Show in the e days avs 0 P chard r 0 by IRVING BACHELLER ot BA ainna CHAPTER XV Continued I pt got sick irk one tiny any tin hide vinie I 1 hiie ere re tracks in the a dow 1 I 1 hild to give in aid bolo holo atoa rgaret has been hero here but 4 they 1101 on it it t er conie cortie no moro count ot the sends me althin le tty till e day er two I 1 tol tot ter er nil all 4 lut to I 1 guess the smallpox nall pox could 1 hep jeep pr 1 ity it she knowel you ans 0 kerf bere H illar file mont t be houed lowed to know i thi thin ore e clarke boy lne has pleni ip the b J jail dyll 11 come here capt o 0 them alint tint e dragged lies got it all aed ed fer ae I 1 wonder onder if it habe it tie glad il to see ye rotted up with allcox jick ick a it d solomon iny IRY for in ihli dirty jal jail where their be estment ment line well calculated to chaloge of inions not deeply rooted in ina loll 1011 oil they did not fear the tile small immune hut but their poi pol is as both were coe bement vies ai as doubtless doubt lesa it nai uns he lot In tendel eadel to be memorably punitive is they were rebel re bela s lawbreaker ers hu he din men rubt lh whose offenses offen eee bordered M upon ryoson the smallpox patient 0 was oon soon taken anway but other con if ditlow more not improved they slept tel on 0 betram infested with ith vermin their 0 cover and food were insufficient and sot tot itt fer a dog in the words of solomon some oj of tte bos eave care in gad were get set free on parole and there was one at least who went to work ork rot in the ranks of the british early one hells shells began to ea fall in 10 tie the city suddenly the firing foil at nine all prisoner prisoners 4 la in the jail were sent for to be ex changed preston came with the or der from general howe and news of i a truce this mean means yer army Is lighten ex out solomon eald said to him film the rhe city will be evacuated was preston a bonser on ser could I 1 send a message to gloral beres hare 3 house the ne a general and his brigade and is family billed for forn another nother port at eight it you h rii 11 take your message solomon So lonion delivered to preston a let all ter irmen ritten by jack to margaret it 10 told of his capture and imprisonment aft the third of ot march had come tile bil sea sun was shining the wind nind was in the 4 they were not strong enough to walk so preston hud had brousil ill borses for them to ride there wire long pat lies hes of snow on the tile dorchee Dor clie ere ter heights A little beyond they met cd the brigade of putnam it was mas amov for tog b toward the city and had stopped for or ire its noon mesa mess the odor of fresh the 1 heel nn an I 1 onions waa vi as in the air cat s blood an gunpowder I 1 raid it in tie roe me to a tree U I 1 I 1 for I 1 preston ased asked 33 III kill myself batin the scout lh beclar tl it 1 I 1 ro in so gol got durn hungry I 1 t hn tin t he ile trusted trutz ted 1 I guess IN e ell it have to put I 1 the he brakes on tat ai li it other jack remarked an it it 11 be steep goin bald said solo 1010 mon ata washington binon rode up to the cerop with alth a squad 0 of cavalry while they were fre eating he ile had a kind word for every liberated nun man to jack he s ild tid 00 1 I 1 am glad to address you a at colonel nd irons you have suffered much muck but butt the it will be A it comfort for you to know to that lie the information you brought en bled allied me to hasten the departure of 10 the ba curnin cuming to solomon he added nit colonel colone I 1 binkus I 1 am indebted to try you for faithful effective and anti vallant ibl twice service yon you shall have hare a medal IN gin ral rot washington we were re a aln ln to e lick gald solomon aln asere e re oin to break heir their necks 4 colonel Colt nel you are very confident 1111 the general an answered sered with a nille mile on boull ou gee see solomon continued 11 the god almighty li Is sick ick 0 tyrants doomed up for let us u hope W said the command wt jtb in chief but letus not fowl forget the at words of poor richard god od help helps if bhoge ho help them selTee 10 CHAPTER XVI la the great ally the selectmen of boston seeing the tte of threatened with destruction had made de term terms with washington for the el ea army it wa mins to be allowed to abandon the city and ind withdraw in its neet of one hundred it lud 1 l fifty 1 the american army 21 if was t now well organized and in III hith gh spirit rit washington bared on oil dor I 1 be theater atter tot oi the evacuation of oston to be completed meanwhile I 1 large for force wa wits pent to bew ew york to bullit lt la in the defense of that city jack slid solomon wen genf with it on acon out int of their physical condition conditt es o 0 kere provided for them and nd on 00 if their r arrival arri iral each wa was to have a teave eave it of to week weeks for repaire ae as solomon put it L they went up to albany for or a