the gen H eral In chief. Washington rose as they H entered and, advauehiK to Colonel H Copiwell, pix'sswl his hand, asking ea H corly nftir the eoudltlon of his dnuch ton Antr uMunn tuo general mat she was In no Immediate danger ho said: "And now. gcnornl, I have to Introduce Intro-duce the man who has preserved her to un, Captain George Abemathy of tho Drltlsu nrmy." General Washington's face changed from sympathy to curiosity, then as tunned n serious cast. "And how conies It." he askod, "that Captain Abornnthy Is nut Iu uniform?" "Lieutenant Muldrough." Interposed the colonel, "will explain." Muldrough told tho story of Aber-nnthy's Aber-nnthy's capture, their friendship. Aber nnthy's escape and timely coming upon Knthorlno Cogswell. General Washington Wash-ington listened till he had llnlshcd.nnd the three men stood awaiting tho gen-crnl's gen-crnl's decision. It did not como at once, but when It cnino It wos spoken with the decision of n commander: "Captain Abemathy, there is uo evidence evi-dence other than your clothing that you are u spy. There Is sutllclent evidence evi-dence that you are not. I shall send n flag of truce to the commander In New York asking him to uomlnnto one of our captains In his possession of the name rank ns yours to be exchanged for you. Meanwhile 1 will accept your parole to remain with us. and I shall be happy to have you and Colonel Cogswell and Lieutenant Muldrough dine with tue today." |