rest lest and a visit and re tuned eager eer for the a work k which awaited L them theta S they spent a x spring and summer of f Y toll in building bult dint defense defenses I 1 and r training the country wa 0 with excitement rhode iland island IF luid declared ec lared for inde the ore ran across their kreeft mtr and nd down the seaboard ea board other tOn gonles les a amrie o 0 making or discussing ll 11 deela claradon clara rations Uon john adam adams on big hi aal ua it it mangri a etolil nf of till lf tit 1 f the lie north ni rn arina to 1 1 11 1 in and nii I 1 iv it it t win I 1 witt ili verin vermin I 1 it of HM I 1 m it UN mi 1 I 1 m lit utter I 1 era I 1 1 list ancin I 1 amirr ail V lit link to were mere the I 1 alir I 1 it r mr rd r f thine things I 1 it illar 11 dalr ir 11 binl ll 11 to ant 1 till 1119 heir their in n lie 1 I ir nil III li 1141 ml uri rp im 1116 1 1 alt 14 t 11 1 1 1 n 1 tigh 1 I 1 goila o 0 to 1 it 11 etim m of ll 11 it alj I 1 I 1 MB in jm jul I 1 I 1 h it num norr in lit iraln it i con 1 fir for III I 1 I 1 alif tl if on I 1 lip I 1 ta n 4 f I 1 fear lf v of f A ii i I 1 an annl I 1 moon aal tell liy fly all 11 tin fir bruli to it list o 0 coniry m it wn uns engro engross sm I 1 on imn linit lunina tit nil nit I 1 signed I 1 y hie tile il 14 li 1 ig it alps of the II 11 thirlo I 1 alim 1 t n the he se in on I 1 of aill Augi voil ank merit t to in oreille gene it tin a alil lo 10 ji it I 1 n imam vilio aig uig its then the heal of the tile ar board in fuguitt blome lint hn 1 anncil a port of lilg ills anil arm from to titan island aid ler mere tally in arrn jack hurried to his ills theia in lit camp till tilt rot on ali tinak of brooklyn ibe lie there atre re not ready for a strong oreene falio ho iii am in comin ind nf of tie 11 e 1111 had and sud benl fallen III jack crossed 1 the rier hier the of ill nr ar mill milli ft a messa geto 0 o Gin ertil ail ington tie iatter returned till HIP if young olona colonel to t survey the tile in they found Solo solomon ninn nt at lie ile had discovered di covered british scouts cout in the wooded country near ettl he lie and jack were de to leep watch of that part of the tile island ind rind its bores shores with hortes posted at con eon points so that if nece necessary sUry they could make quirk quick reports next day far for beyond lie tile outposts out pet in the he bush they tied their borses 1 in the little stable keawn a benbin on the routh road and vent ment on afoot moot through the bush suddenly solomon stopped and lifted his hind and its ili toned then he dropped and put hie his car ear to the tie ground he lie beckoned to jack alio crept near him Some bolys nigh us afore an le hind he lie whispered ne e better hide till dark come comet t lou braml into it tat at ol 01 holler III lg III nol nue nole e milt under a bru they were mere in a burnt laih were the soft timber had been cut some time lefore before the land was uns colored with a thick potty growth of poplar THEY LANDED AND SOL HID HIS canor IN A THICKET a al F I 1 N and wild fill 1 licitr litro anil and bruh and logs I 1 liili alf r rotted 0 tied the of ind hid r na aa to 0 o which so solomon lonion tile baic log of a 11 glatie I 1 abart douel no doubt ix caige ahn u inn cut it a ills found tu to be ile a shell it una often only at the ile butt end it its opening mail co ered 11 IY an all immense cobweb jack buck backward Mard bruot brushed hed it away ajay inid trull crept into file hell shell lie that in my ICY blick hairs mere caul caught lit UN n the rough sides of this singular hamber through lie tile w inter it ni neuit act h line been black iwar kp awo as a the den of IS ilan ith fill hi face he had settled from front the sunlit nir air of the anle 1 0 feet outer world jack observed that the industrious s applier had 1 liun ajun again to throw his allbery elli cry veil tell over the tile grent hole in the log a end lie Ati thed the proe crows is firm the structure were A ere ili oven the line lines of outer nil of the the edges acm acoss so arlund it hailer fait fast at made feet circle then hie life A ealier ciul ped point a unree unreeling ling h elen glen to 10 opposite him and ind 0 making taking it behind der rope end and he lie wa we no low and fast taut lie knew ills hi turk workman clumsy rustled about rai rapidly eidly strengthen etre nethen and line lines gitil parallel structure Kruc ture aa hie his center until his commac baving having cain again al and III floor ft a 01 in place st liker death dance of filea dies and ready fo for r the bumble humble bee soon a end and wasps bees iverin like a mel kicking ling and quivering qu WM 01 on its it surface the spider stricken him and bu burled aled his bl knives rushed upon of bl big prey toe the and tides sides in the tile hoc back 1 observation of it this M tn ui nan sa young was interrupted by afre terest d lne 9 process and the tread of owed of voices the 1 british they w were ere feet reel I 1 aw saw ua them tilley tome this J 1 it 14 turned a it alc ie I e was uns say ing if I 1 limit 1 awn I 1 a a little closer I 1 tit 4 I 1 I 1 iivo p I 1 tit oiled if of both mm men itil one on I 1 lull till t lili I 1 y dl III lii III t at y u take A allot tiny ny 1 tow 7 1 nn rin iber bixl 1 I 1 ans o 0 r cling up trying to t get boxi lifur r I 1 ley lim lne e had find to hide or run if n I 1 the lie I 1 eela of our to emiler inn clr of nun mii were mere now sitting it 11 I 1 lie il vry I 1 ry log in bilth jack u was as hid it I 1 it if 11 4 eting scout raw the lega V n mun stan ling tile he olen it on ind if 1111 g thin lose i rim rl woe mitre wo e kin I 1 film til 11 g ig Is goltl goo cover for a man lit 1 hi ili IP le in but not nolly ily li Is hid in IL I 1 ili r a a I 1 ig if iders ider a arb 6 ott oi or the there wn no more talk in which it ame I 1 tit ant that nine 1 annd nien men mere rotating roti ting to imp Graies mini ind onto on oil IOB los tin I 1 in coing going back mid wild ne tie of the tits i 1 arty 1 hereupon they any amity luk dusk u falling jack waited for or a iame iii fram solomon in a few min mpg he lie henril n stir clr in the bauld then lip could dimly see ce he the face of Us IN friend I liedl the ho spiders eb tome 4 me on my eon son the tile latter haft for I 1 red e 1 alth till a feeling of reni rent regret jack rent lie the veil of the spider and cam came out ut of hie fits hiding place he lie brusted bruh cl the aeiken thread threads from life hi hair and blow eg as I 1 e m whimpered that old spider aved saved me good luck to him V I 1 illo e ell it keep clu together solomon whimpered lop ered e got to push right on an rn work round era em it if anyone eitl in our may ny hell have to change world udden sudden that a all we inu mus eit git to them bosses fore midnight darkness ind nd fallen but the moon was mas rising nhen they net set out L solo in nun n led the way with that long loose tride of his their moccas ined feet were ere about as noiseless as a cat I 1 on and on they went merit until solomon stopped suddenly and stood listening a and rid peering into the dark bush beyond jack jacl could hear and eee see nothing solomon turned and took a new e direct direction Jon m without a word ord and with the thil balth alth of a hunted indian jack fol boned clo ely boon soon they were sinking to their knees in a mossy tamarack swamp but a few minutes of hani hard travel brought them to 0 o the shore of 0 pond vait her till I 1 git the tile canoe 1 bol sol amor ahe lie latar cert rcpt into a thicket andi soon jack could hear him cautiously ahm shoving ing t Us Is alloe into the water A little later the young man nian eat sat in III tt tie III middle of tt it e shell of birch bark alle while solomon knelt in its ettan with ith his pat itile silently he liusa ed through the lifted ro irgin of the pon I 1 into clear niter iter tic tie morn was as hidden behind I 1 lie doda woods DOd 3 the itie still of the 11 was as now a glos dirk I 1 lane between two tuo starry deci s rne one above aboe lie tile other beneath in tic tie shadow of tile lie fore forest foret t near the far shore solo 41 mon won stopped and lifted tits olce olee in the long weird cry of the great bush built owl 01 this lie dejok repeated abed three times when tier came an answer out of 0 the wood moods tl TI at ft a barnin fer for ol 01 joe thrash cr or bo ol lonion onion whispered ile hell 11 go out an vae v anke ae up the folks on tits h road an start ein maln the landed and solomon hid lit canoe in a thicket lie alef re midnight they rea readied lied rera rem seas geng barn end and about two imo dock en on tl it e camp on lathering horses As they dismounted looking back from it tie e bel bellias lits of bro klyn toward the southeast they could see a great light from many ninny tires fires the tile flames firmes of eje leaping into the sly ly cues guess the farmers have hare yet their abat atit stack stocks afire aid said solomon theire the re all ecaire an started fer tun in gentral wae was alth his forces gome some miles north of t the he 0 other I 1 her thore bore of the river A messenger wa was sent for him next day the compaan der in chief found his L lone lotz tal d brI vides in a condition of disorder and P panic anic pounds squads and companies eacer eager for a fight mere ere prow ling Aling through the buli with in the emith grouth like hunter hunters after game A number of the new connee boy boys had deserted bome some of theta had been captured and brought back tn in sp epe alting of the matter ash I 1 agton said ld i e must be tolerant these ladr ore are timid they have been from the tender scenes of domestic life they are unused to tile tr restraints nt of war w or IN e must net be too 1100 were bere rere jot jaik k beard the commander com minder la in when he spoke nord tto BB BIC CONTINUED |